Earlier this week Twittad launched a new advertising platform for Twitter. It’s a very ingenious idea - one that Twitter itself should have thought of and probably should adopt to start making money… Basically it allows Twitter users to sell ad space on their profile page. I did a quick interview with James Eliason, the [...]

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Today we announced the 2008 Iowa Web Awards - an effort to honor all the hard work being done by all our local web gurus. it’s pretty much just like the Webby’s only local to Iowa.
Here’s how it will play out…
1. The community will vote on the categories for which we will be giving out [...]

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You’ll see me in there somewhere. I think they misspelled my name and may have taken my “corn and pigs” comment out of context. But all in all they did a good job with the story…
Note: I cannot for the life of me get this clip to not auto-play… If you have any ideas let [...]

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Microsoft *officially* announced its plans for the $500 million West Des Moines data center it is building.
Here are some details…- “Next Generation” facility- 50-75 workers at $70k annual salary- 42 acres in West Des Moines (see map below)- Construction to be completed in 12-18 months
Why Iowa?- Tax Incentives- Cheap Land- Very (relatively) affordable power- Cheap [...]

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Thursday, August 14, 2008
6:30 PM
Impromptu Studio
300 SW 5th Street Suite 220
Des Moines, Iowa 50309
Des Moines Web Geeks Kickoff event is planned for Thursday, August 14th.
We’ll kickoff presentations at 7, come around 6:30 to get a tour of the new coworking space. First up will be an overview and discussion of the Django framework followed by [...]

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