Ignite tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2008-12-13://2 2009-10-16T14:29:26Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en Ignite Boston 6 Videos Uploaded tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.250 2009-10-15T20:52:52Z 2009-10-16T14:29:26Z The Videos from Ignite Boston 6 are posted. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7

The videos are posted!


Thank you all who made Ignite Boston 6 another successful event. And a special thanks to the speakers below who gave some fantastic talks and to Fidelity Center for Advanced Technology for hosting the event and making such high quality videos. As you can see, literally this time you can see, the video and audio quality is great. Please enjoy, and we look forward to seeing you all at Ignite Boston 7, sometime during the first week of March.

Talk #1 Ezra Glen

Talk #2 Julie LeMoine

Talk #3 Clay Ward

Talk #4 Joshua Robin

Talk #5 Andrew Odewahn

Talk #6 Michael de la Maza

Talk #7 Dan Keldsen

Talk #8 Jeff Potter

Talk #9 Ari Herzog

Talk #10 Michael Troiano

Talk #11 Joshua Wachman

Talk #12 Joseph Porcelli

Talk #13 Kurt Keville

Talk #14 Tom Tullis

Talk #15 Mok Oh

Talk #16 Brian Bozutto

Talk #17 Rick Borovoy

Talk #18 Pierre Assayag

Talk #19 William Crawford

Talk #20 Wayne Kurtzman

Talk #K1 Karaoke 01

Talk #K2 Karaoke 02

]]> Ignite Boston 6 Speaker List tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.211 2009-09-11T19:07:11Z 2009-09-18T18:27:06Z This is the speaker list for our upcoming Ignite Boston 6. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7 photos-audience.jpg

Here are the Ignite Boston 6 Talks slated for September 17th at the Fidelity Center for Advanced Technology. Stay tuned for more about the event. We will be posting more information on how you will get into the event.

Glenn Ezra Urban Planning for the Rest of Us
Julie LeMoine Harnessing Virtual Worlds
Clay Ward ProcrasDonate vs TimeWellSpent, you kinda need our service.
Joshua Robin Opening Massachusetts Transportation Data
Andrew Odewahn Visualizing the U.S. Senate Social Graph, 1991 - Present
Michael de la Maza What is the Source of Human Happiness?
Dan Keldsen Get your innovation on - "minds on"
Jeff Potter Cooking For Geeks: Supertasting
Ari Herzog The Future Is Here--or Is It?
Michael Troiano Scalable Intimacy
Joshua Wachman Smart Medication Packaging
Joseph Porcelli Get your Neighbor On!
Kurt Keville Solar-Powered Supercomputing
Tom Tullis Are People Drawn to Faces on Webpages?
Mok Oh 2D, 3D,... 2.5D?
Brian Bozzuto Irrational Loss Aversion
Rick Borovoy, Ph.D. Active Listening vs. Active Ignorance
Pierre-Loic Assayag The Emergence of Collaborative Marketing
William Crawford Clickframes: Design to Deploy in 5 Minutes
Wayne Kurtzman What's Next in Analytics

]]> Ignite Boston 6 - September 17 tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.182 2009-08-13T14:30:44Z 2009-08-18T21:21:26Z The sixth Ignite Boston will be Thursday, September 17, from 6pm to 9pm at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology next to the South Station and on the Red Line. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7 Since there is limited space at the venue, you must RSVP here to have a good chance to attend. By RSVPing you will also have the chance to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing. You must be present to win. There will likely be other items like tee-shirts and other promo items for those who alert us ahead that they plan to attend. If you plan to attend, and do not RSVP you will be put in the 'wait-list' queue.

From 5:30 the lines to get in will form to facilitate entry into the building. A check in process will begin once the doors are opened and you will be escorted to the auditorium, please bring photo ID for building Security. From then on, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff we'll move on to the select keynote. Then, onto the lightning talks.

