6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 340 Scheming isn't just for guys named Ponzi- anyone can get in on the fun! Learn what Bear & Stearns, spam, social security and health insurance all have in common with the business practices of a 19th century Italian Immigrant and how you can learn from their mistakes to perfect your own Ponzi scheme this summer! George Mandis is a web developer in Portland, OR. He's a fan of bicycle-based endeavors, guitars as objects and the music they make, obscure basketball statistics, snark, jogging, coffee roasting and abstract problem-solving. George Mandis 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://www.portlandwerewolf.com/ 05/17/2009 339 Villagers, did you know that our fair village is completely overrun with hairy, loathsome werewolves (also known as your fellow geeks)? My presentation will help you get involved with the defense of your village at your next local tech event. This is information no geek worth his or her 9 sided die should be without. Al Partridge is a villager who works by day as the Development Manager at ISITE Design and at night as one of the founders of Portland Werewolf. Al is not, nor has he ever been a member of a "Circle of Trust", copyrighted or otherwise. Al Partridge 210 ISITE Design | Portland Werewolf 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 338 Virinder Singh and Collin Whitehead are two professionals in the renewable energy industry. Virinder served as Co-Director at the Renewable Energy Policy Project in Washington, DC, where he managed to survive an hour-long, commercial free appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal (note: they don't screen the calls). He worked for 4.5 years at PacifiCorp on renewable energy and climate change issues. He has been a wind energy project developer and is now a consultant working on solar energy development, energy market analysis and community energy planning. Collin is a developer for the regional office of a clean energy developer beholden to nuclear France. He has marketed renewable energy for local utilities, worked in sustainability, and was interviewed for the Academy Award nominated film "Smartest Guys in the Room." When not finding fault with a carbon intensive lifestyle, he is a PBR drinking member of the Portland whitewater kayaking and cyclocross communities. Portland has to solve a rising problem. We want to reverse climate change. We need energy efficiency and renewable energy to reverse it. We want we to retrofit buildings to use energy more wisely, and we to put solar panels on them. We are stuff wind turbines into the Gorge, and into passes in the California coastal range. We now need to put power plants and transmission lines into other areas of rural America. We are starting to see a backlash. It’s coming from the left. The Kennedys don’t want to see wind turbines from their vacation home. Dianne Feinstein, a self-proclaimed advocate for clean energy, is now deciding to ban power plants in renewable-rich stretches of the Mojave, while at the same time supporting more aggressive renewable energy requirements for her state. Where do we put power plants in rural America? That’s the question that the left, land conservationists and clean energy wonks, have to answer. We haven’t had the conversation yet. It will be awkward and frustrating, and everyone needs to give something up. Elected leaders from the left aren’t starting the conversation. It’s up to us, in Portland, to begin the conversation about where to put renewable energy. Redwood hugger and lab dork: Clean energy is our issue, and it is Portland’s issue to lose. *P.S. We'll (try to) prove our assumptions above, but with the usual mix of burlesque and morris dancing. Virinder Singh and Collin Whitehead are two professionals in the renewable energy industry. Virinder served as Co-Director at the Renewable Energy Policy Project in Washington, DC, where he managed to survive an hour-long, commercial free appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. He worked for 4.5 years at PacifiCorp on renewable energy and climate change issues. He has been a wind energy project developer and is now a consultant working on solar energy development, energy market analysis and community energy planning. Collin is a developer for the regional office of a clean energy developer beholden to nuclear France. He has marketed renewable energy for local utilities, worked in sustainability, and was interviewed for the Academy Award nominated film "Smartest Guys in the Room." When not finding fault with a carbon intensive lifestyle, he is a PBR drinking member of the Portland whitewater kayaking and cyclocross communities. Virinder Singh 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://www.twitter.com/librarylady 05/17/2009 337 We used to trust experts to point out distinctions between influential art and pop crap, between people who touch our future and mere celebrity, between noise and news. Now, we are increasingly trusting ourselves to make these distinctions and find our own sources of enlightenment. Can democracy and culture thrive in an ever-more selective reality? Is there really wisdom in crowds or just a sinking to the lowest common denominator? Does it even matter? And is it nothing new? I have no answers, just a short farewell to disappearing gatekeepers of cultural discourse. As a librarian, I wonder where raw sources of history will eventually come from. As a designer, I delight in the creation of participatory information spaces. This is about my conflict. I am a user experience designer and professional librarian. I am constantly torn between playful surfaces and meaningful, relevant information that helps people live consciously and well. Eva Miller 209 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 336 Southern Gothic filmmaking concerns itself with the absurd, the grotesque, and the macabre. By utilizing the natural potency of the Naga pepper I will attempt to describe, to the best of my ability, how this form of abstractness is distant from our comfortable perspective of traditional narratives and invites a deeper inquiry into it's meaning. The pepper's natural effects will provide my perspective in conjunction with improvisational enlightenment to this style of film production. I am as God made me. Daniel T. Sears none 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://voilleque.com/ 05/17/2009 335 Thing One: What does Snoopy eat for breakfast? Thing Two: I don't know, what does Snoo- Thing One (interrupting): PANCAKES!!!!! Why is this funny? What is the context in which it could be funny, and can you get there without sleep deprivation or drugs? The answers are as follows: Because it is COMEDY GOLD; many contexts, but particularly ones in which the participants are unshackled from the normative conventions of discourse; yes, you can absolutely get there on pure air. Just ask Reid or Amy. The answer to the unasked question is thus: You want to cultivate a circumstance where this is funny because it is a sign that you're part of a highly functioning team. It is not a koan so much as a milepost - the point at which you became comfortable enough with your skin to be creative and make meaning happen with others. Pancakes, dude. Pancakes. Raised as a girl by a cabal of women in darkest Idaho, J-P knows the meaning of silly. Hoo boy, does he ever. To use Eva Schweber's phrase, he is currently an involuntary entrepreneur as well as (still) the director of Awesome at Extreme Arts & Sciences. J-P Voillequé 74 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://www.twitter.com/semaphoria 05/17/2009 334 Lesson #1 - doesn't matter how big your opponent is, if you tackle them around the knees they WILL fall down. Every little thing we do in life has the power to inform our future choices. Having managed to make a fruitful and satisfying career as a girl in technology, I'd like to share the wisdom that helped me get where I am in hopes that I can inspire others to kick ass. My own ass kicking skills were first developed as a hooker - front and center in the scrum (and no, i'm not talking about a development methodology). James Keller is a digital communications strategist and user experience evangelist. She has the best job in the world - having recently co-founded Small