Archive for May 2018
McLellan: Service needs human touch
My dad passed away a few weeks ago and, as executor, I’ve been making a lot of official phone calls to everyone from the Social Security Administration to Hyundai where his car lease was financed.…
Read MoreThe Elbert Files:Trump’s breadcrumbs
“Rudy Giuliani figured it out,” said a familiar voice. I was approaching Terrace Hill on my afternoon walk last week when my friend K.C. suddenly appeared, as he often does, when I least expected him.…
Read MoreGuest Opinion: Pilot program helps firms fill empty shipping containers
The pilot website ContainerLocator.com has demonstrated proof of concept and is drawing praise from the tech community.
The website empowers companies to track down international shipping containers that are arriving in Iowa full of goods …
Read MoreHow to thrive after college
When Jeffrey Selingo was interviewing for his first full-time journalism position after college in 1995, he was riding back from lunch with the editor when the editor pulled the classic newspaper interview test — dropping …
Read MoreONE GOOD READ: What’s it mean to reverse-scale a business?
When I meet with founders and startup supporters across Des Moines, everyone has a similar vision for their company: scale, then scale and scale.
On a Friday-night popcorn-fueled blog-binge, my favorite non-tech blog, A Beautiful …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: We used to hunt mammoths. Now we hunt housing (and parking)
Small-town living has ruined apartment hunting for me.
Life before Des Moines was a matter of checking one local renter’s guide and getting to know the coffee shop regulars on Main Street. If it wasn’t …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: Going Out to Lunch?
In one of the surest signs yet that winter really has given up and we can make summer plans, an expanded Out to Lunch series begins May 23 downtown. These events, which will be around …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK: 2,000 school board members
Teachers usually get the thanks for their many hours and tireless work with students.
But the Iowa Association of School Boards and its executive director, Lisa Bartusek, want to remind us that May is School …
Read MoreNOTEBOOK – One Good Read: Want a show? Get in line.
Music in the Midwest just can’t seem to win. In the fight against ticket bots, Nine Inch Nails (a band I will probably not buy tickets for) will skip the online marketplace and offer tickets …
Read MoreState transportation plan includes interstate work north of Ankeny
Radio Iowa: The Iowa Transportation Commission unveiled a draft five-year Transportation Improvement Plan this week that would spend $3.4 billion on the state’s highways, including interstates. “Probably the most significant projects on the interstates right now …
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