Between tweets, LivesStream chatroom comments and words in the blogosphere, Thinc Iowa followers shared their conference experiences. Photo by Anna Jones | Art of Photography and Ikonix Studio.
As we continue debriefing from the first Thinc Iowa, we are humbled by the support of our attendees and compelled to continue the dialogue started at the conference on Oct. 21. We have collected a list from various media outlets that covered the conference and that will help the conversation about Thinc Iowa remain dynamic moving forward.
We find great value in the thoughts, words and actions of our attendees. Here’s a collection of some of those:
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Twitter Feedback
Thanks to Twilio‘s sponsorship of our Thinc Iowa Twitter Feed, we were able to catch those who were tweeting their way through the conference experience. We’ve collected a few of our favorite tweets under our Thinc Iowa Twitter handle. Below is a sampling of the chatter:
@wadearnold The #thinciowa opening party was awesome. Super excited to be a part of this event.
@LawCunningham Fired up for a great day of sharing and learning @ThincIowa. #thinciowa
@marcthollander Wowza – loving the creativity, connections and #dmnetworking @thinciowa – thanks!
@andystoll Love the raw style of @paigecraig, but what I really love is he spent time to see DSM to better contextualize his talk. Awesome. #thinciowa
@startupamerica Startups, if you’re not watching or following #ThincIowa right now you are missing out.
@jordanjohnson23 …I thought it was great. Outstanding content and production value by SPN. Just a different feel than big Omaha.
@bpmilne #thinciowa started right at the top of my favorite conferences on the planet to attend. kudos @siliconprairie
@cecilkleakins Incorporating thoughts from #thinciowa into all my classes today – still feeling inspired three days later! Thanks @SiliconPrairie
Lit-up laptops and notebooks abounded inside the Temple for Performing Arts on Oct. 21. Photo by Anna Jones | Art of Photography and Ikonix Studio.
Blogs
Many of you shared your experiences about the conference, and as we prepare to move forward with Thinc Iowa, we continuously look to your insights and feedback to improve upon this conversation. Here are a few of the best blog entries and conference takeaways:
The Rise of the Silicon Prairie
Mike Kascel
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Returning home to the midwest after spending a few years in the cultural bubble of San Francisco is a strange experience. As John Travolta’s character says in Pulp Fiction regarding Europe: “It’s the little differences. I mean, they got the same shit over there that we got here, but it’s just… there it’s just a little different.” You’re confronted with of all the superficial differences in dress, decor and culture, and you start to remember that in Iowa it isn’t about wearing expensive clothes, or having a hip club to check out every night. It’s about sincerity, genuine friendliness, working hard, and desire to help other people. “And that,” I imagine the people presenting at Thinc Iowa would probably say, “is exactly the point.”
Lets do this: StartupIowa
Christian Renaud
Sunday, Oct. 23
For starters, ThincIowa was great this week. Thanks to Geoff Wood and the team at Silicon Prairie for all of their hard work to make the event happen. One of the speakers there was Scott Case, the CEO of StartupAmerica. He and I had an opportunity to speak Thursday night about the StartupTennessee and StartupConnecticut efforts underway, and it sounded much like the amazing things going on in Iowa. I mentioned this to him, and said we should add Iowa to his list of regions supporting the StartupAmerica goals (which we already are).
Thinc Iowa
Mike Naughton
Saturday, Oct. 22
Yesteday and the night before, I attended the ThincIowa conference, arranged by the Silicon Prairie News team. It was the first true professional conference that I’ve ever attended, and it was a great first conference! All day on Friday, my Twitter account was ablaze with tweets and retweets containing quotes and commentary of the various speakers that were invited to participate.
Thank you!
Though we have only shared a sampling of the Thinc Iowa coverage, we are grateful to all who have given special attention to the event through their articles, video, photos, blogs and tweets. Thank you for continuing the momentum and conversation of the conference.
Complete Coverage
As of Nov. 3, here is the most recent list of press coverage and blog posts that gave attention to Thinc Iowa 2011.
Attendees voiced questions and provoked on-stage conversations at the Oct. 21 conference. Photo by Anna Jones | Art of Photography and Ikonix Studio.
Pre-Coverage
- Aug. 22 – Torsion Mobile blog: Torsion Mobile Signs on as Thinc Iowa Sponsor
- Sept. 26 – Ben Milne, Dwolla blog: Thinc Iowa: A tyrannical rant
- Oct. 18 – Adam Belz, DM Juice: Big ideas on tap at Thinc Iowa
- Oct. 18 – Adam Belz, DM Juice: Corporate, startup influences to mix at Thinc Iowa entrepreneurship event
- Oct. 20 – Thomas Frank, College Info Geek: College Info Geek is Heading to Thinc Iowa
Day-of Conference Coverage
- Oct. 21 – Brian Gorbett, Microsoft BizSpark YouTube Channel: Heading to ThincIowa
- Oct. 21 – Andy Murray, Mercury 11 blog: Common Ground: Five Areas Where Start-ups and Can Collaborate to Achieve Growth Corporations
- Oct. 21 – Adam Belz, Des Moines Register: Thinc Iowa Dispatch #1: Andy Murray
- Oct. 21 – Adam Belz, Des Moines Resister: Thinc Iowa Dispatch #2: Three lessons from Paige Craig
- Oct. 21 – Adam Belz, Des Moines Register: Thinc Iowa Dispatch #3: Principal speaker gets poor marks
- Oct. 21 – Des Moines Business Record: Thinc Iowa speakers recognize the importance of Midwest innovation
Post Coverage
- Oct. 22 – Aaron Hoffman, personal blog: Twitter Analytics: Thinc Iowa Popularity Contest
- Oct. 22 – Mike Naughton, personal blog: ThincIowa
- Oct. 22 – Adam Belz, Des Moines Register: Thinc Iowa speakers: Creativity, clarity key in new era
- Oct. 22-23 – Chris Bernard, 21st Century Storytelling: Thinc Iowa 2011
- Oct. 23 – Microsoft BizSpark, blog: Microsoft BizSpark Featured Startups Videos
- Oct. 23 – Christian Renaud, personal blog Lets do this: StartupIowa
- Oct. 23 – Bryan McCarty, personal blog: Grow Something Here [saturday poem #6]
- Oct. 24 – Adam Belz, Des Moines Register: And finally, five more takeaways from Thinc Iowa
- Oct. 24 – Justin Wise, justinwise.net: Top-of-Mind Mondays
- Oct. 24 – Todd L. Reding, Spindustry blog: 2011 ThincIowa is a hit!
- Oct. 25 – James Eliason, personal blog: Iowa..Thinc about it
- Oct. 25 – Des Moines Register: The Buzz: 5 things on our radar
- Oct. 25 – Adam Belz, Des Moines Register: How an Iowan founded one of the Web’s hottest sites
- Oct. 26 – Mike Kascel, TokBox blog: The Rise of the Silicon Prairie
- Oct. 27 – Andy Murray, Mercury 11: My Five Takeaways from Thinc Iowa
- Oct. 28 – Adam Belz, USA Today Tech: Pinterest stands out in crowded social media field
- Oct. 2011 – Cat Rocketship, personal blog: We love the internet
- Nov. Edition – Paragon, company blog: You Can Do IT Here
- Nov. 10 – Performance Marketing, blog: Thinc Iowa: Let’s Do It Again In 2012
