IndyHall Member Profiles: Kevin Fitzpatrick
Filed under: Community Support, coworkers, In The News, Independents Hall
I’d like you to meet Kevin Fitzpatrick, lifetime student of software development and active member of the Indy Hall community. If Kevin isn’t busy creatively stringing together lines of code, you could probably find him sharing ideas with a fellow programmer.
Holding true to form I couldn’t help but wonder first how Kevin got here.
“About two years ago I went to a cream cheese session, a Bar Camp, and Ignite Philly all within a couple of months. Alex was a big part of this scene and before I knew it I was coming in to Indy Hall to work once a month.”
Ok. Cheese, Bar, Ignite, Alex, I think I got it. Two years, huh? I think he must like it here.
“I love it here. Everywhere I go, be it Florida or Sweden, I talk about Independents Hall. A lot of the time I wind up being known as ‘Kevin from Indy Hall.’ There’s just so much going on in the Philadelphia tech community right now and when I ask around, people know.”
It seems like Indy Hall has served him well. Rumor has it he’s in the process of returning the favor.
“We’re basically developing a coworking management program in an effort to make your life easier.”
Thanks Kevin from Indy Hall! You shouldn’t have.
“The goal is to automate all the operational tasks involved in running a coworking space, such as invoicing, so you’re free to focus your energy elsewhere.”
I’ll add that to the list of great ideas that have been grown here.
“Funny you should say grown. My girlfriend and I were talking about wine the other day. The grape makes the wine and the soil has a lot to do with that. Only grapes that were grown in the Champagne region of France can be called Champagne. The reason is that you could take two seeds from the same plant, grow one in France and one in California, and the grape that grows will be completely different.
In application, an idea that starts here is going to get the flavor of the people that are here now. It’s going to turn out different than if it happened in a traditional incubator or in someone’s garage and I think we have really good soil here.”
Wow, Kevin from Indy Hall, that’s a fantastic analogy. Indy Hall: It’s good soil for your mental grapes.
