August 18, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Google and the Associated Press announced this week that they will sponsor the new AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program, which will provide $20,000 scholarships for the 2012-13 academic year to six undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the intersection of journalism, computer science and new media … read more
August 18, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Omaha Pardon the oh-so-uncreative way I'm introducing this, but … area creatives, mark your calendars. A week just for you is on its way back to Omaha. Omaha Creative Week … read more
August 18, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha Last November, Brett Atlas spent 45 minutes driving around a Chicago cemetery in search of his grandfather’s resting spot before he sent this text: "there should be an app for this." Within moments after Atlas hit send, Scott Kroeger responded, and upon Atlas' return to Omaha, the pair co-founded RestingSpot, a service that seeks to identify and guide users to the precise GPS location for every memorial site in cemeteries around the … read more
August 17, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Des Moines This isn't the type of Iowa polling story you've grown accustomed to reading recently. Nope, there are no straws here — just the potential for one Iowa entrepreneur to win up to $15,000 in prizes. Online voting for the Dream Big Des Moines small business contest began Tuesday and will continue until Aug. 31. … read more
August 17, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Unlike the old saying about picking friends' noses, when it comes South by Southwest (SXSW) panels you can have it all – you can pick your friends, you can pick your own panels and you can pick your friends' panels. With that delightful thought in mind, we wanted to call out the "Panels from the Prairie" … read more
August 17, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
Omaha When Paul Yoder was younger, his mother would ask him: "Why aren't your chores done? Do you think elves are going to come and do them for you?" He learned then that elves wouldn’t do the work for him but five months ago, he built DonorElf, a donor management service that defies fables and does nearly all of the work of non-profit bookkeeping for him. "I liked the idea of elves doing the mundane … read more
August 17, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Chris Pirillo capped off his trip home to Des Moines with a meetup at Amici Espresso downtown on a beautiful late-summer evening Monday. A group of about 35 people came out to visit with Chris over the course of nearly three hours, and I was able to snag a few photos near the start of the meetup. Chris met with friends new and old and discussed topics … read more
August 16, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Iowa City The inaugural BarCamp ICR was held on Saturday at the Iowa City Public Library. We couldn't have had a better event! We met over 100 attendees and our day was extended hours longer due to many more people wanting to talk than we could have imagined. Just three minutes after opening up the grid for talks, we had the entire schedule filled for the day. Our deepest thanks goes out to our attendees, speakers, sponsors, organizers and volunteers … read more
Through August 22, help us decide the winners of our inaugural Silicon Prairie Awards, which will recognize 12
companies and individuals. You can vote once per day per category.
Winners will be announced live on stage at
our August 30 event.