• 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.

• As we tweeted:
  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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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.

Below, a study finds financial incentive gave GSK drugs positive treatment from scientists, Philebrity’s Joey Sweeney talks flash mobs and more.

MIGHT BE OF INTEREST

• Bloomberg News reports that a study claims most scientists who published articles supporting a GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug after it was linked to heart disease in 2007 had financial ties to GSK.
• The Inquirer profiles its Top Workplaces of 2010, including Fort Washington-based IT consultancy firm Chariot Solutions, noting its focus on long-term, sustainable growth.
• The Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce announced it has launched a new blog platform, which is integrated into its existing site.

GIVE A GLANCE

• The Flash Mob news continues, with police on alert from University City to South Street and beyond. Fox 29 even dragged out Joey Sweeney of Philebrity, the video of which can be seen below.

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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.

“It is disheartening; to say the least, that these youth so casually disrespected our residents, businesses, customers, visitors, and our police department,” the letter said. “While they certainly owe this city an apology and deserve to be punished under the fullest extent of the law, we believe that social media outlets should also bear some of the blame.”

This issue has happened in Philadelphia before, including a ruckus on South Broad Street in June.

CNET makes the point: “On one hand, suing Facebook in this case is like suing the phone company if telephone calls were used to plot a bank robbery. It’s not the responsibility of a social network with 400 million members around the world to monitor conversations between mischievous high schoolers…”

But it’s happened before, and authorities haven’t found the tools to combat them. Maybe they should partner with a certain Camden startup Drakontas.

No word yet from the Nutter administration or if the councilmen will otherwise move froward with the legislation.