Author: DXO
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Trip to St. Louis
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NYC Spring Break 2014 Images and Videos
I take a lot of pictures. I especially take a lot of pictures while I’m traveling. Over the last few years I have also made a sustained attempt to produce “personal documentaries”– short-format videos made on standard Mac iMovie templates that show what I see. My family, and the vacations we take, are of special importance…
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Some Thoughts Toward the Maturation of the Civic Innovation Sector of the Technology Industry
I saw this blog post by Derek Eder of DataMade last week and it made me feel good that we are taking steps over at OpenGovChicago to have some concrete discussions about IT procurement in the municipal government of Chicago. Almost invariably, when one looks at things more closely— as the people of Chicago should expect when…
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Monthly Parking (A Short Play by Daniel X. O’Neil)
Scene: There is a small but growing fire on the top floor of a parking lot in the early morning cold in the downtown area of a major city. (Actual address: 191 North Clark Street). There are seven or so fire engines, alarms going off, and a steady stream of grey smoke pouring out of the…
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Some Thoughts on Poetry + Technology
Last night I read along with Catherine Halley and Stephanie Plenner at Notes from the Mainframe. The event was hosted by the Guild Complex at FreeGeek Chicago. Here’s some stuff: I was super-stoked to finally get over to FreeGeek. I love everything they do and I love how they do it– as a community. And they don’t…