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Published every Tuesday, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News.

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Career Moves

• Adam Coomes, formerly President at Infegy (Kansas City), is now a Marketing Manager at Zaarly (Kansas City)
• Adam Hofmann, formerly the Vertical Specialist at Kauffman Labs, is now a Marketing Manager at Zaarly (Kansas City) team
• LeAnn Jensen has been hired on as Art Director at Ink Tank Merch

New Work

• CremaLab (Kansas City) designed the Startup Weekend website, startupweekend.org

Product Development

• Dwolla (Des Moines) released FiSync – via dwolla.org
• Hudl (Lincoln) rolled out improvements to its Library – via hudl.com/blog

Media Mention

• Startup Weekend Kansas City covered by Think Big Kansas City: "Startup Weekend: Launching 280+ Startups and Inspiring 9,000+ Entrepreneurs"
• Smelly Puppy's (Omaha) QuickCal app featured by TÚAW, The Unofficial Apple Blog: "QuickCal for Mac: natural language events and todos for iCal"
• Syncbak (Marion, Iowa) covered in Des Moines Register: "Syncbak goal: Let viewers see live local TV on Web"
• Pongr (Des Moines) featured by TNGG: "Would You Pongr That?" and The Spectrum: "‘Pongr’ your favorite products to build up brands"
• Dwolla's (Des Moines) FiSync release covered by TechCrunch: "Dwolla’s FiSync Lets You Instantly Access Cash, Eliminates ACH Wait Times For Banks," and Scribbal: "Dwolla’s FiSync Feature Helps You Access Cash More Quickly"
• Ben Milne of Dwolla (Des Moines) covered in the Des Moines Register blogs: Dwolla CEO: ‘I’m the dumbest guy in the room’
• Graffiti Tracker (Omaha) credited in Southwest Riverside News Network: "Police: Two suspected taggers arrested in Perris after causing $100,000 in damage"
• Cedar Rapids and Omaha mentioned in Startup America coverage by OPEN Forum: "Celebrating Small Business At SXSW—A Startup America Update"

Misc.

• Smelly Puppy's (Omaha) QuickCal app ranked as high as #8 in Apple App Store's Top Paid category – via twitter.com/quickcal
• Electric Pulp (Sioux Falls) recognized as Awwwards' site of the day – via awwwards.com/web-design-awards, and featured by Html5awesome – via html5awesome.com/electric-pulp