Ignite Seattle 6 is tonight, Wednesday 4/29, at the King Cat Theatre. Ignite Seattle is free. We've got a great line-up of speakers. Here's the evening's schedule:


7PM - Doors Open


7:30 PM - Paper Tower Contest Begins - Build the tallest tower you can out of just 5 sheets of paper and tape (See Details)


8:30 - First Set of Talks

• Hillel Cooperman (@hillel) - The Secret Underground World of Lego


• Dawn Rutherford (@dawnoftheread) - Public Library Hacking


• Roy Leban (@royleban) - Worst Case User Experience: Alzheimer's


• Shelly Farnham (@ShellyShelly) Community Genius: Leveraging Community to Increase your Creative Powers


• Dominic Muren (@dmuren) - Humblefacturing a Sustainable Electronic Future


• Jen Zug (@jenzug) - The Sanity Hacks of a Stay At Home Mom


• Ken Beegle (@kbeegle) - Decoding Sticks and Waves


• Maya Bisineer (@thinkmaya) - Geek Girl - A life Story


• Scott Berkun (Scottberkun.com)- How and Why to Give an Ignite Talk

• Scotto Moore (Scotto.org)- Intangible Method


• Secret Guest Speaker from Ignite Portland


• Mike Tykka - The Invention of the Wheel


• Jason Preston (@Jasonp107) - Goodbye Tolstoy: How to say anything in 140 characters or less


• Chris DiBona (@cdibona) - The Coolness of Telemedicine


• Ron Burk - The Psychology of Incompetence


• Katherine Hernandez (@ipodtouchgirl) - The Mac Spy


• Jamie Gower JamieGower.com) - I Am %0.0002 Cyborg


• Beth Goza (@bethgo) - Knitting in Code

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Hydrogen and Helium are the most common (and lightest) elements in the universe. Science comedian Brian Malow tells their story from the Big Bang to the Helium capitol of the world in Texas. This was filmed at Ignite SF. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Ignite Boulder is back April 29th with a bigger venue and speakers so sharp they cut with their words.

The original run of tickets sold out in five minutes, the larger venue is just holding itself against the demand for tickets, get yours quick here!

-Andrew

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A katana (commonly called a samurai sword) is a marvel of art and technology. In this week's Ignite Episode, Jonathan Kahan walks us through its creation and usage. This was filmed at Ignite NYC 3. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The katana is made of steel that's been folded up to 20x which produces hundreds of thousands of layers. To function as a sword the blade needs to be able to hold an edge, but also be flexible. This is achieved through the quenching process where clay is used to form the two types of steel necessary. The work of art is then polished to bee as smooth and reflective as glass. Jonathan walks us through the process.

This week the show is introduced by Andrew Hyde of Ignite Boulder and Techstars. The next Ignite Boulder is 4/29.

The Ignite Show will feature a different speaker every Tuesday for free. It's available on YouTube (user: Ignite), on our Ignite site and via iTunes. It is being released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Hey all!

Ignite Lansing is tonight! The event will be hosted at the East Lansing Technology Innovation Center in East Lansing, MI.
We are excited to be taking the plunge and exposing this world to the state of Michigan for the first time!

Ignite Denver 3 is a go!

We'll be kicking it at the Irish Snug in Denver! If you're in town come check out what Denver has to offer!

May 13th, 2009
6pm doors open!

RSVP Here.

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Much is made about how the news industry has to change because of the internet. Not as much is said about the other side of the coin: how we, the consumers, can change. Monica Guzman (@moniguzman), a reporter for the Seattle PI, talks about what it's like to be a journalist now.

Monica is the founding reporter for the Big Blog and in many ways has been the PI's leading online persona. She's had a couple of years to figure out how online readers can add or detract from the news experience and she shares that in her talk.

Thanks to Chris, Ponzi, Gnomedex and YummyPorky for the video footage.

The Ignite Show will feature a different speaker every Tuesday for free. It's available on YouTube (user: Ignite), on our Ignite site and via iTunes. It is being released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

We had so much fun at the first Ignite Sydney that we had to do it again.

Ignite Sydney 2 will be coming to the Burdekin Hotel on the 14th May, 2009.

register at www.IgniteSydney.com

The inaugural Ignite Anchorage event will be held at the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum on Thursday, May 7 from 6-10 PM. The Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum was established to preserve and display the rich aviation history of Alaska and it is a popular destination for tourists, school groups and aviation buffs. Its three hangars display over thirty historical aircraft and countless aviation artifacts and memorabilia. The hangars are also often used to host special events like Ignite Anchorage.

Scott McMurren of Alaska TravelGram deserves special thanks for making the arrangements for the Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum to be opened up to host the premiere of Ignite Anchorage. Visit Scott's web site or follow him on Twitter @alaskatravelgrm / @zoom907 and let him know how much we appreciate his efforts.

