The crowd at Ignite 24 thought they were going to hear “A Geek’s Guide to Wedding Planning.” Instead, they all attended the lightning fast surprise wedding of Teresa and Noah, who met at an Ignite years ago. Congratulations, guys!
Noah thinks about data visualization and user experience. And bicycles. Teresa sings — really well — and is also known as songwriter Tae Phoenix.
Nonprofit boards are amazing, efficient organizations that do nothing that serve their mission. Or not. At Ignite 24, Karen Anderson tells the real story.
“You’re successful, energetic, organized and full of great ideas. You’ve volunteered and donated to a nonprofit with a mission you really care about. But…there are a few questions you’ll want to get answered before you commit to serving on their board of directors.”
Karen G. Anderson writes and designs online content for a wide range of companies and organizations. She is the current chair of the board for the Clarion West Writers Workshop and the past president of the board of Northwest Folklife.
What happens when you take geeks outdoors? David Hulton shared the history of hacker camps at Ignite 24.
“This talk covers the brief history of Hacker Camps, why the community they create is so special and unique compared to other tech conferences, and share a little bit about the US hacker camp, ToorCamp, that happens every 2 years in Seattle’s back yard.”
Since the late 90’s David Hulton has been organizing the ToorCon line of hacker conferences ranging from events at convention centers, night clubs, beach resorts, missile silos, and recently Antarctica. He also co-owns and baristas at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe and in his full time breaks unbreakable crypto with FPGAs.
Seattle singer-songwriter Tae Phoenix walks the audience through how she takes a song from inspiration to finished product.
Tae Phoenix is a singer-songwriter living and playing in Seattle, WA. You can find out where she’s playing live and listen to her music at www.taephoenix.com
What exactly *is* introversion? It’s commonly misunderstood as shyness or a misanthropic desire to be left alone. Many extroverts mistakenly assume that introverts hate them. And that’s simply not true (well, most of the time). And many introverts think that there’s something wrong with themselves, something broken that they can’t seem to fix. And that’s not true, either.
We can do better. In this talk from Ignite Seattle 19, Jonathon Colman dishes on what introversion is, what it isn’t, and specific tactics to hack ourselves and our interactions with others in order to survive in our extroverted world.
Jonathon Colman is a content strategist, SEO & Internet marketer, speaker, and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer living (and drinking coffee) in Seattle, Washington. For over 15 years he’s helped people and organizations build, find, and use the best stuff on the Web.
You can reach him at www.jonathoncolman.org.
Are you a geek? An Introvert? Afraid of the crowds? Not sure what they will make of you? But you still want to connect with people? Then you want to play: NETWORKING, The Role Playing Game.
On your very first dungeon/networking event you can go out and:
If you apply all the skills you honed with years of playing: D&D, GammaWorld, Top Secret, etc., you will find that networking is just another great RPG except the characters are really well developed and the GameMaster is not so scary. Let’s go out and play!
Adam Philipp (@MyPatents) is tech-savvy patent attorney and the founder of ÆON Law (), a high tech IP law firm in Seattle. Adam has a penchant for connecting with the tech community and does not hide his love of meeting smart people. He can usually be picked out at events as the lawyer with the glowing name badge.
Toddlers run and run and run like crazy. Adults, not so much.
Josh Maher explains why we grown-ups should give running – particularly barefoot running – another go.
Was he wearing those wacky toe shoes while giving his talk? Heck yeah he was.
It’s a big country that’s getting bigger – socially, politically and commercially. But how well do you know your China?
In this talk, Lois Wang shares her theories about this culture on the other side of the world, and how to use some principles of consumer psychology to – and I quote – “sell them anything.”
Being deaf, it turns out, helps you see things others don’t.
Alex Alviar was born deaf and has lived much of his life with a cochlear implant. In this talk, he shares how he engages the world, how the world reacts, and the unexpected things his senses have shown him.
“It’s like having a secret superpower that no one’s really aware of and that I can’t fully control, sometimes for the worse but usually for the better.”
Prepare to never see deafness the same way again …
Dawn Hemminger‘s story began with a great idea to create a beautiful, safe and sustainable green space in her East Ballard neighborhood. This idea is no different than any one you may have that could enrich your life and the lives of those in your community. This talk proposes that the difference between just having an idea and turning it into reality depends on your success in following 6 key steps:
Dawn’s community has grown the 14th Ave NW Park from a scribble on a napkin to a $2.9 Million funded reality with plans to break ground this year. If her experience can help you avoid any pitfalls or speed your progress, then this talk will have done its job.
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