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Silicon Prairie News Intervew

Jonathan Sharp was interviewed by Silicon Prairie News about his switch to freelancing and starting Out West Media. Be sure to check out the video and get a glimpse into the happenings Jonathan Sharp and Out West Media.

Creative Capital Pitch Session 2 Finalist

Jonathan Sharp is a finalist again for the InvestNebraska Creative Capital Pitch Session for his idea called a Digital Customer Assistant™ which provides location specific information for retailers to customers personal devices such as an iPhone or BlackBerry.

Out West Media Volunteering at BIGOmaha

Jonathan Sharp was more than happy to help out with Silicon Prairie New's BIGOmaha event which took place May 7-8th. It was a fabulous event that had a top rated A+ list of speakers. Be sure to look for BIGOmaha 2010 returning to Omaha next year.

jQuery xmlDOM Plugin Released

Out West Media released a new jQuery Plugin called xmlDOM for parsing and converting strings of xml into a DOM object.
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Out West Media Attending South by Southwest 2009

Jonathan Sharp and Out West Media will be attending the Interactive conference at South by Southwest 2009 in Austin, TX. If you're planning on attending drop us a line so we can meet up!

Creative Capital Pitch Session Finalist

Jonathan Sharp is a finalist in the InvestNebraska Creative Capital Pitch Session for his idea called OpenRelation which addresses the four common tasks of: repetitive data entry, relationship management & propagation, data synchronization, and service discovery across blogs, social networks and web sites.

Jonathan will give a 5 minute presentation Thursday, February 12th at Nomad Lounge in downtown Omaha.

Project Delivery: Remlab, Inc.

Out West Media completed a custom front-end project for Remlab, Inc. that included custom jQuery development. The project utilized SoundManager2 along with jQuery UI, XHTML and CSS.

Client Launch: Donna's Little Darlings Childcare, Inc.

Out West Media launched a new web site for Donna's Little Darlings Childcare, Inc. located in Omaha, NE. Services provided included photography, custom design, XHTML, CSS and jQuery.

Collaborative Agreement: MJG International

Out West Media entered a collaborative agreement with MJG International to provide on demand development and contracting services. Services provided include visual design, user experience design, XHTML, CSS and jQuery.

Project Delivery: 9th Insight, Inc.

Out West Media delivered a large interactive user interface to client 9th Insight, Inc. The project involved implementing a custom interface utilizing XHTML, CSS, jQuery, XML and JSON.

OutWestMedia.com Site Launch

Out West Media launched the design of their corporate site (this one)!

November Desktop Released Smashing Magazine

Jonathan Sharp designed an original desktop background "West Lives On" that is featured in the November issue of Smashing Magazine.

“I captured the photo that forms the basis of this work at a ranch in Nebraska where my wife works. I feel this work embodies the romance surrounding the power and beauty of the horse and titled it “The West Lives On” in the spirit of adventure and hard work.”
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Client Launch: POWERLINEBLOG.COM

Out West Media launched the redesign of powerlineblog.com tonight at 10PM EST. The client came to Jonathan Sharp in need of a redesign, page load performance, Movable Type upgrade and migration to new hardware. All of these goals were delivered with zero down time.

The Ajax Experience 2008: Presenter

Jonathan Sharp presented ‘jQuery on Rails (The real ones)’ at TAE during September 28 through October 1 in Boston, MA.
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jQuery Conference 2008: Presenter

Jonathan Sharp presented ‘Making The Case For jQuery’ at the second annual jQuery Conference 2008 in Boston, MA. The conference was held on the campus of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Project Delivery: 26 North Media

Out West Media delivered a custom jQuery interface for the web development company 26 North Media.

Client Launch: ROCKHILLRANCHANDSTABLES.COM

Out West Media launched the redesign of the web site for Rock Hill Ranch & Stables horse boarding business. You can visit the site at: rockhillranchandstables.com