Tech & Chicago (intersection of tags)

Badges are cool. Like, actual badges you stitch on and stuff. But you know what’s cooler? Medallions. Wearing a medallions around is like being an Olympic superhero. They should make real-life medallions for the foursquare badges. And then you could…

I was curious what would be the top result for a google search of design. The first result is wikipedia’s entry for design. I was very happy with the second result, IIT Institute of Design, aka the Bauhaus. My brother…

Today Mashable released a report, “Top 100 Socially Networked Cities in the U.S.” They took the the percentage of households that use social media to determine “which city has the bragging rights to calling itself The Capital of Social Networking.”…

Alex Garcia wrote a very thought-provoking blog post about the new forms of story telling on Youtube, “YouTube Doesn’t Care About Your Beginning, Middle, End.” He reveals the Youtube secrets to viral success. — It resembles a daily experience. In…

Three hand-picked November tweets from @spudart It would be fun to trade a USA state with another country’s state for a few years. Nov 4 If elevators did not exist, how tall would the tallest building be? Nov 16 When…

Two questions: 1) Do I know you? (in real life or from online) 2) Do you administer a Facebook Fan Page? If the answer to both questions are “yes” then I want to follow your Page, and actually read it…

Do a Google image search for my name, Matt Maldre, and the results show a photo of me that I use everywhere. I’m wearing a tan plaid shirt. But then just a few results after that, there is a guy…

The plaza outside the new Apple Store in Chicago is aluminumly fantastic. It actually outshines the Apple Store itself. The store is essentially one long hallway. The simplicity inside the store is nice, but was very crowded. Perhaps I should…

Crain’s Small Business Forum had a panel of four social media experts for “Mapping Social Marketing Strategies” today on the 80th floor of the AON Center in Chicago. It was an excellent forum, I walked away with a good list…

Faving photos on flickr is fun. Giving appreciation to other people’s photos. Making a collection of your favorite photos. I recently faved my 3,000th photo on flickr. In 2008, I made an image of my first 1,000 favorites. Here’s the…

What is your first photo posted to flickr? Here’s all the first flickr photos of my flickr contacts: And my first photo on flickr: I like that it’s a set of stairs that I climb every day. To think those…

Get your cherry-flavored H1N1 shots! Would you like your H1N1 shot to be flavored as blue raspberry, Coke or wild cherry? Walgreens has a bright yellow sign posted on their ICEE machine stating that people can get their H1N1 shots…

Here’s my favorite six tweets from June 2010 tweeted from spudart. Why aren’t there more politicians with the last name Lincoln, Washington, and Jefferson?

I’ve reached one million views on all my flickr photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/spudart. Thank you to everyone who has viewed my photos. Here’s my top three most viewed photos: Chicago’s Moving Bridges over the Chicago River Viewed 41,256 times The Chicago…

The Apple Store on Michigan Avenue in Chicago has a 42-inch Panasonic display to show off their Apple TV product. Being curious how flickr photos show up on the Apple TV, I pulled up my Chicago HDR set. I stood…

It’s the Wednesday after St. Patricks day weekend, and I’m walking down Michigan Avenue to work and I see someone wearing green. I immediately thought, “wow, that person has been wearing that shirt since Saturday!” So I tweeted about how…

Quiet Metra train The platform is completely empty at the 103rd street Metra station at 10:17pm on a Tuesday night. As the train arrives, I’m the only one to board the only open car on the train. While looking for…

Quiznos emailed me a coupon today. I was happy. Thus I emailed Quiznos with my thanks. Here’s the email: ============== My dear quiznos rock star, Perfect timing. My friend and I were just talking about expanding our lunch horizons. Quiznos…

I got so excited when Facebook showed an ad for the 2010 Olympic mascots. Especially since it showcases my favorite mascot, QUATCHI! When I clicked on the ad, I was totally expecting to go to an Olympic mascot page. Instead…

With Apple naming their new tablet the iPad, it makes me think someone is saying iPod with a Chicago accent. In honor of the spirit of replacing the “o” with an “a,” I present to you the new lol… lal…

The number in parenthesis is the number of hits the post got in 2009. Oprah group dance on Michigan Avenue has inspiration in previous YouTube viral video (42,302) I shot a video of this performance and put it up on…

My top five favorite tweets I made in October and November 2009 via @spudart: For one week I’d like each car on CTA trains to play a different genre of music. Just to see if people pick a particular car…

(that is not me in the photo, but that is my Bluetooth headset I won) I won! I won! Here’s how it happened. Pre-game I’m sitting at work in the Tribune Tower. Outside my window at 11 am, I could…

The crowd at the Oprah taping in Chicago did a special dance to the Black-Eyed Peas live performance of the song, “I Gotta Feeling.” Here’s my video of the choreographed dance recorded from the Tribune Tower’s 14th floor. As the…

My brother and I have commented so much on a particular photo on the Art Institute’s Flickr account, that it is now their #1 most commented photo. I encourage you to leave a fun comment on this photo of people…

A new social media bar appears on spudart.org featuring many of the social media places that I participate in. Please feel free to connect with me via any of these social media: Blogs Spudart blog Spudart’s image clippings and notes…

Here’s a funny story that happened to me yesterday. I live tweeted a cookie run to Walgreens. Making a cookie run to the walgreens. Chips Ahoy cookies are 4 boxes for $5. #walgreens #deal Okay, so I bought FOUR boxes…

Pilcrow Lit Fest has a lot going on this Saturday May 23. Matilda‚Äôs: 3101 N. Sheffield and Trader Todd‚Äôs: 3216 N. Sheffield, Chicago There‚Äôs a ton of free panels and workshops. http://pilcrowlitfest.com/panels.html For every time slot there are three different…

Here are my notes from the Society of News Design meetup on May 16, 2009. (Pictured above is Theresa Carter, Audarshia Townsend, Whet Moser, Brad Flora, and Jeff Daugherty on the Social Media Roundtable) ———————— Matt Mansfield (president of SND)…

I’ve posted 22 tr.im URLs on twitter (I’m user spudart). What gets the most clicks? Drama and iphones! 41 clicks It’s kinda funny that the Chicago trolley service is ELIMINATED! http://tr.im/chicagotrolly Note: People love drama. Oh no! Service ELIMINATED! Maybe…

Outside Tribune Tower in Chicago today is a promotion by Cricket Wireless and Samsung. I know this because I work on the 14th floor of the Tribune Tower and all I hear today is the guy on the loud speaker,…