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Petworth PorchFest 2026 (PPF) is only about a week away. The forecast looks good (knock on wood, fingers and toes crossed). With more than 400 bands slated to play in a single afternoon, it’s the biggest PPF yet, by far the biggest musical festival in the DC area, and among the very biggest music festivals […]
When a programmer takes someone else’s code and then starts modifying it for their own needs or with their own features, we call that “forking” a project. People do this is an all kinds of other domains too, such as revising someone else’s contract for their own needs or modifying a recipe for their own […]
Petworth PorchFest, an annual festival where hundreds of musical artists perform on porches in a matter of hours, is a volunteer-run event. It starts with a call for hosts (porches) and performers, then there’s a pairing process to match hosts and performers. Hosts often have specific preferences or partial availability, as do bands. On top […]
We launched ATTIC/crave last year, a new experimental service that allows the public to see specific furniture, decor and fashion products that community members are on the hunt for. The items are typically vintage and hard to find. They may be 20, 30, 40 or more years old and perhaps only a few still exist […]
Our neighborhood schools facing interesting challenges. We’ve been helping one local school’s administration tackle annoying paper cuts with a homegrown custom-built platform (that we have boringly called School Year), and one of the tasks is to manage donations. One type of donation, grade-wide school fundraisers, require every family to contribute. In the past, tracking that […]
A friend’s need for a website for their small business turned into a personal challenge. What’s the fastest way to get a free, simple website up and running, from absolute scratch? One answer appears to be using a combination of GitHub and CloudFlare. Et voila, done. In literally 20 minutes. The website was live. Introducing […]
Last year we introduced product alerts. These alerts are set by users looking for a specific product that already existed on ATTIC, say a vintage 80s Hawaiian shirt. It might be sold out at one store, but might pop up somewhere else completely different. Our alert system works like an automated personal shopping assistant that […]
The Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund Platform supports a fellowship program that elevates underrepresented filmmakers. It manages applications, evaluations, and program administration for the StoryLab process and broader fellowship lifecycle. Feature Summary Technical Summary
Given ATTIC’s focus on goods sold by vintage dealers and unique boutiques, or made by small shops and artisans, the products you find on ATTIC are not things you can expect to find at a big box store or an Internet giant like Amazon or Walmart. The items can be exceptionally rare. To help shoppers […]
For the first time in its history, NASBE launched a digital-only version of the State Education Standard, a refereed journal that provides insight into education policy issues that are significant for state boards of education. We designed and built the new digital-first theme, based in WordPress, which gives priority to on-screen readibility for all devices, […]