July 21, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Lincoln An internship at Don't Panic Labs certainly isn't all fun and games. But a summer gig with the Lincoln-based software development shop has helped Mike Varilek create those two things — although not necessarily in that order. Varilek, a 20-year-old junior-to-be studying computer science and economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln … read more
July 21, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Drop me off in Seattle, Boulder, Minneapolis, Austin — any city with widely-used public transportation, really — and there's high potential for this traveler to be confused. Luckily, these cities and more than 443 others have welcomed the trip planning tool, Google Transit … read more
July 20, 2011 by Royce Haynes
Kansas City In May, I wrote an article about Vicinity Games, a game development company located in Kansas City. In that article, co-founders Nate Allen and Mike Koporc introduced Paper Craft, a multi-player shooting game for XBox, and shared a sneak preview of the game. Paper Craft launched in late May and since then has accrued over 1,300 paid downloads on the XBox marketplace. Allen said that even though Paper Craft could use minor enhancements … read more
July 20, 2011 by William Fisher
Omaha There is probably a more official name for this but I never could quite figure out what it should be called. However, for decision makers and negotiators, I think … read more
July 20, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Published every Tuesday (one day late this week), 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. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post, please email editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions … read more
July 19, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we had Nate Becker from SHift and Uppward – in town for the week from Brooklyn, New York – as our first in-studio guest in the new configuration for the show. Additionally, Danny Schreiber, Silicon Prairie News's managing editor Skyped in from Omaha. Discussed this week "Silicon Prairie Feedback List, Version 1.0" … read more
July 19, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Days after releasing findings from a study that showed lagging job creation from new businesses, the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation today outlined a new initiative aimed at jump-starting startups and, in turn, the economy as a whole. (Image, left, from kauffman.org.) Kauffman president and CEO Carl Schramm and vice president of research and policy Robert Litan presented a proposal to spur the ailing U.S. economy and increase job creation … read more
July 19, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines What if the Silicon Prairie was home to Twitter? Is that a crazy question? Quite possibly. Does it spark discussion? Most definitely. And that's just what Scott Kubie (a.k.a. Scott Rocketship), a senior product designer at BitMethod, set out to do with the website "What if Des Moines…". "I was halfway through my shower Monday morning when I had an … read more
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