Year: 2008
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Chicago City Clerk publishes search tool for legislation and other items going back decades
Here’s some news from our friends at the Chicago City Clerk’s Office. Here’s the complete text of their PDF press release: Unprecedented Transparency Arrives at City Hall City Clerk del Valle Posts City Council Legislation Online Dating Back to the Byrne Administration The old days of crawling around the basement of City Flall searching for…
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Car Music > Disco Inferno > Westbound on Diversey w/ police and Rock n Bowl
It’s been a while since I posted some Car Music, my series of videos taken from my car while driving. Each video is exactly one minute, and they become uncontrollable documentaries. This one’s got all the makings of a classic — disco beat rolls over the beat of the windshield wipers, blow pas blue lights…
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Complete Scans of “What Went Wrong”
Hi-resolution scans of the ground-breaking Miami Herald series that used building permit data to tell a story of destruction and corruption that won the Pulitzer Prize.
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Review of NYC.gov Picture and Video Submission Program
Yesterday the City of New York launched the ability for citizens to send images and video directly to their 911 and 311 systems. On the 311 side, people can submit for six types of service requests: On the 911 side, it’s not exactly a real-time process. Essentially, the caller indicates to the 911 operator that…
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Three-purpose poster
Three-purpose poster, originally uploaded by juggernautco. This is one of my favorite posters that Jonny Stepping and I ever made. Jonny designed it and I wrote the copy. It covered three of my personal obsessions at the time. The flag on the poster was dropped-in after printing — we made a special stamp and got…