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.
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Notes from the Champions of Change — Open Innovators Event at the White House
Last week I took part in a great event at the White House. About 3 minutes into the program, I set aside my own personal joy and realized that there were a whole slew of awesome thoughts, projects, and policies coming from dozens of people, so I started taking notes. On paper. With a pen.…
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So Apparently I Am A White House Champion of Change for Open Innovation
This morning I am in Washington DC to take part in a White House Champions of Change event focused on open innovation. Instead of trying to characterize this event myself, I'll just copy/paste some text: You have been selected by United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to be highlighted as a ‘Champion of Change’,…
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North Avenue Beach in Calm
Yesterday Whet Moser of Chicago Magazine used an image of mine in a deeply researched post about the history of violence on Chicago's beaches. It reminded about these other photos I've taken there. I love the off-times. You zig, I zag. All images are in hi-res and free for use under Creative Commons.
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Deep Dive: City of Chicago Payments Data
For open data geeks, there is much to be happy about in Chicago municipal government. John Tolva, a longtime open data advocate and city hacker, is now the Chief Technology Officer. Brett Goldstein, the early OpenTable technologist who most recently founded the predictive analytics practice at the Chicago Police Department, is the Chief Data Officer.…
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In Praise of Gil Scott-Heron
The last two tracks of Kanye’s record brought Gil Scott-Heron back to me. Whatever Kanye wanted that song to mean, to me it’s all about trying to be an artist in the middle of that which is not artful.