The new guy wants to hack the city's data

Christopher Groskopf (@onyxfish) is a news app developer at The Chicago Tribune. It's a job he can do remotely, which is convenient since he announced last spring that he'd be leaving Chicago and relocating to Tyler, Texas.

The move is a long story and a very personal one. Groskopf and his wife are getting divorced, and she's moving to Tyler with their son. He's decided to follow them and, as he says on his blog, "I've opted to make this good." While there are things to like about Tyler — a cheaper cost of living than Chicago, for example, and no lengthy commute — Groskopf has decided to "improve the things I don't like, either through application of will or technology, or both."