It's a solid week on the Silicon Prairie for events, from the Dwolla Meetup in Des Moines on Wednesday through BarCamp on Saturday in the same city. There's also a Small Business Summit in Council Bluffs, Iowa in which very own Dusty Davidson will be keynoting. Check out… read more

Omaha As I wrote in a post earlier today, BarCamp Omaha 2010 was an exclamation point to a great week on the Silicon Prairie. After startup funding and acquisition news this past week, we inside the Silicon Prairie News office were riding a high, and Dusty Davidson, co-founder of Silicon Prairie News was hustling like the rest of BarCamp Omaha team… read more

Omaha BarCamp Omaha opened things up last night with a party at the same venue the un-conference is being held at today, Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones Street) in Omaha's Old Market district. Local mobile app developer Andy Peters, co-founder of Ninth Division, doubled as a professional photographer last night and took some great party shots. Below are a few and then head on over to his Flickr account… read more

Omaha BarCamp Omaha kicked off this morning around 9 p.m. as just about 200 gathered at Nomad Lounge (1013 Jones Street) in Omaha's Old Market district. From 9 to 10, attendees enjoyed some hot drinks, donuts, muffins and more while those who felt compelled to give a talk wrote the title of their talk on a sticky note and stuck it to the "schedule board." read more

Omaha With less than a week to go, Barcamp Omaha is quickly approaching. This third annual event takes place this Saturday, November 20th at Nomad Lounge. If you're planning on giving a talk (and we hope that you will), you'll want to be there first thing to get your name on the schedule. In addition, you might want to check out the great post on the Barcamp site – How to Give a Great Barcamp Talk – which lays out some great tips for what makes… read more

Omaha Need an excuse to attend one of the many events below? It's Global Entrepreneurship Week – get out, network, explore and learn from the entrepreneurs in your own community. Below are six events happening in Omaha this week. For more, check out our events page, and if you think you have one to add, please contact info@siliconprairienews.com. read more

Omaha Last week the new Barcamp Omaha website went live, with ticket sales more details about the event. Again this year tickets to the entire event are just $5, which includes: drinks and snacks at the opening party, admission to the daytime event, light breakfast, lunch, and a t-shirt! Truly the best deal around. read more

Des Moines Barcamp Des Moines will take place a little more than a month from now, organizers announced today. The annual "un-conference" is pegged for December 3rd & 4th at a location to be determined. Unlike a traditional conference where speakers and topics are determined ahead of time and promoted, Barcamps are more ad-hoc with a completely open schedule until… read more

Omaha A date and location have been set for the third annual BarCamp Omaha. (Note: The BarCamp Omaha website has not yet been updated.) This year's event will again be held at Nomad Lounge, and it will take place Saturday, November 20. The planning team, which includes Eric Downs, Megan Hunt, Matt Secoske… read more

Des Moines It's a busy season for BarCamps on The Prairie and Des Moines' event will be taking place this Saturday, Sept. 26 at Impromptu Studio (300 SW 5th Street). This year's organizer, Aaron Webb, took time out of his ... read more