We will be posting all of the talks as soon as we have a list of all speakers. If you would like to speak, please go here http://bit.ly/2DVkPx and enter a talk. All talks will be recorded and submitted for select viewing on O'Reilly Radar and at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology.

We hope to see you on the 17th.]]> Ignite Boston 5 Wrap-Up & Videos tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.92 2009-02-26T16:01:35Z 2009-02-26T16:16:47Z

We'd like to thank all of you who attended Ignite Boston 5, Google for sponsoring the event, and to all the speakers who made this an excellent evening with some great talks. Our next Ignite Boston 6 will likely be on May 21st at a much larger venue so we can accommodate the more than 650 RSVPs that we received. Stay tuned and we will announce the venue name and location in the next month or so. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7 We'd like to thank all of you who attended Ignite Boston 5, Google for sponsoring the event, and to all the speakers who made this an excellent evening with some great talks. Our next Ignite Boston 6 will likely be on May 21st at a much larger venue so we can accommodate the more than 650 RSVPs that we received. Stay tuned and we will announce the venue name and location in the next month or so.]]> Here are the videos of the presenters. I must apologize beforehand that the video is too dark and the audio is mono. If any of you know of anyone who would volunteer to do the A/V for the next Ignite, please have them send me email. We have a HD Camera, but need someone who knows lighting, acoustics, and whatever else it takes to make a better quality video.
Speaker Video [.mov]
David Stephenson -- Democratizing Data Video

Jake Buckley-Fortin -- Democracy at Work - True Tales of Enlightened Workplaces 
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Ari Herzog -- Reinventing the town commons - online Video
Brian Olsen -- Impartial Redistricting
 
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Mac Cowell -- bioHacking
 
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Raffi Krikorian -- Broken Hearts: How Valentine's Day Causes Global Warming 
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Jason Morrison -- SmartLab: geek out with multi-touch, computer vision, lab science 
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Stuart Brorson -- Hardware design and the gEDA Project 
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Thomas Edwards -- Love in 140 Characters
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Mike Toriano -- The Opportunity for Brands in Social Media 
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Joan DiMicco -- Beehive: An experiment with social networking behind the firewall
 
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Rick Borovoy -- What I Learned from Blowing $30M >6 Years Building Networked Biz
 
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Jack Daniel -- Hackers for Charity
 
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Jonathan Follett -- Getting Back on Track: Saving Derailed Projects
 
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Michael de la Maza -- Soft Skills for Geeks 
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Jay Neely -- Is Social Media Bullshit?
 
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]]> Ignite Boston 5 -- This Thursday tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.77 2009-02-10T21:05:11Z 2009-02-11T00:23:41Z Ignite Boston 5 - This Thursday. Come join us! Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7
Sponsored by:

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We are looking forward to seeing the Ignite Boston crowd for a fifth time this Thursday, 2/12. Plan to arrive early--if you do not want to wait to get in--and grab a beer before the event starts. Google is graciously sponsoring the event, so there will be a free drink for all.

Below is the schedule and list of talks.

5:00 - 5:40 Socialize and get into the venue

5:40 - Opening remarks

5:45 Keynote: Democratizing Data, David Stephenson, 20 mins

Talks, 5 mins each:

6:10 Democracy at Work - True Tales of Enlightened Workplaces

6:15 Reinventing the town commons - online

6:20 Impartial Redistricting

6:25 A new kind of hackerspace

6:30 biohacking

6:35 Broken Hearts: How Valentine's Day Causes Global Warming

6:40 SmartLab: geek out with multi-touch, computer vision, lab science

6:45 Hardware design and the gEDA Project

Break ~20 minutes

7:05 Love in 140 Characters

7:10 The Opportunity for Brands in Social Media

7:15 Beehive: An experiment with social networking behind the firewall

7:20 What I Learned from Blowing $30M >6 Years Building Networked Biz

7:25 Hackers for Charity

7:30 Getting Back on Track: Saving Derailed Projects

7:35 Friendependence

7:40 Soft Skills for Geeks

7:45 Is Social Media Bullshit?

