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TwitZip delivers hyperlocal news via Twitter

1141_d40cc69372_small August 10, 2010 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines In 2008, Nathan Heinrich (left) of Des Moines and business partner Aaron Donsbach of Seattle, Washington, registered Twitter accounts for nearly all U.S. ZIP Codes. At the time, they had recognized a problem with location-based communication and felt that a combination of the Twitter platform and ZIP Codes would provide an answer. Heinrich and Donsbach have gone through a few different solutions in the past two years, but most recently they launched TwitZip. They've also expanded their team… read more

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Lateef Johnson discusses his recently launched startup Deckerton

946_14b7a45991_small June 1, 2010 by Andrea Ciurej

Lincoln As social media continues to surge, more and more companies are turning to sites such as Facebook and Twitter to attract an untapped audience and dive into new trends. However, some businesses, especially smaller companies, are having problems latching onto the new social wave and advancing technology. That's why Lateef Johnson decided to launch his startup called Deckerton, a company that strives… read more

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A bunch of laughs: Interview with Tim Siedell, a.k.a. @badbanana

910_01b9a8108f_small May 20, 2010 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln The bio of Tim Siedell's Twitter account, @badbanana, reads: "Sometimes I just want to give it all up and become a handsome billionaire." Although it's unlikely Siedell will join the ranks of Warren Buffett as one of Nerbaska's billionaires, he's already joined the company of Larry the Cable Guy as one of the state's funniest. Since his first tweet in March 2007, Siedell has accumulated over 370,000 followers, been named one of PCWorld's Top 10 Funniest People on Twitter… read more

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Sunday funnies from Jeff Koterba

November 14, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha   All images used with permission. The cartoon above is by Omaha cartoonist Jeff Koterba, whose work regularly appears in the Omaha World-Herald. When John Henry Müller of What Cheer was showing me his latest project a ... read more

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Nothing but good from @badbanana

November 5, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Lincoln A couple of big props came out last week for Tim Siedell, Creative Director at Lincoln-based Fuse Industries, for his wit behind the Twitter account @badbanna. Thanks to consistently hilarious 140 characters or less statements like the one above, @... read more

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Web-based Twitter client CrowdLens looking for beta testers

September 16, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Earlier this week, a tweet Jimmy Winter directed Nick Ashley's way sparked my interest. "Now get me in on that crowdlens beta!" Jimmy wrote. I'm always on the lookout for beta invites or announcements in our region, so ... read more

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Kansas City and Lawrence to host twestival local events

September 2, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Kansas City In less than two weeks, Twestival Local, an event inspired by a group of London Twitterers' Harvest Twestival in 2008, will be taking place in cities all over the world. On The Prairie, Lawrence will be hosting one on the ... read more

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Retweet This: @GabeK behind @RT_Thursday

July 16, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha What began as a parody of the most popular Twitter memes, #FollowFriday and #MusicMonday, has begun to gain a following of its own. In April, Omahan Gabe Kangas, @GabeK on Twitter, began manually retweeting his and his friends' pointless tweets ... read more

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SPN is on Twitter!

July 2, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Omaha Or maybe I should say, Analog the Prairie Dog is on Twitter! A couple weeks ago, our mascot sent out his first tweet: We're excited to "officially" join the Twittersphere. As a blog that promotes the use of social ... read more

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Free Air Collective launches “Trivia on Twitter” after forming partnership in the Valley

June 19, 2009 by Danny Schreiber

Grand Island In today's Weekly Wrap Up we linked to a story released by Mashable reviewing a new Twitter game that Grand Island-based Free Air Collective had a hand in making. From Mashable: The game is simple. Users follow @Trivia, ... read more