Interested in the Google docs-powered CMS @hbillings has been talking about? It's open source!  https://github.com/newsapps/tarbell … #nicar13

Great to hear skepticism from @chasedavis and @thejefflarson about using sentiment analysis for journalism. #nicar13

@codinghorror a true test of an artist is how classy they are when Weird Al covers their song. Chamillionaire got an A+ with White & Nerdy.

"Any sufficiently advanced subculture is indistinguishable from hipsters" -- @becw

@davereid @eaton What's scandalous to me is the genes are patented and the test is only available from one company.  http://www.psmag.com/health/who-gets-to-control-womens-bodies-57796/ …

@ryansholin There's no docs or examples, but the Google spreadsheet powered CMS, Tarbell, is available on Github  https://github.com/newsapps/tarbell …

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." -- John Muir

#occupyblackfriday by buying a refurbished laptop, desktop, or parts from @freegeekchicago / 3411 w diversey / 11a - 5p

"The thrall in which an ideology holds a people is best measured by their collective inability to imagine alternatives." - Tony Judt

Listening to Reign in Blood and warming my sore back with a heating pad. This is what it means to be a grown ass adult, huh?

My roommate Andre Perez is working on Project Fierce, which aims to address queer youth homelessness  http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/project-fierce-support-a-grassroots-effort-to-address-queer-youth-homelessness …

@joegermuska @ryannagle @jmm @hil_fung Look what you hath wrought! I hope it gives producers a good laugh. pic.twitter.com/XwE0ThzeO5

A great oblique strategy: "Gardening, not architecture"

Here's one idea for a principle of ethical civic app development: Do right by your most vulnerable subjects or audience members.

CITIZENS OF TWITTER: what principles would you put in an ethics guide for civic data app developers?

FreeGeek's code of conduct is starting to get adopted by events and groups. We'd also like a constitution worthy of such an honor.

Squeezy the pension python! Illinois is surreal.  http://bit.ly/QTbT9E 

.@andymboyle, @freegeekchicago, has a budget of less than $100k a year and our internships are paid at $15/hr rate all employees receive.

Chicago Police taser use up 329% over past 2 years, but police shootings have not dropped significantly http://t.co/gFKL0uJ8

#nicar12 #nicar I finally put my jQuery Tablechart plugin on github. Easy charts from HTML tables https://t.co/Jjkd5Ltc