What is Prairie Moves?

Published Tuesdays and Fridays, 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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Lead Read

"A Day in the Life of a Developer Evangelist" - The Next Web interviewed Dwolla's Michael Schonfeld (above) about his role as a developer evangelist.

Quotable

"We're happy with where we’re at but we've still got a long ways to go." - Instin team blogging about its product myHomework app reaching the 50,000 download mark in Google Play, putting it in the top 4.5 percent of all Google Play applications. - myHomework blog

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Hudl acquired APEX Sports Software of Lower Burwell, Penn. - Hudl blog, SPN and Lincoln Journal Star

Career Moves

• Becca Nispel joined What Cheer - What Cheer blog
• Nathan Kirkman joined Oxide Design - Oxide Design on Facebook

New Tech

• My Diabetes Home released MedSimple app - Associated Press, App Store and Google Play

New Creative

• Big Wheel Brigade rolled out its redesigned website - bigwheelbrigade.com
• My Diabetes Home redesigned its website - mydiabeteshome.com
• Grain & Mortar launch a redesigned for Liazon - liazon.com

Product & Business Development

• LockPath launched its Business Continuity Manager - Press Release and lockpath.com
• myHomework eclipsed the 50,000 download mark in Google Play, putting it in the top 4.5 percent of all Google Play applications - myHomework blog
• FormZapper updated its platform and will begin offering free limited accounts - FormZapper blog

Mentions

• T8 Webware - Tech Spotlight: T8 Webware - Des Moines Register
• Dwolla - A Day in the Life of a Developer Evangelist - The Next Web
• Dwolla - Why Dwolla Is Going To Beat PayPal At Its Own Game - Tech.li

Gig Bits

Gig Bits is an occasional feature keeping our readers up to speed on Google Fiber. Read Gig Bits.

• Google Fiber GFHD100 'IP set-top box' breezes through the FCC, doesn't say where it's headed - Engadget
• Hardware For Blazing Fast Google Fiber Shows Up at the FCC - Gizmodo
• New Google Fiber Hardware En Route To Kansas City, Maybe - KCUR
• FCC documents raise likelihood of Google selling TV in Kansas City - Kansas City Star

Blogged

• My new office, at home - Rodrigo Neri
• My father’s sayings - Mike Colwell
• There are only 3 ways to make money - Ryan Bennet
• 016 Think Big Radio: Top 8 Ways to Foster Startup Growth in Your Community - Think Big Partners

Misc.

• Plain Angels forms in Iowa - Des Moines Register, SPN and Mike Colwell blog
• Five Elms Capital announced its inaugural Flyover 50 class - SPN and Press Release
• Hack The Midwest Winners, Part I - Kansas City IT Professionals 
• Kansas students' work featured in 'Doodle 4 Google' exhibit at Wichita Art Museum - Wichita Eagle
• Shelby County offers $30K in competition for best startup/expansion ideas - Des Moines Register
• Entrepreneur wrote about a couple that made a business selling Ikea furniture in Omaha - Entrepreneur.com
• Man behind iMac name speaking in Kansas City - Kansas City Business Journal

Credits: Screenshot from thenextweb.com