Big Omaha

  • 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…

  • Say hi to the newest Big Omaha cow, courtesy of Tethon 3D

    Big Omaha attendees may have noticed a new incarnation of the conference’s iconic cow this year. A 3D ceramic printer is pumping out a dozen tiny ceramic cows at a time in a back corner of KANEKO. Tethon 3D, a 3D printing company based in Omaha, answered Silicon Prairie News’ call for art installations during…

  • Heidi Lubin: It’s important to trust, but always verify

    Heidi Lubin, co-founder of HEVT, a startup focused on building energy efficient electric motors and incubating ideas about energy and mobility, asked the Big Omaha audience to do something a little strange at the beginning of her presentation: breathe with her. “When I left startup life, I had this pull to do yoga teacher training,…

  • Big Omaha Spotlight: Bailey Hemphill, Omaha

    As we blaze through Big Omaha week, we wanted to give you a glimpse into the minds and experience of Big Omaha attendees. Throughout Thursday and Friday, look out for these spotlights to learn more about who is attending Big Omaha this year.

  • Alexis Tryon says your idea sucks and you should build it anyway

    “Your idea sucks. It’s probably really bad.” These are the words of encouragement Alexis Tryon, co-founder of Artsicle, chose to share with this morning’s Big Omaha crowd at KANEKO. “If it’s anything like mine,” she continued, “it’s probably terrible. And if you’re lucky, someone is willing to pay for it.”

  • Share your feedback on the region’s future at Heartland 2050 display

    If you were inspired by Laura Weidman Powers Thursday, you might want to spend some time with the Heartland 2050 display upstairs at KANEKO during Big Omaha. Both Heartland 2050 and Code 2040 involve long-term visions trying to address the future’s problems now, Jeff Spiehs explained. Indeed, he thinks Heartland 2050 and Big Omaha share…

  • Reminisce or live vicariously through our Big Omaha Day One recap

    Take a stroll through Day One of Big Omaha…

  • Darya Rose shares why even the busiest people have time to be healthy

    It might not seem like a tech conference is the prime location for a speaker focused on healthy living, but Darya Rose, author of the blog Summer Tomato and the critically acclaimed book “Foodist,” fit right in at Big Omaha…

  • Chase Jarvis urges the crowd to take a stand for creativity in work, education

    Chase Jarvis thinks creativity is the new literacy, and by that, he means “creativity is the fundamental building block of the solution to every problem the world has ever seen, has ever known and will ever know.”  For example, he once hiked Mt. Kilimanjaro with a group of friends to raise awareness for clean water,…

  • First-day speakers reconvene to talk culture, what’s not on the resume

    Big Omaha speakers Eric Ryan, Laura Weidman Powers and Jason Johnson fielded questions ranging from how to improve company culture to hurdles they’ve had to overcome.   Q: What doesn’t show up on your resume? Eric Ryan: I love pizza. When I was 16 I worked at a Little Caesar’s. That’s where I discovered my…