Society, a local agency who specializes in iPhone strategy and development. When not glued to her mobile device and/or laptop - she raises her kidbot, knits, longs for her mobile device and/or laptop, and plays in the dirt. james keller 208 small society 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 333 In the late 1990s I spoke with thousands of gap-toothed people about what their gap means to them and those around them. This is what they told me. I'm an experience designer with a background in design strategy, interaction design, information architecture, accordion music, kickball and homebrewing. Currently managing director of Sonic ID, a corporate identity consultancy in Portland and London. Noel Franus 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://getoffmylawn.reidab.com/ 05/17/2009 332 At the beginning of every Ignite Portland, you're told that once the show starts, it can't be stopped. We disagree. There are plenty of ways to stop Ignite Portland in its tracks. (Some of them are even legal!) Reid and Amye will take you on a whirlwind tour of show-stopping spectacles and mischief. If you haven't already met the disaster that is Reid and Amye (two separate people whose minds seem to be related), you're in for a treat. Reid Beels wanders around the Portland tech community, getting involved in far too many things. He's probably helped to organize an event that you've attended. By day (okay, actually late at night when no one is around to distract him) he writes ruby code and designs beautiful, functional experiences for the web. Amye Scavarda has lots of wonderful ideas about technology and people. This leads to involvement in community tech events around Portland. She also has all sorts of weird hobbies, like hot air ballooning. She believes in the NYTimes style guide and instead of finding her at miss amye on twitter, she's msamye. Reid and Amye 207 Chaotic Good 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 331 What unique properties are shared by bok choy and kohlrabi? What do they have to do with your sex life? I'll share what makes them, and eight other veggies, both uncommon and highly desirable. A budding foodie who spent her childhood in the Pacific Northwest and lived in Maui for high school and college, Jeanne enjoys consuming a variety of unusual vegetables. Jeanne Turner 147 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://www.semiosiscommunications.com/ 05/17/2009 330 Hockey and Portland have a lot in common - simple rules, water, speed, part time-ness, and beards, to name a few. At the same time, Portland has but one major league franchise and Tampa Bay Lightning, Phoenix Coyotes, and Atlanta Thrashers are for sale. Through presenting what makes hockey - the Canadian national sport...Portland loves Canada! - a great match with Portland, this talk will make a skillful, fast, and hard-hitting argument why our city needs an NHL franchise. Slides: Still shots from games accompanied by Tao Te Ching quotes. Exploring the intersections of marketing, community, sustainability and social media. Enjoying mountains, trail running, hockey, politics, guerrilla yardwork, life. Peter Korchnak 192 Semiosis Communications 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://www.cherrycitymusic.com/ 05/17/2009 329 According to Mayan prophecy, December 21, 2012 marks the beginning of the Age of Transition, where humans will have the opportunity to turn away from our materialistic values and choose once again to rely on our inner technologies. Western philosophers have added to this theory with predictions of the novelty of time progressing into infinity and the creation of a global social superorganism. This presentation will explain the validity of these predictions and how to successfully navigate through this transition AND keep your favorite manifestations of the Gregorian calendar and Cartesian coordinate system. I am an ad agency owner dedicated to changing the world through art and music while respecting the futility of suppressing the cosmic giggle. Ross Swartzendruber 139 Cherry City Music Festival 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://twitter.com/TheSquare 05/17/2009 328 Eight months ago, I was told to create a news broadcast without using the word "newscast." It was going to be called The Square Live @ 7, and it would be the flagship show for a new multimillion-dollar studio launching in the fall. Things change. From the location of the show to the content we generate every night, we've learned a lot about making compelling TV on the cheap in the midst of an industry crisis. Several of the lessons I'm considering for slides: 1. Be careful who you call "hipster" 2. There's no such thing as bad press 3. There's no such thing as over-confirmation 4. Hormones happen. Especially to pregnant co-workers 5. Some things are out of your control. Especially in a corporate divorce 6. Not everyone belongs on Twitter 7. Brain dumps are harder than they look Producer of KGW's Live @ 7 Aaron Weiss KGW 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 327 My grandmother killed herself after many days of telling my father and his siblings, "I may not be here when you get home from school." One day, it was the truth. My mother gave my four siblings and I food stamps to buy treats, and asked us to bring back as much change as possible, so she could use the remainder for whiskey. She'd get drunk enough so she wouldn't hear when my stepfather screamed at us for sins like sleeping in each others' rooms for comfort, or burned us with cigarettes. One memorable Father's Day, I had promised to bike to my in-laws' house with my oldest son, a 25-mile trip. By noon I was too drunk to stay upright on my bike. I'm trying to break free, but alcoholism is my birthright. Am I doomed to repeat the sins of my fathers, the sins of my forefathers? Am I bound by the sins of my mothers, the sins of my foremothers? The day after Ignite, I'll be mobilized in the Army Reserves, headed toward 15 months in Iraq. I hope this -- and my Ignite presentation -- will change me. I hope my son won't be doomed, too. born and raised in Oregon, my first time overseas was a honeymoon in Madrid with my wife, Sarah Gilbert, and our nine-month-old, Everett. the second time will be in the fall of 2009 when I go to Iraq as a reservist in the U.S. Army. I hope I can finally do something for my family to be proud of; I hope I can finally kick my addiction. jonathan hanson 206 dad @ cafemama 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 05/17/2009 326 Faster computers affect ALL areas of technology: The faster the computers we have, the faster we can design new products (cars, toasters… even better computers), the faster we can answer our biotech questions, the faster we can model and “change climate change”, the faster we can search for extra-terrestrials, the faster we can make new music, the faster… WELL EVERYTHING! Computers are doubling in performance every 18-24 months and this trend isn’t projected to end anytime soon. Plotted on a graph, this doubling is an “exponential curve”; unfortunately, human beings aren’t well adapted to seeing the implications of this type of accelerating change. E.g., did you know that we are projected to achieve human-brain-level computing (approximately 10 Peta-FLOPS) for less than $1000 by 2023 – and – we are projected to achieve computers whose raw computing power is EQUAL TO ALL HUMAN BRAINS ON THE PLANET in the 2040's. WHAT WILL THIS MEAN? What if your iPhone had the same raw “brain power” you did? What will it mean to have a computer smart enough to be able to read, understand and synthesize absolutely everything ever written by man? What if the computer could do that task IN JUST ONE SINGLE DAY? Welcome to what futurists have termed “The Singularity”: It is a time our technological progress occurs so rapidly, it’s impossible to imagine – let alone predict – the outcomes. This talk will define what the “Technological Singularity” is, will present the evidence of why it is happening and will (positively) excite the audience about its implications. Chris Fulmer is a computer and electrical engineer, free-thinker and life-long student. He has travelled the world extensively, managing teams to design and implement new computer-chip manufacturing processes. His other