- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 11, 2013
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Tumblr comes alive in new Deathface video
Juggalos, fake blood, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 4, 2013
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Chief Keef's Finally Rich has a home at Northbrook Public Library
Chief Keef may not have moved to Northbrook but his major label debut, Finally Rich will soon be in circulation at the north suburb's public library
- Galleries & Museums, Art Feature, Dec 26, 2012
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Photo Issue 2012
A collection of reader-submitted images honoring Chicago's quiet-but-worthy moments
- News & Features, Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Kimmy Walters, the Twitterer"You've just gotta filter out noise."
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 18, 2012
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The spookily fantastic tweets of @arealliveghost
How good is Kimmy Walters, aka @arealliveghost, at Twitter? I once responded to a really great tweet with a marriage proposal. We didn't know each other.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 17, 2012
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World keeps turning, B-minus-list celebrities stay tacky
Let Deadmau5 and Kat Von D envelop you in blissful ignorance
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 14, 2012
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School-rampage shootings are rare, which is why they're hard to prevent
We look for causes and cures, understandably. But there are unique circumstances in each of these tragedies.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 10, 2012
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The reluctant dad's guide to joining Twitter
Joining Twitter is like throwing a dinner party for people you think are super interesting. See? There's nothing to be afraid of.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 10, 2012
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Parodies lost: why satire must be banned from the Internet
A modest proposal for a serious problem
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 3, 2012
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My Twitter following is much purer than Obama's
Most of the president's followers are phonies
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 28, 2012
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Against the summarized Web
Is the Internet being driven to abstraction?
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2012
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Propaganda hits social media like a mortar shell
How Jennifer Egan's New Yorker story presaged the insidious Gaza PR war being waged over social media
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 14, 2012
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Keep up with the Lakefront Trail on Twitter
Find out about the Lakefront Trail's conditions via the Active Transportation Alliance's Twitter feed and the hashtag #CHILFT
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 10, 2012
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How social media might be hurting presidential elections
My problems with social media, exacerbated during the presidential election
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 30, 2012
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Glimpsing the speed limit of news during Hurricane Sandy
With lots of reporters holed up inside, Hurricane Sandy showed that news doesn't always happen as fast as it can spread online
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 25, 2012
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Why we won't post the alleged Lil Reese assault video
The music media is buzzing about a video in which Lil Reese allegedly assaults an unnamed woman—but the Reader prefers to join the conversation without reposting the clip
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 19, 2012
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Here is a cool map of Weird Twitter
This is a map of Weird Twitter, which is the best thing your mom will get very mad at you for just trying to explain to her
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 28, 2012
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Buzzfeed wants you to look cool
What to take away from Buzzfeed's theory on why people share content online
- Blogs, Bleader, Sep 27, 2012
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Yom Kippur taught me I don't read so good no mores
As part of my Yom Kippur fast, I stuck my head in a book instead of a computer. Mensch, it had been a while
- Music, Music Feature, Sep 26, 2012
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Chief Keef: Chicago's most promising antihero
It might sound crazy, but the notorious, teenage, gun-waving rapper could be a solution for a city struggling with violence
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