January 2010
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“Mozilla has crafted some compelling demos to show how the HTML 5 video element...”
– HTML 5 and Web video: freeing rich media from plugin prison
“The more you put yourself out there and you take those calculated risks,” he...”
– High Jinks to Handcuffs for Landrieu Provocateur - NYTimes.com
Election Special for Feb. 2, 2010 Primary Election →
Don’t be a dope when it comes to issues the affect you every day. Politicians will vote to increase (or not) Pell Grants, the tax you pay on coffee, soda, and food. Politicians influence your health…
FreelanceSwitch Hourly Rate Calculator →
Very useful.
Bike the Drive Offering Hotel Deal with Bike Valet →
“Soak up the Chicago sun on a car-free bike ride down world-famous Lake Shore Drive,” urges the Active Transportation Alliance as the registration for Bike the Drive begins….
Local Artist Stands Up for Rights, Might Go to... →
Chris Drew is a master of the silkscreen. He runs a youth art program at Uptown Multi-Cultural Art Center and has for years. Drew’s program at UM-CAC works “to promote the multicultural diversity…
MediaPost Publications What the Blogosphere Taught... →
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“iPad launch is also the best example yet of the runaway nature of social media....”
– MediaPost Publications What the Blogosphere Taught Me About The Apple IPad 01/28/2010
“February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four” →
The Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media at Columbia College presents a reception, screening and community discussion of the film, February One:…
“Johnson, who is 56, sits in the ashes of an epic flame war that has destroyed...”
– Right-Wing Flame War! - NYTimes.com
Quite an illuminating look at anonymous blogging, right-wing bloggers, and extremism in cyberspace, as Little Green Footballs blogger has the nerve to take nuanced positions on issues that many concrete reasoners think are binary.
Dems Duke It Out at Cook County Board President... →
From Lake Effect News
It’s not often that elected county officials visit the West Ridge and Rogers Park backwater, but visit they did, arriving with an entourage of TV news cameras and a…
Doubts cast on whether ‘04 Chicago police shooting... →
Editor’s Note: The following article, which was co-authored by two Columbia College journalism students, ran in the Jan. 26 issue of the Chicago Tribune.
By Lauren Rozyla, Morgan McDevitt and…
Austin Wants to Count in 2010 Census →
Residents of the West Side’s Austin neighborhood believe the community was undercounted in 2000, and are working to gain full representation for their neighborhood in the 2010 census.
The 2000…
Error Prevention Made Easy : CJR →
In Austin, Sit-Down Restaurants a Rarity →
Gritty storefronts, boarded-up gas station windows, graffiti-covered pavement and a plethora of fast food restaurants are the sights that will meet your eyes on a drive through one of Chicago’s…
Print and Online Reporters Use Social Media for... →
“Most of the journalists surveyed work in print (52 percent for magazines, 25 percent for newspapers), and the remainder work online. Their median experience in journalism is 18 years.”
News sourcing experiment to rely solely on... →
Starts Feb. 1 and goes for 1 week. Can journalists cover the news using only Twitter and Facebook.
A Sudanese Survivor: Refugee’s Journey From “Lost... →
At first glance, seeing him sip a Stella Artois at a bar in the Loop, one would have no clue about the harrowing journey of the well-dressed man sporting a gray textured button-down, black dress…
Doc Searls Weblog Being Robert Scoble →
From Oct. 2008, but his discussion of traditional static journalism, and the live journalism stream we live in today is still true. If you don’t follow Scoble somewhere, try it, to see what Doc…
“HTML5 video is the Web standard that allows users of most modern-day browsers to...”
– YouTube begins HTML5 rollout | Webware - CNET
All on board but not such a black and white issue... →
Very interesting discussion of technology in schools from the IrishTimes. Talks about Smart tables, projection devices, and how if teachers don’t know how to use them, all the money spent on them is wasted.
Preckwinkle Focused While Tresser Takes on... →
It was a full house, with over 200 women and a handful of men in an audience that was anxious to hear what the next Cook County Board president would do to protect and better serve women and men who…
Gmail - OnlineSpin: Beltway Issues Poised to Hurt... →
“Health care is not the only issue out there with potentially significant consequences for our industry. Here are a few more that are percolating in Washington, D.C. these days:
Privacy - I’ve written quite a bit in the past on the potential for new privacy regulations or laws. It’s still there and still looming. Keep close to the IAB and your other trade organizations to find...
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Accept credit card payments with just your smartphone. Cool.
