Level with me, Internet Explorer loyalists: Why do you love this steaming pile of a browser so much? Forgive me for being crude, but I just finished a new website roll-out, and the coder and I were beside ourselves with all of the extra work needed to make the site render correctly in IE 9/10. [...]
I recently caught up with the trends of 2006, or perhaps earlier, and now accept payment via Paypal. This should make payments easier and faster, and it allows me to execute work agreements more efficiently, getting my clients their deliverables in a more timely manner. Similarly, I just wrapped up a fun but quick project, [...]
Even though I’m a “Chicago professional writer” now, I’ve always been a Cleveland fan. I grew up in northeast Ohio, and I watched LeBron James play in high school my senior year. He completely destroyed our rivals 103-49 and looked like a man against boys. He also exuded arrogance when he wasn’t dunking or making [...]
As part of my graduate study in urban planning and policy, I finished a course in grant writing, which introduced me to a whole new world of professional writing. Far different from the world of journalism, blogging, public relations and marketing copywriting where I have spent most of my energy for the past five years, [...]
Since it’s inception, I’ve always been a big fan of (Chicago-based) Groupon, and I find its iPhone app and the Groupon Now feature particularly useful for restaurant deals. Every now and then, I want to go out to eat, but in a city with tens of thousands of restaurant choices—from the visible and well-hyped to [...]
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