Personal posts
Posts on architecture, obsessions, photography, poems, visits to art exhibits, essays, family, and or things about me organized under art, home, and work.
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Archiving Schoolwork and Other Stuff from Your Kids
One thing about school kids in our culture is that they make a lot of stuff. I am a parent of two boys and I’m also an avowed archivist. Over the years, I’ve developed some practices for managing and storing the stuff kids make, collect, and earn over the course of childhood. Since my oldest child…
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Illinois Personal Finance Challenge
Today I attended the Illinois Personal Finance Challenge at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Good shit.
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In Praise of Martha Lavey
I did not know Martha Lavey, who died this afternoon. She was a living legend, a towering figure who made Chicago better, made us more relevant to the world, and contributed to the advance of American art in ways that people who are were close to her will tell over the coming days. But I…
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The Use of Simple Digital Tools for Communion
Thoughts in preparation for The Impact of Digital Communication on Civic Engagement at DPLA Fest. A lot of my career has revolved around data and communications. The first civic tech tool I ever made, in 1999, was “KillerOnThe Loose.com”, a dumb notification tool that let you know, via Wireless Application Protocol, if there was a person…
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Video of People Lining Up for the 10AM Buses for Chance the Rapper at #MCW2
Today my youngest child and 5 of his friends went to see #MCW2 by Chance the Rapper. By all accounts, it was a magical experience and it may soon be on Netflix. We walked them over to the secret bus location and I took a quick video. The shows seem to be over now, so I…