August 12, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
The opening day of South by Southwest (SXSW) is a more than seven months away, but preparations for this 10-day event featuring an interactive, film and music festival are well underway. A good majority of the planning is taking place in Austin, Texas, the location of the event since its inception… read more
July 7, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej
Omaha Social media is at a high point for further developing the business models of major companies and establishing a new means of communication for people to share their thoughts, experience and location. To celebrate, Social Media Club (SMC) Omaha gathered on June 30 at Nomad Lounge for drinks and conversation around the latest trends… read more
April 20, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Council Bluffs Nathan T. Wright, founder of Des Moines-based Lava Row, recently emceed the Technology Association of Iowa's Prometheus Awards. These awards recognize achievement in the technology sector from across the state. As part of his duties, Nathan made a trip to the western border to see Google's new data center in Council Bluffs. In the video below, Nathan takes a peak inside the facility, meets some of the Google crew, and chats about technology in Iowa with Google's local operations manager… read more
April 7, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Playing on its reputation as the "Academy Awards of Iowa's high tech industry," the fifth annual Prometheus Awards took place last night with a Hollywood-style theme, complete with a celebrity photo booth, award statues, plenty of tuxedos, and even a red carpet. The awards are a production of the Technology Association of Iowa (TAI) meant to highlight innovation throughout the state. "This showcase honors companies and individuals who represent the best and brightest in technology and business and have… read more
March 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Austin There was a good crop of Midwesterners, both past and present, amongst the more than 12,000 (estimated) attendees at the recent South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. During the event, we charted nearly forty of them in a Twitter list, and now more than a week later many of them have offered their own reflections and thoughts of the event… read more
March 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines After a one week break, PrairieCast is back for episode #8 with the topic of using social media for business in Des Moines. We featured three guests: Julia Thompson, social media editor of the Des Moines Register, Mike Templeton, an analyst at Catchfire Media and founder of the Social Media Club Des Moines, and Nathan T. Wright, founder of Lava Row. In the Week in Review segment, we catch up on highlighted posts from the past two weeks… read more
March 12, 2010 by Jeff Slobotski
Austin We're just a few days away from the Silicon Prairie Party at South by Southwest Interactive in Austin and we want to express a huge thank you to our sponsors from across… read more
February 25, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This was a week of firsts for PrairieCast. We had our first two-part show as well as our first two guest show. Nathan T. Wright of LavaRow and Jeff Slobotski of Silicon Prairie News joined us to talk about the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Nathan and Jeff are veterans of this show, dubbed by many to be "spring break for geeks," and both are presenting sessions this year. We discuss their presentations, The Silicon Prairie Party hosted by… read more
January 19, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Earlier this month a new podcast began out of the office of Lava Row, a social media firm based in Des Moines’ East Village. Recently, I had the chance to catch up with Nathan T. Wright, Lava Row’s founder, to learn more about their entry into this medium. read more
Des Moines When the SPN team was in Des Moines this week, we took the opportunity to stop by Lava Row's offices to talk with Nathan T. Wright and Hillary Brown about what's new. Nathan told us about the ... read more