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Comment by Bruce Eric Montgomery on November 1, 2009 at 1:44am

Looking for Digital Media Mavens who want to use Clear WiMax Mobile or Fixed Broadband Internet serice in Chicago. Please contact me at 773-410-0608 or via email at TATVSHOW@YAHOO.COM

Comment by Pon Angara on August 12, 2009 at 10:26am

Looking for a video talent who can help a new professional association tell its story. The video will be used to promote the association's first annual conference in November 2009. Prefer someone who's willing to work pro bono. Please call 773.338.3246 if you're interested. Thanks!

Comment by Karen E. Pride on August 8, 2009 at 11:13am

Greetings. I facilitate a drop-in group called the Chicago Independent Artists Network (CIAN). We meet on the second Tuesday of the month at Wishbone Restaurant, 3300 N. Lincoln Blvd., near Belmont/Ashland, from 7-8:30 p.m.
NEXT MEETING - TUES., AUG. 11.
The Network consists of student and professional filmmakers, writers, musicians, actors, videographers, photographers, caterers, artists...anything to do with creative arts. Our mission is to keep you creative people working in Chicago through networking opportunities. If you're interested, please contact me at ciankaren@gmail.com. and check out the Facebook page.

Comment by Bruce Eric Montgomery on May 30, 2009 at 1:19pm

Technology Committee General Meeting of The Executives Club of Chicago

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Speaker: Donald Sharp, Chief Information Officer, Navistar, Inc.
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m. Presentation

Location: Microsoft Offices
200 East Randolph Drive, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601

http://www.executivesclub.org/PROGRAMS/CurrentSeasonPrograms/CommitteePrograms/tabid/94/Default.aspx

Registration Deadline:
6/3/2009

Bruce Montgomery
tatvshow@yahoo.com
773-410-0608

Comment by Pon Angara on April 24, 2009 at 10:06am

Urge state lawmakers to support technology in Illinois

The Illinois House of Representatives will be taking action soon on a vote that is important to technology in our state - Senate Bill 1522, the Emerging Technologies Industries Act. This bill will encourage growth and create jobs by providing tax credits for individuals who invest in technology start-ups.

I just took action on this issue and thought you might find it interesting too.

Click HERE to take action now

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copy the entire URL and paste it into your Web browser.

Comment by Pon Angara on March 31, 2009 at 11:25pm

Check out my upcoming event B2B XPO on May 6 in the West Loop. It's especially for small business owners and those who want to start a new business. Hope to see you.

Comment by Bruce Eric Montgomery on November 14, 2008 at 5:56pm

Comment by Bruce Eric Montgomery on September 28, 2008 at 3:28pm

The Summer Ain't Over Just Yet! Let's Meetup and talk Convergence!

Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuesday, September 30, 5:30-8 pm

Join me for the last Tuesday on the Terrace, of the season of free evening jazz concert on the MCA's Anne and John Kern Terrace overlooking Lake Michigan.

Enjoy cocktails while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians, hosted by local radio personalities.

In addition to a buffet dinner, Puck's cafe also offers other picnic options, perfect for those who prefer to relax on the sculpture garden lawn.

http://www.mcachicago.org/programs/event_detail.php?id=22

Comment by Bruce Eric Montgomery on August 13, 2008 at 4:36pm

Text the Vote

By GARRETT M. GRAFF
NY Times Op-Ed Contributor

Washington

SOMETIME between now and the convention, Barack Obama, just like the cool kid in study hall, will surreptitiously send a text message announcing his pick for vice president. The ploy may seem silly — the fad candidate adopts the latest tech fad — but it’s an important part of one of Mr. Obama’s most under-recognized campaign efforts.

The Web has certainly made it harder to roll out a surprise running mate. Four years ago, even as The New York Post reported incorrectly that Dick Gephardt would be John Kerry’s 2004 vice presidential pick, a message-board commenter on an aviation Web site broke the news that Mr. Kerry had actually chosen John Edwards. (In a hangar, the commenter had spotted decals with Mr. Edwards’s name being added to Mr. Kerry’s campaign plane.)

But announcing Mr. Obama’s running mate by text message has little to do with proclaiming the selection and everything to do with getting out the vote on Election Day in November. The move should add thousands — and more likely tens or hundreds of thousands — of cellphone numbers to what is already one of the most detailed political databases ever created.

A study conducted during the 2006 elections showed that text-message reminders helped increase turnout among new voters by four percentage points, at a cost of only $1.56 per vote — much cheaper than the $20 or $30 per vote that the offline work of door-to-door canvassing or phone banking costs.

For Mr. Obama, who is building his campaign around bringing in new young voters and registering minority voters, there’s no more effective outreach than a text message. Cellphones, which legally can’t be called by pollsters and can’t be reached by campaign “robo-calls,” are the most intimate form of communication technology today. Young voters of every race are more likely to use their cellphones and, in many cases, don’t even have landline service. (About one in three people between the ages of 18 and 29 doesn’t have a landline.)

The Obama campaign has been aggressively using text messaging since the earliest of this year’s primaries and caucuses. On the day of the Iowa caucuses, the campaign sent repeated messages and caucus tips to the cellphones of its Iowa supporters. In New Hampshire, Mr. Obama sent his supporters three text messages over the course of primary day to remind them to vote and to get their friends to vote. There, Mr. Obama won the 18-to-24-year-old bracket by nearly 40 points, the largest split of any age bracket.

These days, Mr. Obama texts when he has a new speech to promote, an important TV appearance or a major rally. If he’s going to be campaigning nearby, he’ll let you know. John McCain, by contrast, doesn’t seem interested or engaged in technology. David All, a 29-year-old Republican strategist, lamented last month that Mr. McCain’s campaign had never sent him a text message.

read more at: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/opinion/13graff.html

Comment by Steve Rhodes on August 9, 2008 at 2:49pm

I'm looking for tech help to do some pretty basic things on the way to further developing beachwoodreporter.com, as well as as the possible development of future sites. We're still an all-volunteer operation but our success so far bodes well for the future - and we have a business strategy. Anyone interested in getting involved please contact me at dusty@speakeasy.net.

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