Personal posts

Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.

  • Probably Would Have Been Better if the Vice-President Hadn’t Shot Someone

    Do we need any more metaphors for this scattershot, disastrous administration?

  • Windows Live Custom Domains

    So when I heard about Google’s new domain email service, I got pretty excited. I need this service lots of times. I register a lot of goofy domains and often map them directly to TypePad to serve up sites. I register over at GoDaddy and don’t bother purchasing email hosting. I’m not geeky enough to…

  • What I’ve Learned from CTA Alerts

    Back in August I launched the CTA Alerts with my brother Kevin over at www.ctatattler.com. Since that time, 406 people have signed up and made hundreds of posts. Here’s a look at the things I’ve learned from CTA Alerts: The CTA can be pretty forthcoming with information when they’re given a platform. Shorty after we…

  • Read/ Write Web for Technology/ Media Analysis

    As I said upon the launch of Derivative Works, I am interested in web technology trends, but there’s no reason for me to blog about them because other people do such a great job of it. Keeping up with the day job, family, and various projects, my life doesn’t include a trip to Vegas for…

  • Sign Your Kids Up for My 826CHI Workshop

    826 Chicago, the nonproft writing & tutoring center, just published a series of workshops for the next few weeks. I am teaching one: Finding You in Stuff One Session: Saturday, January 28th Time: 10am – 12 Taught by Daniel X. O’Neil Limited to 12 students, grades 2-4 Who are you? This workshop will use Stuff…