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We were lucky to have them

February 15, 2007

We were lucky to have Hillel Cooperman (pictured) of Jackson Fish Market join us at Ignite Deux. He agreed to join the lineup the night before the event (thanks Hillel!) and gave an amazing presentation entitled “Life is Short: How to Make Every Meal an Opportunity for a Memorable Experience”. Hillel’s talk was based [...]

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Wow.. Again! Thank-you!

February 14, 2007

We packed over 400 people into the CHAC last night to watch 32 Egg Slams and 22 talks. 20 eggs were broken and 436 slides were shown. Thanks to everyone who attended, volunteered, slammed, sponsored, and/or spoke.
The videos and presentations will be available for download shortly. In the meantime upload your photos to our Flickr [...]

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Little Last Minute Details

February 13, 2007

I just wanted to layout the night’s schedule again and make sure everyone knows the details:
5:00 – The space opens. There is WiFi, food (at Crave), and drink in the building. (We may ask you for help with set-up)
6:30 – Egg Slam begins!
8:30 – The Ask Later talks begin (See the schedule)
9:30 – Second [...]

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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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Talks: Content Sharing, Data Processing, Helping Kids, Going Small, and Transhuman Morality

February 3, 2007

Announcing these talks is fun; we’ve got a wonderful range this time. Don’t worry there’s more to come — and don’t forget that the deadline for submissions is Wednesday. Here are the speakers and their talks’ titles:

Sarah Davies (Freedom For IP) – Share and share alike: GPL, Creative Commons, and the future of digital freedom

Abstract: [...]

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Talks: Identity, Pitches, Bouncing, Analyzing AJAX, and Rich Internet Applications

February 2, 2007

Those are the next five topics selected for the next Ignite (2/13). I am still selecting talks, but we now have a total of 10 talks.

Scott Kveton (JanRain) – OpenID

Hans Omli (Shoestring Ventures)- The Art of the Elevator Pitch – how to pitch your tech startup in 30 seconds or less
Heater Ralph – Art or [...]

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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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Ignite Seattle Was an Amazing Success!

December 8, 2006

Dan McComb of Biznik presenting at Ignite; Photo by Bre Pettis
Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you for coming!
Ignite Seattle ended just a couple of hours ago. It was an amazing experience. Over 200 people saw 13 popsicle-bridges being made and 25 speakers each give 5 minute talks. The speakers had 20 slides with 15 seconds a slide. See [...]

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Speaker Schedule for Ask Later

December 6, 2006

The Ask Later talks are going to begin after the Bridge Building Contest. Here is the schedule for the speakers. I expect each round to last about an hour (including a break).
First Round:
Brady Forrest (O’Reilly Radar) – Introduction & Welcome
Shelly Farnham (Farnham Research)- Dorkbot Seattle
Jeff Barr (Amazon Web Services) – Uses of Amazon Web Services
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Tags for Ignite

December 4, 2006

No geek event would be complete without its own set of tags for use on del.icio.us, flickr and your blogs. If you are puting up content related to Ignite please use the tag “igniteseattle” so that it can easily be found.

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Sponsor: Thank-You Ontela

December 4, 2006

Dan Shapiro, CEO and founder of Ontela, has agreed to both sponsor and speak at Ignite. The following blurb about his Pioneer Square-based company explains them quite well. Thanks Dan and Ontela!
Ontela is a venture-backed startup that makes it ridiculously easy to get pictures from your camera phone to your PC. We just raised [...]

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Speaker Notes: Read This If You Want To Speak

December 2, 2006

After the Make Bridge-Building contest we are going to be holding the Ask Later talks. There’s been a lot of questions around the talks so I wanted to let people know how things will work.
Format: The Ask Later talks will *all* be 5 minutes long. They will all have 20 slides and each slide will [...]

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Sponsor: Thank-You Amazon Web Services

December 1, 2006

Amazon Web Services (blog) make things like The Sheep Market, SmugMug, UnSpun, and NowNow possible. We’re happy to welcome them onboard as a sponsor. Thanks!
Here’s a little bit about what they will be presenting Ignite:
In the space of just 5 minutes, Amazon Web Services Evangelist Jeff Barr will review Amazon’s entire line of web services [...]

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Prep for Werewolf

November 30, 2006

Werewolf is a very fun bluffing game. It has been a standard part of every tech conference I’ve been to in the past year and a half. We know people will want to play at Ignite.
It’s very similar to Mafia; it just has better branding. If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about (or [...]

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Sponsor: Thank-You Seattlest

November 30, 2006

In addition to giving us a great write-up, Seattle’s local Gothamist, Seattlest has come on board as a sponsor of Ignite. Thanks!
Here’s a little bit about them: It’s not a technology site. It’s a city site, where we talk about local news, music, arts, eating, drinking and, since we can’t help ourselves, technology.

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Sponsor: Thank-you Lockergnome

November 30, 2006

We are pleased to announce our first sponsor: Lockergnome!
To inform, empower, and entertain – Lockergnome is here as a resource for people who are curious about the world of technology around them. Novices and experts are welcome to explore our ever-growing list of resources. Our contributors are full of passion. We will do our best [...]

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