BarCamp Omaha

  • Meet the new SPN editor, Stefanie Monge

    Meet the new SPN editor, Stefanie Monge

    Omaha native and startup veteran Stefanie Monge will lead Silicon Prairie News into the next era under the stewardship of the Nebraska Journalism Trust. She was recently named SPN editor after the publication was acquired from AIM.

  • And now, your annual dose of BarCamp Omaha photo booth hijinks

    Historical records suggest the existence of Daft Punk’s “Technologic” predated BarCamp Omaha 2012. But after viewing the BarCamp Omaha photo booth slideshow, we could swear the song — with its funky, techy feel and perfect cadence — was created to accompany the recently released slide show. The fifth BarCamp Omaha, Nebraska’s take on the international…

  • In fifth year, BarCamp Omaha draws largest, most eclectic crowd

    A stroll around The Slowdown on Saturday, midway through the afternoon portion of BarCamp Omaha, revealed speakers serving up a smorgasboard of presentations about personal passions. In one corner, a group enjoyed a look into the life of a “mompreneuer.” A few feet away, another audience tuned in to an address about the joys of…

  • Barcamp Omaha comes to Slowdown Sept. 8, tickets on sale

    Barcamp Omaha, an unconference now in its fifth year, is Sept. 8 at Slowdown in North Downtown Omaha, with an opening party kicking it off the night before, Sept. 7. Tickets ($10) went on sale today and, as in year’s past, are expected to sell out. The new year features a fresh look, too. A…

  • Guest Post: Lessons learned from failure

    (This is a guest post by Jonathan Kay). Odds are, you have a blog reader. You have all your favorite sites and RSS feeds hooked in, and I would even venture to say you start your day off each morning by skimming through all this content. You probably read a handful of “five tips on…

  • Prairie Moves: Deal Garden, Michael Gelphman, Sara Davidson and more

    What is Prairie Moves? – Published Tuesdays and Thursdays, Prairie Moves keeps our readers informed about career moves, media coverage, product development, and more from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of …

  • The BarCamp Omaha photobooth that will make you laugh (Video)

    With the simple push of a bright red “push here” button, Justin Limoges Photography’s photobooth at BarCamp Omaha 2011 automatically took four consecutive pictures of the attendees standing in front of the camera. What came out of the 10-hour photo session, which began with the opening party on Friday and ran through the unconference on…

  • BarCamp Omaha 2011 schedule and morning photos

    BarCamp Omaha 2011 is officially off and running, with an opening party to kick start the event last night and a breakfast this morning, the 30 sessions are now underway. Here’s today’s schedule, followed by a few the pics from the morning so far. You can also tune into the event through Twitter by following…

  • BarCamp Omaha happening September 10, tickets now on sale

    ‘Tis the season for BarCamps. Last week, we announced BarCamp ICR scheduled for August 13. This week, it’s an announcement for BarCamp Omaha. Now in its fourth year and third consecutive year at Nomad Lounge, BarCamp Omaha will kick things off with an opening party on Friday, September 9 and an all-day event on Saturday,…

  • BarCamp Omaha 2010: Jam session video, afternoon photos & more

    As I wrote in a post earlier today, BarCamp Omaha 2010 was an exclamation point to a great week on the Silicon Prairie. After startup funding and acquisition news this past week, we inside the Silicon Prairie News office were riding a high, and Dusty Davidson, co-founder of Silicon Prairie News was hustling like the…