It’s August in Chicago, and the attention of parents and kids turn back to school. There are lots of changes this year in the Chicago Public School system, with school closings & consolidations and safe passage routes dominating the news…
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The Minds Behind Foodborne Chicago
Here’s a story in today’s Chicago Tribune about the Foodborne Chicago project (larger snip below). On the About page of the Foodborne Chicago website, we have a section called “Genesis”. It lists, in chronological order, the people who had something to…
[VIDEO] Super-Specific CUTGroup Feedback on Go2School App
We are preparing our full take on CUTGroup tests we did on Tom Kompare‘s Go2School, a website that allows you to explore travel options to your Chicago Public School., but I wanted to share some great cuts we took from…
Volunteer at Smart Chicago: Be a CUTGroup Test Proctor
We need volunteers to help us with our next few CUTGroup tests. Here’s the commitment: Help us out for 2 hours, 6-8pm, sometime during the week at a public computer center somewhere in Chicago You will be working with CUTGroup…
Chicago Developers: US Department of Labor Launches Smartphone App Contest Around Fair Labor
My colleague Matt Bruce pointed me to this new app contest: US Department of Labor launches smartphone app contest. Here’s a snip: The DOL Fair Labor Data Challenge, which can be accessed at http://fairlabor.challenge.gov, calls for creating a smartphone app that…
Christopher Whitaker is a White House Champion of Change for Civic Hacking
Christopher Whitaker, a researcher, writer, and organizer for the Smart Chicago Collaborative, is being named a Champion of Change for Civic Hacking this morning at the White House. The White House Champions of Change program was created as part of President…
