Tim Jahn from the Chicago Convergence recently came by Mightybytes to discuss beer brewing, process, digital media, the city of Chicago, and more. Here’s his interview:

Everybody’s Lincoln

Originally uploaded by Get Lincolnized

Don a chin-strap beard and stovepipe top hat in honor of Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday with ‘Everybody’s Lincoln’, the interactive activity that Mightybytes helped create for the Chicago History Museum. Users can upload photos and choose a variety of Lincoln-themed accessories to dress up their images. Once properly ‘Lincolnized’, users can send their image to a friend or upload it to Flickr as an entrant in the Everbody’s Lincoln photo contest. Winners will have their ‘Lincolnized’ photos featured in ads on busses around the city.

I did it, you can too!

  The class I am teaching with Whit Nelson on blogs and content management systems (CMS) will make its inaugural run at Ascend Training on January 8-9, 2009. The two-day class will cover a variety of blog and CMS-related topics, including software options, RSS feeds, case studies, social media, custom templates, and so on. Hands-on exercises built to help you learn the ins and outs of setting up, configuring and customizing your own blog or content management system will round out the two day curriculum. Day one focuses on blogs and blog software while day two is reserved for CMS.

For more information or to register for the class, check out the outline and class description on the Ascend Training site.

The first of a twelve-part series on the challenges of balancing your work life and your writing life has been posted to Cesar Torres’ blog. Additional posts will come over the next couple weeks, so check it! Thanks Cesar!

Erin Smith from the Visual and Performing Arts Department at Michigan Technological University just gave Managing Interactive Media Projects a glowing review on Amazon.

Thanks Erin!