-
Snapshots of reddit co-founder’s tour stops through the Silicon Prairie
Last week reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian made his way through the Silicon Prairie—stopping first in Lincoln, then heading south to Kansas City to speak at Compute Midwest. But this is by no means the first time Ohanian has visited the Prairie. Last fall the Internet 2012 Bus Tour made four stops across the …
-
Compute Midwest event produces 16 projects, details of KCITP endeavor
The inaugural Compute Midwest featured a full day of talks from a slate of tech leaders on Nov. 9 at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. And on Nov. 10, that conversation gave way to action as Compute Midwest, an event put on by Kansas City IT Professionals, concluded with…
-
At first Compute Midwest, speakers and organizer keep focus on future
By the end of Compute Midwest, the first-year conference and the year-old venue that housed it felt positively ancient by comparison to the ideas exchanged therein. Such was the forward-looking nature of the discourse Friday at the conference put on by Kansas City IT Professionals. The event, held at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts…
-
Tune in to the inaugural Compute Midwest live all day (Video)
The inaugural Compute Midwest conference is underway at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo., with a day full of talks on tap. Silicon Prairie News is on hand and will have full coverage of today’s event, which is the first of its kind put on by Kansas City IT Professionals, the…
-
Compute Midwest adds speakers, will host hackathon at Google Fiber Space
The organizer of Compute Midwest, a Kansas City IT Professionals event that will take place Nov. 8-11 in Kansas City, has announced that the event’s hackathon Nov. 10-11 will be held in Google’s Fiber Space, a showroom and event space offering visitors an early glimpse of Google Fiber. Hackathon competitors will be given access to…
-
KCITP to host new conference, Compute Midwest, Nov. 8-11
Apparently hacking the Midwest proved so successful for Kansas City IT Professionals that the organization is now endeavoring to “compute” the same region. KCITP, a grassroots Kansas City tech group founded in 2008 by Michael Gelphman, announced on Friday that it will host a new conference and hackathon, called Compute Midwest, from Nov. 8-11 in…