Feb
03
Bipolar
I have type II bipolar disorder.
Type I is what you probably think of when you think of bipolar. It’
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Greg Baugues
Jan
27
The Secret to Understanding Football
This Sunday, you might find yourself watching the Super Bowl even though you
have absolutely no interest in football. I
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Jan
26
I'm a Twilio Developer Evangelist
I’m excited to announce that last week I accepted a position as a developer
evangelist with Twilio [http://www.
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Jan
02
Adapt
For three months I’ve been taking improv classes at The Second City, hoping
they’d improve my public speaking
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Sep
16
Speak Slow
The most important lesson I’ve learned on public speaking was taught to me by
Congressman Danny Davis. His voice
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Sep
06
The covert NSA agent sitting next to you
For me, the most unsettling part of the most recent Guardian article on NSA
domestic surveillance
[http://www.theguardian.com/
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Aug
14
Autoworkers of our generation
Fifty years ago, an autoworker could provide a middle-class existence for his
family. Bought a house. Put kids through college.
1 min read
Jul
26
Assumptions
Last week, I made two purchases off of Craiglist.
The first is a table from a family in Logan Square.
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Jul
24
How I won the Illinois Open Technology Challenge
Earlier this year, the State of Illinois released a bunch of data
[https://data.illinois.gov/] into the public domain.
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Apr
28
Living in a Chicago Storefront
This is the story of how Rachel and I inadvertently rented a storefront.
A few weeks ago, we bought a
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