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Your complete social media recap of EntreFEST 2014
Last week EntreFEST invaded downtown Iowa City with entrepreneurs, community and small business owners for almost three full days of programming and events. Our Iowa editor Megan Bannister was in town for the event, but in case you couldn’t make it, check out some of the social media highlights of EntreFEST 2014…
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Big Omaha photo booth pics are here! (And here are the 15 best ones)
We all love looking at ourselves. That’s what makes photo booths great. And our Big Omaha photo booth pics are uploaded and ready for your viewing pleasure. You can find them on Facebook and Flickr. Thanks to Foo Photography for snapping pics throughout Big Omaha. We picked 15 of our favorite photos from hundreds: The…
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OCS Blog: No more homework or projects, it’s time to find where we fit
(Guest post by Andy von Dohren) The last two weeks have been a lot of work. I’m not talking about project work, which can actually be a lot of fun. I’m talking about mock interviews, resume writing, portfolio building and documentation writing work. Omaha Code School has done a lot for us over the last…
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Heidi Lubin’s talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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After five years, the BitMethod team still finds ways to experiment
A lot can change in five years. People change jobs or move away. New companies are founded, and BitMethod co-founder Dan Shipton says a lot of others have ended up in the graveyard. But that hasn’t been the case for Shipton and his team at BitMethod.
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Thirteen graduate from inaugural Omaha Code School, ready for work
They haven’t mastered programming in 12 weeks, but 13 Omaha Code School students have learned enough to be ready for the real world, says instructor Sumeet Jain. It was the first batch of students to go through the city’s first coding school, and while there were no caps and gowns, Friday’s graduation ceremony was full…
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Alexis Tryon’s talk in a 5-minute Tapestry recap
Don’t have 30 minutes to watch a Big Omaha speaker video? No problem. Our friends at Tapestry have compiled many of the highlights of our speaker talks into easily digestible, readable presentations. Be on the lookout over the next week, as we’ll be sharing a Tapestry for each of our speakers. It’s simple: tap to…
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Weekly Recap: Dwolla blog, Big Omaha lessons and more
Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…