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Tonight’s Ignite Seattle Line Up (8/3)

August 3, 2009

Ignite Seattle 7 is tonight! As always we have a great crop of speakers talking about a variety of geek topics. The doors to the King Cat Theatre open at 7:00. The talks start at 8:30 PM. We are going to have a massive Rock-Paper-Scissors contest at 8:00.
Set 1 – 8:30pm
Yoram Bauman – Principles of [...]

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Ignite 7 – The Final 5 Speakers

July 31, 2009

We’re excited to announce the final five speakers for Ignite 7, which will be held this coming Monday, August 3 at the King Cat Theater.
The Final Five

Jessica Hagy (thisisindexed.com) tells us which lies to ignore.
Rob Gruhl, the person who taught you how to buy a car is going to teach how to take beautiful photos.

Vanessa [...]

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Ignite Seattle 7 Speakers

July 24, 2009

Because you demanded it, here’s the list of speakers for Ignite Seattle 7 being held a week from Monday, August 3rd, 2009 at the King Cat Theater.
We have an all-star line up of some of the most ingenious, fascinating and inspiring geeks from across the world (or at least in or around Puget Sound).
The Speakers
Daniel [...]

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Ignite Seattle 5 in photos

February 21, 2008

A little retroactive blogging. Published October 20, 2009

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Ignite Seattle on 2/19! Submit your talk!

January 28, 2008

It’s been a really long time coming and I am thrilled to be able to announce the next Ignite Seattle is February 19th at the CHAC. W00t, it’s great to be back! At the last one we had over 350 people watch 15 great talks (all of which can be found online). Watch the videos [...]

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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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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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Next Ignites: 6/9 & 8/9

May 24, 2007

We have two ignites coming up in Seattle. The first one will be Ignite at Seattle BizJam on 6/9. It’s going to be the opening event for the awesome conference aimed at local, independent business owners.
Then on 8/9 we will have our next Ignite Seattle. Save the date!
It will be held at the CHAC. It [...]

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Ignite 3 Rocked; Thanks!

April 6, 2007

I think this picture accurately shows the excitement from last night. Here are some stats:

750 paper airplanes thrown
29 made it through the hoop
16 talks were given showing 320 slides
36 tweets to 44 friends
2 Sponsors (Lockergnome & Axios Law)
351 attendees
>3 kegs
>4 video cameras
Countless volunteers (thanks!)

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Ignite 3: Ask Later Schedule

April 4, 2007

Here is the schedule for the Ask Later talks. The First Round begins at 8:30; the second one begins at 9:45. We’ll be at the CHAC.
First Round

Bruce Leban (Google, National Puzzlers’ League) – What I Learned in Prison
Yes, I spent time in not one but two Massachusetts prisons and it was an educational experience in [...]

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Ignite Deux: The Speaker Schedule

February 9, 2007

We have twenty-one awesome talks and speakers for you this time. The talks range in subject matter from tech to community to art to business and then back to tech with a little law and science thrown in. Each series of talks will begin at the bottom of the hour. Since the talks (should) last [...]

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Call for Speakers at Ignite Deux on February 13th

January 24, 2007

Shelly Farnham at Ignite; Photo by PD Gibson
It is time for you to submit your Ask Later proposal to the next Ignite! What do you want to tell Seattle in 5 minutes? You get 20 slides for 15 seconds a slide and you can’t control it. If you’re unsure of how it works watch a [...]

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Next Ignite: 2/13 at the CHAC

December 19, 2006

Ignite Crowd Photo from PDGibson
Bre and I have plotted with the owners of the CHAC to schedule another Ignite! We know that we need more space. We know that we need to keep the energy alive. We know that we need to top the last event. We know that we need to keep the [...]

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Coverage of Ignite Seattle

December 12, 2006

Thanks again to everyone who came to Ignite. We know from the door at the bar that over 200 people had come through by then; we also know that there were a ton of people who were never counted. Our estimates put the total number of people between 250 and 300. Wow!
Thanks to the people [...]

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