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Chicago Tech Report is in Austin!

Hello Gang!

Quick update for our readers. Len and Blagica are in Austin and taking in the sxsw conference.  We are gathering video, images and interviews along the way.

We'll be updating the blog with the latest soon. Until then, don't forget to follow us at @Blagica or @LenKendall.

Yee Ha!

Who's hiring? - Chicago Tech Jobs Report

I'm not going to be holding my breath, but it appears that things might be turning around. Hopefully sooner, rather than later. In the case that you are still looking or just interested to see what's out there, we bring you the Chicago Tech Jobs Report.

Copywriters:

• Bilingual Copywriter, The San Jose Group
• Senior Copywriter Multi-Cultural, DraftFCB
• Copywriter, Tripp Lite
• Senior Copywriter / Copy Supervisor, Company Confidential
• Copywriter, Semper

Art Directors:

• Senior Art Director, Digitas
• Art Director, Starcom
• Senior Art Director, Pointroll
• Interactive Associate Creative Director, Arc Worldwide
• Art Director, Edelman Digital

Web Developers:

• Senior Flash Developer, Razorfish
• Flash Developer, Critical Mass
• Web Developer, Tribune
• Web Developer, comScore
• Web Manager/Developer, American Dietetic Association

Media Planners:

• Media Planner, DraftFCB
• Media Planner, JWT
• Sales Development Associate, Internet Media, TravelZoo
• Media Planner, Digitas
• Associate Media Director, Ogilvy NEO

Also, here's a nice video speaking to the possibility of making a career switch altogether, from the WSJ.

Image courtesy of frozenchipmunk

Pre-SXSW Tweetup Recap

Wednesday March 4th marked the first ever Pre-SXSW Tweetup: Chicago Edition. To our surprise and joy, there were a LOT of people from the windy city who will be in Austin next week. The tweet up had about 40 people coming and going throughout the night and essentially every aspect of SXSW was disected. Places to eat, panels to see, and of course the afterparties. Having seen the final bill (and the number of Margaritas consumes) it's looking like the there's a very social group making their way to the conference.

Stay tuned to CTR as we'll be bringing you more Chicago specific SXSW coverage as the conference gets closer.

An Interview With WeSeed 'The Stock Market for the Rest of Us'

A local Chicago startup that seemed to have a 'quiet' launch is WeSeed. There wasn't much said about WeSeed in local tech meetings/get togethers, but then we noticed their sponsorship of a Social Media Club event, a banner on Mashable and advertising on Facebook. A few of their employees, Brandon Zeman and Caitlin Rosberg, are known faces in the Chicago social media scene, yet we don't know much about the company - aside from the tag line, 'the stock market for the rest of us'.  Chicago Tech Report caught up with Caitlin to ask some questions and get the lowdown on WeSeed.

CTR:What exactly is WeSeed?

CR: WeSeed is the stock market for the rest of us.  The whole point is that people continue to get caught by surprise when the economy does anything…and that’s scary.  We want to help anyone and everyone educate themselves and really see the power that they have as consumers and customers.  People know a lot more than they think they do about the market, and WeSeed wants to be there to fill in the gaps.  It’s a totally safe place to experiment, to read blog posts from people who are in tons of different industries about what’s going on, to talk to other users just like yourself.  You don’t need to spend money on a broker, if anything this latest chaos in the economy and all the scams we’ve seen like Bernie Madoff have proven that we all need to protect ourselves, rather than counting on other people to have our best interests at heart.