Bears Win! $810 Million Productivity Loss…
January 22, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Chicago, The Cultural Conversation
Wow! The Bears win and we are off to the Super Bowl after a 21-year drought! Good news for all Bear fans but bad news for employers, or so says a human reource consulting firm. According to consulting firm Challenger Gray & Christmas Inc., football fans pondering the matchup between the Chicago [...]
Olympic Flame
January 16, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Chicago, Olympics, The Arts in the City, The City
(Crain’s) — Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid has a new visual component, as officials unveiled a logo that features a torch with a flame representing the city’s skyline. The orange flame, with a Sears Tower-like look, is meant to represent the city’s style of architecture while evoking “a city that rose from the ashes” in the [...]
Today’s Tech Tip: Tables in Word
January 12, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Tech Tips, Technology
Do you have to create tables in Microsoft Word but not sure how to do it? Well, Microsoft has made it quite easy with a simple WYSIWYG command, using Word’s automated formatting and its very helpful ability to create tables from plus signs and hyphens. Here is all you need to do when you [...]
Today’s Tech Tip: Organizing Your Outlook
January 10, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Tech Tips, Technology
Did you know that you can read an email, then change the subject line to better organize your emails? This little trick has helped me greatly over the years.
Let me give you an example. Let’s say I receive an email from someone that has a subject line that reads “re: your last [...]
Olympics – Chicago Style?
Come on Chicago — Here is our chance to host the Olympics! At Park Community Church, we are committed to encouraging and enabling people stay in this world-class, global city, to establishing and nurturing families within the city, being role models to our neighbors, and passing on the Gospel to future generations —thus impacting the [...]
Wireless: Chicago the “Second City”?
January 8, 2007 by Steve
Filed under Chicago, Technology, The City
Google and Earthlink recently inked a deal to blanket San Francisco with free wireless. Can Chicago get on this technology train? Mayor Daley needs to show some leadership in this area to ensure that Chicago stays near the front of the pack in technology for its businesses and citizens.We’ll have to wait and [...]
