July 19, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines What if the Silicon Prairie was home to Twitter? Is that a crazy question? Quite possibly. Does it spark discussion? Most definitely. And that's just what Scott Kubie (a.k.a. Scott Rocketship), a senior product designer at BitMethod, set out to do with the website "What if Des Moines…". "I was halfway through my shower Monday morning when I had an … read more
May 10, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines The latest project from the creative team at Des Moines-based application development company BitMethod is a new podcast called "The Flyover Effect." The podcast debuted Monday, and the first episode featured an interview with Tara Hunt, CEO and co-founder of Montreal-based Buyosphere. In this episode, BitMethod's Dan Shipton and Scott Kubie … read more
January 6, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Des Moines In our article yesterday covering the release of the SmartyPig iPhone app, SmartyPig COO Michael Ferrari gave a nice mention to BitMethod, a mobile… read more
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
June 15, 2010 by Danny Schreiber
While keeping an eye on Twitter, company blogs, and press releases sent to info@siliconprairienews.com, we see quite a bit of movement on the Silicon Prairie. Although a majority of these pieces of information haven't made their way to our blog in the past, we think it's time we begin to spread the word about them. So, today we present Prairie Moves. The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our… read more
March 2, 2010 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Scott Kubie, Cat Rocketship and the others behind Market Street Media Foundry (MSMF) announced today that they were evolving their vision and are now make\break. read more
Omaha Corrected attendance numbers for Market Day at 4:27 p.m. on 10/11/09 Tucked away in an old brick structure in the south end of the Des Moines' East Village is an interesting artistic community called the ... read more