[SoCoSA/discuss] [Fwd: UG News: Ignite Sebastopol June 10 at the Hopmonk Tavern]

[Kevan Benson]

So, are any SoCoSA members going/presenting at this?  Anyone have any 
info on talks that are already planned?

Kevan Benson wrote:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: UG News: Ignite Sebastopol June 10 at the Hopmonk Tavern
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 13:08:21 -0700
> From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
> To: kbenson at a-1networks.com
> 
> Hi
> 
> Please share with your group members if you think they might be interested
> in attending.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Marsee
> 
> 
> 
> Ignite Sebastopol is happening Wednesday, June 10 at the Hopmonk Tavern,
> from 6:00-10:00 pm. What *is* Ignite? It's a free, fast-paced,
> high-energy evening of a dozen or so "speed presentations" given by
> people like you to their hometown crowd. Ignite presenters get 5 minutes
> to talk about their passion, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15
> seconds, whether they're ready or not. It has a geek culture bent,
> though folks have talked about everything from "The Best Way to Buy a
> Car" to "Hacking Chocolate" to "19th Century Pneumatic Tubes" to "Cyborg
> Anthropology."
> 
> Ignite was started by O'Reilly Media's Brady Forrest and Bre Pettis, in
> Seattle in 2006. Since then, it's spread around the world, to cities
> including Helsinki, Paris, Budapest, New York, Portand, Pheonix, and
> Boston. It's about time we had one in O'Reilly's home town.
> 
> If you're ready for your 5 minutes of fame, submit your idea for a talk
> at http://bit.ly/My9cW. Interested, but want to know more before you
> take the plunge? Check out the videos of some favorite Ignite talks at
> http://ignite.oreilly.com/show, and read "How to Give a Successful
> Ignite Presentation" at http://bit.ly/wfBoG.
> 
> Hope to see you there. Sign up at http://igniteseb.eventbrite.com. It
> may fill up, so do sign up in advance if you're coming.
> 
> 
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-Kevan Benson
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