The next Ignite Seattle is August 8th at the CHAC. The evening will be a combination of Half-Baked Dotcom and Ignite talks. This time we are doing something special and we’re going to have a contest amongst the speakers. Four speakers will get a chance to do their Ignite talks at Gnomedex, Chris Pirillo’s Seattle-based event. RSVP at Upcoming.

Talks submissions are due by today. Selections will be made by Wednesday. Here are the talks so far.

1. Shawn Murphy - Hacking Chocolate
   Anybody can create interesting and new chocolates with some basic ingredients, imagination and a little technique.
2. Deepak Singh - Small medicine: Nanotechnology and biology
   The start of the art in the applications of nanotechnology to healthcare and medicine
3. Derek Gaw - uncluttring Amazon
   Amazon’s experience is often criticized for being too cluttered. I decided to see what I could do to clean it up.
4. Sarah Schacht - Run the Government: A Primer for Online Citizens
   Web 2.0 has been around for a few years. US democracy-over 200. On/offline best practices & tools for citizen’s activism
5. Elan Lee - My Clothes Tell Secrets
   Examples of storytelling and entertainment embedded in the fabric of the clothes we wear.
6. Brian Dorsey - An embarrassment of riches - the story of Noonhat
   We live in amazing times. Individuals and small groups can build small things with big effects. Even working part time.
7. Dave McClure - Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
   A simple 5-step model for measuring startup success: 1) Acquisition 2) Activation 3) Retention 4) Referral 5) Revenue
8. Rob Gruhl - How to buy a new car
   Get your next new car for the best price.
9. Beth Goza - Is 2008 the year the “Third Screen” takes center stage?
   With the iPhone release and Google taking a look at mobile search, it’s clear that the 3rd screen is on everyone’s radar
10. Scotto Moore - Make Art Not Content
    A whirlwind examination of the impact that digital media has had on culture’s conception of art and artists.
11. Leo Dirac - Venture Capital Term Sheets
    An intro to how the money gets split up when a venture capital backed startup gets bought or goes public.
12. Maegan Ashworth - No, not skin: Epidemiology for the layman
    Some basic epidemiologic concepts that can help you evaluate biomedical reporting in the popular press.