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What Cheer uses DonorsChoose API to highlight Omaha schools in need

4175_400a8f11fb_small May 17, 2012 by Michael Stacy

Omaha Charles Best created DonorsChoose to make it easy for anyone to help students in need. Last week, the crew from What Cheer made it a little easier Best spoke Friday morning at Big Omaha about DonorsChoose, the website he founded that allows public school teachers to post classroom project requests and, in turn, lets donors pick specific projects they want to support. When Best mentioned the DonorsChoose API during his talk, it captured the imagination of … read more

NEWS

You’ll like this: I live in Omaha creators launch I love in Omaha site

3630_54b82fd3bd_small February 14, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha It's only a one-letter change from a popular grassroots campaign, but it's a whole new feeling. The team at What Cheer, the Omaha website design and development studio behind the I live in Omaha campaign, today launched I love in Omaha. The site, which What Cheer's John Henry Müller calls the "I live in Omaha just for lovers," is a crowdsourcing app like the original. But this time it focuses on the photos, displayed full-screen, and carries a heavy holiday color … read more

SERIES

Prairie Moves: Jim Duval, Matthew Kirk, HelloQR and more

3558_7ede70f555_small February 3, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesday and Thursday (one day late this week), 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 editor@siliconprairienews.com. And if you have suggestions on how we could improve these posts or any of … read more

SERIES

Prairie Portrait: John Hobbs of What Cheer

3426_ab38c8ef38_small January 11, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines Name: John Hobbs | Bio: Moved around the country growing up, but Omaha is home. Married with three cats, eight chickens and a baby on the way. | Title: Software Developer | Age: 26 | City: Omaha, Neb. | Silicon Prairie News: Your first dive into the startup world was as a developer at Town Commons. What was an early lesson you learned after making the transition from a branding and design firm to a startup? John Hobbs: The scope was a lot broader. At my first job I just had to execute someone else's designs, at Town Commons I was involved in more discussion on strategy, I got to attend pitches, all kinds of stuff. So I guess … read more

NEWS

Bee’s knees! What Cheer’s Bumble wins Twilio contest

2759_0eb1b7a36e_small August 24, 2011 by Brittany Mascio

Omaha On Tuesday, Twilio released the winners of its Twilio Client Developer Contest, and What Cheer's Bumble took home one of the five winning titles. Bumble … read more

SERIES

Four artists to exhibit at Big Omaha 2011

2222_7fb4e109de_small May 11, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha One of my favorite parts of Big Omaha takes place not in the main speaking room at KANEKO but in rooms and hallways that lead up to it, which have played host to art installations and exhibits since our first conference in 2009. These artists, who have dedicated tens and hundreds of hours ahead of time, make the event a unique experience for attendees. Last year, for example, Scott Blake exhibited his Barcode Art of Gary Vaynerchuk that … read more

NEWS

Pics from last week: Omaha 10-10-10, Big O! Show, TEDxOmaha & more

1368_82e55f9a50_small October 18, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Part of the Omaha Silicon Prairie News team – Jeff, Dusty and I – made the rounds last week to three events in Omaha. Kicking off Monday morning with Omaha 10-10-10 and then closing it out on Saturday with TEDxOmaha. Learn about the events in our "Out & About" post and check out the pictures below to see some familiar faces. (Left, John Hobbs and Kevin Berry of Confurrent at the Buy the Big O! Show.) read more

NEWS

Dialing up Call Spinner: Startup Weekend team stays on the line

1282_546329ccf6_small September 23, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Call Spinner, a phone number that when called pairs you up with another random caller, launched nearly two weeks ago at the second Startup Weekend Omaha, September 10-12. Not only did the team of four take away the competition's top prize of $300, but they kept and have continued to work on their service.  read more

NEWS

Call Spinner wins Startup Weekend Omaha (team demo videos)

1256_145dfc498b_small September 13, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Congrats to Call Spinner for taking home top honors at Startup Weekend Omaha, a 54-hour event challenging attendees to present ideas, form teams, plan, implement, and then finally present their just-born startup to a panel of judges. Second place was awarded to Everpresent, a web and smartphone app that prompts you to record important moments… read more

NEWS

Shout! Weekly releases its inaugural ‘30 Under 30’ list

867_1c1ab64d29_small 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