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  • Evan Williams: Invaluable insight from 20 years of experience

    A native of Clarks, Neb., Evan Williams’ founding of Blogger, Twitter and Medium has significantly impacted the way we share our stories online. In 45 minutes, Williams shares much of the insight he’s gained from more than two decades of experience. Take a seat, grab a coffee and soak in all in. This isn’t one…

  • Evan Williams: A play-by-play of his journey the last 20 years

    My play-by-play of the Nebraska native and Blogger, Twitter and Medium leader: Evan Williams thinks the name “Big Omaha” is a little redundant. That’s because Omaha is synonymous with big, from his childhood point of view, he said. Clarks, his hometown was only 379 when he lived there in the 70s and 80s. Clarks is…

  • Nebraska native Evan Williams holds estimated $2.6 billion stake in Twitter

    It’s been a big week for Twitter—yesterday the company’s initial public offering of stock opened trading on the New York Stock Exchange at $45 per share, raising 73 percent in the first day of trading. But for Nebraska native and Twitter co-founder Evan Williams, the company’s IPO is just the beginning. Williams, who holds a 10.4 percent…

  • With Better Nest, Rodrigo Neri enhances Twitter.com

    Rodrigo Neri, creator of the MyHomework app, on Tuesday released a side project he calls Better Nest, a Chrome and Firefox extension that adds features, such as a recent follower list, to the current Twitter.com layout. “I’ve tried all kinds of Twitter clients for my Mac and didn’t find one that really satisfied me,” Neri…

  • Angry birds settle: Twitter, Iowa-based Twittad hash out ‘tweet’ deal

    Tweet it from the rooftops: Twitter and Des Moines-based Twittad have settled their squabble surrounding the trademark of the term “tweet.” Twittad CEO James Eliason confirmed via email on Monday that his company, a platform for sponsored advertisements on Twitter, has reached an agreement with Twitter over the trademark of “tweet.” Twittad, which previously held…

  • SXSW: Zach Hunnicutt talks social media, new technologies on the farm

    Twitter users tweet, but in August 2009, fifth-generation Nebraska corn, popcorn and soybean farmer Zach Hunnicutt and other agriculturalists began “mooing” to support dairy farms and their struggle to survive due to low milk prices. #Moo became a top-10 trending topic on Twitter for about eight hours one afternoon, resulting in more than 500,000 unique…

  • TwitZip delivers hyperlocal news via Twitter

    In 2008, Nathan Heinrich (left) of Des Moines and business partner Aaron Donsbach of Seattle, Washington, registered Twitter accounts for nearly all U.S. ZIP Codes. At the time, they had recognized a problem with location-based communication and felt that a combination of the Twitter platform and ZIP Codes would provide an answer. Heinrich and Donsbach…

  • Lateef Johnson discusses his recently launched startup Deckerton

    As social media continues to surge, more and more companies are turning to sites such as Facebook and Twitter to attract an untapped audience and dive into new trends. However, some businesses, especially smaller companies, are having problems latching onto the new social wave and advancing technology. That’s why Lateef Johnson decided to launch his…

  • A bunch of laughs: Interview with Tim Siedell, a.k.a. @badbanana

    The bio of Tim Siedell’s Twitter account, @badbanana, reads: “Sometimes I just want to give it all up and become a handsome billionaire.” Although it’s unlikely Siedell will join the ranks of Warren Buffett as one of Nerbaska’s billionaires, he’s already joined the company of Larry the Cable Guy as one of the state’s funniest.…

  • Sunday funnies from Jeff Koterba

      All images used with permission. The cartoon above is by Omaha cartoonist Jeff Koterba, whose work regularly appears in the Omaha World-Herald. When John Henry Müller of What Cheer was showing me his latest project a couple month ago, Jeff’s website, I got a kick out of the above cartoon as well as the…