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924_6c367a74ad_small May 25, 2010 by Dusty Davidson & Jeff Slobotski

Omaha As we sit here just over a week since we kicked off Big Omaha 2010, we're still unbelievably amazed by what took place in our community over the course of two and a half days. A new level of excitement and passion was born at this year's event. People left changed, and for that we're extremely grateful. This year saw over 500 people come to KANEKO to experience the event we created just two short years ago. read more

December 23, 2009 by Aaron Onken

Omaha We recently put out a call for you to send us your suggestions for iPhone apps built on the Prairie, thinking that they would make great stocking stuffers. We couldn't help it. Danny was inspired. Submissions started rolling in ... read more

November 10, 2009 by Dusty Davidson

Omaha Yesterday, Gabe Kangas (@gabek) officially gave notice that he's leaving his job and will be pursuing other opportunities. For a bit of context, its probably worth reading his entire writeup on his blog. Normally, this wouldn't be ... read more

November 10, 2009 by Aaron Onken

Omaha For any of you that may have missed out last time, the first-ever installment of Startup Drinks Omaha was a great time. Quite a few people showed up to talk about startup culture, network, and support one another on ... read more

November 9, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Photo by chasingfun on Flickr. Updated photo credit 11/24 Fans, friends, family and prairie dogs alike! Here we go...we're unbelievably thrilled to announce that SPN has been accepted to speak on a panel at South by Southwest ... read more

October 29, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha This week we had an opportunity to speak with Jason Fried, founder of 37 Signals and a Big Omaha 2009 speaker, about his company's latest project, Haystack.com. Haystack is a new way for clients and web designers to ... read more

October 27, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Des Moines The question in the title was one of three that I asked 17 attendees at last Friday's Highlight Midwest in Des Moines. The other questions: who are you, where are you from, and who from the conference would you ... read more

September 28, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha Here's a great opportunity to hear New York Times columnist David Pogue speak in Omaha at the AIM Institute IT Futures Forum on November 4th! From AIM's event page: David Pogue is the personal-technology columnist for the ... read more

August 30, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Thanks to a tweet by Nick Ashley, I stumbled upon some great news: ReadWriteStart, a channel of the highly-trafficked tech trends blog ReadWriteWeb, featured Jimmy Winter's RockDex and announced that he'll be partnering with Kansas City-... read more

August 17, 2009 by Jeff Slobotski

Omaha South by Southwest Interactive...a phrase you'll hear us talking about a lot over the next few months! This is one event we suggest you plan on attending... South by Southwest (SXSW) is a set of interactive, film, ... read more