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How 25 Awesome Twentysomethings Nailed It

Eric Jacobsen Blog

He produced around five hundred oils and watercolors that garnered little or no attention from the public during his lifetime, to his disappointment. Posthumously, though, critics saw in this work a foretaste of impressionism, the art movement that had just appeared on the horizon, and appreciation rose.

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Guest Post: Nell Taylor on the Chicago Underground Library

Museum 2.0

Last month, I got a chance to talk with Nell Taylor, founder of the Chicago Underground Library. Nell will be responding to comments on this blog and can also be reached here. We’ve been doing this for close to five years and have accumulated over 2,000 publications. Geography is fluid, though.

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Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Social Networking and Web Tools for Chicago Nonprofits. Paul Baker, Webitects; Kara Carell, 501 Tech Club Chicago/Interfaith Youth Core; Todd McMeen, CitizenPowered.org. What are the specific social networking sites in Chicago? Managing the content so people don't inappropriate comments. Who am I talking to?

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How History’s Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together

Eric Jacobsen Blog

He produced around five hundred oils and watercolors that garnered little or no attention from the public during his lifetime, to his disappointment. Posthumously, though, critics saw in this work a foretaste of impressionism, the art movement that had just appeared on the horizon, and appreciation rose.

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Storytelling for Success: A Look at Three Crowdfunding Campaigns

Tech Soup

Interestingly, some of the money from this campaign will go to more digital storytelling efforts: "Public awareness is the keystone of our campaign. Build a Playground on Chicago's South Side! This campaign is built on an inspiring story of two Chicago communities coming together for the greater good. Indiegogo).

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Blog Redesign: A collaborative approach

Amy Sample Ward

books/publications, and other resources. But what’s really important to me, is that there are A WHOLE HECK OF A LOT of conversations here: there are around 500 posts and over 6,700 comments ! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave a comment here or email me any time.

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What We Talk About When Talk About Open Data

Tech Soup

billion in charity tax fraud, and, in a more pedestrian example, a woman in Denmark used government datasets to build a website showing all the public toilets across the country. Five years ago, the city of Portland, Oregon followed the precedent set by San Francisco and Chicago when it opened its data to developers. Here in the U.S.,

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