‘Flash mob’ firsthand perspective, Philly repped at last space shuttle launch and more: Links

• Domelight lives in spirit on Twitter [Daily News] — The People Paper notes @Domelights
• Philadelphia Resident One of 150 Selected to Attend NASA Tweetup for Last Space Shuttle Launch  [Geekadelphia] As we’ve told you, today starts the big day for Shareef Jackson
• My DuckDuckGo Twitter ad by the numbers [Gabriel Weinberg's blog] Interesting insight from the founder of Valley Forge-based search engine Duck Duck Go.
• Seriously. It’s not a “Philly Problem”. [Dangerously Awesome] Indy Hall Co-founder Alex Hillman on the ‘lack of talent’ in tech in Philly
• Mayor Nutter Relaunches PhillyStat—the City’s Performance Management Program [City press release]
•  ”Flash mob” fall-out: A multiple-perspective account of the North Philly roving mob attack  [A.V. Club] Reports say this attack, which broke the leg of A.V. Club editor Emily Guendelsberger, was a good old fashioned mob, not having been brought on by social media or text messaging or the like, so questions of the ‘flash mob’ phrase have come into play.

Links: Jeff Deeney on flash mobs, Arlen wants stricter privacy laws and more

• As we tweeted, Phawker contributor Jeff Deeney gives flash mobs his social-worker -experience treatment.
• The Inquirer reports that Sen. Arlen Specter is calling for stronger privacy laws after a Senate subcommittee hearing on technology and privacy, a result of the alleged use of a laptop camera to spy on a Lower Merion youth.
• Wait, what? Geekadelphia shows that it’s been included on a mural put on by one of the Philadelphia teams in that Ford Fiesta social media blitz contest.
• On his personal blog, Duck Duck Go founder Gabe Weinberg crunches some numbers on his successful use of reddit self-serve advertising.
• The Philadelphia Business Journal reports on the Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise conference that is “like the Woodstock of software development.” [Full Disclosure: The conference is a paid advertiser.]

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Links: Allan Frank gives budget hearing, Philebrity’s Joey Sweeney on flash mobs and More

DEFINITE READS

• The Daily News reports on city Chief Technology Officer Allan Frank‘s Tuesday budget hearing before City Council and his push to move the municipal government forward in areas like paperless time sheets.
• PlanPhilly has a piece on the importance of the 2010 U.S. Census to Philadelphia, particularly in a municipal services and business image perspective.
• Blake Jennelle, co-founder of Philly Startup Leaders, has hit the road promoting his missoneurship concept blending nonprofit missions and for-profit entrepreneurship, teaching at the European Creative Cities Conference and hosting meetups.
• The Inquirer has a piece on some of the sights and sounds of SXSW, including Center City-based mobile payment service Venmo.

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Two City Council members want to sue Twitter, Facebook over flash mob

Councilman Frank DiCicco

Councilmembers Frank DiCicco and James F. Kenney are seeking the possibility of suing social media sites like Twitter or Facebook if they indeed played a role in Tuesday’s Market East flash mob, as CNET reported this week.

The councilmen requested permission from Mayor Michael Nutter to take legal action to force a mechanism to stop events like the flash mob of this week.

On Tuesday, roughly 150 teens may have used text messaging and social media sites to coordinate a chaotic rampage from the Gallery mall throughout Market Street, pushing, kicking and vandalizing their way toward the Macy’s near City Hall and an inevitable snowball fight.

No serious injuries were reported, though 16 arrests were made, according to the Inquirer.

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