Scott Kubie

  • Scott Kubie asks: “What if we all asked what if a little more often?”

    What if the Silicon Prairie was home to Twitter? Is that a crazy question? Quite possibly. Does it spark discussion? Most definitely. And that’s just what Scott Kubie (a.k.a. Scott Rocketship), a senior product designer at BitMethod, set out to do with the website “What if Des Moines…”. “I was halfway through my shower Monday…

  • BitMethod launches new ‘Flyover Effect’ podcast

    The latest project from the creative team at Des Moines-based application development company BitMethod is a new podcast called “The Flyover Effect.” The podcast debuted Monday, and the first episode featured an interview with Tara Hunt, CEO and co-founder of Montreal-based Buyosphere. In this episode, BitMethod’s Dan Shipton and Scott Kubie …

  • More on SmartyPig: Interview with BitMethod & account rate update

    In our article yesterday covering the release of the SmartyPig iPhone app, SmartyPig COO Michael Ferrari gave a nice mention to BitMethod, a mobile…

  • South by Southwest 2011: Vote for Panels from the Prairie

    The opening day of South by Southwest (SXSW) is a more than seven months away, but preparations for this 10-day event featuring an interactive, film and music festival are well underway. A good majority of the planning is taking place in Austin, Texas, the location of the event since its inception…

  • Prairie Moves: BitMethod hires two, Corn Finger previews mittens & more

    While keeping an eye on Twitter, company blogs, and press releases sent to info@siliconprairienews.com, we see quite a bit of movement on the Silicon Prairie. Although a majority of these pieces of information haven’t made their way to our blog in the past, we think it’s time we begin to spread the word about them.…

  • Market Street Media Foundry evolves into makebreak

    Scott Kubie, Cat Rocketship and the others behind Market Street Media Foundry (MSMF) announced today that they were evolving their vision and are now makebreak.

  • SPN interviews Scott Kubie of Market Street Media Foundry

      Corrected attendance numbers for Market Day at 4:27 p.m. on 10/11/09 Tucked away in an old brick structure in the south end of the Des Moines’ East Village is an interesting artistic community called the Market Street Media Foundry (MSMF). MSMF was founded by Scott Kubie, a video editor, and his wife, local artist…