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April 24 2008
"Talk Amongst Yourselves... Ignite Was Amazing. Discuss"
Inspired by a slide in Christen Crumlish's presentation on Graphing Social Patterns, I thought I would nudge you to discuss the Ignite event last night -- a great gathering for those attending the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.
Topics ranged from giant monsters and journalism tactics to running a marathon and online voting. Vinnie Lauria talked about how to use your users to make a better website--specifically highlighting intern--which immediately reminded me of our Hackerteen helper Dylan (see Making Connections With Hackerteen).
Still another presenter - David Calkins - deferred to robots and their amazing abilities to help around the house, entertain, and in general make our lives easier.
Fritz Nelson referred to the event in his blog entry entitled It's Simple, But Not Easy" on InformationWeek this morning, acknowledging that while the presentations appeared to be simple, they were in fact, extremely difficult to put together with the given constraints. But as James Levy (left) demonstrated, anything simple can be done well with enough notes and a good audience.
In general, it was a night for fun, for networking, for interacting with fellow geeks, and for seeing how the minds of geeks work when restricted to 5 minutes and 20 slides that rotate every 15 seconds. So, cheers to those who succeeded at the task, and best of luck to those who try to tackle the challenge in the future. If you're interested in trying out an Ignite of your own, check out ignite.oreilly.com, or email ignite@oreilly.com for more information.
all photos compliments of Steve Rhodes
keep an eye out for more for more photos and videos from Ignite! Web 2.0 Expo SF on ignite.oreilly.com
