We're celebrating by making you a list of things that are awesome. more ›

Chicagoist didn't want to keep all the techie fun to ourselves so we thought we would share with you that we are heading to Web Ascent tomorrow night at Union Park. Web Ascent is an event that recognizes technology communities and is a perfect place for entrepreneurs, developers, designers, undergraduate and graduate students interested in the Web 2.0 space to mingle. The event is sponsored by one of our favorite blogs, Mashable the world's largest... more ›

While some people are busy wondering if Barack Obama is in fact the Messiah, two of the Chicago Tribune's columnists/bloggers have been attending to some of the would-be next President's more immediate concerns. Eric Zorn has been polling readers all week as to what Obama's campaign theme song should be after mixed reviews of the music selection from his early campaign rallies. His choices so far have been a mix of classic but overplayed R&B... more ›

Chicagoist is not immune to the nostalgia that strikes all media entities at the end of the year, as evidenced by the orgy of posts this week that looked back at significant happenings in food, booze, theatre, art, music, movies and photography. The desire to pontificate on this year's newsworthy events in Chicago is a powerful one, but we're saving ourselves for tomorrow night. Chicagoist co-editors Rachelle Bowden and Scott Smith will be guests on... more ›

All of us at the Chicagoist offices are huge fans of the city's public transit. Sure, it's stinky, and the schedules are polite fictions at best, but by God, it gets us to where we need to go without us having to worry about contributing to the world's problems by disproportionately consuming energy and fossil fuels. (We're also very pleased that we don't have to contribute to the insurance industry coffers, and that we're not... more ›

Are you a budding entrepenuer or a Web 2.0 wannabe? Does the idea of AJAXy webapps give you warm fuzzies? Are you a techie curious about what everyone else is up to while you slave away on Visual Basic code in an anonymous IT department at an undistinguished "financial services firm"? more ›