Ignite Talks

The next Ignite Seattle is August 8th at the CHAC. The evening will be a combination of Half-Baked Dotcom and Ignite talks. This time we are doing something special and we’re going to have a contest amongst the speakers. Four speakers will get a chance to do their Ignite talks at Gnomedex, Chris Pirillo’s Seattle-based event. RSVP at Upcoming.

Talks submissions are due by today. Selections will be made by Wednesday. Here are the talks so far.

  1. Shawn Murphy – Hacking Chocolate
    Anybody can create interesting and new chocolates with some basic ingredients, imagination and a little technique.
  2. Deepak Singh – Small medicine: Nanotechnology and biology
    The start of the art in the applications of nanotechnology to healthcare and medicine
  3. Derek Gaw – uncluttring Amazon
    Amazon’s experience is often criticized for being too cluttered. I decided to see what I could do to clean it up.
  4. Sarah Schacht – Run the Government: A Primer for Online Citizens
    Web 2.0 has been around for a few years. US democracy-over 200. On/offline best practices & tools for citizen’s activism
  5. Elan Lee – My Clothes Tell Secrets
    Examples of storytelling and entertainment embedded in the fabric of the clothes we wear.
  6. Brian Dorsey – An embarrassment of riches – the story of Noonhat
    We live in amazing times. Individuals and small groups can build small things with big effects. Even working part time.
  7. Dave McClure – Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
    A simple 5-step model for measuring startup success: 1) Acquisition 2) Activation 3) Retention 4) Referral 5) Revenue
  8. Rob Gruhl – How to buy a new car
    Get your next new car for the best price.
  9. Beth Goza – Is 2008 the year the “Third Screen” takes center stage?
    With the iPhone release and Google taking a look at mobile search, it’s clear that the 3rd screen is on everyone’s radar
  10. Scotto Moore – Make Art Not Content
    A whirlwind examination of the impact that digital media has had on culture’s conception of art and artists.
  11. Leo Dirac – Venture Capital Term Sheets
    An intro to how the money gets split up when a venture capital backed startup gets bought or goes public.
  12. Maegan Ashworth – No, not skin: Epidemiology for the layman
    Some basic epidemiologic concepts that can help you evaluate biomedical reporting in the popular press.

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