Archive for April, 2009

wonders if Photoshop wouldn’t …

Monday, April 27th, 2009

wonders if Photoshop wouldn’t have been a better idea than buzzing the Statue of Liberty with a 747 trailed by fighter jets?

Getting on United Airlines pla…

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Getting on United Airlines plane with worse paint job and more primer than my first car… Daredevil La Vida Loca!

Just met w/ Sen Durbin for wal…

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Just met w/ Sen Durbin for walk through of new high school we’re starting, emphasized unique aspects, including 600 private sector mentors

ITA CityLIGHTS last night was …

Friday, April 24th, 2009

ITA CityLIGHTS last night was a success… nearly 700 tech leaders, and a call to embrace more social entrepreneurship… Hope everyone …

RT @ITAbuzz: Tonight’s CityLIG…

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

RT @ITAbuzz: Tonight’s CityLIGHTS Award winners will be tweeted live – stay tuned!

http://ITACityLIGHTS.org Gala …

Monday, April 20th, 2009

http://ITACityLIGHTS.org Gala Thursday night… bringing together nearly 700 of Chicago’s tech leaders in the Great Hall of Union Station.

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A shifting of my priorities…

I’ve been mostly silent for the past three weeks, and absent from community events. I’ve disconnected as much as possible from the routine, and shifted focus to my family. Here’s why… Four years ago, my 30-year-old sister Hilliary died after a courageous battle with a rare and insidious cancer. It was the f...

Trademarks matter, and this is exactly why they exist

Today Timelines Inc., a growing young company based inside of Chicago's TechNexus, filed a trademark infringement suit against Facebook. Timelines has operated timelines.com, a site that allows people to post pictures and notes to tell the story of their lives and the story of events around them. They have a registered trademark, and even face...

The future voices of ChiTech Academy

I just returned from a visit to Chicago Tech Academy and my first visit with an assembly of the 150 new freshmen... and I am inspired! This third class of students seems to be the most inquisitive, the most engaged and the most eager bunch of students I’ve met at the new high school. The reputation of ChiTech after the fi...