With the trio of typical Weekly Wrap-Up hosts — Jeff, Dusty and Danny — scattered to the four winds — or Chicago, Lincoln and Boston, respectively — today, Brittany and I were left to tackle WWU episode No. 107.
And since Facebook made such a splash with its f8 announcements on Thursday, we decided to one-up the world’s foremost social network with “SPN f9” on Friday. What exactly does that mean, you ask?
It means you should hold onto your hats … because SPN Timeline is on its way!!! I kid, I kid. It basically means that I made a few lazy Facebook jokes. And that we wore vests.
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Astute observers who tuned into Facebook’s f8 Livestream may have noticed an alarming number of vests being sported by the broadcast’s hosts. Seriously, the vest-to-host ratio was astronomical. And for what? I mean, vests don’t keep your arms warm … and does your torso really require that much more heat than your appendages?
But I digress. Not to be outdone by f8’s swankily suited hosts, Brittany and I both dressed — or should I say “vest”? — to impress as we inVESTigated the Silicon Prairie’s top stories. Here’s what we covered in our review of the week that was on the Silicon Prairie.
Mentioned this week:
- Facebook’s announcements at f8
- The Silicon Prairie room on Chill
- “Thinc Iowa: Announcing Milne, Vitrano and more sponsors“
- “Startup Weekend KC’s Call Me Meeting finalist in TwiliCon contest“
- “Zaarly and Dwolla win Ad Age’s Digital West Brand hacks“
- “Scheduling app CheckASchedule to launch tonight at Saigon Surface“
- “ShareWhere provides location-based planning power, savings“
- “With a ‘wow’ moment, Your Happy Plate wins Startup Weekend Omaha“
- “Startup Weekend Omaha: Teams and Day 2 photos“
- “Jeff Raikes on the Raikes School, entrepreneurs doing good (Video)“
- “Jeff Raikes on Huskers, area startups, entrepreneurial advice (Video)“
- “PrairieCast with Brian Hemesath of Catchwind, VolunteerLocal”
- Startup Weekend Iowa City and Startup Weekend Columbia