March 1, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
(Photo by Ben Gallagher via Flickr.) Published every Tuesday, 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 info@siliconprairienews.com. read more
February 21, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
A variety of events happening in Omaha, Lincoln, and Des Moines this week, but unfortunately there's none on our radar in the Kansas City area (if you have one to submit, email info@siliconprairienews.com). Speaking of Kansas City, we're very excited to head down to KC next week for our March 1st Launch Party, officially kicking off our presence in the great city. Details from the events' websites… read more
February 16, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Lincoln (Photo by Emir Plicanic via Flickr.) The second annual Awesome Camp, Lincoln's own twist of the popular unconference BarCamp, kicks off with an opening party next Friday, February 25th at 7 p.m. at red9 (322 South 9th Street). The following day, Saturday, February 26, attendees will gather from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. for a day filled with talks in one of three tracks: tech, creative and entrepreneurship. read more
February 8, 2010 by Adam Templeton
Lincoln When you think about it, Google is a bit like God. People look to both for answers on every topic imaginable, and those same seekers of knowledge actually have little to no idea how either one really works. Thankfully, Toby Schroder of Fierce Robot, a search engine optimization startup that's been his full-time job for a little over a year, is on the case – at least as... read more
February 5, 2010 by Adam Templeton
Lincoln Putting a local spin on the popular worldwide BarCamp format, Lincoln gave entrepreneurs around the state the chance to attend camp. Awesome Camp, that is. Hosted January, 30 at red9, the gathering of business-minded startup owners, freelancers and developers lacked a concrete schedule right up until the minute it started. Instead of following a rigid agenda, attendees signed up to give 30-minute read more
January 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Mentioned this week * Filming on location at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, amongst the Borderland Abstraction exhibition * PrairieCast podcast with Geoff Wood and Andy Brudtkuhl launches * Awesome Camp tomorrow * What Cheer Open House tomorrow * PechaKucha recap * Introduce show's guest, Hesse McGraw, curator of the Bemis * Talk of... read more
January 20, 2010 by Adam Templeton
Lincoln Awesome Camp, an upcoming event celebrating Lincoln's sundry entrepreneurs, has set its sights on stamping out the mundane nature of the business meeting. Dubbed an unconference, Awesome Camp has no fixed agenda. Instead, it will... read more