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10 people to grab coffee with if you’re new to the DSM startup community
While the Silicon Prairie may span across several states, include vastly different types of companies and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds (and football rivalries), supportive communities are one factor that tie them all together. Whether you’re in Omaha or Des Moines, Kansas City or Cedar Rapids, you’ll find people who really care about helping their fellow…
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Amanda Morrow shares the tools she uses to design at Change
(Guest post by Amanda Morrow) Now, I’m not really one to obsess over tools. I try to take a pragmatic approach and focus more on what needs to be accomplished, then find the best tool for the task at hand. When others ask me what to use for designing apps or websites, I often suggest…
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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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Doppelganger, DIY app among those created by Drake students
To a room of classmates, professors and members of the Des Moines tech community, 29 Drake University students Wednesday presented the apps they’ve spent the past semester researching and developing. “Looking back from where they started, I’m incredibly happy with the progress they made …
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First SketchCamp Des Moines draws eclectic crowd
Summer may be over, but on Saturday in Des Moines camp was still very much in session. About 60 participants came together Saturday at StartupCity Des Moines for the inaugural SketchCamp Des Moines. The all-day event featured 12 speakers, many of whom focused on the benefits of sketching as a way to communicate complex strategies…
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SketchCamp offers opportunity to learn “common tool” Saturday
If you can write your name with a pen, pencil or marker, you can sketch, or so say the organizers of SketchCamp Des Moines on Saturday. With an aim to empower attendees to discover their sketching ability and to better think through things visually, Design+Tech and AIGA Iowa are teaming up to hold the one-day…
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BitMethod’s Amanda Morrow reflects on one year of Design+Tech
When Amanda Morrow decided last year to launch a new Des Moines meetup group, she did so with tech-challenged designers in mind. “They needed a place to get started that wasn’t overly intimidating or technical,” said Morrow, an interactive designer at Des Moines-based BitMethod. “A group where they could be introduced to the fundamentals.” Once…
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With Design+Tech, Morrow looks to spur community to design for web
Design+Tech, a new meetup group being put together by Amanda Morrow, will meet for the first time on June 1 at BitMethod (418 6th Ave, Suite 1210) in Des Moines. Morrow, an interface designer for the application development shop, sees the tech startup space as a large opportunity that local designers may not be aware…
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More on SmartyPig: Interview with BitMethod & account rate update
In our article yesterday covering the release of the SmartyPig iPhone app, SmartyPig COO Michael Ferrari gave a nice mention to BitMethod, a mobile…