Prairie Blogroll
We hope to create a comprehensive blogroll of blogs from The Prairie.
We do not endorse or sponsor these blogs, but we think this list will be a great place to discover the many bloggers in our region. To learn more about The Prairie Blogroll, see Danny Schreiber's post from the day it launched: Five in Five & Our Blogroll: Changes are here!
If you’d like to recommend a blog to add or would like your blog added, removed or updated, please contact danny@siliconprairienews.com.
[Five in Five] – If you’re interested in participating in our Five in Five series, which highlights a Midwest blogger each week, you can find details and previous submissions at siliconprairienews.com/five-in-05.
Industry/Topic Focused
- 12 Second Try (Sioux Falls) “What can you try in 12 seconds?”
- 36 Point (Omaha) A graphic design blog [Five in Five]
- A.G. Out Loud (Omaha) “Anne Good’s Dog Blog” [Five in Five]
- Ames Progressive.org (Ames, Iowa) “[F]ocused on political and social reporting and commentary, and features works of creative non-fiction, fiction, and poetry”
- Bill Bolmeier (Omaha) “A personal web technology blog”
- BlawgIT (Des Moines) “Patent, trademark, copyright and internet law issues with attorney Brett J. Trout, P.C.” [Five in Five]
- Bookwork with a View (Omaha)
- ChristyNelson.net (Lincoln) Crafting
- ConverStations (Des Moines) “Business and Educational Social Media as Conversation Stations“
- The Cowtown Computer Congress (Kansas City) “Kansas City’s Hacker Space“
- Gastronomic Fight Club (Omaha) “Restaurant reviews, recipes, food news for Omaha and more”
- Graphic Content (Sioux Falls) An art/design/illustration blog highlighting South Dakota creatives
- Get A New Browser (Des Moines) “Get A New Browser was started to ‘analyze the web’”
- Halloween in Omaha (Omaha) 31 Days of Halloween
- Have Kid Will Travel (Ankeny, Iowa) “Travel Adventures in the Midwest, the US and Beyond” [Five in Five]
- Housewife Hacks (Urbandale, Iowa) “Tips and Trickery For Living Well on Less”
- Exceptional Psychology (Omaha) Thoughts on neurofeedback [Five in Five]
- Illustrate Omaha (Omaha) Graphic design with spotlights on local designers [Five in Five]
- jQuery Minute (Omaha) “…a jQuery Minute later and you’re done!”
- Leavenworth Street (Omaha) “The talk of Nebraska Politics”
- The Minnesota Twins Most Valuable Blogger (Sioux Falls/Minneapolis) “The most interactive blog for Minnesota Twins fans”
- Momaha (Omaha) “Where Omaha Moms Connect”
- Mr. Dallas J. Moore and The Social Media Experience (Des Moines) “Bridging the gap between you and your customers/clients through social media”
- NE Creative (Omaha) Advertising and design with a focus on Nebraska agencies
- Nick Bahe’s Bluejay Breakdown (Omaha) Nick Bahe of 1620 AM The Zone shares his thoughts about Creighton Basketball
- Ord Sunshine Pumpers (Ord, Nebraska) “Life in rural Nebraska”
- Omaha Dad (Omaha) “Tales and discoveries of a ‘Stay At Home’ Dad in Omaha.”
- Omaha Driver Entertainment Guide (Omaha) “Directing visitors to some of the best destinations in the city”
- Omaha.net Local Writing (Omaha) “the stories — the people — the place”
- Parallel 39 Design (Manhattan, Kansas) “Cathy Mores Photography: Ideas, Images, Inspiration”
- Pick My NHL Team (Sioux Falls) “I need a favorite hockey team, so pick one for me!” [Five in Five]
- pmStudent (Sioux Falls) “Helping new and aspiring project managers reach their career goals!”
- PressDog.com (Des Moines) – Injecting some levity and fun into racing
- Public Relations Princess (Des Moines) “Creating buzz with a wave of my wand!” [Five in Five]
- Science of Work, The (Omaha) – “A blog about leadership, talent management, and creating magnetic workplaces”
- Slobotski.com (Omaha) “Thoughts on community building & the creative class”
- Social Media Fanatic (Des Moines) Thoughts on social media
- Social Storm (Omaha) “with Sjhalestorm“
- Storm Dawg Marketing (Omaha) – “Small Business Marketing for Success”
- Technology Fridge (Omaha) “Storing the ‘coolest’ ed tech ideas for you”
- Tech Omaha (Omaha) “Highlighting the awesome things happening around technology in the Omaha area
- TechSentry (Des Moines) “Iowa’s Source for Technology News”
- Thyme for Wine (Omaha) “I hope you will enjoy the recipes. Always remember to make time for wine!”
- The Post (Sioux Falls) Covers culture, entertainment and the great people of Eastern South Dakota
- Unsharpmasked (Omaha) “Photographer Philip Nealey: Photography, Digital Imaging, Photoshop”
- The Watchdog Post (Omaha) – “A project for the University of Nebraska at Omaha journalism program featuring news aggregation, original reporting and opinion.”
- Web Strategy Workshop (Des Moines) “Master your domain”
- White and Blue Review (Omaha) “News & Commentary on Creighton Sports” [Five in Five]
- Work. Play. Innovate. (Des Moines) “Following open source principles in a not so open world”
Personal
- Andy Brudtkuhl (Des Moines) “Hi I’m Andy – how are you today?”
