Month: July 2011
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Leaving EveryBlock to Lead the Smart Chicago Collaborative
I’m excited to announce that this week I have started as the first Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Here’s more: Smart Chicago Collaborative is a new entity that will spearhead information technology-based neighborhood development projects by investing in infrastructure, programs and applications that will make the resources of high-speed Internet more accessible, useful…
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Looking for a Hi-Res, Free to Use, Creative Commons-Licensed Image of a Large Clown in a Small Car Giving a High Five to a Kid at the DuPage County Fair? Thought So. Here Ya Go.
Lemme know if you use it!
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An Open Field in Illinois, Late July, Near Dusk
There is really very little I like to photograph more than the controlled randomness of nature. Getting up close is always fun:
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Open Data Product Idea: Severe Weather Community Center
Monday’s short but devastating storm in Chicago reminded me again of a product based on open data that I wish someone would make: a Severe Weather Community Center. I think there would be two parts to this: historical knowledge/ learnings/ upshots and a ready-to-go infrastructure when things go south. I picture the historical info to…
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Kayakers in Tilt-Shift
A couple of weeks ago, I was out and about on my bike and camera, looking for stuff to shoot. I was going over the Chicago River, and I spied a kayak outing. I took some pics and was pretty happy with it. Then I got back on my bike and yelled “Arrgggh!”, Charlie Brown-style,…