]]> Ignite Boston 5 tag:ignite.oreilly.com,2009://2.65 2009-01-13T22:14:48Z 2009-01-13T22:28:05Z Ignite Boston 5 - February 12th -- Hooley House Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7 Thumbnail image for Ignite5_Boston.jpg

The fifth Ignite Boston will be Thursday, February 12, from 5pm to 9pm at The Hooley House in the Faneuil Hall area of Boston.

There is no cover charge or any sort of fee. The event is free as in 'Free Beer'.

Since there is limited space at the Hooley House, you must RSVP here to secure a chance to attend. By RSVPing you will also have the chance to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing. You must be present to win. There will likely be other items like tee-shirts and other promo items for those who alert us ahead that they plan to attend.

From 5-5:45 pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff, on to the select keynotes. Then, onto the lightening talks.

We will be posting the talks as soon as we have a list of all speakers. If you would like to speak, please go here and enter a talk. We hope to see you at the Hooley House Thursday evening February 12.

]]> Ignite Boston 4 tag:72.34.60.160,2008:/ignite//2.38 2008-08-17T13:29:49Z 2008-12-05T02:14:35Z The fourth Ignite Boston will be on Thursday, September 11, from 6 to 10pm at the Hooley House, one block from Faneuil Hall in Boston, MA. This is a larger venue, so the acoustics will be better than our last event and there will be room to sit, stand and mingle. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7 The fourth Ignite Boston will be on Thursday, September 11, from 6 to 10pm at the Hooley House, one block from Faneuil Hall in Boston, MA. This is a larger venue, so the acoustics will be better than our last event and there will be room to sit, stand and mingle.

From 6:00-6:45 pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs (Friends of O'Reilly), alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff, we'll have a couple of special keynote presentations to kick off our Ignite talks. Then, on to guest speakers who'll catch you up on the cool, new, innovative stuff going on in technology today. Don't blink or you'll miss their lightning-fast, five-minute presentations. During intermissions, get a cold beer and chat with speakers, sponsors, and O'Reilly's own editors. Join us Thursday, September 11th, for a fun, energetic evening of talking, learning, collaborating and drinking!

Check out the events and activities of our previous Ignite events. RSVP if you plan to attend by emailing IgniteBoston at oreilly dot com. This will also enter you in a contest to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing. You must be present to win. There will likely be other items like tee-shirts and other promo items for those who alert us ahead that they plan to attend.

Ignite is a user-generated event. If you're interested in speaking, then submit a proposal for consideration.

Presentations must:

  • Be no longer than 5 minutes
  • Be on an innovative topic (no sales pitches, please!)
  • Be viewable on a PC [a MacBook Pro with Powerpoint and Keynote, and PDF] with standard AV equipment
  • Did we mention, no Sales Pitches.

    For anyone that's never been to Ignite, you may find it useful to see a talk or two. Here's a link to a few good examples from Ignite Boston 3.

    ]]> Ignite Boston 3 - Next Week tag:72.34.60.160,2008:/ignite//2.46 2008-05-22T19:03:21Z 2008-12-05T02:22:27Z The third Ignite Boston will be next week - Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 10pm at Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. There is no cover charge or any sort of fee. The event is free as in 'Free Beer'. In fact, Microsoft is sponsoring the night and there will be a free beer for those of you who check in when you get there. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7 Sponsored by:       
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    The third Ignite Boston will be next week - Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 10pm at Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. There is no cover charge or any sort of fee. The event is free as in 'Free Beer'. In fact, Microsoft is sponsoring the night and there will be a free beer for those of you who check in when you get there.

    RSVP If you plan to attend, email IgniteBoston at oreilly dot com for the chance to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing. You must be present to win. There will likely be other items like tee-shirts and other promo items for those who alert us ahead that they plan to attend.

