January 30th, 2009
Ignite Portland 5: And the presenters are…
Ooh. We’re getting close now. The Ignite Portland team just announced the lucky people who get to deliver presentations for Ignite Portland 5.
So who gets to spend a nerve-wracking and seemingly interminable five minutes on stage? Here are our latest victims presenters:
- Jim Ayala – The Universe Story
- Selena Deckelmann – How to kill three chickens in three years
- Dr. Jayson Falkner – Science. It works, bitches. DNA Edition.
- Kate “The Great” Folsom – the basics of writing good shit that people enjoy reading
- Sarah Gilbert – Hacking life with kids, but without a car
- Pete Grillo – Omelettes: Winners and Losers
- Aaron Hockley – Reading the Fine Print: You Gave Yourself Away
- Tara Horn – How to be a Refugee: Several not-so-easy steps from oppression to resettlement
- Jerry Ketel – How to know if you are a Narcissist.
- John Metta – How to creatively destroy pesky, non-moneymaking community efforts
- Bram Pitoyo – The Secret History of Fonts You May Not Know Before
- Isaac Potoczny-Jones – Open, Mobile, and Linux: A basic introduction to Android G1 development
- Russell Senior – Why Publicly Owned Fiber is the Answer to our Broadband Needs
- Chris Sullivan – Ham Radio: It’s not about talking to pork products (but we’re working on that)
- Damin Tarlow – If we want to change our environmental impact, forget the cars we need to fix our buildings
- A. L. Venable – Fashion! Music! Intrigue!: Why You Should Be Riding the Bus
- J-P Voillequé – Not your grandma’s game: Why you should be playing bridge.
Now is also a good time to remind you that tickets will be going “on sale” on February 5.
Congratulations to all those selected! I’m looking forward to seeing you on stage, dazzling 500+ of your closest friends with your burning ideas.
