Ignite tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2008-12-13://2 2009-11-02T13:00:29Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en Ignite Ann Arbor - Nov 6th tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.278 2009-11-02T12:54:23Z 2009-11-02T13:00:29Z Ignite A2 #2 is this Friday! Ryan Burns http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=64 Ignite Ann Arbor will be Nov 6th at 7pm (This Friday!) at Blau Auditorium at the Ross school of business. We're really excited about our program:

Bilal Ghalib: Hacker Spaces and PBLE's - American Re-education and the Importance of Making Things
Mary Lemmer: I scream for Gelato
Patti Smith: The Braille Embossinator: Technology for the Visually Impaired and Disabled
Aaron Worsham: Why Geeks Love Wood
Devon Persing: Ambient Librarianship, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Job
Linda Diane Feldt: There is a free lunch - and twitter helps to find it.
Carl Wright: How to spin a rope
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Jack Zaientz: The Silver Age of American Jewish Music is Happening Now! And Why We're Missing It.
Garrett Scott: Rosicrucian Barber-Orators, Humanist Doodles, and a Bible Dictionary amid the Cherokee.
Brenda E. Bentley: These Buns are Made for Walking
Bill Van Loo: Are our kids technologically literate?
Peggy Daub: What was Galileo thinking about 400 years ago today?
Aaron Santos: How Many Licks Does It Take?
Angela Kujava: The Uprising Behind the Robot Store or, Why One-On-One Attention is Crucial for our Students.
David Bloom: Why Sex Is Great

]]> Ignite Ann Arbor #2 on Nov. 2nd! tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.246 2009-10-09T12:05:31Z 2009-10-09T13:45:58Z Ignite Ann Arbor #2 will be Monday Nov. 2nd at Blau Auditorium! Ryan Burns http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=64 Ignite Ann Arbor #2 will be held at Blau Auditorium on Nov 2nd, at 7pm! Doors open for RSVP holders at 6:15, doors open for walkups at 6:45pm.

We're excited to be holding our second Ignite and it will be bigger and better than the last! Come check it out, and expect the program to be announced next week!

]]> Ignite Ann Arbor 1 tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.151 2009-06-23T18:27:57Z 2009-06-23T19:00:23Z Ignite Ann Arbor is holding our first event on Tuesday June 30th at 7pm. A program of exciting speakers is lined up to talk about everything from acquiring skills for art projects to real time NOAA imagery reception at home. Ryan Burns http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=64 Ignite Ann Arbor 1 is being held on Tuesday June 30th at 7pm, at The Neutral Zone. Check out all the information at igniteannarbor.com, and you can RSVP at Eventbrite. We have an exciting line up of speakers including:

Dianne Marsh : Under-representation of Women in Computer Science: Why I care and why you should too

Eli Neiburger : Hacking your Library

Eric Jankowski : Why every second you spend not playing Go is wasted

Zach Steindler : Expensive Camping Gear? DIY!

Dave Askins : Ann Arbor Chronicle - From origins to the end of a teeter totter.

Heidi Kumao : Making Things Work: Acquiring New Skills for Art Projects

Aydin Akcasu : Wii Will Wii Will Rock You! !! !!!

James Deakins : Playing with balloons. How to make a near space balloon that collects data while it travels.

Kyle Mulka : The Many Uses of Twitter

Brad Boegler : Real-time NOAA weather satellite imagery reception from home

Bob Stack : Technical co-working. Economy, synergy and friendship

Laura Fisher : Keeping Things in Balance: Classic Visual Ratios

Brandon Dimcheff : Gittin' 'er done - What is Git and why should I use it?

Stefanie Murray : What's up with news in this town? Evolution of The Ann Arbor News and what's next

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