Media
Chicagosphere Has Moved to Chicago Carless
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.
Mike Doyle
Mike Doyle is a longtime autistic, gay, Jewish, Disnerd Chicago blogger.
Life
UPS and Toxic Brand Marketing
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'?
Getting Around
Misery of CTA Riders Has Company: San Franciscans Plagued By Ingrate Transit Union, Too
If you think Chicago is the only place in America where a transit union has angered an entire city, think again. This week, San Franciscans are getting ready to play hardball with their intransigent transit union, too.
Chicago
What Is Your Oath of Chicagoanship?
Maybe it would help native and newcomer Chicagoans get along better if we had a civic creed to help us tell real Chicagoans from mere Midwestern posers. If you had to raise your right hand and swear your loyalty to Chicago in order to be considered a Chicagoan, what would your oath be?
Chicago
Why New Yorkers Shouldn't Look for Sweet Home in Chicago
A recent discussion thread in the popular, urbanist City-Data Forum asked for reasons why some people shouldn't move to Chicago. Speaking as an ex-New Yorker who very annoyingly used to measure every city by the standard of the five boroughs, I can think of eight million people who might want to con
Media
Chicago Weekly Aims to Cover Hyde Park
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 weekl
Media
Browse Me in the Bathroom: New Chicago Carless Mobile Site
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.
Life
Rotund, huh?
A recent step on the bathroom scale confirmed what my shortness of breath on long flights of stairs already told me: I'm heavier than I want to be. But the men I date like that in a guy. How does a gay bear keep his dance card full when the time has come to reject his inner heifer?
Politics
The Hypocrisy of Gays Chanting at Churchgoers
Last weekend, LGBT activists crashed Valentine's Day services at Holy Name Cathedral to protest Rome's stance on gay marriage. Is it right to demand religious tolerance by disrupting someone else's right to worship? And why do my fellow queers care so much about a single religion's definition of God
Technology
"Dear Illinois Broadband Enthusiasts..."
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.
Technology
I'm Not a Mac #8--Who Really Needs an iPad?
Injudicious product naming aside, who really needs an iPad? Ever since its launch in January, I've wracked my brain to figure out the empty niche Apple's snazzy new tablet is intended to fill. Trouble is, I keep coming up empty.
Media
The Economic Damage of Social Media "Internships"
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