This is a visualization of our content in September 2008 and September 2009. Interesting way to review a year of content.
Wordle – chicagotalks.org. in 2008
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Wordle – chicagotalks.org
LISC/Chicago Digital Excellence Program Helps Bridge Digital Divide
By LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program
July 23, 2009 – Four neighborhoods are bridging the digital divide through LISC/Chicago’s Digital Excellence Demonstration Communities (DEDC) pilot program, bringing universal, meaningful participation in technology to low-income communities. Mayor Daley announced the program as an integral part of the City of Chicago ’s Digital Excellence Action Agenda that...
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What’s a Portal? Pilsen Shows The Way
By LISC/Chicago’s New Communities Program and Community Beat Blog
July 23, 2009 – Mayor Daley was in Pilsen July 21 promoting “digital excellence,” but what does that mean? The hope is that in the four demonstration communities of Pilsen, Englewood, Chicago Lawn and Auburn Gresham, use of digital tools and the internet will become commonplace...
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The Chicago Better Business Bureau issues warning about deceptive advertisments
April 14, 2009 – The Better Business Bureau of Chicago is advising consumers to read the fine print on ads on social networking and other websites before giving personal information or ordering products.
“People need to use extreme caution and read the fine print before handing over their credit card information to a an online...
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Wondering about the utility of Twittering?
Image via Wikipedia
A mobile telephony expert will take you on the mobile tweetup, as he explains here. So, is this just moblogging in a new guise? I don’t think so. It is often necessary to experiment with new technologies, to “play with them” in effect, in order to understand the capabilities of the new...
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The URL the Chicagotribune.com forgot – metradelays
In their story about the Google employee who set up metra delay alerts on twitter, the chicagotribune.com only linked to its metra alerts. Here is the twitter address to follow for all metra delay alerts: http://twitter.com/metradelays
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Kaltura Video Mix Tool Added to ChicagoTalks
Check out copyright and remix issues at RIP.
Here is a video example of how Kaltura works, though I didn’t mix up videos to make this:
Interested in remix culture ideas?
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CNT’s 30 Years of Sustainability
The trend of "living green" is far from anything new. The Center for Neighborhood Technology helped pioneer that philosophy some 30 years ago. The Garfield Park-based non-profit organization continues to set the benchmark today.
Through its initiatives in natural resources, energy, climate, and transportation and community development, CNT has given Chicago-area residents the resources...
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