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Des Moines middle schoolers learn app basics at Drake summer camp
“Don’t blow up the moon.” That’s a bit of advice I received yesterday at Drake University’s summer App Camp while testing Space Battles, an interactive droid game app similar to Space Invaders. It’s designers are three Des Moines-area eighth graders—Ezra, Ian and Riley. But despite my best efforts, I did blow up the moon. During…
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Can you find your company in Swiss researcher’s Kansas City tech galaxy?
A short time ago in a galaxy very, very close to home, a Swiss professor began charting the development of Kansas City’s entrepreneurial community over the past 50-plus years. Funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the University of Bern’s Heike Mayer has drawn a “Kansas City Tech Galaxy” map, announced today, which visualizes data…
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Meet Frank Merchlewitz, our summer editorial intern
You have to appreciate someone who can go with the flow, right? Well, that was my thought a few weeks ago when I addressed our intern applicant Frank Merchlewitz by “Fred” in a text. “The name’s Frank, by the way,” he kindly replied. (Fred is, of course, the name of our Kansas City editor.) Now…
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Hack Night instigator happy with first event, hopes to hold it monthly
Wednesday marked the inaugural Hack Night DSM, an “unhackathon” born out of a Facebook post by Iowa State student Brett Neese following a recent Startup Weekend. Sponsored by Hatchlings and hosted at the Goodsmiths office in West Des Moines, more than 50 people, Neese estimated, drifted in and out of the five-hour event. “The energy…
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Nebraska student creates Easy Transfer to simplify studying abroad
Financing education abroad can result in a series of snags for students. Let’s say you’re a Chinese student trying to earn your MBA in the U.S. Paying tuition requires setting up a U.S. bank account, which requires paperwork and documents. Then add in the complication of acquiring money by international wire transfers. Also, don’t forget…