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Author: Daniel X. O’Neil

  • IPRA Community Service Award for SWSRA Website

    Today I received a community service award from the Illinois Parks & Recreation Association for my work with the South West Special Recreation Association in building their website.

  • Chicago Works For You

    Here’s screenshots of this project that I completed for the City of Chicago:      

  • Training: “Websites for Small Businesses” in Rogers Park

    Today I began teaching a new course that I wrote– “Websites for Small Businesses”. The course is sponsored by DevCorp North. Here’s the first night materials: Websites for Small Businesses from Daniel X. O’Neil This is a custom 9-hour course taught in three-hour stretches over three days. Syllabus as follows: Learn How to Create & Maintain…

  • Red Eye Mention of CTA Alerts, December 27, 2005

    Here’s a mention of the CTA Alerts system in an end-of-the-year CTA roundup in the Red Eye: The year 2005 marked some memorable moments for the CTA. With the new year upon us, “Going Public” takes a ride down memory lane. Along the route, we’ll vote these moves good, bad or just plain ugly. *Wireless…

  • Y!Q Link Generator: An easy way to generate Y!Q links for your web pages.

    Today I launched, with my colleague Ben Friedberg, the Y!Q Link Generator. It leverages Y!Q for Publishers, a way to embed Yahoo! search into you weblog or website. Here’s a snip from the launch blog post: Y!Q for Publishers is a way to embed Yahoo! search into you weblog or website. Since it launched in February, it has not caught on.…

  • Workshop: Finding Yourself in Stuff: Identity in Found Poetry and Collage

    Here’s a workshop I conducted today at 826CHI. WORKSHOP CHECKLIST: 1. Detailed explanation: see below 2. Syllabus: see below 3. Sessions: One session of 1.5 or 2 hours (see below for timing) 4. Dates/ times: I can do Monday or Wednesday weekday evening or any weekend afternoon 5. Age range: workshop can accommodate any of…

  • Best Practices in Requirements Management for the New York Times Company

      Today I taught another session on software requirements management at the NYT Company in Norfolk, VA. This is a lightweight, no-nonsense one-day tutorial on how to document good software and communicate needs to developers. Here’s an outline: What is Requirements Management Documentation Stakeholders Needs, Features, and Requirements Fishbone Diagram Exercise JAD Sessions and Other…

  • Wide Right Turns on FlickrBlog

  • Launch: Chicago Inspector General Website

    Today I helped launch the first website of the Chicago Inspector General. This includes, for the first time, a way for residents to report corruption in Chicago. Here’s a screenshot from launch day: I also art directed the new logo: 1

  • Create Training on CDOT Permits

    I helped CDOT leadership create an hour-long training course with the following objective: To describe the type of approval required prior to making any opening in, or constructing or repairing any pavement in, the Public Way pursuant to Chapter 10-20 and 10-30 of the Code. Here’s an outline of the content: Part 1 – License…