What to do during Philly Tech Week
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Philly Tech Week kicks off on Friday. Here's what we suggest you check out.
At this year's Philly Tech Week there's going to be over 140 events. We combed through the listings to create a day-by-day planner featuring the ones that look ridiculously fun or informative.
SATURDAY APRIL 5
Arcade at the Oval: Watch Tetris being played on the Cira Centre. It'll be the tallest video game in the world.
Light Hacking Weekend: Learn how to build a camera obscura or a periscope. Play light pictionary with long-exposure camera shots.
Biodata Sonification Workshop: Translate the data you extract from "living biological systems" into music.
Dev Day: Pick up some useful tech know-how at this day of workshops.
Philadelphia Podcasting Society Meetup: The first-ever meetup for local podcasters.
SUNDAY APRIL 6
GPS Bodies: A GPS-based game played between participants and dancers resulting in an improvised performance.
TUESDAY APRIL 8
Viz Wars: A data visualization competition that might blow your mind.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 9
Camden Sound Bytes: A conversation about the growing tech and startup community in Camden.
GeoPhilly Film Night: A screening of archival films connected to mapping and cartography, some of which will explain "how to deter everything from boredom in suburbia to mob fights through proper planning."
THURSDAY APRIL 10
Rad-Girls.com Launch Party: To celebrate its launch, this website honoring local ladies will kick off with a Q&A followed by cocktails and DJ sets by Factory Girls and Art of Wax.
Viral Art: Disruptions in the Spectacle from Spray Paint to Google Bombs: Tour Philly street art with the blogger behind Vandalog.
N3rd Street Squares: Like Hollywood Squares but with local tech celebrities, a specially-designed app and polka music.
FRIDAY APRIL 11
Music + Tech = ____? RJD2, Schoolly D, WXPN's Bruce Warren, NRP's Tom Moon and others solve the equation.
N3rd Street BBQ: The official city naming ceremony for N3rd Street with plenty of food and drinks.
SATURDAY APRIL 12
Philly Women in Tech Summit: A day of talks that's also a way for women in the industry and those trying to break in to connect.
