Angie’s List is scaling up its software along with its workforce and campus

A capacity crowd of over 150 people filled the Tile Conference Center on the Indianapolis campus of Angie’s List to hear CTO Robert Wiseman discuss the new direction for Angie’s list as well as the supporting technology for the new SnapFix mobile app. Walking tours were also given of their campus that includes 23 separate […]

‘Experiencing’ Indy achieves 63-point positive opinion swing among young tech talent

This summer, 50 Xterns lived together in apartments on the downtown Indianapolis campus of IUPUI and worked at various area tech companies as part of “the ultimate tech summer internship experience.” It was the inaugural class of an initiative developed to introduce the spectacular career opportunities and quality of life of the Midwest to some […]

Communities need placemaking resources to help win the talent battle

From economic development focused on tech to arts districts, downtown revitalization and neighborhood stabilization efforts; and from parks and trails improvements to new entertainment venues and enhanced education programs — Indiana communities are are stepping up to improve the quality of life for their residents, which ultimately helps to attract people and jobs. This is […]

User experience conference built from ground up around ‘what’s next’ in UX and maker movement

The highly anticipated Midwest UX 2014 user experience conference is just around the corner, so I checked in with Noelle Webster, one of four primary volunteer organizers from the host city of Indianapolis. As you would expect from a UX conference, the Midwest UX website is packed with great information, but I did come up […]

Angie’s List campus to be a destination

You know Angie’s List as a reviews service that captured millions of customers on the foundation of trustworthy data and those now famous commercials. What you don’t know is that the company is taking 20-years of reviews and turning them into user-friendly products that make it easier than ever to hire a local service provider. […]