interest areas include psychology, cosmology, poker and the nature of unconditional happiness. Chris Fulmer 111 05/17/2009 6 05/17/2009 http://johnabbe.wagn.org/wagn/Shift_Happens 05/17/2009 325 A convincing response has emerged to the 10,000-year-old culture of domination, hierarchy and othering that apparently rules the world. We're already mainstream; it just hasn't been acknowledged yet, in part because people in one thread of the movement often don't see all of the other threads as part of a common cloth. So we'll begin with the question, "What do a wiki geek and someone into Nonviolent Communication have in common?" Born. Breathed, drank, ate, and excreted. Sat in rows with other young listening to elders at the front of the room talk a lot. Read, sang, wrote, acted, coded. Lucked into community for the first time and opened up to basic trust. Learned a lot about groups. Facilitated more and more, and less and less obviously (i hope). John Abbe 132 Co-Intelligence Institute 05/17/2009 6 05/16/2009 http://www.23sandy.com/ 05/16/2009 324 Did you know that is possible to make a book by hand? Did you know that artists such as Andy Warhol and Henri Matisse made their own books? Did you know that there is a whole seemingly underground art medium called “artist books?” Artist books are finely crafted books made by hand, by artists, and Portland is a hotbed for this up and coming, artistic medium. I’ll show you fine art books by a group of very talented artists from Portland and beyond whose artist books are held in such collections as The Museum of Modern Art, The Tate Collection, Harvard University, The Getty and yes, even the Multnomah County Public Library. Come learn about this very exciting, affordable, collectible art form. Laura Russell is the owner of 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland. 23 Sandy Gallery presents contemporary artist books, photography, painting and other types of graphic arts. She is also a practicing photographer and book artist. Laura Russell 205 23 Sandy Gallery 05/16/2009 6 05/16/2009 http://live.sax.net/ 05/16/2009 323 In the movie "It's a Wonderful Life,” Jimmy Stewart is about to kill himself because he wishes he didn't exist. Then an angel appears and shows him what the world would be like if he had never been born. So what would the world look like if policy makers had stopped issuing immigrant visas in the seventies? No Intel, no Sun, no Google. What would have happened to America’s tech revolution? And are new policies in danger of killing the next? Mike Sax is a serial entrepreneur based in Eugene, Oregon. A native of Belgium, Mike started out his career contributing parts of Visual Basic and Windows 95 for Microsoft as an independent contractor. After moving to Oregon, Mike founded businesses focused on software development, health and wellness management, and entertainment. Mike is also founder and chairman of the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT), a Washington-based non-profit organization that helps technology entrepreneurs and policy makers better understand each other. Mike Sax 204 05/16/2009 6 05/16/2009 http://www.portlandcomedy.com/ 05/16/2009 322 In 1989 I was invited to deliver a speech to the graduating class of Steller High School in Anchorage, Alaska. In this speech, I offered up a number of grand predictions as to what life would be like over the next two decades. As it turns out I was completely wrong. So I am proposing a do-over, in which I will go back in time to tell the 1989 graduates what life is *really* going to be like in 2009. My remarks will touch on politics, sports, entertainment, world events and other meaty topics. In just five minutes, I will brief yesterday's bright-eyed high school seniors on what their next 20 years will bring. This talk will be funny, of course, because 2009 turned out to be wildly and amusingly different than we would have imagined 20 years ago. But amidst the laughs there will be a message that the future is impossible to predict, and we can use this talk as reminder that we have the power today to make tomorrow's world whatever we want it to be. I hope the audience can use this presentation as a springboard to imagine the possibilities for the next 20 years. So pop a little Debbie Gibson into your boom box and let me take the class of 1989 on a whirlwind tour of life in 2009. Finally, for a little show and tell, here's me punking the hosts of AM Northwest: http://www.katu.com/amnw/segments/19023014.html I'm not that nerdy in real life. Andrew is the "Head Coach" of Portland's ComedySportz improv theater, and a frequent performer with other improv and sketch groups. He is also Development Director for Sparkplug, a web application development firm that designs usable interfaces based on human behavior (http://www.sparkplug.com). Before turning to a life of improv and computers, Andrew was a writer and editor with newspapers such as the Anchorage Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle and Palo Alto Weekly. Also a playwright, his plays have been produced in Alaska, California and Oregon. Andrew Berkowitz 203 ComedySportz Portland, TeamSnap.com 05/16/2009 6 05/16/2009 05/16/2009 321 Beginning with the basic rule: "Get out of my way" We will continue with: How to turn left (and when) How to turn right Uncontrolled intersections- it takes two idiots to tangle Entering the freeway-Floor it Multiway stops-You're doing it wrong Was that a bike? and back to the basic rule: Get out of my way. Airline pilot and corrector of others. Lived in Portland for 19 years. Todd Henion 202 Just this guy 05/16/2009 6 05/15/2009 http://www.phillipkerman.com/blog 05/15/2009 320 At Portland Ignite 3, I encouraged everyone to make videos as a way to release anger (see http://tinyurl.com/make-a-video ). But I failed to show you HOW. In this presentation I'll give you tangible ideas and real-world examples of producing effective videos--with practically no money. And my point is not that quality equipment has come down in price, rather I'll show you that when you focus on a great message, timing, and perhaps some humor or just pure creativity--all the technical details become unimportant. In a world where "standard definition" (vs. HD) has become a pejorative term, this presentation will give you an excuse to have fun making videos despite the desperate economy. After an eventful 15 years of teaching, writing, and programming Phillip Kerman has had enough! Sure he programmed a bunch of games on MSN and a real-time cattle auction featured on NPR… but what does he do now? Still programs when he must. But his new gig is making anti-technology satire videos! Check out the (nearly 100) videos at http://www.youtube.com/phillipk Phillip Kerman 37 phillipkerman.com LLC 05/15/2009 6 05/15/2009 http://micomconsulting.com/ 05/15/2009 319 Saunas, or Finnish steam baths, have numerous social and health benefits. Unfortunately, many people are reluctant to try this relaxing and refreshing activity because of a lack of understanding or concern about how to take one properly. For example, should I wear a swimsuit, a towel or nothing? What temperature should I set it at? How long do I stay in the sauna? Sauna Etiquette will describe the traditional Finnish sauna experience and contrast it to the type you’re more likely to find locally. The goal of this presentation is to demystify the sauna and give members of the audience the confidence to try one at a health club, a spa or best of all, on the edge of a frozen lake in the middle of winter. Miki is a second generation Finnish-American who as an infant was taking saunas before he could say “Boy, it’s hot in here”. Born in Portland, raised in Vancouver, WA, and schooled at the University of Washington, he is a veteran of B2B planning, product management and marketing. Miki has managed products with total revenues of over $1/2 billion and worked for Tektronix, Floating Point System, Mentor Graphics and Evel Knievel. He is currently the Principal Consultant at Micom Consulting. Miki Tokola 201 Micom Consulting 05/15/2009 6 05/15/2009 http://jenniferbdavis.blogspot.com/ 05/15/2009 318 Principles, learned the hard way, that can help your business or brand dominate a niche. Learn the 4 1/2 critical rules of thumb across product development, sales and marketing strategy