--- title: 'Ignite Portland was (insert your favorite fire-related metaphor here)' date: '2007-10-25T21:39:21-07:00' type: post word_count: 649 char_count: 4677 tokens: 844 categories: - Events - IgnitePDX - IgnitePortland - Oregon - Portland --- # Ignite Portland was (insert your favorite fire-related metaphor here) [Ignite Portland](http://www.igniteportland.com "Ignite Portland"), the Portland-flavored version of the [O’Reilly concept](http://ignite.oreilly.com/ "O'Reilly") designed to encourage the sharing of burning ideas in 5 minutes or less, just wrapped up. Held at the [Wieden+Kennedy](http://wk.com "Wieden+Kennedy") office in the Pearl, the [rumored-to-be-oversold](http://siliconflorist.com/2007/10/18/ignite-portland-running-into-fire-code-issues-or-ill-take-irony-for-500-alex/ "Ignite Portland running into fire code issues") attendance numbers—somewhat miraculously—proved to be [exactly the number of people allowed by the fire code](http://twitter.com/IgnitePortland/statuses/364865602 "Ignite Portland hits fire code exactly"). Go figure. Topics of the 18 presentations ranged from knitting to unicycling to chickens to turning Japanese. Rest assured, there was some geeky stuff, as well. Exit polls are looking very positive. Every presenter should be very proud. (I’m not going to call any favorites. But if you want to do so in the comments, I won’t stop you.) A heartfelt thanks to the organizers: [Josh Bancroft](http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com "Josh Bancroft"), [Dawn Foster](http://fastwonderblog.com "Dawn Foster"), [Todd Kenefsky](http://www.connectinteractivemedia.com/blog/ "Todd Kenefsky"), [Raven Zachary](http://rinzai.com "Raven Zachary"), and the bevy of other geeks and non-geeks who helped make this a reality. And an equally heartfelt thanks to [all of the presenters](http://www.igniteportland.com/2007/10/ignite-portland-agenda/ "Ignite Portland presenters") who made this whole thing incredibly interesting. If you missed the event, you can read the [Twitter stream](http://twitter.com/IgnitePortland "Ignite Portland on Twitter"), check the photos [by tag](http://flickr.com/photos/tags/igniteportland/ "Ignite Portland photos") or in the [Flickr group](http://www.flickr.com/groups/igniteportland/ "Flickr Ignite Portland "), wait patiently for the video to be uploaded, or you can read some of these recaps: - [Official Ignite Portland recap](http://www.igniteportland.com/ "Ignite Portland recap") (to be posted October 26) - [Thank you thank you thank you for making Ignite Portland a success](http://www.igniteportland.com/2007/10/thank-you-thank-you-thank-you-for-making-ignite-portland-a-success/ "Thank you thank you thank you for making Ignite Portland a success") - [Ignite Portland kicked ass](http://www.xocea.com/blog/?p=385 "Ignite Portland kicked ass") - [Ignite Portland event at W+K](http://seemikeblog.com/2007/10/26/ignite-portland-event-at-wk/ "Ignite Portland event at W+K") - [Cooling down after Ignite Portland](http://www.anotherblogger.com/2007/10/25/cooling-down-after-ignite-portland/ "Cooling down after Ignite Portland") - [Ignite and my bike](http://pennyforathought.org/2007/10/26/ignite-and-my-bike/ "Ignite and my bike") - [Adam DuVander: Slides and links from Ignite Portland](http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/slides-and-links-from-ignite-portland "Slides and links from Ignite Portland") - [I know more about Russell Davies than I do about my boss sitting across from me](http://www.slideshare.net/agencyaspen/i-know-more-about-russell-davies-than-i-do-about-my-boss-sitting-across-from-me-done-in-haiku-of-course "I know more about Russell Davies") - [For online Scrabble addicts](http://www.oleoptene.com/2007/10/25/for-online-scrabble-addicts/ "For online Scrabble adicts") - [Ignite: Stories and comments](http://www.mohdi.com/2007/10/26/ignite-stories-and-comments/ "Ignite stories and comments") - [Ignite Portland Wrap-up](http://www.metafluence.com/ignite-portland-wrap-up/ "Ignite Portland wrap-up") - [All fired-up in Portland](http://www.mycuriouslife.com/?p=81 "All fired-up in Portland") - [Ignite Portland debrief](http://www.techcraver.com/2007/10/26/ignite-portland-debrief/ "Ignite Portland debrief") - [Burning down Portland (kind of)](http://www.lastpodcast.net/2007/10/26/burning-down-portland-kind-of/ "Burning down Portland (kind of)") - [Ignite Portland: The Event](http://original-research.blogspot.com/2007/10/ignite-portland-event.html "Ignite Portland the event") Got a recap? Post it to the comments and I’ll make sure to add it to the list. (Personally, I got the chance to meet a bunch of the real-life versions of the avatars I see on a daily basis. To all of those folks, thank you so much. Great to see you. I know there were a bunch of people I missed, as well. And I’m truly sorry that we didn’t get the chance to meet.) The next event is planned for January. Hope to see you—and meet you—there.