Year: 2012
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Panel: Urban Systems Collaborative
Today I worked with John Tolva to lead an interactive session on improving information systems within and between the various actors and sectors that make up a city at the Urban Systems Collaborative meeting at the Metropolitan Planning Council. Here’s the full agenda for the day: 8:50 Welcome – Colin Harrison, IBM 9:00 Plenary…
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Interview: Ugtastic re: OpenGovChicago User-Group
Today marks the publication of an interview I did with Mike Hall of Ugtastic. Here it is: Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative and organizer OpenGovChicago User-Group
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MC: 2012 Lumity Dinner
Tonight I served as the Master of Ceremonies for the 2012 Lumity Dinner. Great people, great cause.
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PANEL: LISC Chicago Five Big Ideas
Today I took part in a panel for the 18th annual LISC Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards. The panel was called “5 Big Ideas” and the format was 5 ideas expressed in 15 images on 15 slides for 15 seconds each. I used images from my own Flickr account and I was pretty pleased with how…
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News Article: Code experts take a crack at upgrading Chicago’s 311 system
Here’s an article from today’s Chicago Sun-Times about the Code for America project: Code experts take a crack at upgrading Chicago’s 311 system BY SANDRA GUY Business Reporter/sguy@suntimes.com February 2, 2012 7:02PM Chicagoans should be able to more extensively track 311 calls and the city’s responses online, thanks to a team of software coders here…
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PHOTO: 20-Yard Line Photo Used on Twitter Ad Scrimmage Web Site
Today I learned that Twitter is using my image of a football field on their Ad Scrimmage Web site. Super-excited about this. Here’s a screenshot of the site today: And my pic:
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NEWS ARTICLE: HuffPo Chicago Article re: Code for America Project
Today the Huffington Post Chicago published a piece highlighting the work of the Code for America fellows: Code For America In Chicago: Open311 Will Be City’s Next Big Tech Move. Snip: Daniel X. O’Neil, executive director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, wrote the CFA application for the city, and his group will be working with…
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Presentation: Fun With Sanborn Maps w/ Jen Masengarb and Civic Innovation Session with Brett Goldstein at ORD Camp
Today at ORD Camp I did a presentation about Sanborn maps and how they could be useful for all sorts of economic and planning functions. See also a post I wrote about some Logan Square Sanborn maps after Jen schooled me some. Here’s me during Brett’s talk about using data for civic innovation: