Missed the Make event, but got to see all the Ask Later talks at the third edition of Ignite Seattle. As usual a ton of fun. In addition to the talks themselves, I am getting to know some people in the local geek community which is always nice, and have a colleague attend made it even more smashing.
There were some sound and light related issues today but as usual there were some fabulous talks. My favorite was the talk by Mark Novak, if for no other reason that he spoke faster than I did. But I enjoyed a bunch of them. The talk by Keith Schorsch of Peerwisdom was rather interesting and I had a chance to talk with him later. I’ve blogged a bit about Healthcare and search lately, and this was right along those lines. The GTD talk by Coe Roberts, the bee talk by Jordan Schwarz, the innovative talk on attention by Scott Berkun and Cary Coryell-Martin’s talk on Tuareg technology were also brilliant. The loudest ovation was reserved for Eric Nevala’s talk on IT in Iraq, and some of the challenges of maintaining a data intensive, mobile system in a tough environment. It was very personal and wonderfully presented, plus some of the pictures of the electrical wiring reminded me of similar situations back in India.
Anyway, can’t wait for the next Ignite, which will probably be sometime in July or August (although there are a bunch of “Ignites” at other events that Brady Forrest is involved with.
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