Month: March 2006
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Answer The Call: City of Chicago Firefighter/ EMT Exam
The Chicago Fire Department is open for applications to its entrance exam for the first time in 11 years. Go here (PDF), read the small print, and then click the link at the bottom of the PDF to register for the exam. Here’s what Mayor Daley says: The theme of this campaign is ‘answer the…
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Yahoo! Buzz Index for Insights
I like sideways ways to get information. I subscribe to the straight-news methods– Google Alerts, Yahoo! Keyword Alerts, Technorati, meme sites, etc. And they work. But the sideways stuff– original, first-hand research that tells you things that you wouldn’t know from normal sources– is the real deal. My CTA Alerts is an example. Its purpose…
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We Are All Kevin Finnerty
So, like a lot of people, I watched episode 67 of the Sopranos on Sunday night. Due to some travel obligations, I couldn’t get to the TV until the 11 o’clock showing, not the original 8 PM one. The kernel of the epsiode is Tony’s coma-induced dream-thinking wherein he is Kevin Finnerty, a regular guy…
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The Importance of Documentation > Elementary School Websites
Last summer I created a pretty big weblog network for a Catholic elementary school here in Chicago. I also documented my work pretty heavily, showing why I did things certain ways, showing css snippets, and generally laying it out so that people who come in later can see what’s going on. When my friend Cliff…
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Why The CTA Alerts Isn’t Customized
Splitting up alerts is the most common feature request we’ve gotten from the start. I know why it’s appealing– it would be a cool thing if you could get a simple answer to a simple question: Should I take my normal public transportation route or should I alter it? Should I descened these subway steps…