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Category: Writing

  • WRITING: “Chicago’s First Attempt At TIF Sunshine Falls Short”on Progress Illinois

    Today Progress Illinois published an article that I co-wrote with Max Brooks: Chicago’s First Attempt At TIF Sunshine Falls Short. Here’s a snip: The Projects section typically has a project name with supporting documents linked beneath. Document types include: Redevelopment Agreements These are often simply copies of the relevant pages from the City Council Journal…

  • Writing: EveryBlock Statement in Support of Open Data Standards in New York City

    Today, on behalf of EveryBlock, I wrote and submitted the following statement to New York City Council: EveryBlock strongly supports the introduction of a Local Law to create open data standards in New York City. EveryBlock is a neighborhood news site serving 15 cities, including New York. You can see our work at http://nyc.everyblock.com/, where we combine public records from New York…

  • WRITING: Testimony re: City asset lease agreements disclosure ordinance

    Today I testified at the Chicago City Council Committee on Finance. Here’s the text: Statement of Daniel X. O’Neil in support of the proposed City asset lease agreements disclosure ordinance. Monday, June 1, 2009. 11:30 a.m., Council Chambers My name is Dan O’Neil, and I am one of the co-founders of EveryBlock.com, a neighborhood news…

  • Writing Samples re: Open Government

    Here are some examples of recent writing on open government:Inaccessible Pothole Data in Chicago: documenting my unsuccesful attempts to obtain pothole data from Chicago’s Department of Transportation And the Chicago Sun-Times references specific, detailed pothole numbers: “The city had a daily average of 300 to 400 potholes in the days before Christmas, but the number…

  • TypePad in the Real World: One Year of Classroom Websites at a Private Elementary School

    .Last summer I implemented a large-scale TypePad system for the Catherine Cook School in Chicago. The teachers and staff at the school really took to the system. Despitethe hours of training I delivered to them, you never know how (orwhether) tools will be used when they’re released in the wild. Here’s arundown of how they used…

  • GoogObits is the Yahoo! Pick of the Day

    Today my Web site GoogObits was highlighted as the Yahoo! Pick of the Day.