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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

• Ryan Phelan has been promoted to Technology Director at Phenomblue (Omaha) – via more.phenomblue.com
• Andrew Wettengel, formerly with Schawk, and Brian Kiel, formerly with Corporate 3 Design, joined the Phenomblue team in Engagement Management and Experience Engineer roles, respectively – via more.phenomblue.com

Product Developments

• Dwolla added a new OAuth system for developers – via dwolla.org/blog

Media Mentions

• Simpson College's Startup Storm (Indianola, Iowa) featured by The Des Moines Register: "Simpson College hosting Startup Storm event on Saturday"
• Infotec (Omaha) covered by Omaha World Herald: "Infotec conference has it all"
• Zaarly (Kansas City) mentioned by The Wall Street Journal: "In Silicon Valley, Investors Are Jockeying Like It's 1999"
• Cornstalks Demo Night (Omaha) recapped by Nebraska Entrepreneur: "Cornstalks demonstration night"
• Syncbak (Marion, Iowa) featured by Gigaom: "Syncbak Aims to Bring Local TV Online" 
• Technology Association of Iowa's 2011 Prometheus Awards (Des Moines) covered in Far Reach Technologies' blog: "The 2011 Prometheus Awards"
• SmartyPig (Des Moines) mentioned on an episode of The Nate Berkus Show: "Financial Advice for Parents"

Misc.

• Scott Blaine (Omaha) won Zappos' First Developer Contest in the Best Overall Application category –via developer.zappos.com
• Drew Davies of Oxide Design (Omaha) elected to serve on AIGA’s national board of directors – via news.oxidedesign.com
• Bo Fishback of Zaarly (Kansas City) speaking at the Where 2.0 conference – via where2conf.com