August 24, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
(Photo by _J_D_R_ 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… read more
July 28, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Last month, CAMP Coworking owner Megan Hunt and future CAMP tenant Eric Downs spoke to about 20 startup-enthused individuals at Cornstalks, a monthly entrepreneur gathering hosted by the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce. Watch their presentation below and learn more about CAMP Coworking from our coverage last month… read more
June 16, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha With progress reports from the future tenants becoming more and more frequent – on princesslasertron.com and Twitter – we thought it was time to catch up with CAMP owner Megan Hunt, a.k.a. Princess Lasertron, for our first look at the creative coworking space. CAMP, located in North Downtown's Mastercraft building, is expected to open in the coming month. "[O]ur goal is to host our opening party in early July and open for tenants soon after," Megan told… read more
May 28, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Earlier this week, Timothy Kephart, founder of Omaha-based Graffiti Tracker, spoke at this year's Gov 2.0 Expo co-produced by O'Reilly Conferences and UBM TechWeb. Timothy's talk, Graffiti Tracker: Utilizing Data to Fight Crime, gives an excellent overview of the problem and opportunity his company addresses. Here's more on Graffiti Tracker from the Expo's schedule… read more
May 19, 2010 by Sponsor Author
Omaha Thanks to Nerdy Thirty by Wendy Townley for sponsoring Silicon Prairie News this week. This sponsored post was written by Wendy Townley. | I began blogging in 2003 as a way to have a little fun with my writing. The ability to put fingers to Macintosh and share my thoughts to the world with a few clicks of the keyboard thrilled me to no end. An idea or experience would surface in my head. Within a few brief hours, my prose… read more
April 29, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha Shout!, Omaha's new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list's authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as "a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha." Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats to Erin Standley, senior designer at Phenomblue, who, while at BrightMix, led the user experience and design of the current version of our website, SiliconPrairieNews.com. Below are the names, titles, companies, and Twitter handles of the 30 – to read the full article with pictures and a writeup about each, pick up a copy of Shout! (pictured left)… read more
Omaha Yes...we were finally able to connect with the Princess Lasertron at last night's Omaha TweetUp! Princess Lasertron, aka Megan Hunt, talked with us about the many exciting things going on with her business including her new site launch ... read more
Omaha The "un-conference" referred to above is, of course, BarCamp Omaha. The tees in the ad, as well as the ad itself, were designed by BarCamp team member Eric Downs of Downs Design. Tomorrow night, come give Eric and the ... read more
Omaha So folks, it's that time again! Be sure to be at Nomad Lounge, this Thursday from 5:30 on for the next Omaha Tweetup! Sponsored this month by Big Omaha! WHERENomad Lounge (11th & Jones St., just south ... read more
Omaha Our friend Jimmy Winter over at Music Arsenal announced the launch of RockDex! RockDex is a site where artists can see the amount of "internet chatter" about them and learn new ways to increase the buzz. RockDex scours the ... read more