March 25, 2010

  • SXSW: Recaps from the Prairie

    There was a good crop of Midwesterners, both past and present, amongst the more than 12,000 (estimated) attendees at the recent South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. During the event, we charted nearly forty of them in a Twitter list, and now more than a week later many of them have offered their…

  • Cornstalks reminder and video of Matt Galligan’s presentation

    A quick reminder about Cornstalks tonight at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce’s downtown building (1301 Harney Street). Cornstalks is a group for pre-seed and seed entrepreneurs with high-growth companies. Drinks and snacks will be served at 6:30 followed by the formal program at 7:30 p.m. This month we will be hearing from Dr. Mike…

  • PrairieCast: Using social media for business in Des Moines

    After a one week break, PrairieCast is back for episode #8 with the topic of using social media for business in Des Moines. We featured three guests: Julia Thompson, social media editor of the Des Moines Register, Mike Templeton, an analyst at Catchfire Media and founder of the Social Media Club Des Moines, and Nathan…

  • Cloud computing focus of tomorrow’s AIM Institute Technology Seminar

    Tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. at the Gallup Riverfront Campus (1001 Gallup Drive), Erik Eldridge, developer and evangelist on Yahoo! Developer Network’s Partner…

  • Startup Weekend organizer Shane Reiser reflects on recent events

    This is a guest post written by Shane Reiser, organizer of Startup Weekend events in Des Moines, Omaha and other cities across the country. Omaha kicked off its first Startup Weekend this past Friday, March 19, at What Cheer. Just two weeks earlier Des Moines hosted its second Startup Weekend at Spindustry. Both events were…

  • Omaha Creative Institute director discusses the organization’s impact

    Recently, we stumbled upon a great interview with Susan Thomas, executive director of the Omaha Creative Institute (OCI), over at the organization’s website. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the Omaha Creative Institute, I encourage you to do so. To learn more, we sent her a few questions of our own. You’ll…