Author: Rick Klau

I love it. When she won the dunk competition against the boys a couple years ago as a high school senior, it was only a matter of time that Naperville native Candace Parker would dunk in a college game. She picked a heck of a time to do it: in the first round of the…

I’ve been remiss in talking about a local issue that is before the voters in Naperville on Tuesday. Our school district (Indian Prairie School District 204) has again put a bond referendum on the ballot asking whether we can build a third high school. We have two high schools currently (Waubonsie and Neuqua Valley) that…

Fresh on the heels of yesterday’s interview with Marshall Kirkpatrick comes another interview I did this week — with Andrea Weckerle. Andrea is a terrific PR blogger, who also happens to be a law school classmate of mine from way back. She asked a number of interesting questions, and I hope that the answers did…

Driving through the Morton Arboretum last weekend, we let the kids look at the trees while standing in the van. They thought they were getting away with murder! We came to the intersection that connects the east and west parts of the preserve, and I just happened to see this come together in the rear-view…

Marshall Kirkpatrick reached out to me last week and asked if I’d be available for an interview to discuss FeedBurner with his audience at Net Squared. They’re a neat group, and I love what they’re doing to help non-profits figure out how to embrace technology for social change. Marshall covered a lot of ground, the…

Erik Heels: “If Rick is still working for FeedBurner on St. Patrick’s Day 2008, I will die my hair green.” You’re on.

My new co-worker Don Loeb (welcome aboard, Don!) just wrote about a phenomenal prank pulled off by Cal’s student section. More details are here — the short version is that they pulled star Gabe Pruitt’s IM handle out of Facebook.com, invented a coed named Victoria, and flirted for a week. Then, come game time, revealed…

Andrea surveys the state of online law journals, and I can’t resist a cheap joke. I promise, I won’t quit the day job.

Just caught up with my old boss Mike Curreri, who’s doing great stuff over at Avicode. Always fun to hear what he’s up to, and hopefully Robin and I will be able to squeeze in a visit to see Mike and Renee at their place on the water in Maryland. (Mike: if crabs are on…

When someone you’ve known for over 10 years says your company doesn’t matter, it’s worth giving the subject a little thought. Erik gave me a heads-up that he was thinking about this, and I didn’t discourage him from posting about it. Before I go into the substance of Erik’s comments, it’s important to note that…