Over a hundred students from the Raikes School at University of Nebraska packed an auditorium to hear us discuss the future of education with an open internet. I called their representative during the Q&A session to show off the fabulous Contact Congress iPhone app  and left a polite voicemail asking if he’d defend internet freedom.

It also was a chance for Adam of LocalMotors to show off the Rally Fighter — you should’ve seen the jaws drop when he explained the awesome car her parked out front was designed by people all over the internet — and Robert to talk about  AgLocal , two startups that joined our bus tour and are doing real disruption thanks to the net in industries you may not expect: automotive and farming.

Really enjoyed chatting with all the students afterward, who informed me that Nebraska football fans are widely known as some of the friendliest in football. I realized at that moment that I’m probably not nice enough to be a Cornhusker, but now I really want to be back here for a game.

A look at the awesome Local Motors Rally Fighter that will be hitting the road with us. 

It just came from the Fireball Run and finished 8th overall (out of 41) and 1st in the Custom Class.