- Ben in the Bay (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Brain Contour (Omaha) By Eric Ariel Salas
- Emily Ingram (Lincoln) “Copy editor, web producer, designer”
- Gabe’s Digital Life (Omaha) “Music, photos, video and digital lifestyle of Gabe Kangas“
- Iowa Geek… (Ankeny, Iowa) “Tots, tech & tools for living” [Five in Five]
- Irish Calvinist (Omaha)
- Joshua Best (Omaha) “I’m a finance professional, part-time web designer / developer, family man, and natural bodybuilder living in Omaha, Nebraska”
- Koterblog (Omaha) Jeffrey Koterba
- MattSecoske.com (Omaha)
- Meow Musings (Omaha) “A random online journal”
- My SpyderWeb (Kansas City)
- Nebraskadan’s Weblog (Omaha)
- One Niner (Omaha) “Nolan Carson’s blog”
- Our Time to Act (Omaha) Joe Gerstandt
- Please Obey (Des Moines) “Cat Rocketship paints things and then you like them.”
- Priorities and Compromises (Omaha)
- Programmerman’s Ramblings (Omaha) “Not actually a programming blog!” [Five in Five]
- Pursuing Happiness (Omaha) “Begin with a single step”
- RamHatter.com (Omaha) “Art Director. Husband. Father. Proud Husker Fan.”
- RamseyMohsen.com (Kansas City) “Ramsey Mohsen; web consultant, DJ, video blogger, lifecaster & internet addict”
- Shane Life (Kansas City) “The personal weblog of Shane Adams” [Five in Five]
- Sticks and Snakes (Omaha) “Even Moses needed a security blanket”
- Str8 Up RDQLUS! (Omaha)
- Troy Rutter (Des Moines) “Author, Speaker and Google Evangelist“ [Five in Five]
- WendyTownley.com (Omaha)
- Where Are The Wise Men? (Omaha) Thoughts and rants on life, technology, church and other events
- Wood2YourMoms.com (Des Moines)Geoff Wood’s Personal Blog, Faster than Walt Flanagan’s Dog
Company/Organization/Business
- 48 Web Consulting (Des Moines)
- Archrival (Lincoln)
- BIGSHOT (Kansas City)
- Birdhouse Interiors (Omaha)
- Bosley Creative (Omaha)
- BrightMix (Omaha)
- Captain Jack Communications (Des Moines)
- Catchfire Media (Des Moines) [Five in Five]
- CLEAN PLATE (Omaha)
- David Day & Associates (Omaha)
- Des Moines Social Club (Des Moines)
- Des Moines University (Des Moines)
- DownsDesign (Omaha)
- Emily’s Project (Omaha)
- Electric Pulp (Sioux Falls)
- Evolve (Des Moines)
- Free Air Collective (Grand Island, Nebraska) [Five in Five]
- Fresh Nest Design (Lincoln) [Five in Five]
- Geek Details (Kansas City)
- GoPollGo (Omaha)
- Hayneedle (Omaha)
- Halo Institute (Omaha)
- Hilton Omaha (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Jelecos (Omaha)
- Lava Row (Des Moines) [Five in Five]
- LightThread (Kansas City)
- Lessing Flynn (Des Moines)
- Leah Ashley Designs (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- LoveSac Omaha (Omaha)
- Malone and Co (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Market Street Media Foundry (Des Moines)
- Measure Once, Cut Twice (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Midwest Laboratories (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Malone & Co. (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Music Arsenal (Omaha)
- Ninth Division (Omaha)
- Oxide Design (Omaha)
- RockDex (Omaha)
- RPO Consulting (Des Moines)
- Phenomblue (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Princess Lasertron (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- Project Interfaith (Omaha)
- Secret Penguin: Dave Nelson, Matt Helt, and Cody Peterson (Omaha)
- Share-A-Chair (Omaha)
- ShoeMoney (Lincoln)
- SkyVu Pictures (Omaha)
- Social Fusion (Omaha)
- SquarePeg Systems (Omaha)
- Talent Anarchy (Omaha)
- Toolulu (Lincoln)
- UNO Maverick Speech (Omaha)
- What Cheer (Omaha)
- Wolf Theory (Omaha) [Five in Five]
- ZCPhotography (Kansas City)
Event
- BarCamp Des Moines
- BarCamp Kansas City
- BarCamp Omaha
- Big Omaha
- I_Blog Conference [Five in Five]
- Highlight Midwest
- Kansas City’s Tech Calendar
- Omaha TweetUp
Podcast
- Cloud Control (Sioux Falls) “9 Clouds, Inc.’s weekly take on the Nerd, Local, and Thought fronts of the web and social media”
- Managing the Edge (Des Moines) “An Internet Business Podcast – Optimize your business on the web”
- Priuscast (Des Moines) “An UNOFFICIAL podcast for Toyota’s gas-electric hybrid car“
- Rock Garden Tour (Sioux Falls) “A radio show about rock and roll and gardening”
- The Reflex Blue Show (Omaha) “A graphic design industry podcast”
- Rutter’s Ramblings (Des Moines) “Politics, Pop Culture and Entertainment Podcast“
- Worlds of Wayne (Omaha) “A podcast of Midwestern proportions”