Schools’ Work-Study Program Offers Unique Glimpse... →
Instead of toting her backpack to school on Friday mornings, high school sophomore Kyara Lee strays from her usual schedule to venture outside the classroom. For one day each week, she sets aside…
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documentation - swfobject - Embedding Adobe Flash... →
Embed flash that is searchable. Here is the code.
INFOGRAPHIC: With New Mobile Rates, There Are Now... →
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INFOGRAPHIC: With New Mobile Rates, There Are Now 10 Million Ways to Pay for a Cell Phone.
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Gardening Grants Available in Rogers Park →
From The Rogers Park Garden Group – Rogers Park, Chicago comes this proposal that will warm any gardener’s heart during a chilly January.
A proposal to “Adopt the Public Way”
The Rogers Park…
Experts Say Fewer Local School Councils Means Less... →
Local school councils are out, Renaissance 2010 is in, and the fight against the machine has only begun. Activists and experts have taken a stand to bring back public schools and public…
Program to Help Ex-Offenders Nearly Overwhelmed by... →
Officials at a Far West Side organization fear if client demand continues to rise, more and more recently released prisoners will be left fending for themselves.
Roger Ehmen, director of Westside…
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“customers are cutting back on cable bills: while rates go up every year, the...”
– Thinking Outside the Box: Web TVs Skirt Cable Giants - Advertising Age - Digital
West Side Program Helps Ex-Offenders Get a Second... →
Charles Ezzard speaks with ease and confidence, pausing from time-to-time as if visually sifting through the past chapters of his life. He recounts times of hardship, yet immediately changes pace…
Plug-in Hybrids, Women in Film, Dank Haus →
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Plug-in Hybrids: Smart Strategies for Reducing Pollution—Why Location and Charging…
“Other groups called on the FCC to stay out of the copyright enforcement...”
– RIAA tells FCC: ISPs need to be copyright cops
Chicago School and Local Theatre Company Offer... →
Chicago’s Josephinum Academy, a Sacred Heart school, is teaming up with resident troupe Polarity Ensemble Theatre to present the world premiere of Chuck Palia’s The Society of Adventurous Women. The production will be directed by Polarity’s David Fehr and assistant director Sarah Baughman and will feature a mostly female cast of students portraying notorious women of history, including
County Board President Candidates to Focus on... →
This is a press release from the Chicago Foundation for Women. The event is free and open to everyone.
COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT CANDIDATE FORUM:
FOCUSING ON VIOLENCE AGAINST…
Greater Auburn Gresham’s Winter News Update →
The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation (GADC) newsletter is available online. Some of the events and news highlighted in this issue includes news that the Community Green Jobs…
A Comparison of the Effects of Three GM Corn... →
Renaissance 2010 High Schools in Austin Fight to... →
Sharon Morgan sits at her desk surrounded by piles of paperwork and a cup of Dunkin Donuts coffee. As she shuffles through the paperwork, she marks her calendar on the day where she plans to speak…
Austin Lacking the Schools Needed to Educate Its... →
Local officials in Austin say if Chicago Public School leaders don’t create more high school seats in the West Side neighborhood, more youth will end up in the streets of Chicago’s toughest areas….
Jan. 25 is Deadline for Artists to Apply for... →
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The Community Arts Assistance Program (CAAP) was created in 1987 through funding provided by the Illinois Arts Council Access Program. The goals of CAAP…
Center Square Ledger Offers News from Francisco to... →
Imagine a community of 80,000 people living in a diverse residential area of young families, empty nesters and seniors, with good housing stock, lots of local businesses, but no newspaper. There…
Miami Herald asks for donations – Center for... →
Mag+, a concept video on the future of digital... →
Take a Look Around Chicago →
Chicagoist has a set of slides, and here are some we liked. Upload your own photos and story about the snow if you like.
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Chicago Talks Exclusive: Interview with Todd... →
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has spent the majority of his time over the last year clearing up what he considers misinformation about his platform and defending himself from what he…
Stroger, O’Brien on the Defensive at Forum as Cook... →
With the primary less than a month away, the Cook County Board president race is heating up, and the hot button issue of sales tax remains at the forefront. On Saturday, the four Democratic…
Chicago: January 7th 2010 →
Chicagoist has slides, and we thought it was a timely idea.
Chicago under a blanket of snow
More about “Chicago January 7th 2010,” posted with vodpod.
Local Organizations Protesting CTA Budget Plans →
On Jan. 18, Martin Luther King’s birthday, a national holiday, several local organizations and individuals plan to a march to protest budget cuts that will mean layoffs for CTA workers and…