Omaha 8:03 a.m. Welcome to Day 2 of Big Omaha. After an educational, enjoyable, and inspirational day of speakers, parties, and connecting yesterday, we're getting set to jump into another shared experience with the likes of Dennis Crowley (foursquare), Melody McCloskey (StyleSeat) and Tony Hsieh (Zappos). I'm the duly appointed live blogger for today so if you're not in the room, feel free to check back here throughout the day or follow the Twitter stream… read more

Omaha Well, it's probably not THE final word, but we wanted to share some of our thoughts on Big Omaha... In short, we're absolutely amazed, humbled and optimistic about the event we call Big Omaha.  As we mentioned ... read more

Omaha So the Silicon Prairie News team is back from a long trip to Austin for the 2009 SXSW Interactive Festival. I'm still compiling many of my initial thoughts as the lack of rest and overwhelming number of options to ... read more

Sioux City A few weeks back Jeff (@jjsnyc), Matt Secoske (@secos) and I (@dustyd) trekked up to Sioux City, Iowa to meet up with Gary Vaynerchuk, and grab a couple of interviews for Silicon Prairie News and Big Omaha... In this video, ... read more

Omaha It's official! After all the chitter chatter, rumors and talk... The Big Omaha site is live! Shortly after Sarah Lacy came into town last year, we here at SPN decided to take it to the next level by hosting ... read more

Omaha Fellow SPNers!  A quick note to let you know we've nailed the dates for the BIG OMAHA Conference. The dates are May 7th & 8th 2009 in Omaha.  Gary Vaynerchuk is confirmed folks!  Amazing news for ... read more