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Chicago-based writer and internet consultant. I am the People Person at EveryBlock, I write books under Juggernautco, the poetry outfit, and I run a number of active and fallow side projects (see below).

career
everyblock: local news and public information
resume: with portfolio examples
screenshots: pretty much every site i've ever worked on
weblogconsultant: my consultancy
juggernaut co.: the book company i run with designer jonny stepping

current writing
derviative works: personal weblog

wesley willis art: dedicated to propagating the reputation of a genius visual artist
gapers block: web site about chicago
sports in five: the five things you need to know about the chicago bulls while standing around the water cooler
open source homeland: open source tactics to help in security, disaster preparedness, and emergency reponse.

fallow sites i wrote
bullet group web 2.0: practice area i created in spring 2007
internetlifeservices: custom, personalized consulting to help you get an internet life
john f. burns: the best journalist in american newspapers
letters to the editor: another derivative works site based on letters to the editor of my father

other goofball websites
lead-paint-lawsuit: resources, news, and links about lead paint litigation from a real person who's really interested in it
kevin finnerty: resources, links, and news about Tony Soprano's purgatory ego
housing froth: taking the bub out of bubble

sites i made + maintain for others
queen of angels parish chicago: serving chicago's north side
swsra: southwest special recreation association
deanery II-C: the future of catholic education on chicago's north side
christianisawesome.com: cxo's personal site
hairlesslady.com: caleb's personal site
andy kane art: showcase for this great contemporary artist
winfield 34 pto: parent teacher organization

current writing samples
Ideas and optimism aplenty from Huberman in "Transforming the CTA": for cta tattler

books i wrote
bricks: a new book of poems
boilerplate: koreshians, potential rioters, and bureaucratic complicity in american self-destruction
memo to all employees: dedicated to the public library
economics: the book for those with unclean hands. call me if you want one for free

plays i wrote
revere the police, disdain the citzens: bondage drama set to poetry
"the goddess speaks.": multi-dimensional modern/ classic club performance about the goddess of freedom & democracy at tiananmen square
deluses: psycho-battle in one act: terror, anger, and desire square off for control of id. (text not available)
make the rich pay!: adaptation of michael gold's "strike!"

other literary
necklacepoems: colored, anodized aluminum pendants with a face on the front and a poem on the back
bibiliography of american poetry told through the pulitzer prize: through the eyes of an american performance poet
economics extranet: including pdf of book and pics from press day
poetryandtechnology: classroom lessons and events. everyone needs poetry. everyone needs technology

ideas executed
cta alerts: rider-to-rider communication in the event of service disruption or emergency on the Chicago Transit Authority.
derivative works manifesto: calling for fundamental change in u.s. copyright law
killer on the loose: an idea whose time came and went
trut: the star, the globe, and the missing "h" in the new veracity: coined the word "trut"-- the mutable concoction of facts employed for an ulterior purpose
wide right turn: an incomplete look at the role of variation in a capitalist society. here, too
y!q link generator: an easy way to make y!q links
nyt anonymity project: collecting the reasons people are given anonymity in the new york times

ideas not executed yet
stale bagel: least compelling wireless utility on the internet
emotional geography: customized maps with highlighted points of personal interest
cheerocracy: this is not a democracy. this is a cheerocracy
men with budweiser: dozens of men carrying 30 packs of budweiser on public transportation
policy analysis market: a brilliant idea disguised as a disgusting one
chicago works for you: mapped city services

now (spring 2008)
people-personing at everyblock, writing at idealab and derivative works, helping plan igotf, working my new camera to move past mere pictures, writing a one-man show for spring. If you are a city government official with access to data for EveryBlock, hit me at danx at everyblock.com or 773 321 8146.

Me with Andy Kane U.S. Congress Painting

contact
danielxatgmaildotcom
aim: danxoneil
yahoo: dan_x_oneil
pic taken by cjo
pic of me w/ economics pressman
pic of me & dee in nyc
pic of me at the first meeting of the open government working group

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