that will have you believing you can charge more, spend less, and be remarkable. Executive, M&A program manager, entrepreneur, consultant, blogger, and mom. Jennifer Davis Planar Systems, Runco International, and Remarkable Tributes 05/15/2009 6 05/15/2009 http://knowledge-fulcrum.com/ 05/15/2009 317 Entrepreneurs have been around since the dawn of time. These are the people who create things our of their imaginations. The Di Vinci's and Edison's of the world. These are not the bankers who simply make money using other people's money - these are the people who create ideas bring them to life, who make things that make our lives better. Now more than ever we will need entrepreneurs to lead us out of a broken economic model - into a sustainable, balanced world order. Learn the reasons why Entrepreneurs should be respected and why they fail. The epitome of entrepreneur, at the age of 27, without any money or experience, John did what true entrepreneurs do – he boot-strapped a start-up business. He ended up turning the “boot-strap” research firm into a three time Inc. 500 Growth Company growing the business into a 500 employee firm. John’s success in business is a direct result of his passion for understanding and his obsession with measuring and assessing. Over the years John’s interest in benchmarking and his involvement in researching best practices have led to a depth of knowledge as to what makes organizations tick that’s unseen. John Stepleton 05/15/2009 6 05/14/2009 http://0009.org/ 05/14/2009 316 Every Place you have ever been has a corresponding brain cell. When you experience a new Place, a new cell is allocated. When you are in a familiar Place, that particular cell is activated. After an explanation of the science, I'll expand into possible futures based on this foundation. Think of it as a sci-fi product brainstorm. portland, san francisco, pusan korea, miami, brooklyn ny, amsterdam, portland jason wilson platial.com 05/14/2009 6 05/14/2009 http://magicseth.com/ 05/14/2009 315 "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." As Arthur C. Clarke alludes, magicians and scientists often play on the same borders of the unknown. Magicians, however, do not have to kowtow to the constraints of reality as technologists do. For centuries, magicians have both used cutting edge technology and developed it in their search to present a compelling vision of what life might be like. Magicians mastered electricity before their audiences had heard of it, helped invent cinema, and created a chess-playing machine to rival Deep Blue centuries before IBM existed. If technology is man's search to express control over his environment, scientists should look to magicians for inspiration and guidance as to what has engaged people for millennia. As science rapidly progresses, it becomes more difficult for the magician to compete with technology and stay abreast of new developments. Indeed, the perception that "anything is possible with technology" has made it harder on some levels for magicians to sell their acts. Yet, they continue to be successful by adapting their techniques and presentations in order to affect people profoundly. Seth Raphael will present a brief overview of magicians' historical use of, and involvement with, new technology. He will explain how, as technology rapidly approaches what was hitherto the domain of magic, designers can use the techniques of magicians to improve their technology, and will reveal the current adaptations of novel technology for use in the field of magic. With a Bachelors in Magic and Technology and a Masters in Wonder from MIT, Seth Raphael is doing what he loves, and blowing people's minds. His childhood passion of magic had to compete with his love of computers. At times one threatened to eclipse the other as he alternatively wrote off magic as foolish, and technology as soul-less. At last he reconciled his two obsessions, creating a cutting-edge form of entertainment. He studied technology and magic at Hampshire College, and the emotion of Wonder at the MIT Media Lab. Now he travels the world teaching organizations how to achieve things they never thought possible. Seth Raphael 127 05/14/2009 6 05/14/2009 http://magicseth.com/ 05/14/2009 314 Imagine that Google could read your mind, cellphones had ESP, and that a computer could predict the future. Now stop imagining. That is exactly what happens when MagicSeth takes the stage. His cutting edge magic wows technical audiences around the globe as he takes the tools techies use every day: Google, twitter, iPhones, and more, and transforms them into awe-inspiring entities that perform miracles. What kind of magic can MagicSeth perform with 5 minutes of static slides? Bring your cellphones and find out. With a Bachelors in Magic and Technology and a Masters in Wonder from MIT, Seth Raphael is doing what he loves, and blowing people's minds. His childhood passion of magic had to compete with his love of computers. At times one threatened to eclipse the other as he alternatively wrote off magic as foolish, and technology as soul-less. At last he reconciled his two obsessions, creating a cutting-edge form of entertainment. He studied technology and magic at Hampshire College, and the emotion of Wonder at the MIT Media Lab. Now he travels the world teaching organizations how to achieve things they never thought possible. Seth Raphael 127 05/14/2009 6 05/14/2009 http://uxpillow.blogspot.com/ 05/14/2009 313 Aromatherapy or as I like to call it Aromatic Plant Medicine is a science and a creative practice. I've been working with essential oils for 6 or 7 years now but just the other day I had a realization that many of the ways I approach design in my work have grown out of my experience working with essential oils. In this presentation I will share these lessons and some bad ass recipes for good health and great design. Don't want to give them all away but here is a sample of lessons. They don't have to like it for it to work. The best blends will effect you on more than one level. Train the brain for a less potent, yet completely effective experience. I'm an experience designer, maker of things, aromatherapist and artist. Tyesha Snow 198 05/14/2009 6 05/14/2009 http://www.milkmuny.com/ 05/14/2009 312 About 6 months ago I read that less than .05% of milk and juice cartons get recycled and that we produce more than 510,00 tons of these every year. So I went to the store and looked... sure enough there was no recycle icon on any of the cartons! How could this be??? I began to research the big WHY and slowly (well not that slowly as I launched the entire thing under my goal of 1oo days) the idea for milkmuny was formed to: 1. create awarness and promote carton reuse and recyclability. 2. We feed a whole lot of hungry people at the Portland missions - see the video! 3. create a very easy and cool fund raising opp for schools and groups! 4. give part of the sales to other charities as well! 5. create some god dammed jobs - no else seems to! It's more of a concept than a business model and more of a tribe than a company but that's the little BIG idea... I am a creative director and brand strategist. I have been designing and providing retail strategy for many years, the last 10 here in PDX.... http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnschreiber John Schreiber Milkmuny.com 05/14/2009 6 05/13/2009 http://zeitgeistpdx.org/ 05/13/2009 311 What is Resource Based Economy (RBE)? - RBE is the next generation social system substituting Capitalism, Monetary Economy, Corporatocracy, and Representative Democracy as a new form of global societal interaction. - RBE promotes prosperity and equality by eliminating major illnesses of the today prevalent forms of society. - RBE promotes peaceful non-violent action where everyone is a leader. - RBE stands for conscious personal growth. What Resource Based Economy (RBE) is not. -RBE is not any form of political or religious system, certainly not communism, socialism, or anarchy. - RBE is not a movement, neither it is a project. - RBE is not utopia. - RBE is not perfect. Activist, Architect, Comedian, Designer, Father, Futurist, Geek, Lover, Planner, Tech. Russell Holzinger 196 Zeitgeist PDX 05/13/2009 6 05/12/2009 http://www.blabbermouthpr.com/lydiabio.html 05/12/2009 310 Lydia has always been