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Seriously! I hadn't seen this article before... Brilliant! I get the sports thing. Thank god for the Sox or half of our city would've killed themselves by now (yes I love the Cubbies too and hope they take the pennant someday really soon! - Go Cubbies!) but why the heck do we get this guff?
Seriously dude, your mama is fat. :-P
C'mon. Someone calls your mama fat and it's bad to disagree?
P.s. Boeing was a "performer" in this program. Awesome stuff. http://augmentedcognition.org/
Why are you glad you don't live here? Just curious.
Hi Tptacek, My point in the post was comparing corporate headquarters. I responded to a similar comment on spill. I'm pretty sure (though haven't researched) Gap and Levi's don't manufacture in SF. I've worked in Seattle with the fine folks at Boeing and agree they are the guts of the company. The money still comes from Chicago.
As I said in my post, I thought Scott's post was great until he went after Chicago. I agree it's a Chicago thing. We're a proud folk. We get angry, but I've never seen a post from Chicago bashing other places. It's clear Portland, Seattle, New York, Austin, and "the bay area" (really all cities) have great things going for them. Why is it we seem to be the city to bash? I'm sore, sure, but this has been going in for a long time. In a post in 2007 I highlighted a presentation series, my partner Lance was giving to overcome the perception that real art doesn't happen here. http://spill.tanagram.com/2007/03/28/the-city-that-works/ I mean we have 5+ colleges here -one of them Ivy league - and still it seems that nothing good comes from Chicago? Scott Wilson, UIC grad and amazing industrial designer is based here but he has a Portland office for credibility (he would say that flat out). His company is famous for the Microsoft Kin, Tons of XBOX stuff, Nike plus, and the mythical "courier." http://www.MNML.com. Did you know that?
This, to me, isn't a penis waving contest. It's a brilliant neglected child learning to tell the world that she matters.
Awesome discussion! This is the second time someone has pointed out that Chicago doesn't make rocketships. Tell me why this doesn't count as a spaceship? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_X-37?wasRedirected=tru...
What's your angle on this not being ours?