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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
- Jason Nielsen, formerly with eBay, joined Proxibid (Omaha) as Vice President of Risk Management at Payments – via proxibid.com/asp/announcementsgeneral
- Diana Robinson joined the QA Graphics (Ankeny, Iowa) interactive design team as a flash designer – via qagraphics.com/pressroom
- Eric Miller joined Three Pillars Media (Lincoln) – via twitter.com/PRO_PHOTOG
Media Mentions
- Invest Nebraska East-2-West New Venture Competition (this year it took place in Omaha) covered by Lincoln Journal Star: Scott Kleeb’s Hastings company wins venture competition
- Pongr (Des Moines) covered by Brand Channel: Pongr Tells Brands to Remove Goggles, Respond to Customers
- Established software company ACI Worldwide (Omaha) profiled by Omaha World-Herald: ACI Worldwide’s success tied to its early days in Omaha
Product Releases & Developments
- Eliason Media (Des Moines & Chicago) launched Gordilla, a daily deal aggregator – via blog.eliasonmedia.com
New Work
- Secret Penguin (Omaha) launched Roja Grill’s website, rojagrill.com – via twitter.com/secretpenguin
- Shift (Des Moines) launched its redesigned website, interactiveshift.com – via twitter.com/SHift_Int
Misc.
- Juice published its final article in its “Future of Des Moines” series: The Future of Des Moines: Striking up a creative-class border war
- Dwolla (Des Moines) released a “Dwolla For Consumers” video – via twitter.com/dwolla
- Scott Creative (Omaha), a graphic design services and consulting studio, recently opened up their new location at 256 North 115th Street, Suite 1 in Omaha, Nebraska
- Lynn Hick’s latest Des Moines Register column touches on the qualities of an entrepreneur: Hicks: A culture of risk-taking and service
- Silicon Prairie region mentioned in ThoughtMatrix press release: ThoughtMatrix Expands to Midwest
- University of Nebraska at Omaha to celebrate National Computer Science Education Week