    From 6-6:45 pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff, we'll have a couple of special keynotes by Jonathan Zdziarski and John Viega to kick off our Ignite talks. Then, onto the lightening talks where our speakers will catch you up on the cool, new, innovative stuff going on in local technology today. During intermissions, get a cold beer and chat with speakers, sponsors, and O’Reilly’s own editors. Join us Thursday, May 29, for a fun, energetic evening of talking, learning, collaborating and drinking!

    In addition to the two keynotes, here are the talks we have on tap for the evening. They are in no particular order yet.










































    Firstname Lastname Talk Url
    Fish Fishman Stage Magic in virtual worlds www.fishthemagish.net
    Paul Oka Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope (WWT) www.worldwidetelescope.org
    Mackenzie Cowell DIY-biology diybio.org
    Juhan Sonin Interface Design Tenets for Beautiful Design
    Benjamin Mako Hill Voting Machinery for the Masses selectricity.org
    Polychronis Ypodimatopoulos Friend discovery and file sharing in downtown Boston cerebro.mit.edu
    Shava Nerad Machinimeconomics oddfellowstudios.com
    Clark Freifeld HealthMap: Automated disease outbreak monitoring healthmap.org
    Joe Cascio Distributed Twitter peeps.3greeneggs.com/joecblog/?p=6
    Jeff Whatcott The Open Source Marketing Checklist
    Jesse Vincent Web 2.0 is Sharecropping
    Brian Balfour Digital Goods, The Future of Online Communities
    Alexander Wissner-Gross The environmental footprint of a website www.co2stats.com
    Patrick Haney Kickballin' & Parallaxin' patrickhaney.com/presents/parallaxin
    Colin Britton Free (as in beer) pictures, videos, stories www.freefoto.com
    Andrei Kersha Telepresence robots on a budget Ð practical guide to building ones that do not suck


    We hope to see you at Tommy Doyles next Thursday evening.

    ]]>     Ignite Boston 3 tag:72.34.60.160,2008:/ignite//2.49 2008-05-06T20:35:30Z 2008-12-05T02:23:31Z The third Ignite Boston will be on Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 10pm at Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. This time, we're using two floors at Tommy Doyle's, so the acoustics will be better than our first event there. Mike Hendricksson http://ignite.oreilly.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=2&id=7
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    The third Ignite Boston will be on Thursday, May 29, from 6 to 10pm at Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. This time, we're using two floors at Tommy Doyle's, so the acoustics will be better than our first event there. From 6-6:45 pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. After the mingling and social stuff, we'll have a couple of special keynote presentations by Jonathan Zdziarski of iPhone notoriety and John Viega of Security notoriety to kick off our Ignite talks. Then, onto guest speakers who'll catch you up on the cool, new, innovative stuff going on in technology today. Don’t blink or you’ll miss their lightning-fast, five-minute presentations. During intermissions, get a cold beer and chat with speakers, sponsors, and O’Reilly’s own editors. Join us Thursday, May 29, for a fun, energetic evening of talking, learning, collaborating and drinking!


    Check out the events and activities of previous our Ignite events.

    RSVP
    If you plan to attend, email IgniteBoston at oreilly dot com for the chance to win $300 worth of O'Reilly books of your choosing. You must be present to win. There will likely be other items like tee-shirts and other promo items for those who alert us ahead that they plan to attend.

    Presentation Guidelines
    Ignite is a user-generated event. If you’re interested in speaking, then submit a proposal for consideration.

    Presentations must:

    • Be no longer than 5 minutes
    • Be on an innovative topic (no sales pitches, please!)
    • Be viewable on a PC [a MacBook Pro with Powerpoint and Keynote, and PDF] with standard AV equipment
    • Did we mention, no Sales Pitches.

    For anyone that's never been to Ignite, you may find it useful to see a talk or two. Here's a link to a few good examples from the Seattle ignite talks.

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