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 civic-minded side projects around transit and news.

career everyblock: co-founder and people person, responsible for data acquisition and working with local governments resume: with portfolio examples screenshots: pretty much every site i've ever worked on weblogconsultant: my consultancy juggernaut co.: book company i run with designer jonny stepping current journalism derviative works: personal weblog for experiments pbs mediashift idea lab: group weblog of community news for the digital age citypayments: a database of all vendors, contracts, and payments by the city of chicago demoliton hold list, chicago il: a place for info about architecturally significant buildings in danger of being demolished (or are already gone) cta alerts/ cta tweet : rider-to-rider communication in the event of service disruption or emergency on the Chicago Transit Authority nyt anonymity project: collecting the reasons people are given anonymity in the new york times open source homeland: open source tactics to help in security, disaster preparedness, and emergency reponse past journalism chicago city hall examiner: covered city hall when this news outlet started up in chicago gapers block: pithy muncipal-focused links from january to september, 2007 bulls in five: co-wrote the bulls section of gapers block's sports in five column for most of the 2007 (until it got too depressing and dumb) complete scans of "what went wrong": documentation for the pulitzer prize-winning hurricane andrew damage investigation. the miami herald kicks ass wesley willis art: dedicated to propagating the reputation of a genius visual artist john f. burns: the best journalist in american newspapers googobits/ searchobits: obituaries and essays augmented by google seaches. experiments in hypertext enjambement, 2002 - 2005 derivative works manifesto: calling for fundamental change in u.s. copyright law letters to the editor: another derivative works site based on letters to the editor of my father killer on the loose: futile but worthwhile other projects wide right turn: an incomplete look at the role of variation in a capitalist society. here, too. flickrblogged. poster collection: i collect silksreen art and rock posters from chicago, 1992 - present 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 y!q link generator: an easy way to make y!q links stale bagel: least compelling wireless utility on the internet emotional geography: customized maps with highlighted points of personal interest 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

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. 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 urban photography urban chicago flickr collection: bric-a-brac takings from the city knitted trees: logan square cozies graceland cemetary: a gem of a resting place near wrigley field rainbo roller rink: on the last day of its existence details of louis sullvian storefront: 28 south wabash, chicago signs of the south side: faded painted ads on walls demolitions and constructions: people make things and tear things down and i take pictures of it beijing, 1990: a long time ago nature photography alfred caldwell lilly pool | zoo rookery: a treasure north park nature center panoramas: the same stand of trees, through the seasons wide right turn: an incomplete look at the role of variation in a capitalist society. here, too. flickrblogged. winfield mounds through time: the same pictures from the same spot, month after month lakefront storm damage: 4200 north to 3200 north, august 23, 2007

now (mid-winter, early 2010) Working on EveryBlock growth (if you know about data for EveryBlock, hit me at danx at everyblock.com or 773 321 8146). Monitoring goofy contracts on CityPayments, writing at Derivative Works after fallowness, and working the job over at CTA Tweet (follow @ctatweet). Looking forward to CityCamp. Doing everything I can to get David Hoffman elected to US Senate. contact etc. danielxatgmaildotcom aim: danxoneil yahoo: dan_x_oneil pic w/ roy gerela, old school steelers style pic of me w/ economics pressman pic of me at open government data working group obligatory pre-school class photo profiles etc. facebook twitter google profile flickr linkedin del.icio.us slideshare pipes google reader revver now public metafilter vox wikipedia suprglu on everyblock