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My good friend and frequent collaborator Harper Reed was interviewed in A.V. Club today, and they reffed some of the work we’ve done together:

After leaving Threadless, Reed focused on his own startup work and hacks, including an unofficial API for the CTA’s bus tracker program that provided web developers with the tools to include bus arrival times into their own applications. He and EveryBlock co-founder Dan O’Neil shared their work with the CTA and saw their ideas grow into an official transit API and developer center.

  • REF: Reed in A.V. Club

    My good friend and frequent collaborator Harper Reed was interviewed in A.V. Club today, and they reffed some of the work we’ve done together: After leaving Threadless, Reed focused on his own startup work and hacks, including an unofficial API for the CTA’s bus tracker program that provided web developers with the tools to include…

  • POLICY: Rahm Emanuel @ EveryBlock

    Today Chicago Mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel visited the EveryBlock offices in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. This was the result of months of advance work with the Emanuel campaign, and it resulted in a large number of media placements for EveryBlock.Here’s the post on the Emanuel campaign Web site: Rahm visits EveryBlock, discusses plan to…

  • Presentation: “Hack The Election” Session at ORD Camp

    Today Dan Sinker and I did a “Hack The Election” session at ORD Camp. I talked about my experience with Aldermanic Websites and he covered Chicago Mayoral Election Scorecard. Here’s my pic:

  • CTA Train Tracker Beta Test + Review

    I’ve been helping test the Train Tracker system for the Chicago Transit Authority over the last few weeks and today (launch day) I wrote an extensive, first-look review over here on CTA Tattler. Here’s a snip: In my experience, the system works great and it is a very positive addition to the overall CTA communications regime.…

  • LAUNCH: AldermanicWebsites.com

    Today I launched a politics/ design/ technology/ humor site called AldermanicWebsites.Here’s the launch post (Comparing Aldermanic Hopefuls Online) and two snippets: Here’s something I worked on over Christmas vacation: AldermanicWebsites. It is a fun/ manic little Web site that “contains links to and reviews of the Web sites, Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and other Web…

  • REF: Post About Goofy Contract / CityPayments

    Here’s a nice post from Chicago Muckrakers, acting on a contract I flagged as goofy over on CityPayments: Company accused of stealing millions from NYC and hurricane victims gets money from Chicago. The City of Chicago has given over $7 million to Spherion, a company whose employees were targeted by federal prosecutors last week for…

  • PRESENTATION: Gov 2.0 Talk at Obtiva

    Here’s a tech talk I participated in today at the Obtiva offices. Open Gov. Discussion at Obtiva Geekfest from Obtiva on Vimeo.

  • PHOTO: Rahm Emanuel Announcing His Candidacy for Chicago Mayor

    I took a relatively widely used photo of Rahm Emanuel today. The image is licensed under Creative Commons and was used widely by publications covering Emanuel’s successful campaign for Mayor. Here are some examples:

  • WORKSHOP: Philadelphia Connect Project for Code for America

    Today I participated in a workshop in Philadelphia focused on brainstorming for one of the inaugural projects of the exciting new CodeForAmerica project. Really great stuff they’re working on.

  • PANEL: Gov 2.0 at midVentures Launch

    Today I took part in a panel discussion focused on how the Gov 2.0 movement provides opportunity for business.

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