Date archive for January, 2010
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Loud Loop Press: Webzine for Chicago’s Music Scene
Richard Giraldi’s Loud Loop Press aims to ‘amplify Chicago’s music scene’ over the Internet. By the look of things, Giraldi’s doing a pretty good job of it, too.
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Carless Under Construction
Chicago Carless is currently under renovation. I apologize in advance for any wonky things that happen when you visit the site in the meanwhile. I should have all the kinks worked out of the new template soon. (And isn’t it a nifty one?) You can find progress updates in the comment thread of this post. Thanks for your patience!
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CTA Transit Union Deserves No One’s Sympathy (Video)
The CTA’s union workers demand better hours and a raise to go with their health insurance and pensions. Are they living in a different economy than the rest of us?
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The Point of Social Media Is the Social, Not the Media
Lido’s Caffé, the home of a longstanding coffee klatsch that germinated on Twitter–my coffee klatsch–succumbed to the ailing economy last week. Yet in the shop’s failure is a lesson in online community–and how to translate it to real life.
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Snow Removal and a Chicagoan in Montreal
Last week’s allegedly heavy snowfall got me thinking about a couple of things. First, that Chicago meteorologists are way too melodramatic–it’s Chicago, it’s winter, it snows, we live here, we know that. Second, that maybe there’s an even snowier major city that deals better with the white stuff than we do. There is, and a Chicagoan in Montreal tells all about it.
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Track Your Bus over Coffee in Wicker Park/Bucktown
How about video screens in your favorite local shops and cafes telling you at a glance how long you can linger before heading out to the bus stop? Wicker Park/Bucktown now has a network of them.
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How to Help Haiti: Aid Resources on the Web
Here is a list of resources I’ve found that Chicagoans and anyone else can use to figure out the best way for them to offer indirect and, in some cases, direct aid to people affected by the disaster.
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“Nostalgia for samsara is bullshit…”
Yearning for the return of bygone glory days in a universe that’s ever-changing is a great way to lose forward momentum. Yet, I can’t help but ponder the first day of the last decade as I resolve myself to go a bit more gently into this one.
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“Seriously” Elizabeth Grattan, You Should Have Known Better
Chicago radio talent/producer Elizabeth Grattan (tweeting as @elizabethdamaro) turned herself into a story lede over New Year’s weekend. Like me, she’s a loud-mouthed, late-30s media insider. And that means she should have known better.
