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Published every Tuesday, 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.
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Career Moves
- David Kerber, previously with Proxibid (Omaha), has gone full-time with Agape Red, a consulting and development firm he founded – via email
- Matthew Helt, previously with Secret Penguin (Omaha), joined the team at Swanson Russell (Omaha) as an Account Manager – via twitter.com/matthewhelt
- Jim Esch, previously with Halo Institute, joined the team at New BLK (Omaha) – via facebook.com
Media Mentions
- Andy Peters of Ninth Division (Omaha) quoted in Omaha World-Herald article: “Verizon’s iPhone wait is over“
- Xuba (Omaha) launch event covered by Omaha World-Herald: “Online store + Facebook = Xuba“
- Tim Siedell, a.k.a @BadBanana on Twitter, (Lincoln) featured on Lawrence Ragan Communications’ blog: “Badbanana: Is he the funniest man on Twitter?“
- SmartyPig (Des Moines) covered by Des Moines Business Record: “SmartyPig goes mobile with iPhone app” and Des Moines Register Blog: Biz Buzz: “SmartyPig gets Today Show nod today“
Product Development
- Dwolla‘s (Des Moines) Windows Phone 7 app and Merchant iPhone app went live in their respect app stores – via twitter.com/dwolla
New Work
- Oxide Design (Omaha) designed the Sari Bari website, saribari.com
- PhoneApp.com (Des Moines) released Sapphire in the Mac App Store, itunes.apple.com
Misc.
- Geoff Wood (Des Moines) of Silicon Prairie News participated in John T. Meyer‘s (a Silicon Prairie News contributor) personal project, “That Was Today”: January 13, 2010
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln‘s record-setting foursquare check-in earned a spot on The Universal Record Database: “Largest Group To Check In At Same Venue On Foursquare At Once“
- Ninth Division‘s post on Hacker News received quite a bit of vote-ups and comments: “Why a small team chose Mercurial.”
- Etsy users asking for Dwolla as an option: “Paying Option- Dwolla“