From the yearly archives:

2007

Come to Thingamajiggr!

by brady on October 10, 2007

in Seattle

You are cordially invited to Thingamajiggr, a unique event co-hosted by O’Reilly Radar and Waggle Labs celebrating Seattle’s tech scene with great people, innovative technology, and grooving DJs. More info below:

Evening schedule:

· 7:30, doors open

· 8:00-9:30ish, Opening presentations

John Kao, renown author and innovation expert, will kick off the evening with a presentation on the topic of his new book, Innovation Nation: How America is Losing its Innovation Edge, Why it Matters, and What We Can Do to Get it Back. See interview on Colbert Report and book review at: http://oz.deichman.net/2007/10/review-john-kaos-innovation-nation.html .

We will then have a few short presentations from local tech innovators in the style of Ignite, followed by Pablos and 3ric’s hacker magic show.

· 9:30 Start Mobile Team Werewolf

We decided, in honor of the werewolf craze that has consumed the tech scene, to create a mobile team werewolf game, party version! While chatting with friends and drinking martinis you will be hunting for werewolves. Bring your cell phone, it will be your game console. Be sure to show up before 9:30 if you want to play.

· 9:30pm – 2:00am, party with DJs and miscellaneous hackery/art

Amidst the bloodbath of villagers and werewolves you will enjoy the music (be sure to check out DJ Ludington’s Live PA setup), video projections of wireless infrared cameras, tesla coils, iron trees, and of course, the bar. You may also choose to experience Josh Lind’s subversive radio transmitter/antennae DJ action using his tub of radios.

Venue and dress:

The party is located in a raw warehouse space that was transformed into a 1920s style “speakeasy” for private events. In honor of both the venue and the tech scene, we suggest you dress to impress for the swank 2020s.

Where will the proceeds go?

We wanted to let you decide which tech non-profit we should send our proceeds to, so you will be voting on Friday.

How else can you participate?

If you have some tech/art/hackery you would like to bring, let us know. It’s never too late! We will be setting up Thursday and Friday, and taking down Saturday, if you would like to help. Email party@thingamajiggr.com.

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Ignite 4 Videos Posted

by brady on September 20, 2007

in Seattle, Speakers, Videos

You can see all 15 of the Ignite 4 videos on YouTube. One of them, Rob Gruhl’s How To Buy a Car video, was recently featured on Lifehacker. (Thanks, Gina)

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Jordan’s Bees Get Harvested

by brady on September 20, 2007

in Seattle

Jordan, who gave the excellent talk on bees at the third Ignite has documented the honey harvesting process (I & II). It’s a fascinating read.

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Free 360 Flex Pass from Picnik

by brady on August 11, 2007

in Seattle

360 Flex is a Seattle developer conference. As they describe themselves:

360|Flex was the first all Flex/Apollo themed conference. Our inaugural conference in San Jose was a sell-out success. No doubt due to Adobe’s Flex Evangelist, Ted Patrick, helping to rally the community. This conference takes you into the nitty-gritty of Flex development. If you’re serious about Flex, then you need to attend this conference.

360|Flex is a community driven event. The sole purpose of the show is to bring the best of the Flex community together in one place to share war stories from the trenches and to allow the experts to share their deep technical knowledge to a large group. Another benefit is finally being able to put a face, voice and personality onto the bloggers, flexcoders and article writers that you’ve come to depend on.

Picnik, the awesome online photo-editor, is giving a way one pass to 360 Flex. The first Flex Developer to mail Picnik founder Mike Harringon gets it. Use mike at picnik dotcom.

