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  • BarCamp Omaha in two days!

    Ok folks, I don’t know how much more reminding, inviting, hassling we can do, but if you consider yourself one of Omaha’s creative & innovative minds you need to register for this year’s BarCamp! Register for BarCampOmaha here! We have close to 100 people already registered for what promises to be an awesome time of…

  • Great Work Sweet Georgine’s

    Kudos to Christianna Reinhardt for the great story in today’s paper on her bakery, Sweet Georgine’s! http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1208&u_sid=10402605 Reinhardt’s inspiration for her homemade breads and pastries came from her paternal grandmother, Georgine, for whom the bakery is named. Similar to her grandmother’s style, Reinhardt and her team of two full-time and two part-time bakers mix and…

  • Twitter in the Omaha World-Herald

    On Saturday, the Omaha World Herald ran a story on Omahans using Twitter. http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1219&u_sid=10401498 Interesting read on some users like @sandielaw, @downsdesign and @jjsnyc Was cool to see Evan Williams, founder of Twitter and Nebraska native, interviewed for the piece as well.

  • Weekend fun

    So it’s Friday, a week before Omaha’s first BarCamp. If you haven’t already registered, do so today! Brent Crampton DJ’ing poolside. Period. Register at the following link: http://barcampomaha.org/register/?event_id=1 Speaking of Brent, this weekend’s fun pick is Brent, Tim Wildsmith and Shiver Shiver at Slowdown on Saturday night. It’s Shiver Shiver’s CD release party…$10 w/ a…

  • Sarah Lacy loves Omaha

    It’s official, Sarah Lacy loves Omaha! And Omaha loves that Sarah Lacy loves Omaha (and loves Sarah Lacy) Check out the continuing coverage of her visit at the following links as well as a few photos from the event at Nomad Lounge towards the bottom! http://www.sarahlacy.com/sarahlacy/2008/08/ugbt-i-steak-om.html http://www.sarahlacy.com/sarahlacy/2008/08/ugbt-children-o.html http://www.sarahlacy.com/sarahlacy/2008/08/omaha-sarah-lac.html Nomad Lounge Photos from Sarah Lacy’s User…

  • Thanks Sarah!

    Thank you to Sarah Lacy and the over 80 people who came out to support her and the book. The event was a resounding success! It was amazing to see the support and positive conversations that have already come out of the event and we’ll continue working to build collaboration and communication around where Omaha…

  • Sarah Lacy event details

    So here’s the lowdown on Sarah Lacy’s visit this Thursday… Sarah will be speaking at Nomad Lounge around 7PM. Doors open at 6 to come and mingle with other young entrepreneurs & professionals. Discussion will center around Sarah’s book, “Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good” however don’t buy the book now from Amazon, rather wait…

  • Wall Street Journal article / Omaha development

    Omaha once again makes the list. This time in today’s impressive article in the Wall Street Journal. Good points are made where Millman & Richardson talk about giving the “affluent suburbanites a stake in decisions made for downtown. Instead of becoming an impoverished inner city surrounded by wealthy suburbs — and appealing to outside philanthropies…

  • New look & feel!

    A new week and a new look and feel! Thanks to Dusty and his team at Brightmix for the updated, and much better if I do say, look and feel to the site! Look for additional reviews and updated content over the next few weeks…

  • Local church asking you…

    http://feelfreetoask.us/anything/ I like the concept of reaching out to people in Omaha to ask their questions about life, relationships, money, politics and hope entrepreneurship & technology startups! Best part is it’s done by the awesome shop of SecretPenguin Will post more when there’s an update and go check it out! http://feelfreetoask.us/anything/