interested in psychology. She uses new information about her personality and temperament to better adapt to her life and career choices. In this current uncertain job market, everyone has to be adaptable. Lydia will show Ignite Portland how to learn more about their strengths in life and on the job. She will encourage them to emphasize these gifts and not focus on the negative. Lydia will use personal experience and practical career advice to show the Ignite audience how to find the job best suited for them and use current job search and networking techniques to achieve their career goals. She will guide the audience toward using their spare time to volunteer or create a blog on a topic they are passionate about. She will also guide them on how to use social networking as a tool for people uncertain about their job stability. These tips can help anyone line up another job quickly if the unforeseen occurs. Lydia believes this unpredictable job market could be an amazing opportunity for people to learn more about themselves and follow their dreams. (Even dreams they didn't know they had!) Lydia has had a rich and interesting life. She was born on a U.S. military base in Germany, raised in Southern US and has traveled extensively to Puerto Rico and Mexico. She is fluent in Spanish and maintains a quest for travel. In 2008, Lydia combined her passions for arts, entertainment, film and environmental conservation with her background in teaching, business and psychology and founded Sprezzatura, an event-planning organization. Through Sprezzatura, Lydia was allowed the opportunity to become an advocate for organizations in the industries she enjoys most. She also currently works for Blabbermouth PR, a quirky, innovative, independent PR firm. Lydia is an ENFP. Myers-Briggs says shes an Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Perciever. Her strengths are adaptability, inclusiveness, connectedness, communication and winning others over. (As verified by the Gallup Poll's strengthsfinder.com.) Lydia has has learned to channel her interests, life experience, and strengths into the career that is suited for her. She is a natural teacher and wants to share her knowledge with others. When Lydia isn’t working or hanging out with friends in Dallas, she can be found sipping green tea, booking bands and DJs for events, doing the funky chicken on the dance floor, humming bossa nova melodies, experimenting with vegan recipes, jogging or cycling with Bike Friendly Oak Cliff. Lydia Pierce 193 Blabbermouth PR, Sprezzatura Events 05/12/2009 6 05/12/2009 http://www.fashionbuddha.com/ 05/12/2009 309 As interaction designers, we've been trained from day one how to deal with single point interactions (ie, the mouse pointer). With the iPhone, Surface, and a variety of other products out there, we're all being pulled to design for multitouch applications. That said, there are very few out of the box testing platforms out there that we can learn on (Surface costs >$17k, for instance). Frustrated by this, at FashionBuddha we built our own for under a grand. Actually, we've built two at this point, and should have more by the time ignite comes around. In addition, we created some small diy test boxes that cost under $30 for development. In my five minutes, I'll talk about how we built them, the tech behind them and the diy process we used, and, more importantly, what we did with the tables once we got them running. So, consider it a two part presentation -- how to build a table, and, then, how to use Flash and reconsider how one designs for this new space. Todd Greco is the Creative Director for FashionBuddha, a local animation and interaction shop. FashionBuddha is best known for the dayswithmyfather.com website (which was in the newest CA Interactive Annual) and the interactive wall for Umpqua Bank at their South Waterfront location. Prior to this, he was an Associate Creative Director for Euro/RSCG, an international ad agency. His clients included Barclays/iShares, Adobe, Samsung, Visa, Allstate, and Agilent. Most notably, Todd designed the interface for "Adobe Bridge Home" and "Adobe Stock Photos" for Adobe's Bridge CS3 application. In addition to his ACD duties, he taught for 4 years as an Adjunct Professor of Design at Portland State University and currently teaches Photoshop for the Multimedia Certificate Program there. In previous jobs, Todd owned his own design studio (bluePAVO) as well as worked at a number of other agencies (CyberSight/ninedots, Rapidigm, MC2Interactive, Fahlgren-Martin), dating back to 1995. In his spare time, Todd is a club DJ and distance cyclist. Todd Greco 191 05/12/2009 6 05/18/2009 http://www.gadgettrak.com/ 05/09/2009 308 With the down economy have you wanted a new laptop or iPhone, but just can’t afford one? Have you ever wondered the best techniques to steal a laptop? How about how to get around those pesky passwords? How about all those mobile phones people are carrying? Did you know that these devices are a veritable gold mine with the value of the data that is on them? Ken will show you how easy it is to circumvent password protected login screens and popular techniques used to steal laptops and mobile phones. Also covered will be how to sell the devices without getting caught. He will also discuss how and where to sell data you find on these devices on the black market and what it is worth. The topic of this presentation will reveal how lucrative the stolen mobile device market really is and how much of a problem it has become. This is to help raise awareness regarding what people should be doing to better protect their devices, data and themselves and in the conclusion Ken will discuss simple things people can do to do just that. Ken is a creative technologist with 11-years experience in computer security, development and design. He has developed and managed applications and websites for companies including Tektronix, iovation, Centennial Software and both developer and instructor at Pacific University. As founder of GadgetTrak he developed GadgetTrak's original patented solutions for removable media and laptop theft recovery and leads product management and technology innovation. Ken has several years of experience in the area of computer security as a developer and security analyst. He has recently had material regarding USB hacking published in the Certified Ethical Hacker exam training materials and is regularly contacted by the press and law enforcement regarding topics including insider data theft and laptop and mobile device theft. Ken Westin GadgetTrak 05/09/2009 6 05/06/2009 http://blog.makerlab.org/ 05/06/2009 307 There are so many things you can do with your whistler. I'll talk about and whistle about some of the things I've learned while practicing whistling over my life. You can do trills, You can mix humming and whistling, you can whistle almost anything instantly; your voice can reach a level of virtuosity quickly, you can play a jazz improvisational counterpoint to any song on the radio, you can even (if your whistler is in shape) whistle two notes at the same time. You can whistle while you work - try that with a guitar. You can whistle both on the in-breath and the out-breath and thus have uninterrupted whistling. You can find interference patterns when you whistle with friends. You can find machines by whistling along a spectrum until you find the resonant frequency of the machine. You can whistle really really loud even without your fingers. You might be able to whistle sounds you cannot hear (but your dog can). there are epic whistlers and epic songs with whistling in them. Whistling makes you a better kisser. After escaping from Canada I became a hacker geo-enthusiast mountain climber CTO janitor. Just like everybody else in fact. I think the real question is "what have you done for us lately?" To that end I'm quite excited by co-chairing WhereCamp in San Jose on May 22 2009. Anselm 32 MakerLab 05/06/2009 6 05/06/2009 http://skinnywhitegirl.com/ 05/06/2009 306 In every culture around the globe, there are subsets of the culture that gather in groups to perform rituals. Voodoo witchdoctors, Buddhist monks, Catholics nuns and shamans all slip into meditative trances as part of their religious practice. Crowds at a dance club or soccer game pulse to a collective rhythm. This is an