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Ignite Portland wrap up

Well, Ignite Portland is over and was a complete success. I had a great time listening to the diverse presentations, which included topics ranging from unicycling, life saving chickens, romantic text tips, and emergence. It was an honor to share the stage with so many talented presenters. The Ignite Portland organizers recorded the event and will be posting their coverage as soon as it is available. Here are links you can use to stay on top of the post-event coverage:

• Silicon Florist’s round up of Ignite Portland wrap up info (most comprehensive coverage in one-stop)
• Video of the Ignite Portland presentations
• Twitter stream
• Flickr group and tag

I think what made this event so successful was that it was a room full of geeks largely discussing non-tech subjects. It was great to feel a connection to a group I commonly associate with outside of the subject that binds us. Apparently they plan to make this a quarterly event, so stay tuned for details about upcoming Ignite Portlands.

My presentation brought the geeky back. I made a request to create a decentralized social network. I had several people come up to me after the event expressing interest in working on the pieces required to convert the blogosphere into a decentralized social network. That was very exciting! I’ll do another post about the contents of my presentation with some ways to get involved and links to the work that is already happening. In the mean time, if you are interested in following or contributing to the work, use the tag yasnet.