SXSW

  • Still on for tomorrow: SXSW Interactive Town Hall & Reception

    The South by Southwest Interactive team currently making its way across the U.S. has sent attendees of their Facebook event for their Omaha stop an update message: “We’ll keep you posted if things change, but for now we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow night at the Slowdown. Each RSVP includes a plus one,…

  • Events: BitMethod, SXSW Town Hall, Ignite & AIM Tech Breakfast

    Another solid week of events is upon us on the Silicon Prairie, kicking off on Tuesday afternoon with a free seminar from the folks behind BitMethod (postponed – see below).* No events in Kansas City this week, at least not on our radar, but events happening in Des Moines…

  • SXSW Interactive Town Hall & Reception coming to Omaha Feb. 2nd

    Do you ever wonder why there’s so much buzz around the annual five-day event in Austin, Texas each March? If you’re in Omaha, or up for a road trip to Omaha, on Wednesday, February 2nd you can find out. South by Southwest Interactive is hitting the road again this year, making stops in 11 cities…

  • Applications for SXSW Accelerator due this Friday, Dec. 10th

    As you know, we’re huge fans of South by Southwest Interactive, which takes place each March in Austin. For the past few years we have made the trek down…

  • Lava Row open house this Friday, Nov. 5, On Pitch set for SXSW Music

    Stop by Lava Row this Friday night for the official open house for the new offices of the Des Moines-based social media consulting, strategy and education firm. The former East Village company has relocated west of the river in the Brown-Camp Lofts building (100 Market Street, Unit 115). Doors open at 6 p.m. and cocktails…

  • SXSW: With support out of Omaha, The Startup Bus delivers

    Catching up on Twitter a couple months ago I was reminded just how the small the world can be sometimes. In this instance, I learned that Elias Bizannes, an Australian that I had met at South by Southwest Interactive 2009, had just gained attention for one of his side projects: @EliasBiz: My @startupbus idea got…

  • SXSW: The Silicon Prairie Party + #SecretWineParty = Lots of fun

    So, South by Southwest Interactive 2010 is couple weeks behind us, but I’m still battling a mix of tiredness, email fatigue and an undiagnosed case of SXSW SARS, which seems to run rampant each year. That being said, the Silicon Prairie Party hosted by Big Omaha on Sunday, March 14, was a tremendous amount of…

  • SXSW: Recaps from the Prairie

    There was a good crop of Midwesterners, both past and present, amongst the more than 12,000 (estimated) attendees at the recent South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. During the event, we charted nearly forty of them in a Twitter list, and now more than a week later many of them have offered their…

  • Weekly Wrap Up with SXSW recap

    Mentioned this week: * Filming on location in front of Omaha City Hall * South by Southwest: * Attendees from the Prairie at South by Southwest * The Silicon Prairie Party hosted by Big Omaha * DJ Bonehead at the Silicon Prairie Party * Thanks again to our party sponsors * Gary Vaynerchuk’s #SecretWineParty *…

  • SXSW: We Can End This update with video of donation using Square beta

    South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive’s official cause, We Can End This, has already made an impact – from boosting the awareness factor for hunger in America to raising actual dollars for a solution – but it’s not over yet. Earlier today, Scott Henderson, the cause’s campaign manager, sent out an email alerting us that it…