Ankur Thakkar’s road to being the social media guru at the Chicago Mayor’s Office was a little indirect, but he finds that all of his interests led him to where he is today and apply to his current position. After working at the University of Chicago for 11 months, Thakkar started working in government...
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Check your Voter Savvy with Chicagotalks.org Congressional Primary Tool Just  as “pitchers and catchers report” in the Spring, voters step up for the primary elections. Chicagotalks.org and Congressionalprimaries.org bring you a fun, novel, and useful interactive tool that presents the “who’s who” for all the congressional primaries held across Illinois’ 18 congressional districts on...
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In a digital age, over one billion people have turned to social media, either in the form of Facebook or Twitter. In the 46th ward, residents have turned to Uptown’s Facebook page in order to form their own unofficial neighborhood watch. Currently 1,581 Facebook users “like” the page and are utilizing it to share...
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Income disparities seem to appear less distinct when it comes to communicating through social media. “I can always reach my clients by facebook which they keep active even if their phone is inactive,” said Sol Anderson, the regional program manager for LIFT-Chicago, an Uptown-based nonprofit that partners college student volunteers with its low-income clients...
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Are you using Storify.com to report, write, and follow what’s going in the world and in social media? Chicagotalks has a plug-in for that, and we hope you will try it out for yourself. You create your Storify.com curated item first in Storify. Remember to add your own words and don’t just sling together...
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Like many Chicagoans, Kevin Byrne runs every morning. However, he does it throughout the 14-acre Museum of Science and Industry to scout out different places that are exceptionally dark and would be perfect for his next sleeping locale. Byrne is spending 30 days inside the Museum of Science and Industry for the second round...
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Responding to demand from a passionate youth audience, Archie’s Final Project, dubbed the “little indie film that could,” debuts in Chicago on October 14, 2011 at AMC South Barrington 30. After its unique and long journey from film festivals, the award-winning “dramedy”  has gained distribution based on the feedback and demands of more than...
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Facebook: Almost 500 million people in the world have a profile, and they love it, hate it or love to hate it. Regardless of the feelings you have toward your profile, Mary Schmich, columnist for the Chicago Tribune, told an audience at a Community Media Workshop in Chicago June 9 that you have to...
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  This is information from the Better Business Bureau’s Tom Joyce but Chicagotalks wants you to be careful n the aftermath of the death of Osama Bin Laden this past weekend. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) warns consumers to watch out for a growing number of cyber-scams that have popped up online.   Consumers should...
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Do you live in the 8th Ward? In Marynook, Avalon Park, Pill Hill, Chatham, Jeffrey Manor, South Shore or Grand Crossing? Check out our special line to your community. You may have heard or used that useful Everyblock.com site. The site finds information – data feeds – and pulls them into a searchable form...
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