exploration into what neuroscience and sociology have to say about the powerful dynamics of crowds. Two headed hydra that speaks the languages of both creativity and coding. Interactive Brand Manager at StepChange Group. Crystal Beasley 187 05/06/2009 6 05/06/2009 05/06/2009 305 PDX is a town for families. But, family doesn't always have to mean 2.5 kids and a dog. How to survive life without a diaper bag, car seat, or ever having to wonder if minors are allowed. Father of none, husband to one. One time musician and roadie, sometimes IT worker and friend. Da5id Clouse 92 05/06/2009 6 05/05/2009 05/05/2009 304 There comes a time in the development of a local economy when formerly diverse and divergent industries begin to benefit each other in new and exciting ways. In Portland Oregon, the Tech and the Creative communities are beginning to see a gradual "meeting of the minds" where ideas are being shared and collaboration is taking shape. However, the need for a more unified front in the effort to accomplish this task is needed. While there is endless possibility for coming together and creating a single economy, benefiting both groups, the differences in opinion on how to get there are becoming apparent. As well, there are critical gaps that exist between the leadership of both communities, leading to relative confusion and dysfunction. This presentation sets out to create a strategy for bringing these two communities together in the hopes of better managing two distinct groups of people. From holding our thought leaders accountable to calling for Municipal spending on collaborative projects and research, Uniting the Tech and Creative Communities in PDX is a speech about solving this glaring inadequacy in our spot in the world. So let it be known, there is a solution, and it starts with 20 slides and a five minute speech. Bret Bernhoft is many things to many people, but most commonly Bret is known as a student and a business owner here in Portland Oregon. Having grown up across the river in Vancouver Washington, he has always felt it a privilege to be in Portland and still does to this day. Bret currently attends Portland State University where he is working towards finishing his MBA. In addition he also owns and acts as the principal consultant for a Youth Marketing firm here in Portland Oregon called, InsYght Consulting. Bret is an active member of the local community in Portland Oregon and contributes to its well being through donations of time and energy. Bret Bernhoft 05/05/2009 6 05/04/2009 http://pergelator.blogspot.com/ 05/04/2009 303 I want to build a better city, a city where I can walk where I want without having to watch out for traffic, a city where I can drive where I need to without having to watch out for pedestrians. Mixing pedestrian and vehicles is a bad idea, but this is the way we have been doing things for years, and changing it is going to take some doing. The primary idea is that pedestrian traffic would be separated from vehicular traffic. One way to do this would be to have separate levels for pedestrians and vehicles. Relegate all motor vehicles to the ground level, and build a level above that for pedestrians. You would need a way for people to get from their vehicles on one level to the pedestrian level. However, wherever there are people entering or exiting vehicles, there should be safeguards in place to keep the vehicles out of the pedestrian areas, and pedestrians out of the areas assigned to vehicles. Male, married, 57 Charles Pergiel 186 05/04/2009 6 04/15/2009 http://www.sao.org/ 04/15/2009 302 A brief description of CleanTech and some of the strengths Oregon has, leads into 10 ideas that should expand people's thinking about what CleanTech is and how computer technology can drive a lot of the innovation. Director of Membership, Software Association of Oregon Founder, Clean Technology Alliance Bryce Yonker 182 SAO 04/15/2009 6 04/14/2009 http://aboutus.org/stevenwalling 03/28/2009 301 Go is the oldest game still played in its original form today. But how could a board game invented more than 2,500 years ago in China really be fun in the 21st century? Go isn't just old. It's a pleasurable pursuit that has been the obsession of a diverse array of people: mad scientists, military tacticians, child geniuses, and programmers have all fallen in love with the elegant complexity that is Go. In this talk, you'll learn why it's the pastime that has captivated the world. Steven has been a (mediocre) Go player since childhood. Nowadays he's a writer and wiki geek, among other things. Steven Walling 181 AboutUs, Inc. 03/28/2009 6 03/26/2009 http://www.enactdevelopment.com/ 03/26/2009 300 The saying "the suit makes the man" is as archaic as a rotary phone. Wearing a suit makes someone a gentleman as much as wearing a uniform makes Dave Chappelle a police officer. The art of being a gentleman has to do with making everyone feel as comfortable as possible. This lightning quick barrage of social tips will include: * Hosting a Party * Attending a party * Managing Business Contacts * Approaching Groups of People * Interacting with Ladies * A (super short) segment on Ladies interacting with Men A transplant originally hailing from Delaware, Chris moved to Portland in early 2003 with a diploma in Computer Science fresh off the press. A Linux/PHP/MySQL advocate since 2000, once in Portland, Chris continued honing his skills by working with start-up companies here in town. In 2006 he declared himself self-employed and Enact Development was born. Chris Alan 180 Enact Development 03/26/2009 6 03/20/2009 http://michaelbuffington.com/ 03/20/2009 299 Michael will recite some of the perfectly healthy falsehoods he's told his children, such as: "You know kids, we just learned that raccoons have incredible dexterity, but were you aware that they incidentally pull unbrushed teeth right from your gums while they roam houses in search of toys that haven't been put away? Neat huh?!" Michael Buffington is anti-telharsic. Michael Buffington 178 03/20/2009 6 03/20/2009 http://www.startupgeek.org/ 03/20/2009 298 Hand gestures can speak volumes about people, events and moments in time. From insults to salutations, from praise to penance hand gestures reveal our true feelings without the use of any words. But these gestures aren't universal. Culture and society influence the use of gestures. In five minutes we'll explore gestures and how they are used around the globe. Portland transplant getting steeped in PDX culture. Enjoys kibitzing with entrepreneurs, volunteering for local events and figuring out how to make people laugh. David Abramowski 177 03/20/2009 6 03/18/2009 http://www.hoodturkey.com/ 03/18/2009 297 Tracing The Lives Around You is a short presentation that was first given to a small but packed room as part of the Authentic Enthusiasm Lecture Series (a spin-off the PSU/PICA Monday Night Artist Lecture Series). It is a short presentation that teaches people how to interview each other, including mind-sets, techniques, and equipment. The presentation also provides methods and examples of ways to present the finished interviews. Abraham is a project manager and artist working in Portland, Oregon. For two years he has been working primarily in the medium of audio documentary. His current project, which has received grants and support from the Regional Arts and Culture Council and Northwest Documentary, is called Neighborhood Diaries, a project that records the location based memories of Portlanders, and weaves them intro free, interactive, audio walking tours of Neighborhoods. These tours illuminate the hidden, emotional landscapes that make up our surroundings. More information about this and his other projects is available at www.hoodturkey.com Abraham Ingle Neighborhood Diaries 03/18/2009 6 03/14/2009 http://www.jasonglaspey.com/ 03/14/2009 296 Over the past few years, I've built up a large collection of awesome things I've gotten for free. Not grab-bag schwag that nobody wants, but things like $100+ titanium-railed saddles for my mountain bike, dozens of name-brand sunglasses, premium bacon, and even a brand new car to drive every week. Yes, it's true: I really have gotten a brand new car brought to my office, every week, for over 2 years now. (the Jaguar XKR, BMW 3-series hard-top convertible, and the Audi S4 cabriolet are amongst my favorites). There's actually a pretty easy formula to tap into the 'getting-free-stuff' market while still not looking like a cheap-ass. If you follow my simple, can't-miss steps, you too can enjoy these perks. I like to use the web, and try and give back. Jason Glaspey 176 Bac'n, Unthirsty, Driving Lines, other. 