Muchi

Right, but they publish the salaries of all employees. If they published the salaries of just the out-of-state workers, we have a similar scenario.

I wish they didn't disclose both the company name and the title since some companies create a title just for one person. It takes no effort to figure out who's making what, myself included -_-

Open data / Gov 2.0 and that whole spiel is great but it'd be nice if privacy was given a second thought, even if it's the data of non-citizens

For those of you that have startups in Chicago, where do you normally hang out? Is there a HN meetup or something along those lines?

I've been wondering the same thing. It's hard to find/meet Hackers in Chicago unless you're already working at a startup.

Perhaps we need a meetup in Chicago that is similar to 106 Miles...

With Google resigning their QR code initiative and the break through developments in near field communication (NFC), mass adoption seems unlikely.

The QR graphics aren't aesthetically pleasing - proximity based devices are more likely to succeed.

You don't know the problems/limitations you will run into until you begin working on your project. We have immersed ourselves in a culture where it's expected to estimate the unknown.

You could always try creating a high-level roadmap for yourself. However, unlike your previous jobs, this roadmap would be more of a guideline than a detailed point-to-point execution plan.

I'm trying to learn more about RoR and it's ecosystem by modifying the twitter example to be a neighborhood social network using GMaps, etc. It's a WIP with no effort put into the front-end yet ( http://neckowoods.heroku.com )

It seems that a lot of folks have attempted to capture this space without anyone being dominant. If you'd like to help out with whatever, let me know :)