Author: Daniel X. O’Neil
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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:
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Photography: Spot News Photo of Car Collision, Downtown Chicago
Here’s a photo I took today of a collision in Chicago. Wide right turns are a thing.
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PANEL: Illinois Government Transparency Conference
Today I participated in a panel discussion on the state of transparency in Illinois. Here’s the packet associated with the conference. When we went around to throw out the problems that need solving, the one I focused on was the fact that there is little to no true collaboration among all parties. That is to…
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PANEL: Ezio Manzini Lecture on Social Innovation
Tonight I participated in a panel discussion following a lecture by Ezio Manzini, a leading expert on desgin and sustainability titled, “”Small Projects, Large Changes: Scaling Up Sustainable Solutions”. It was great to see someone pull together the many threads we’ve seen in city life around cooperative development, hacking the infrastructure, and generally making things…
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Judge: 2011 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition
I helped judge the winners of the 2011 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition, which were announced today.
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PROFILE: “Poetic Justice” Technori Article
Today Technori, published a profile written by Megan Weinerman: “POETIC JUSTICE: Daniel X. O’Neil helps to make things better by doing what he wants and messing things up.” I had a lot of fun working with Megan on this piece. Here’s a snip on Chicago-style entrepreneurship: “I’ve started lots of ventures—a poetry book company, a…
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RADIO: On Outside the Loop Radio Talking About the Smart Chicago Collaborative
Today I spoke with host Mike Stephen of Outside the Loop Radio to talk the issues of Internet access in Chicago and the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program grants being implemented by Smart Chicago. http://vimeo.com/33449320
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Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative
Today marks the end of my first week as the first Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Here’s a snip from a blog post I wrote about the change: There is much work ahead on the Smart Chicago Collaborative. I go to work every day at The Chicago Community Trust, where the collaborative is housed.…