03/14/2009 6 03/13/2009 http://culturebuilding.ning.com/ 03/13/2009 295 Uriah Zebadiah's surprisingly upbeat end-of-the-world speech! Yes, the world is coming to an end. You know it, I know it, we all know it. But rather than get down in the dumps about it, here's five fast-paced minutes of good reasons we should all be happy about it. We'll cover why the world sucks, why the people running the world suck, what you can reasonably expect to come out of all this, why the future will kick ass, and above all, what you can do to live fat, free and happy throughout the transition. Topics to race through at breakneck speed: -Completely %#@&'d: Government, Markets, Media, and Society. One raging rapid-fire minute on what's corrupt, what's broken, what's on the verge of failure, what's going to bite us later on down the road. Plus: dance steps to use on the future unmarked graves of corporate titans! -Drought and Devastation: Think food is expensive now? You ain't seen nothing yet. What will Portland do in the face of 1 million refugees from California? You'd better believe climate change is a bitch, and it's just getting started. -Hyper-inflation: Why it might hit us any day now, how it will suck, why it might save the American economy from unnecessary misery, and how you can mitigate the pain and suffering it will cause. -Fascism: It's not dead, and it threatens to enslave us all. A citizen's primer for preserving and enhancing liberty and justice when most people are demanding crushing tyranny! -Intensely Networked Autonomous Communities: how the world will look when we finally get it right, or how the internet will teach us all to get along. -First steps: what you can do right now, this week, this month, this year. Don't miss out on your opportunity to not die of starvation and/or violence! Uriah Zebadiah has been fantastically correct about absolutely everything for nearly 30 years. An inveterate autodidact and born performer from the wilds of Vermont, he has lived in five cities, flunked out of three colleges in seven years while alternately holding majors in computer science, english, theatre, business, creative writing and holistic studies. He started a gaming convention in New Jersey, sold saxophones to the rich and powerful of Washington DC, lied his way into film production gigs in NYC, lived with anarchist musicians throughout the pacific northwest, and published everything from pornography to politics under a variety of secret and not-so-secret pseudonyms. A veritable giant both physically and mentally, he also dabbles in the occult, plays three instruments, and enjoys hitting people with sticks. Uriah Zebadiah 175 03/13/2009 6 03/09/2009 http://www.danielbachhuber.com/ 03/09/2009 294 I'd like to do a whirlwind tour of water access around the world, from Africa to India to South America to the United States, what the state is now, and what needs to be done in order to meet the Millennium Development Goals. I dig a mean slice of pumpkin pie. I'm also an intern at @Publish2 and the Executive Director of @CoPress. Daniel Bachhuber 172 03/09/2009 6 03/05/2009 http://twitter.com/mekabra 03/05/2009 293 How many muscles do you have? Many people understand they have a bunch of muscles to some degree, although they are usually surprised when you tell them that they have muscle tissue everywhere that they have skin (yes even on your scalp). What if I told you that you really have only one continuous muscle interconnected by a special collagen structure that runs through all soft tissue in your body? It's called myofascia (MY-o-FASH-a), and has recently been found to be one of the most sensitive bodily tissues, even more so than your skin. Learn a little about this amazing structure and what being conscious of it can help you understand about how you move and work. Megan has done a lot of things since striking out on her own. She has been a theatre technician (you know, making the lights work and other things people don't notice), foreign exchange student, public radio intern, a butcher, a baker, a candlestick maker, drama teacher, and massage therapist. She is learning to be more geeky. Moving to Portland was one of her best decisions to date. Megan Bradley 174 03/05/2009 6 03/04/2009 03/04/2009 292 You know that you have to buy a ticket if you want to win the lottery. You know that there’s not some vast secret of life that can only be told now. You know that if the universe maintains an advice department, it’s more likely to encourage that you take action than to recommend that you sit at home and hope really hard. You know that few of the people you admire attribute their joy and success to wishful thinking. You find it hard to imagine Captain Picard facing a galactic emergency on the starship Enterprise by commanding his crew, “Wish it so!” You’re a grown-up. You don’t need someone to tell you “you can do it” and to fill you with heroic imagery of gold medals, triumphant parades, or soaring eagles. You already know, grasshopper. You’ve learned by experience that it works to work at something and that there’s not enough time to work at everything. You have learned much. You realize the difference between positive and negative thinking. You know the value of honesty, especially with yourself. You respect responsibility, in others and in yourself, and its power to inspire progress. You understand the strength of integrity. What comes next, what you do with what you’ve learned, is up to you. This presentation is not about silver bullets, magic pills, psychobabble, too-good-to-be-true anecdotes, or be-like-me advice. It is about good questions, because from good questions come good answers. This presentation is not about my answers to those questions. I’m not wise enough, brash enough, or young enough to have your answers. It is about good questions and YOUR good answers. Mark Chussil is Founder and CEO of Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc., and a Founder of Crisis Simulations International, LLC. Mark designed ACS’ award-winning ValueWar® simulator and CSI's patent-pending DXMA™ simulator. He’s helped executives in dozens of Fortune Global 500 companies on six continents, and he’s a frequent speaker about simulation and strategy decisions at conferences. Mark has published a book on strategy simulation and analysis, chapters for five books, and dozens of articles. He has been featured and quoted in CBS News, Computerworld, Fast Company, Harvard Management Update, Oregon Business, The Wall Street Journal, and more. Mark earned his MBA from Harvard and his BA from Yale. All of which is barely relevant for this presentation. What’s more relevant is that he’s been around, seen a lot, thought a lot, and written Nice Start: Personal Growth for Grown-Ups. Mark Chussil 173 03/04/2009 6 03/04/2009 http://www.whatifyourstrategy.com/ 03/04/2009 291 No one gets up in the morning intending to make bad decisions or ruin the world, yet decisions we make often lead to consequences we didn't want. It's not because we don't have enough data. It's not because we don't have enough intelligence. It's not because we don't care. And it's not an accident. So why do we do it? Simple: because we're human. What can we do about that? We will discuss social psychology, innumeracy, our individual sense of exceptionalism ("I'm different"), and more. We'll discuss experiments and simulations. And we'll end on a positive, compassionate note. Mark Chussil is Founder and CEO of Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. A thirty-year veteran of competitive strategy and a pioneer in business war gaming, he has designed numerous innovative techniques including ACS’s award-winning ValueWar® strategy simulator. Mark is also a Founder of Crisis Simulations International, LLC. Mark designed CSI's DXMA™ simulation technology (patent pending). Mark has helped executives in dozens of Fortune Global 500 companies on six continents. He speaks about simulation and strategy decisions at conferences around the world. Mark has published a book on strategy simulation and analysis, chapters for five books, and dozens of articles. He has been featured and quoted in CBS News, Computerworld, Fast Company, Harvard Management Update, Oregon Business, The Wall Street Journal, and more. He also wrote a non-business book, Nice Start. Mark earned his MBA from Harvard and his BA from Yale. Mark Chussil 173 Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. 