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The Printed Blog 2.0

Revamped with a new co-founder and business model, The Printed Blog has come back from a year hiatus. Founder and publisher Joshua Karp has joined forces with celebrity photographer Tyler Shields to produce an edgier magazine that will challenge their audience and even make them mad.

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Facebook Sues Teachbook – Blast from my Past

Today Wired magazine is running the story “Facebook Lawsuit Throws the -book at Social Networking Site for Teachers” (Its also here on Newser: “Facebook Sues Small Teacher Community Site” Here’s.

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JunoWallet: A 21st Century Spin on Gift Cards- “Must Have App”

JunoWallet is a San Jose based start-up whose co-founder, Chris Sweis, lives here in Chicago. JunoWallet is an app available for Android, iPhone and iPad devices that literally is giving.

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IndyGeek.net Announces Rock Band 2 Competition!!!

Today I was contacted by a very cool guy by the name of John Fox. John is the brains behind the site IndyGeek and he was curious if I would.

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Three September Events- FG looking for participants

September is going to be a BIG month in Flyover Country Flyover Geeks is having three separate events and we are hoping to continue having the community’s support. Dates are.

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Queue the Thunderdome

A couple of interesting things happened today: My weekly column launched on Crains: “A case for Chicago as SIlicon City” and, according to the editor, got “LOTS” of traffic. While.

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Chicago is the 21st Century Motown of Startups

January 12, 1959: Berry Gordy founds Motown Records at 2648 W. Grand Blvd., Detroit and arrogantly puts a sign above the window that reads, “Hitsville U.S.A.” He had no customers.

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Why you need to be Really Mad, Right Now, about Net Neutrality (1789 Style)

Being in Flyover Country is interesting. On the one hand there are some amazing people doing some amazing things. This was true of my time in Silicon Valley, of course,.

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