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Posts tagged "social media"

Jim B., the man who elected himself mayor of Chicago City Hall

How long before Daley takes back his city? This is definitely not politics as usual. The old way of getting yourself elected meant years of hard work, compromise and most importantly sacrifice (and possibly a family dynasty) to rule the Second City.  But New York-based Foursquare has changed all that, swooping into town giving average... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
February 9, 2010 at 9:40 am
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State of the Union: CNN's relies on Twitter for "analysis" of Obama's speech

We love graphics, even this one, though it doesn’t tell us much. Here at ChicagoNow, we don’t have fancy multitouch 50-inch LED screens (yes, John King, I’m jealous). But we did watch President Obama’s State of the Union speech. Before I chime in with my reasoned analysis (I have none, since there is too much... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
January 28, 2010 at 1:41 am
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Gop.am, Republican URL-shortener, gets PWN'D, liberally (screengrabs)

The GOP has been trying hard to establish its own Web 2.0, digital strategy and this latest step can’t be considered more than a stunt at this point. After announcing the launch of gop.am, a service to make url’s more “conservative,” folks on the web went nuts shortening urls for Web sites that are not... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
December 15, 2009 at 6:44 pm
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Digital democracy: Mashable Open Web Awards tap the Chicago way

We may not have gotten the 2016 Olympics but we can still own the Internet! Rally your friends for Mashable’s 3rd Annual Open Web Awards. Some of us are already there. The results so far appear limited to the most recent 40 votes cast, but a quick sort of those this morning in the Best... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
October 16, 2009 at 11:09 am
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Landmarks Illinois 2.0

Ferris Bueller is back in the news. Yes, this one too! Apparently no one wants to pony up the cash to Save Cameron’s movie crib, putting the Rose House in Highland Park on the watch list of Landmarks Illinois, a non-profit that hopes to bring attention to it so someone will save the house. Ferrari... Read more »
By Fernando Diaz,
September 16, 2009 at 2:00 pm
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