KCRag Forum

From my experience working in the tech industry, the single most important factor in the development of tech centers -- or, put another way, the single factor that most inhibits the growth of a flourishing tech center -- is the number of fresh CS BS grads it can attract. Those with postgraduate degr...

Airborne -- what a classic.

Ford shows faith in Missouri workers Not many announcements can get Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon quite as excited as hearing that Ford Motor Co. will create 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Claycomo. http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/news/2013/05/02/ford-shows-more-faith-in-missouri.h...

Excellent project.

I've always thought it would be nice for the West Bottoms to be redeveloped into a technology park -- something akin to the riverside Neihu Technology Park in Taipei, an area of similar size and geography (effectively a flood plain) to the West Bottoms that currently hosts about 4,000 companies and ...

Perceptive Software’s sales jump 47 percent Perceptive reaped $44 million in revenue in the first quarter, compared with $30 million in revenue during the same period last year. ... Perceptive, an electronic document management provider, has roughly 700 local employees. http://www.bizjournals.com/ka...

He's apparently been captured.

I love this picture.



Reminds me of the film Metropolis.

Losing 7,500 employees with an average salary of almost $100,000 would be a massive economic loss for OP / JoCo.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/15/17767721-investigators-believe-boston-bombs-were-pressure-cookers-hidden-in-backpacks-officials-say?lite << Interesting article. Investigators believe the bombs at the Boston Marathon were shrapnel-studded pressure cookers, hidden in backpacks and set off b...

Who knows? Speculation is pointless but sometimes stimulating. Could be a domestic terrorist. Could be Islamist terrorists. Could be North Koreans (I only mention it because I saw this tweet on Bloomberg about 20 minutes before the attack).

I hope we will find out soon enough.

That quote is hilarious, though. You've got to admire his outlook on life.

Another glowing report. Great read despite the few factual errors.

Another dud.

Phone2Action calls in win at SXSW Accelerator Turns out Kansas City, Mo.-based Phone2Action truly was dialed in at the South by Southwest Interactive Accelerator on Tuesday. The mobile advocacy startup outdueled seven early-stage companies to win the News Technologies category after two rounds of p...

I am wondering when JOCO is going to start openly revolting against Brownback and this teaparty legislature. I can't find anyone over there who is happy with whats going on right now in KS (though my sample size is admittedly only 3-4 people :D ) It's a tad late for that, don't you think? JoCo gave...

Great news.

Seems like getting a new residential skyscraper in DT KC should be exiting enough to quell the inevitable "should be taller" or "design sucks" kcragging, but alas...guess not. Especially if the developer is already floating "would like to build more of these" feelers. ...

Looking good. I wouldn't mind another 5 stories, but it would be a great addition to downtown.