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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

3363_ed72590065_small January 3, 2012 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 our coverage … read more

3246_b3e4c51d6d_small December 6, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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. … read more

3028_b5f002b0e1_small October 18, 2011 by Michael Quinlan

Omaha Tom Miller thinks small. 40k small. That’s the size restriction called for by most ad agencies in online banner advertising today. “That’s what I take a lot of pride in, the ability to squeeze large amounts of visual information into teeny, tiny ad restrictions," Miller said. "That’s where I get a lot of my repeat business.” Miller is a freelance designer and Flash developer working out of What Cheer’s office space in the ever-evolving Mastercraft building … read more

2838_dd9a8f6951_small September 15, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 … read more

2769_b36c27c3a1_small August 25, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

What is Prairie Moves? Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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. … read more

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

2722_cc2b548312_small August 18, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, 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 … read more

2672_b4ca78aa8e_small August 10, 2011 by Brittany Mascio

Omaha On Sunday, What Cheer launched its first product, Bumble, a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) app designed for children to make safe and easy calls. Alex Gates, a developer at the web design studio, had been working on a way for his young children to make calls to their grandparents using a simple web interface, something so simple it would soon be seen as home's "regular phone." With the July 26 … read more

2660_4bde44f1f1_small August 9, 2011 by Danny Schreiber

Reminder - Prairie Moves is now a bi-weekly series. Learn more in our most recent Prairie Moves. Also, a good portion of the items below are stories we will either cover in the coming days or ones we'll miss covering because we can't get to all of them. If you'd like to help us increase our content volume, check out our post: "Calling all contributors: SPN adding to team across the region". read more