Nathan T. Wright

  • SXSW: Panelists from the Prairie & Attendee Twitter List

    Expect more updates and interviews to come in the next few days from those of us at South by Southwest Interactive. First up, for those of you in attendance, here’s a list the sessions we know of with speakers or panelists representing companies from the Silicon Prairie: Panelists from the Praire Saturday 12:30 p.m. –…

  • DSMfiber.org hopes to bring the Google fiber project to Des Moines

    A local initiative is underway to include Des Moines amongst the cities chosen by Google for their Google Fiber for Communities project. This initiative, dubbed DSMfiber, is seeking to gather interested Central Iowans in support of the idea as well as serve as a hub for local information on the project. DSMfiber is…

  • PrairieCast: Nathan T. Wright & Jeff Slobotski talk South by Southwest

    This was a week of firsts for PrairieCast. We had our first two-part show as well as our first two guest show. Nathan T. Wright of LavaRow and Jeff Slobotski of Silicon Prairie News joined us to talk about the upcoming South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive conference in Austin, Texas. Nathan and Jeff are veterans…

  • Lava Row launches podcast with focus on social media

    Earlier this month a new podcast began out of the office of Lava Row, a social media firm based in Des Moines’ East Village. Recently, I had the chance to catch up with Nathan T. Wright, Lava Row’s founder, to learn more about their entry into this medium.

  • Weekly Wrap Up

    Mentioned this week: filming on location at last night’s Site Launch Party at LIV Lounge; contributors join us on camera: Adam Templeton, Geoff Wood, John T. Meyer and Aaron Onken; late night programming; Jon Firmature of LIV Lounge; more features coming on new site; and Silicon Prairie News T-shirts have arrived…

  • Five in Five with Nathan T. Wright from Lava Row

    Name: Nathan T. Wright Full-time job: Founder, Lava Row City you’re blogging from: Des Moines 1. What is the name, subject and URL of your blog? Lava Row, lavarow.com We use it as a platform to discuss emerging trends in social technology and new media, as well as showcase the day-to-day happenings at our company.…