Join us for for IgniteAnchorage:

Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum

4721 Aircraft Drive [Google map]

Thursday May 7th from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. [add to my calendar]

The first ever Ignite Minneapolis event is right around the corner and we couldn't be more excited! We've got a full slate of presenters, some great sponsors and a killer location - Solera in downtown Minneapolis.

Please visit ignitempls.org for more information.

Ignite is coming to Fort Collins, Colorado on May 28, 2009!

Ignite is a night of presentations on a variety of topics, with a twist. Each presentation has 20 slides that automatically advance after 15 seconds. It is a worldwide movement. View sample presentations from other events around the world here.

We're bringing geeks, designers, and hipsters together for a night of beer drinking and fun.

Vote for topics, or Submit your talk:
https://ignitefortcollins.uservoice.com

There will be 14 presentations with an intermission. Six presentations will be selected based on user voting.

We are actively soliciting presenters. Want to give a talk? (We know you do!)
Submit your title and description here:
https://ignitefortcollins.uservoice.com
To submit a topic you must first sign up with Uservoice:
https://ignitefortcollins.uservoice.com/users/new

Tickets go on sale at 9:25 AM on Wednesday, May 13.
Tickets are required but are free, as in free beer. The first keg is on us, after that a cash beer bar will be open. The event is expected to sell out, so mark your calendar...
Get tickets here

Event location:
Drake Centre
802 West Drake Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526
[map]

Doors open at 6 PM. Presentations at 7 PM. Get there early.

The top three talk titles based on your votes so far:

The next Ignite Orlando event will be held on Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 at Slingapours in downtown Orlando. The same location as our last event. Please vist our website for more information www.igniteorlando.com. This event is hosted by Dan Kinchen.

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This week's Ignite episode starts with the simple premise that you are going to boil water. However we're going to attempt it via our own nuclear reactor. Using just 20 slides nuclear engineer Vanessa Holfeltz walks us through the steps of building our very own.

The steps are:
1) Get some uranium. Don't worry you can get that from the dirt in your backyard.
2) Enrich that uranium. The catch is that most of that Uranium is U238 and you have to sperate it fro the more valuable U235. It's hard and expensive to do -- after all Uranium 235 only weighs 3 neutrons more.
3) Make fuel pellets from the Uranium. You do this with lots and lots of Uranium 235.
4) Build a nuclear power reactor. If you don't already have your own you should expect some red tape.
5) Fission. You fire neutrons at the Uranium 235 and that ultimately generates heat.

Result: Heat to boil water
Bonus Step: Use the steam to power your home.

You can learn more on HowStuffWorks and Wikipedia. Thanks to Chris, Ponzi and Gnomedex for the video footage.

The Ignite Show will feature a different speaker every Tuesday for free. It's available on YouTube (user: Ignite), on our Ignite site and via iTunes. It is being released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The format of Ignite is 20 slides that auto-advance after 15 seconds. When you are on stage giving an Ignite talk this can be quite exhilarating (sometimes terrifying). The added adrenalin really adds to the presentation and I think that will come through on the small screen.

Ignite has spread to over 20 cities in the past two years. We want to highlight speakers from around the world with the show. If your town or city has lots of geeks throw an Ignite to bring them together!

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In the 1800s cities used pneumatic tubes to transfer physical documents. Of course with the internet we no longer need these long tunnels, but that doesn't mean that they aren't fun to learn about how these old systems are similar to the internet. Molly Wright Steenson gave a great talk about how these systems worked and what was state of the art in the 1800's.

The Smithsonian National Postal Museum has more information on the US's system. About.com has a page devoted to pneumatic technology of days long gone too.

The Ignite Show will feature a different speaker every Tuesday for free. It's available on YouTube (user: Ignite), on our Ignite site and via iTunes. It is being released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The format of Ignite is 20 slides that auto-advance after 15 seconds. When you are on stage giving an Ignite talk this can be quite exhilarating (sometimes terrifying). The added adrenalin really adds to the presentation and I think that will come through on the small screen.

Ignite has spread to over 20 cities in the past two years. We want to highlight speakers from around the world with the show. If your town or city has lots of geeks throw an Ignite to bring them together!

Download the file.

Subscribe to this podcast series via iTunes. Or, visit the O'Reilly Media area at iTunes to find other podcasts from O'Reilly.

Dr. Jayson Falkner explains the latest in DNA Science, how its effected human evolution and what it's doing to our society. The title is a tribute to the classic XKCD cartoon "Science! It Works....".

The Ignite Show will feature a different speaker every Tuesday for free. It's available on YouTube (user: Ignite), on our Ignite site and via iTunes. It is being released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

The format of Ignite is 20 slides that auto-advance after 15 seconds. When you are on stage giving an Ignite talk this can be quite exhilarating (sometimes terrifying). The added adrenalin really adds to the presentation and I think that will come through on the small screen.

Ignite has spread to over 20 cities in the past two years. We want to highlight speakers from around the world with the show. If your town or city has lots of geeks throw an Ignite to bring them together!