Author: Daniel X. O’Neil
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Launch: Chicago School of Woodworking Website
Today I helped launch ChicagoWoodworking.com for my client, the Chicago School Of Woodworking. It’s a simple WordPress installation using existing content. Main areas of effort were around upgrading databases and software, cleanup out-of-date plugins and themes, and otherwise make the site more accessible on mobile devices.
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Arte Agora Second Printing
Today I received delivery of 400 copies of the second printing of my book, Arte Agora: Art made, sold, or placed in the public way.
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Launch: 3rd Edition of the CUTGroup with new Preface
Today I published the third edition of my 2014 book, ” The CUTGroup: Civic User Testing Group as a New Model for UX Testing, Digital Skills Development, and Community Engagement in Civic Tech. The book included a new preface calling for systems of deep listening and qualitative user research to deployed en masse in order…
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Chasing Landscapes
Today I published a new essay: Chasing Landscapes: A Practical Study in the Removal of Arte Agora from the Public Way, as a limited edition 10-copy booklet. It’s a new form of participatory art criticism– I documented the existence and removal of items in an extended public art project. Here’s the introduction: This month, Vertical…
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Booklet on DXO Technology Experience
Today I published a 10-copy run of a 16-page look at my 20-year career in technology. I’m using it in a pitch for a potential client– remembering once again how much I love publishing.
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Presentation on Customer Engagement to WorldChicago Fellows
Today I talked about engaging new customers with products and services to the Fall 2019 Tech Innovation & Entrepreneurship Professional Fellows of WorldChicago. Here’s the presentation: And here’s a pic:
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Methods in Ethnographic Management Consulting
When I left Ad Hoc and started up Civic Operator in October 2018, it was a chance to codify and solidify the consulting style I’ve developed over the course of my career into a coherent, useful set of practices. My client during this time has been a manufacturer with facilities all over the country. Over the last year, I…
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Lessons in Arte Agora at Matthew Rachman Gallery & SAE Institute
Today I taught students from SAE about the history of Arte Agora in Chicago, centering on Wesley Willis. We executed a similar lesson plan as the class I did in July 2019, but with a deeper focus on Wesley, especially the connection between finely detailed visual art and music.
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Documentation of Harvard Clothing, Litchfield, MI, August 2019
Here’s a set of documentation I created for this cut & sew athletic sublimation garment outfit. Videos: And a huge photo essay:
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Photos: Minnesota State Fair, August 2019
Here’s a love note to this master of the form.