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  • Sunday Video: Kathy Sierra talks with Gary Vaynerchuk at Gov 2.0 Expo

    This week’s Sunday Video features Kathy Sierra’s conversation with Gary Vaynerchuk at the Gov 2.0 Expo this past May. Sierra worked as a game programmer, interaction designer, and learning specialist (Sun Microsystems, UCLA Extension) before creating the best-selling Head First series for O’Reilly Media. She was the creator of one of the largest software developer…

  • Big Omaha: An attendee’s ‘personal diary’ of the event

    Thanks to a media sponsorship from Andrew Warner of Mixergy, we had the pleasure of meeting Mixergy’s producer, Giang Biscan. After her experience at Big Omaha, she wrote about it on her blog, AsAble.com: My personal diary of #BigOmaha. Since publishing it on May 18, she’s given us permission to re-post it on Silicon Prairie…

  • From the Founders: The Big Omaha energy carries on

    As we sit here just over a week since we kicked off Big Omaha 2010, we’re still unbelievably amazed by what took place in our community over the course of two and a half days. A new level of excitement and passion was born at this year’s event. People left changed, and for that we’re…

  • Big Omaha: Afternoon sessions live blog

    1:32 p.m. After a great lunch across the street at the Halo Institute people are settling in for the afternoon sessions. Up first will be Matt Mullenweg, founder of Automattic, who will be interviewed by Robert Scoble, blogger, technical evangelist and managing director of building43. Let’s get started! | 1:41 Automattic has 60 employees across…

  • Sunday Video Series: Big Omaha 2009: The Impromptu Panel

    With Big Omaha 2010 just around the corner, it’s time we release a Big Omaha 2009 video for our Sunday Video Series, and the one I’ve chosen is the most unique of them all. When Matt Mullenweg had to cancel at last minute, we had a 30-minute time slot open up. In response, Jeffrey Kalmikoff,…

  • Sunday Video: Gary Vaynerchuk on patience and passion

    Keeping in line with weekly links to startup-related posts that we find interesting, each Sunday we’ll be sharing a video with solid content that we found while scouring the web for entrepreneurial and innovative inspiration. This week’s video was found a couple years ago by my colleague at Silicon Prairie News, Jeff Slobotski. It’s of…

  • Look who’s coming in for Big Omaha!

    As we mentioned a few weeks ago when tickets went on sale, we have a few more surprises up our sleeves! Without further ado, we’re thrilled to announce the following folks who are coming in to join the slate of speakers already on board. Rachelle Hruska – Guest of a Guest Kicking things off is…

  • SXSW: The Silicon Prairie Party + #SecretWineParty = Lots of fun

    So, South by Southwest Interactive 2010 is couple weeks behind us, but I’m still battling a mix of tiredness, email fatigue and an undiagnosed case of SXSW SARS, which seems to run rampant each year. That being said, the Silicon Prairie Party hosted by Big Omaha on Sunday, March 14, was a tremendous amount of…

  • South by Southwest is right around the corner

    It’s hard to believe that this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive is just around the corner, like two and a half weeks around the corner! It seems like we just got back from the 2009 event, but we’re excited to hop on the plane to Austin! This year, we’ll not only be covering the…

  • The Big Omaha video series: Part I

    Without further ado, we’re excited to release the first in a series of videos from Big Omaha 2009!  A very special thanks to Torchwerks for their amazing recording and dedication to the event! Make sure to watch the Big Omaha blog for the rest of the videos as they become available! Sit back, relax and…