Jun 2, 2011

Who doesn’t love getting their drink on while benefiting a charity at the same time? QRazy Panda will have their kickoff celebration on Saturday, June 11th 2011 at 8pm at Casey Moran’s in Wrigleyville. Tickets are 35$ (purchase at qrazypanda.com) for four of UNLIMITED beer, wine, and well liquor drinks. ($40 at the door). The best part is that $15 of every...

Jun 2, 2011

Political transparency? In Chicago, Illinois? Transparency is a buzzword in the political world these days, though it’s not something we allow ourselves to truly believe will come out of this historically corrupt metropolis.  It might even confuse us – we’ll still be looking for the kickbacks and patronage hiring behind even the most honest of...

Jun 1, 2011

Wish you can have more without having to pay more? What many people don’t realize is the vast amount of resources that are available to them right in their neighborhoods. OhSoWe is an online platform designed to bring neighbors together so they can communicate, collaborate, and share resources. Need to borrow a hammer? Want someone to mow your lawn? Maybe even...

May 27, 2011

Jessica Lybeck is the co-founder of Dabble, a new site allowing anybody to teach a class and anybody to dabble in new activities. Before Dabble, Jessica co-founded a small business marketing firm and before that was an urban designer working on 50-year plans for colleges. I interviewed Jessica to learn about dabble, her journey as an entrepreneur, and what sorts of things urban designers do (cool stuff!).

May 24, 2011

In the connected world we live in, many of us wouldn’t think of even trying out a new restaurant before checking around on the web and among friends to see who’s been there. Ditto for traveling – and isn’t it more fun when you can involve your friends? Now gtrot,  short for globetrotting, (www.gtrot.com) makes it easy to share travel plans, collect...

May 19, 2011

Who among us is not occasionally faced with the problem of how to spend the next few hours, the afternoon, the day? This being Chicago, something is happening pretty much at every moment, but until now there was no one to tell you what, only where. Enter Tabblr, the brainchild of co-creators CEO George Tung and Designer Milos Golubovic, who earlier came on the...