Confessions of a Digital Packrat

Lately, I've been encountering more and more people who want to participate in open source communities (and other online communities) bu...

It's been almost a year and a half since our Chicagoist interview was published, and a lot has changed since then. The Google Chicago...

John Felice died last month at the age of 84. He was the founder of Loyola's Rome Center, a former Jesuit, a teacher, British Intellig...

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Wherein we answer our first question. Either download the mp3 directly from the site , or subscribe directly in iTunes. (If you can't fi...

Congrats to Adrian , Paul , Wilson and Dan over at EveryBlock on their launch . If you thought that ChicagoCrime was cool, EveryBlock is go...

After giving dozens of talks together, Ben and I have decided to do a podcast. We've kicked off with an inaugural episode where we tel...

In the past few months, several folks have weighed in on their favorite fonts—Cory Doctorow waxed poetic about Droid Sans Mono while James ...

One of Ben and my latest Google tech talks is now up on YouTube . It's not as fun as our Poisonous People talk, but it's sort of ...

I love stories. When I choose books or authors, I lean towards science fiction, but if I know that an author is a good storyteller , I'...

The Marina City Towers Condo Association in Chicago aims to require permission for anyone to use the likeness of their building : "Beca...

My fellow conspirator Ben does an excellent analysis of a poisonous person who showed up on our doorstep just a few days ago.