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Police Raid, Children Walking
Police Raid, Children Walking, originally uploaded by metroblossom. Photo of the year, by any spot photographer anywhere. By David Schalliol. See more of hos work here.
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Recap of Chicago Forward: Conversations About The Future” Forum re: Education
So tonight Shawn–Laree and I attended the first of a series of "Conversations About the Future” sponsored by Chicago Tribune and PNC bank. It was a really good civic event– thrown by a newspaper, sponsored by a bank, peopled by the people whose opinions matter about the subject at hand. James Janega of the Tribune…
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Chicago City Clerk publishes search tool for legislation and other items going back decades
Here’s some news from our friends at the Chicago City Clerk’s Office. Here’s the complete text of their PDF press release: Unprecedented Transparency Arrives at City Hall City Clerk del Valle Posts City Council Legislation Online Dating Back to the Byrne Administration The old days of crawling around the basement of City Flall searching for…
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Review of NYC.gov Picture and Video Submission Program
Yesterday the City of New York launched the ability for citizens to send images and video directly to their 911 and 311 systems. On the 311 side, people can submit for six types of service requests: On the 911 side, it’s not exactly a real-time process. Essentially, the caller indicates to the 911 operator that…
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Go Get Pillbox
My nephew, Corey O’Neil, released a pretty nifty application today called Pillbox that allows you to see Digg articles and comments in real-time. Works in the browser and as a download. Super-customizable. Recommended: the Pac Man theme.