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Ignite 4 Videos Posted

September 20, 2007

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

September 20, 2007

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

August 11, 2007

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 [...]

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Watch Ignite at Gnomedex

August 11, 2007

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 [...]

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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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Conversations with Artists at McLeods on 8/1

July 31, 2007

Our friends at McLeods have an interesting show happening tomorrow night
Conversation with the Artists: Maggie Orth and Joel Kollin
Please join us for a conversation with Maggie Orth and Joel Kollin to learn more about their work in our current Interactivity exhibition.Maggie Orth is an artist, technologist, and entrepreneur who creates and invents interactive and electronic [...]

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Ignite Talks

July 30, 2007

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 [...]

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