Lineup for Ignite Sebastopol 2

Ignite Sebastopol 2 is coming right up--it's a week from today.

First, a recap of the details: Ignite Sebastopol 2 is on Wednesday, October 28 at the Hop Monk Tavern. Doors open at 6:00pm, MAKE contest is at 6:30pm and talks start at ~7:30pm. Reserve your spot, it's filling up fast.

Here's a sampling of the talks:

* Al Katkowsky (@QOfTheDayBook) - How To Make Something Out Of Nothing, And Then Make That Into An iPhone App
How "Question Of The Day" grew from a group bonding tradition at work, to a self-published book, to an iPhone app. Highlights include Speed Dating, being temporarily banned from iTunes for objectionable content, and removing all of the vowels from a restaurant menu.

* Andy Graham - How to Play the Didgeridoo
A demo and explanation of the aboriginal wind instrument called the didgeridoo--its origin, how to produce that unmistakable didg drone and other sounds, circular breathing, and putting it all together to make music.

* Carlos McEvilly (@panopy) - Making Reading Difficult for Children
How to set up a difficult challenge that's fun for kids, and that results in some learning about a topic not necessarily related to the mechanics of the challenge.

* Chance Massaro - How Your Brain Works and How to Work It
A quick exploration of how to learn about your brain from the inside--principles and behaviors that help you find your brain's strongest abilities.

* Dale Dougherty (@dalepd) - Blessed are the Cheesemakers
The ancients made cheese, and so can you. Join the "secondary" products revolution, a number of innovations that shaped agrarian society when domestic animals who were kept primarily for meat production began to be exploited for "renewable" secondary products such as milk and wool.

* Danese Cooper (@divadanese) - From "Interwhat?" to Open Everything
How the Open Source movement arose, took hold, revolutionized the development of software, and is now influencing everything from journalism and science to politics and philanthropy worldwide...

* Jeff Williams - Branded Together: How Brands Have Become an Expression of Identity
A short overview of how people define themselves through the places they shop and the things they buy and wear, from the middle ages to the present.

* Sky Nelson (@skynelson) - Synchronicity: The Science of Good Luck
How quantum mechanics may contain the framework for describing synchronicity in a totally rational way.