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Watch Ignite at Gnomedex

by brady on August 11, 2007

in Seattle

We selected some talks to be done again at Gnomedex this morning. The video is streaming at http://chris.pirillo.com/live/

We go on at 11:30. We’ll see the following speakers again:

Make Art Not Content
Scotto Moore

Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
Dave McClure

Stop Yelling, Start Weaving
Deborah Schultz

Is 2008 the year the “Third Screen” takes center stage?
Beth Goza

Venture Capital Term Sheets
Leo Dirac

An embarrassment of riches – the story of Noonhat
Brian Dorsey

LIFE: if you’re bored, you’re doing it wrong
Elan Lee

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A little retroactive blogging. Published October 20, 2009

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Thanks and Some Links

August 9, 2007

I’d like to thank all the attendees, volunteers, the CHAC, the people who promoted the event, and the speakers. It was an amazing event and it couldn’t have happened without you all.
As promised here are some of the links mentioned in presentations last night:
Noonhat – Changing the world through lunch
VC Term Sheets – Leo Dirac [...]

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Follow Ignite

August 9, 2007

If you want to be alerted about Ignite there are a couple of different ways.
1) Join the announcement list. Bre and I are the only people who post to it. It’s generally just alerts about upcoming events.
2) Follow us on Twitter. We are ignitesea. You can text “follow ignitesea” to 40404. Alternately, just go to [...]

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Schedule For Ignite Tonight

August 8, 2007

We had some last minute changes to our schedule. Here is the final line-up!
Starting at 8:30:
Make Art Not Content
Scotto Moore
Small medicine: Nanotechnology and biology
Deepak Singh
building real community
scott kennedy
No, not skin: Epidemiology for the layman
Maegan Ashworth
How to buy a new car
Rob Gruhl
Werewolf Strategy
HB Siegel
Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
Dave McClure
Hacking Chocolate
Shawn Murphy
Starting at 9:45
Is 2008 [...]

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There Has Never Been Stranger Love Than This Before

August 8, 2007

Igntie got noticed by the Stranger. Woot! Maybe Dan Savage will give an Ignite talk next time. Their sight unseen description of the event is one of the best yet…
And while geeks also tend to be socially awkward, we still want them to kick some ass designing our software and answering difficult questions—but stop talking [...]

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Help McLeods!

August 8, 2007

Buster McLeod just sent out this email to all members of McLeods. To sum: The awesome tech art gallery needs help. Details below:
This is a difficult email to write, but we owe it to our members to be transparent about our situation. Simply put, McLeod Residence is in big trouble, as in financial trouble. The [...]

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Sponsor: Biznik

August 7, 2007

Biznik is going to sponsor Ignite for the first time. Thanks Biznik!

Biznik is a business-building social network for independent professionals with 2,500 members in Seattle. Find other entrepreneurs interested in collaborating or forming groups, or jump into a discussion on a topic that interests you. Discover what people just like you have learned and avoid [...]

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Sponsor: Adobe AIR

August 7, 2007

Adobe is sponsoring Ignite for the first time to promote AIR. Thanks Adobe!

Adobe AIR is a cross-operating system runtime that allows developers to use their existing web development skills to build and deploy rich Internet applications to the desktop.

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Sponsor: Ontela!

August 6, 2007

Ontela is sponsoring Ignite again! Thanks guys!
Ontela is a venture-backed startup that makes it ridiculously easy to get pictures from your camera phone to your PC. We just raised a bunch of money so we could hire smart, creative people JUST LIKE YOU — see our web site for job openings!

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Ignite Seattle 4 Schedule

August 6, 2007

Here is the final order for the Ignite Seattle talks this Wednesday!Starting at 8:30:
Make Art Not Content
Scotto Moore
Hacking Chocolate
Shawn Murphy
Small medicine: Nanotechnology and biology
Deepak Singh
Run the Government: A Primer for Online Citizens
Sarah Schacht
No, not skin: Epidemiology for the layman
Maegan Ashworth
How to buy a new car
Rob Gruhl
Werewolf Strategy
HB Siegel
Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
Dave McClure
Starting at 9:45
Is [...]

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Final Talks Selected For Ignite 4

August 3, 2007

Ignite is happening next Wednesday on 8/8. It’s a free geek event at the CHAC. I’ve announced the 12 of the 16 talks earlier this week. Here are the final four talks.

Scott Kennedy – Building Real Community Software
Local activist Scott Kennedy shows off his homemade electronic bulletin board, and [...]

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