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Winter 2008:

Chicago's vibrant tech community fuels Web innovation - Medill News Service
by Andrew Baltazar
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Published Thursday, March 13, 2008. By Andrew Baltazar
A tightly knit technology community, backed by the growth of capital markets organizations and small businesses, is driving the development of new Web-based technologies in the city and has made the City of Big Shoulders a force to be reckoned with in the dot-com world.

In 2004 the founder of a Web design firm called 37 Signals, Jason Fried, launched Basecamp, a Web-based project management tool. Uncertain whether his first software product would be viable, Fried told himself that if Basecamp could not generate $5,000 in revenues per month throughout the first year, he would cancel it.


Chidtarod 2008: Chicago's Urban Shopping Cart Race - Chicago Methods Reporter
Navteq cartographer
Photo by Andrew Baltazar
Team Cool Runnings lifts their "bobsled" as they cross the finish line
Published Monday, March 3, 2008. Graphics, Interface and Photos by Andrew Baltazar
"More than 500 people raced shopping carts down the sidewalks, streets and alleys of Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood Saturday, March 1, 2008, as part of a food drive that combined athleticism, alcohol, trickery and lavish costumes."
USAToday.com and BoingBoing.com linked to this story

Fall 2007:

Coming home to IT - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Cadence Employees
Photo by Ronjoy Gogoi, Hindustan Times
Cadence employees who spent years in the U.S. are now back in India
Published Tuesday, November 20, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar. Neha Mehta contributed
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Also picked up by Tech Banyan
According to a survey conducted by The IndUS Entrepreneurs network of technology professionals based in India and the US, as many as 60,000 Indian IT professionals have moved back to India in the last few years.
  Why return to India? --Flash Interactive-- by Andrew Baltazar (not published)

GPS. For your car or for your pocket? - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
garmin nuvi
Published Friday, November 16, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar
(Audio Slide Show) The Global Positioning System (GPS) navigators have been selling like hotcakes in the US and Europe. But to make the device a hit in India, GPS device makers just can't do alone with navigation features, say experts.
Brief: Will GPS become popular in India?

Highs and lows of open source - Hindustan Times, New Delhi
tux_linux
Published Wednesday, November 14, 2007. By Andrew Baltazar
Purchasing a new computer can be an enormous expense in itself. Adding software to your machine will drain your wallet even further. Computer users often shell out thousands of rupees for commercial applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, but comparable programs are available for free down load on the Internet. And it's legal, no strings attached.
  Open Source, Close Wallet --Flash Interactive-- by Andrew Baltazar (not published)
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Techno Parade Paris - Medill Paris Dispatches
dancer
Published Sunday, September 16, 2007
Audio slide show on Paris' annual Techno Parade
(Quicktime 7 required)

Summer 2007:

Dogfight - News 21, A Journalism Initiative of the Carnegie and Knight Foundations
  Published Friday, August 24, 2007
Church watchdog groups are fighting—both for and against—a federal law prohibiting churches from weighing in on political candidates.

Winter 2007:

The Year of the Pig (nms midterm)
New Year Banner
  Sunday, February 18, 2007
Chinatown kicks off the year of the pig with a parade, marching bands and political campaign ads. Flip through the photos from the event.


Fall 2006:

American Revolution Reenactment (Methods Assignment)
  Published Monday, October 16, 2006
Audio slide show on American Revolution Reenactment in Wheaton, IL (Quicktime 7 required)

 

 
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