The Daily Blagica

I still remember the travel pamphlets I needed to get from every province- by snail mail.

Sent from my iPhone

For those of you, like me, who have a limited amount of time to tinker with Google Wave, Gina Trapani just made things easier. Gina put together a comprehensive book, available free via PDF or $6 for a hard copy. This detailed guide is exactly what I need to keep on hand.

Kudos to Gina for piecing it all together!

Finally - it's here!

A 15,000 sq. foot Parisian market will be opening in the Ogilvie Transportation Center on December 3. I plan on spending many winter days with my little one perusing through the markets.

image c/o Crain's Chicago Business

What if...

You could watch your favorite chef on the Food Network, they are prepping a recipe and you see a stream of Tweets about the show happening in real-time. Then again, this means that the cooking show be real-time...which brings us back to the exciting days of live television in the 50s. Throw in Milton Berle and I'm sold!

Tomorrow night, tech executives from around Chicago (Orbitz, Hewitt,Walgreens,to name a few) will be serving up cocktails at the i.c. stars yearly TechBash. This year, the party takes place at Rockit Bar & Grill.

Don't know what i.c. stars is?

Founded in 1999, i.c. stars is a non-profit organization that aims to create 1,000 community leaders by 2020. Every cycle of i.c. stars participants is highly competitive and they receive hands-on training in technology, including programming, database design, the whole nine yards.  Simply mission, sure, but it takes quite a large group of volunteers and donors to keep the program going.

I'm proud to have donated my time and keep in contact with i.c. stars alums over the years. Best of luck, Sandee!