October 10, 2010 by Dusty Davidson
Next Saturday is TEDxOmaha, so I thought it would be fitting this week to feature a video from another TEDx event. This talk is from TEDxSydney, and it's of Nigel Marsh talking about work-life balance: The reality of the society that we're in, is that there are thousands and thousands of people out there, leading lives of quiet, screaming desperation, where they work long, hard hours… read more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. read more
October 8, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week: - Filming live on Ustream at Volano Solutions in the AIM Collaborative Innovation Space (18th & Harney) - Guest Don Stavneak, co-owner of Volano Solutions - Proxibid has record-breaking third quarter - Josh Cooley gives an in-depth look at Pixar’s creative process - Startup Organizers Summit recap and takeaways - Tahoe Tech Talk recap and takeaways - BarCamp Omaha to be held November 20th at Nomad Lounge - Omaha 10-10-10 conference… read more
October 5, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by Lauren Tucker via Flickr.) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions… read more
October 3, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
As many do, I turn to TED.com for inspirational and thought-provoking presentation. Lately, I've found one of the coolest sections of their site to be their "Best of the Web" videos, which are presentations not given at a TED conference but match the caliber of a TED presentation. The following video is a portion of a 1972 lecture given by legendary psychiatrist and Holocaust-survivor Viktor Frankl. In it, he presents a powerful analogy of flying a… read more
Every day I comb through my Google Reader reading sites like Hacker News and others, and star articles that are especially interesting about startups, entrepreneurship and miscellany. read more
October 1, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha Today, we're releasing the third presentation in our video series from Big Omaha 2010! This video features our second presenter, David Hauser, co-founder of Grasshopper, Chargify and Grasshopper Labs. Hauser gave attendees a look into how he and his team have built Grasshopper into what it is today. Giving the backstory and implementation of their creative marketing techniques… read more
September 28, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by James Jordan via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of… read more
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