February 25, 2010

  • Christian Renaud of Palisade Systems talks technology, raising capital

    Christian Renaud has years of experience working in technology companies up and down both coasts but now chooses to dedicate his time to growing a company in his hometown of Des Moines. His venture, Palisade Systems, Inc., is a provider of security solutions for regulatory compliance. Their products monitor data leaving an organization through a…

  • Omaha Tweet-up this Saturday, February 27 at Goodnights

    For those of you craving a tweetup and a slice of a pizza, I recommend holding off till Saturday at 2:30 p.m. when Josefina Loza and Rob McLean hold an Omaha Tweet-up at Goodnights, the new pizza place in north downtown. The informal gathering for Twitter users is scheduled to last until 5:30 p.m. You…

  • Local version of world-renowned TED Talks taking place May 16

    The popular TED conference series is coming to Des Moines in the form of TEDxDesMoines. TEDx is TED’s series of licensed, locally-organized independent events taking place all over the world. TEDxDesMoines is scheduled for Sunday, May 16 in the State of Iowa Historical Building (600 E. Locust). The Des Moines event will be a combination…

  • PrairieCast: Nathan T. Wright & Jeff Slobotski talk South by Southwest

    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…