Archive for August, 2011
Locusic is in Beta!
We had a great night last Wednesday at the Dwolla meetup. If you missed it, or would like to re-live it, there were a few posts about it. There were a ton of people there. We had a great time handing out Locusic shirts and information. One big piece of news we revealed is that [...]
Locusic Demo!
Our friends at Dwolla are having another one of their legendary meetups this Wednesday, August 24th. This one will be held at Americana in downtown Des Moines (by the sculpture gardens). They’ll be giving Locusic the stage for a few minutes so I can tell everyone what’s been going on and to give the first [...]
In: Events, Press · Tagged with: Americana, demo, Des Moines, dwolla, meetup, shoplr, startups, tablenabbr
Keep Voting, Please
We pulled into first place yesterday, but we’re not there anymore. This is a tough race! Remember to vote for Locusic every day through 8/31 at Locusic.com/dream. Also, grab yourself some copies of our voting flier and paste them up wherever you can!
Locusic: The Big Dream. – Vote!
Help us win $5,000 to cover initial costs – vote for Locusic in the Dream Big Grow Here contest. The Business Innovation Zone and MyEntreNet are collaborating on a business grant contest in Iowa called Dream Big Grow Here. This particular contest is for pre-revenue tech startups in central Iowa. Hey, Locusic is one of [...]
In: Competitions, Locusic · Tagged with: BIZ, Dream Big Grow Here, locusic, MyEntrenet, prizes, vote
Vote for Us!
There’s a whole lot of voting going on. And we’re going to be asking for a lot of votes during the upcoming weeks. Thanks to everyone who voted for us in the 2011 Battle of the Brands competition, but that was basically just a fun popularity contest and got us some free publicity. There are [...]
In: Competitions, Locusic, Press · Tagged with: Battle of the Brands, Dream Big Grow Here, interactive, Jake Kerber, music, on pitch, PanelPicker, silicon prairie, SxSW, vote
Locusic on PrairieCast
Just a quick one… PrairieCast is a podcast affiliated with Silicon Prairie News and produced in Des Moines. This week, I was a guest of the show along with Chris Conetzkey of the Des Moines Business Record. We discuss tech news from around the prairie with hosts Geoff Wood and Andy Brudtkuhl and I gave [...]
In: Press · Tagged with: andy brudtkuhl, business record, Des Moines, geoff wood, prairiecast, silicon prairie
Des Moines Music News
Want to know what’s going on with the music scene in Des Moines? We’d love to tell you, but we’re just too damn busy building Locusic. There are plenty of others who do a hell of a job, though. Here are just a few: DSMVibe (For those not from Iowa, DSM is short for Des [...]
In: Local Music · Tagged with: Des Moines, des noise, dsmvibe, Iowa, local music, media, we hate music
Genres
I’ve struggled a bit with Genres during the development of Locusic. They’re just so subjective. And there’s usually overlap. The goal for our initial launch is to have as few genres as possible, while still covering the full spectrum of music that we’re likely to see. I was originally hoping for around 10, but that’s [...]
In: Locusic · Tagged with: beta, genre, locusic, music
SxSW 2012 Presentation
I hope to present at South By Southwest (SxSW) Interactive in the Spring. The format will be a single presenter (me, Jake Kerber), and the level will be intermediate. The following is my proposal. What do you think? Description: Choice is good. But too many options can be paralyzing. The amount of information, media content, [...]