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The Next Ignite Challenge

January 6, 2011

In honor of Global Ignite Week, we’re trying something a little amibitious – mousetrap car races! For the Ignite Challenge, we will be pitting cars against each other to see who can get across the King Cat stage fastest. Enter as a team or an individual. You are encouraged to build your car ahead of [...]

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Karen Cheng – How to Solve a Song

January 4, 2011
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Karen’s pitch: It’s happened to all of us – you hear a song that you don’t want to like. You try to resist, but you can’t. By the end of the song, you’re tapping your foot and singing along. Why are some songs so irresistibly catchy? I used to think it was magic. But when [...]

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Submit Your Talk for Ignite Seattle 13

December 14, 2010

Our next Ignite Seattle will be February 10th, 2011 and it will be a part of the 2nd Annual Global Ignite Week. Last year, Global Ignite Week was held in 65 cities on 6 continents and featured over 500 speakers. Submissions are now open and we’d love to have you speak at our next Ignite. [...]

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Ignite Archives: Elan Lee: How to Not Be Bored

December 1, 2010

During this week leading up to Ignite Seattle: 12, we’re going to be posting some of the best videos from previous events! The first one is from Elan Lee. He is one of the founders of 42 Entertainment, and he when he spoke he told the audience what his thought on people’s lives: “If you’re [...]

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Vote for Ignite in the Flashies

November 23, 2010

Ignite Seattle 12 is coming up in a few weeks, but before that is the Techflash’s “Flashies Awards” event! Brady and Ignite Seattle were nominated this year for the “Do-Gooder of the Year” category. So as you’re giving thanks this Thanksgiving, drop by their website and vote! No registration necessary, and it takes less time [...]

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Lymphomartini: Immutiny on the Bounty – Tom Music

October 25, 2010

Tom Music tells us about more than just how he survived cancer. He tells us (in less than five minutes) about how he, the rightful captain of his body, crushed the rebellious and subversive elements within his immune system. About Tom Music Tom Music is a developer, musician, writer, speaker, and cancer survivor. He blogs [...]

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REMINDER – Ignite Seattle 11 talk proposals due tomorrow

August 12, 2010

Ignite Seattle 11 is happening on September 14th and talk submissions are open. If you have a 5 minute talk that will inspire, teach or just make people think then throw your hat in the ring. We’ll take ~16 speakers (and no repeats from last time). Get your talk in by tomorrow, Friday, August 13th. Submit your talk [...]

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Sneak Preview of Tonight’s Game

June 14, 2010

I have been extremely lucky to organize and present the icebreakers and challanges at the last few Ignite Seattle events. Tonight will be no exception. Attendees at tonight’s Ignite will get to play (for the first time ever!) Ignite: the Card Game. The game is based off of Quorum, designed by Greg Costikyan and Frank [...]

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Submission Deadline is Friday, February 5th

February 1, 2010

If you are thinking about submitting a talk for the next Ignite Seattle (March 4th), make sure you get it in by this Friday. We already have a great crop of submissions, but we would love for you to add your own to the mix!

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Submit a Talk for Ignite Seattle 9

January 15, 2010

Do you have an idea for a 5-minute talk that’s been burning inside of you, crying to get out? Or do you have an idea that you think is a little bit crazy, but you’re figuring “what the hell, I’ll submit it anyway”. Today is your lucky day! Submissions for talks at the next Ignite [...]

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Ignite’s Recession Buster

December 1, 2009

We’re doing a special recession-themed icebreaker tonight, inspired by the Ten Thousand Cents art project. We’ll be handing out sheets of paper with a dollar bill on them (front or back), broken in to a 4×8 grid. Each team of 2 to 3 people will be responsible for re-creating one of the 64 grids. We’ll [...]

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Upcoming Tech Events in Seattle

August 12, 2009

Here are a few upcoming tech events in Seattle. If you’ve got a geek event that you think might interest the Ignite Seattle crowd, let us know! Tonight! Seattle Tech Startups This month’s topic: Monetizing Your Product Chris Hopf, Pricewire.com: Understanding Freemium – How to Create and Grow Paying Customers Tony Wright, RescueTime: Making Money [...]

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Ignite 7 Submissions Are Open

June 15, 2009

Ignite Seattle 7 is happening on August 3rd and talk submissions are open. If you have a 5 minute talk that will inspire, teach or just make people think then throw your hat in the ring. We’ll take ~16 speakers (and no repeats from last time). Get your talk in by July 1st. Submit your talk here. We’ve [...]

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Stay in the Know on Ignite Announcements

April 30, 2009

There are many ways to stay up-to-date on the newly revived Ignite Seattle. Ignite Mailing List – We have an announcement list for keeping you uptodate. We only send out 1-2 mails per month. The content is limited to Ignite news and other similar events from the Ignite community. You can sign up here. Only [...]

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Ignite Seattle 6 Schedule

April 27, 2009

Ignite Seattle is this Wednesday, 4/29, at the King Cat Theatre. Ignite is free. We’ve got a great line-up of speakers. Here’s the evening’s schedule: 7PM – Doors Open 7:30 PM – Paper Tower Contest Begins – Build the tallest tower you can out of just 5 sheets of paper and tape (See Details) 8:30 [...]

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Pre-Ignite Contest

April 23, 2009

Back when Ignite first lit up the Seattle scene, Bre Pettis used to run a pre-ignite contest just to get things warmed up. We are bringing back that tradition for the next Ignite, and everyone is invited to participate. The game is simple, the rules are few, and it will be a contest of pure [...]

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