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  • Awearness Blog: In Whose Best Interest Is Brooklyn’s New Superfund Site?

    3/07/10 • (0)

    The EPA just added Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal to the Superfund list, fast-tracking a cleanup effort for the long-polluted waterway. But whether that’s an environmentally just outcome depends on whom you ask.

  • The Past Imperfect of ChicagoNow

    3/01/10 • (24)

    You can’t run a 21st-century blog network at the speed of a 19th-century newspaper. I wish someone would tell the Chicago Tribune. Here’s how institutional lethargy, inadequate tools, inscrutable navigation, and newsroom pushback make it hard to be a successful ChicagoNow blogger. (This post has now officially become the top-rated Windy Citizen story of all time.)

  • Chicagosphere Has Moved to Chicago Carless

    3/01/10 • (3)

    My Chicagosphere online-media blog has ended production–but as of today, you can find all my former Chicagosphere entries migrated right here to Chicago Carless.

  • UPS and Toxic Brand Marketing

    2/28/10 • (0)

    When rolling out a national ad campaign, it helps to make use of your most recognizable icon. Borrowing the look of another company’s icon? Not so helpful. So why does the UPS Store ad in the March 2010 issue of Fast Company look like a promo for Disney’s ‘Cars’?

  • Chicago Weekly Aims to Cover Hyde Park

    2/25/10 • (0)

    As major Chicago media increasingly search for inroads into community news on the Internet, some existing sites are doing a good job of covering neighborhood-level news all on their own, especially on the South Side. One of them is the University of Chicago-based Chicago Weekly, an alternative weekly taking on the responsibility of keeping the Presidential first-neighborhood informed.

  • Browse Me in the Bathroom: New Chicago Carless Mobile Site

    2/22/10 • (2)

    Today debuts the mobile version of Chicago Carless. Now browsing my blog on an iPhone, Android, or other web-enabled smart phone will bring up a speedy, pared down mobile version that’s a lot easier to read on a smaller screen. From wherever you may be reading.

  • “Dear Illinois Broadband Enthusiasts…”

    2/21/10 • (0)

    The State of Illinois is crowing about a broadband technology grant that will help few people in northern Illinois who really need affordable choices when it comes to Internet service. Who benefits? That depends on whether you can see Cabrini–or cornfields–out your kitchen window.

  • The Economic Damage of Social Media “Internships”

    2/18/10 • (6)

    An improving economy is bringing new job openings for graduating collegians. Unfortunately, opportunities in the social media industry remain monopolized by a highly disingenuous job title: social media intern. It’s a title manufactured by the nonprofit sector to squeeze critically needed expertise from college students–without paying them what they’re worth.

  • Is There Anyone New to Find on Google Buzz?

    2/16/10 • (5)

    I don’t know anyone worth adding into my personal social mediasphere left in my Gmail address book who isn’t a total luddite living life without a cell phone, bank card, or voicemail. Do I really want to try and add these people to my Buzz network? Do you?

  • Why I Pulled JS-Kit Echo Comments Off My Blog

    2/14/10 • (31)

    Last week, JS-Kit’s Echo commenting system came and went very quickly on this blog. After my experience with JS-Kit’s dishonest idea of support, it won’t ever be coming back. Read on for the story JS-Kit doesn’t want its users to know.