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Prairie Moves: Allied Strategy, Phenomblue, Dwolla & more
(Photo by IndigoValley via Flickr) The goal of Prairie Moves is to keep our readers informed about career moves, press coverage, and product development from the companies and individuals we cover on Silicon Prairie News. If you or your company would like to submit one of the items below for our next Prairie Moves post,…
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Prairie Moves: BitMethod hires two, Corn Finger previews mittens & more
While keeping an eye on Twitter, company blogs, and press releases sent to info@siliconprairienews.com, we see quite a bit of movement on the Silicon Prairie. Although a majority of these pieces of information haven’t made their way to our blog in the past, we think it’s time we begin to spread the word about them.…
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Timothy Kephart of Graffiti Tracker speaks at Gov 2.0 Expo
Earlier this week, Timothy Kephart, founder of Omaha-based Graffiti Tracker, spoke at this year’s Gov 2.0 Expo co-produced by O’Reilly Conferences and UBM TechWeb. Timothy’s talk, Graffiti Tracker: Utilizing Data to Fight Crime, gives an excellent overview of the problem and opportunity his company addresses. Here’s more on Graffiti Tracker from the Expo’s schedule…
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Shout! Weekly releases its inaugural ’30 Under 30′ list
Shout!, Omaha’s new alternative weekly newspaper, released its inaugural 30 Under 30 list yesterday. In the publication, the list’s authors, Chris Larkin and Lisa Martin, described the effort as “a way to present stories of the achievements and aspirations found in the up-and-coming segment of Omaha.” Congrats to all those recognized, and a special congrats…
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SXSW: With support out of Omaha, The Startup Bus delivers
Catching up on Twitter a couple months ago I was reminded just how the small the world can be sometimes. In this instance, I learned that Elias Bizannes, an Australian that I had met at South by Southwest Interactive 2009, had just gained attention for one of his side projects: @EliasBiz: My @startupbus idea got…
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Cornstalks set for Dec. 16
It’s Cornstalks time again, folks! Wow. It actually occurs to me that this will be the last one of 2009. My, how the year has flown by! Last time (for those of you who weren’t there), we heard from Tim Kephart of Graffiti Tracker and Susan Thaden of Client Resources, Inc. We posted that footage…
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Recent Cornstalks featured Graffiti Tracker, Client Resources, Inc.
Usually, I end up waiting until I remind folks about an upcoming Cornstalks event before posting footage from the previous month, but this time I just couldn’t help myself. In November, Cornstalks attendees heard from Timothy Kephart of Graffiti Tracker and Susan Thaden of Client Resources, Inc. As is our custom at SPN, we recorded…
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JustAPosition.org team wins first-ever G2IC
Marcus Ross, Ryan Billington, and Jason Kirk, the team behind the idea JustAPosition.org, took home the top prize at the first-ever Government 2.0 Innovation Challenge hosted by Graffiti Tracker (GT). The competition, held Nov. 13-15, challenged its seven contestants, organized into five teams, to invent and develop a Gov 2.0 idea in a 48-hour period.…
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Nov. 18 Cornstalks to showcase Graffiti Tracker, Client Resources, Inc.
It is Cornstalks time again, ladies and gentlemen! Your friendly neighborhood blogger is here to remind you that the newest episode of Cornstalks is taking place this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce building (1301 Harney St). As usual, milk, cookies, drinks, and networking goes down at 6:30 p.m., while…
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Gov 2.0 Innovation Challenge to award cash & paid internship to college student
In a few weeks, Omaha-based Grattifi Tracker will hold its first-ever Government 2.0 Innovation Challenge (G2IC), a weekend competition in which college students will be required to develop a technology solution to aid government with public safety. The competition kicks off Friday, November 13th at the Graffiti Tracker (GT) office (12165 W. Center Road, Suite…