by Kelsey Jones | Jul 18, 2013
In this technological age, it seems as though one trend gives rise to the next on an almost weekly basis. In the world of social media, Snapchat is one of the most recent and fastest growing trends to hit the Internet. More than 150 million messages are sent and...
by Kelsey Jones | Jun 27, 2013
It was three years ago when Matthew Keys, a young social media editor from Reuters, was accused of allegedly participating in a conspiracy to hack the LA Times website. He was immediately fired from his post and subjected to federal charges. During the debacle, his...
by Kelsey Jones | Jun 13, 2013
So how does one stay secure online? With all of the cybery-hacks out there you need to take care of yourself and be safe. Watch What You Say Be responsible for what you are doing and saying online. You are part of an online community and you need to take other people...
by Kelsey Jones | May 15, 2013
For Day 2, I left a little early because I had to get back to Kansas City for another engagement. I am still planning on watching the speakers I missed and taking notes, but until then, here are my notes and important points from the morning speakers of Day Two of Big...
by Kelsey Jones | May 14, 2013
I had the pleasure of attending Big Omaha 2013 last week, and I learned a ton (as I normally do in these entrepreneurship and innovation conferences put on by Silicon Prairie News). Here are some of my highlights and important points that I took away from the...
by Kelsey Jones | May 2, 2013
Murfie is one of those ideas I stumbled across during my copious amounts of time spent online that I am REALLY excited about and want to tell everyone I’ve ever met. Basically, it is a CD to MP3 service that then allows you to sell your CDs on your own...
by Kelsey Jones | Apr 11, 2013
I recently attended Big Kansas City and had a chance to see Adam from Sphero present. At first, I didn’t truly understand what a robotic ball was, but after seeing the introduction video, I loved it. I contacted Sphero to learn more about their company and...
by Kelsey Jones | Apr 4, 2013
Entrepreneurs take advantage of their surroundings, finding opportunities in the most mundane happenings. Where many see LinkedIn as an idle way to find a job, entrepreneurs use it for all of LinkedIn’s potential. For all the budding entrepreneurs, here’s...
by Kelsey Jones | Mar 22, 2013
I went to The Bloggess’ (aka Jenny Lawson) book signing Thursday on the Plaza. She read a chapter from her book (hint: the one that involves colon cleanses and rapists) and then did a Q&A. I always try to think of a good question to ask, something clever...
by Kelsey Jones | Mar 21, 2013
When I got the email that Pinfluencer was changing its name to Piqora, I wanted to puke. Why would they do that? Sure, they are expanding their services to include other networks, but the site name Pinfluencer was becoming a household name and well-known when it came...