Author: DXO
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Unused and Unkempt Newspaper Boxes Are An Urban Blight
There’s no shortage of text lamenting the death of print. But I’ve not come to bury Caesar, but to get him to get rid of his unused metal boxes. This is a typical set of newspaper boxes in downtown Chicago (at the corner of State Street and Wacker Drive), taken last week. 15 newspaper delivery…
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New Logo In Action: Renaissance Hotel is Now Renaissance
Logos change all the time, but it’s not every day you get a chance to see a logo change right before your eyes. The other morning I was walking to work past 1 West Wacker Drive and saw sign company workers changing out the signs at what used to be called The Renaissance Hotel and…
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Toward Better Tools For Context in Civic Data Using Private Data Sources
Now that civic data is a normal part of the atmosphere in Chicago, it’s time to start mining private data sources to make automated context a natural part of our Web infolives. By that, I mean the addition of information about a subject that is generated without human intervention. My experience as the person responsible…
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Let’s Win This Thing, Steelers.
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Photography, Fidelity, and January Prairie Colors
I am not the world’s greatest photographer. I do, however, take a shit-ton of pictures, have a good camera, and actively try to figure out how to get better at taking them. One of the biggest things I’ve learned about pictures shot on a good camera in RAW format is that you can do a…