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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
1 min read
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/
1 min read
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.
1 min read
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.
2 min read
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
3 min read
Mar
30

Advanced Apartment Searching on Craigslist

Rachel and I are looking for apartments again. The market’s tight - not a lot of home buyers these
Mar
10

The day that only had 23 hours

Earlier this morning, our clocks sprung forward an hour. One minute it was 1:59, and the next, it was
2 min read
Mar
04

Depression

Here’s the video of my Developers and Depression talk from the Business of Software Conference [http://businessofsoftware.org/2013/