03/04/2009 6 02/28/2009 http://www.brianscottrogers.com/ 02/28/2009 290 Hard science doesn't really support either para-psychological phenomena, but a 1982 incident in an 8th grade algebra class made a believer out of me. I had a total out-of-body experience the moment my mother found my porn, miles away in my home. I explore the pseudo-science of it all, the magazine involved, and the consequences that were meted out by my parents. By day, I'm a technical writer and web junkie. By night, I am a writer, actor, sketch comedy hack and occasional director. I am a recovering librarian and Kentuckian. I eat lots of carbohydrates while promising to do sit ups. I should do more sit ups. Scott Rogers 171 02/28/2009 6 02/27/2009 02/27/2009 289 If you follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn, or run into me in any of my hangouts, you'll know that I'm a proud user of Linux and have been for many years. And you probably also know that I also use a number of other open source packages. But do you know why? And just so you don't think I'm going to try and convince *you* to give up your MacOS X, Windows, Solaris, Atari or whatever, I'm going to validate you by giving you reasons not to switch. After all, Microsoft, Apple and Sun need to earn a living too. Well ... so do FreeBSD and NetBSD, but that's a *whole* different ballgame. :) M. Edward (Ed) Borasky is, in order of appearance, a boy genius, computer programmer, applied mathematician, folk singer, actor, professional graduate student, armchair astronaut, supercomputer programmer, performance engineer, sales coach, Linux geek and Wise Old Man. His hobby is collecting hobbies. M. Edward (Ed) Borasky 88 02/27/2009 6 02/25/2009 http://www.nwei.org/ 02/25/2009 288 The industrial revolution and the marketing community have been extremely effective at changing behavior - not always for the good. Society's response - public awareness campaigns and they don't work! Example - untold amounts of money spent to inform the public about the risks and prevention of: Heart disease, obesity, and diabetes. The trends aren't pretty. If this behavior change formula works to drive consumer behavior, why can't we use it to drive consumers to consume differently and less? Executive Director Mike Mercer Northwest Earth Institute 02/25/2009 6 04/27/2009 02/24/2009 287 Ok, listen. I get it. Social media is "in." Friends are "cool." People who need people are the... Oh, bloody Hell. Less than a dozen lines into this thing and I'm THIS close to quoting show tunes? From Streisand?! Christ on a stick, kill me now. Anyway. So it seems like you can't go three seconds in Portland without hearing about the latest and greatest social media tool hittin' the street. Can't even throw a rock in this town without hitting a social media expert. We blog, we tweet, we IM... We have 8.7 million ways to interact with people and foster new relationships. But who the hell would want to do that? People always want stuff. Your money, your trust, your affections... Who has time for that? Not Our Hero, that's for sure. And that's why I've spent my nearly-35 years on this planet perfecting the art of eliminating all social interactions from my life. Sure, I used to be like many of you, with friends and colleagues and only a few restraining orders filed against me, but I've since seen the light. That bright, warm light of loneliness (best experienced through the upturned bottom of a pint, of course)... So give me 5 minutes and 20 slides, and I'll teach you everything you need to know to ensure that you die alone. Justin is an IT pro, freelance writer, and big fat dork born and bred in the Northwest. He's also a husband, a father, and he's never ever owned an umbrella. Justin Stanley 168 Affiliation? Um, trying to die alone here... Whole point is to avoid affiliating. 02/24/2009 6 02/24/2009 http://www.petsaretalking.com/ 02/24/2009 286 You know what I'm talking about. The s%&$*y little dog that your friend carries around? The growly, bitey, barky little bastard that is dressed in a sweater, usually goes by the name of Coco, or Hannah or Bitsy? This dog suffers from S#$%#y Little Dog Syndrome. This dog doesn't want to act like a bad dog. This dog can be helped. In this presentation, I'll talk about why little dogs become s#$%#y little dogs and what you can do to bring out the wonderful little dog trapped inside. With your help, there will be no more S#$%#y Little Dogs! I'm a local pet psychic, who loves art, the Pacific Northwest and quirky stuff. Bridget Pilloud I like everybody, pretty much 02/24/2009 6 02/24/2009 http://positorio.us/ 02/24/2009 285 Every Ignite Portland presentation is followed by a mad rush of excited presentation proposals. The writers of these proposals often submit them without fully considering the consequences if they should choose to be picked as a presenter- and many presenters spend weeks in anguish and misery wishing they had not pushed "send." These people simply do not appreciate that it is possible to use the inherent rules of Ignite Portland to absolutely ensure rejection as a presenter. By following this advice, you will be able to submit whatever cockamamy presentation you want to Ignite Portland with no fear that there is any chance whatsoever for it to actually get accepted. Blithering Idiot John Metta 109 World Domination Industries, Incorporated 02/24/2009 6 02/23/2009 02/23/2009 284 I have always lived near large communities of Mexican immigrants and I was always taught to respect them, but I never really know much about what it was like to come to the US from Mexico nor did I really understand how truly huge the Hispanic population in the US is. I, for one, am glad. Working with people from Latin America - educated and not, documented and not - I have gained a new appreciation for my own country. I think every US citizen who feels weary and blue about the state of our country needs to spend some time with someone who just fought like crazy to get here. I have over 20 years of advertising and marketing experience. Currently I am the VP of Marketing at a mobile financial services company focused on the US Hispanic Market. and NO. I DON'T SPEAK SPANISH YET. Cheryl Vandemore 02/23/2009 6 02/21/2009 http://www.singleorganism.com/ 02/21/2009 283 This talk is all about proteins and you'd better cope with it. Science isn't the art of making things up so that math and biology classes are justified. Rather science is all about observing reproducible phenomena in the world. Knowing a little bit more about proteins explains all sorts of things. For example, do you know why sometimes you have crazy smelly pee after eating asparagus? What about miracle fruit? How can it be so taste bud altering yet legal? Seriously, lets have an open discussion about Alcohol Dehydrogenase. It is about time that know why your beer tastes good, and why that one friend is such a light weight. Jayson grew up in Spokane, WA, moved to Miami, FL, for a degree in Computer Science, moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for a PhD in Bioinformatics, and now lives in Portland to be close to family and work at a biotech start-up. "What is Bioinformatics?" is good question to make a conversation with Jayson awkward. He'll get really excited about computers and science and stuff and you'll get very bored. Jayson unfortunately thinks topics such as Proteomics and Java and Linux are fun to discuss in casual conversation. He also spends the majority of his time in front of a laptop and will often claim that he loves his work. Oddly, Jayson has allergies to Facebook, instant messaging, Twitter, and other forms of social media. Way back in the day, Jayson helped design parts of the Java Web Tier API and to this day he is still very much a coder. Apply typical stereotypes. Dr. Jayson Falkner Single Organism Software Inc 02/21/2009 6 02/20/2009 http://twitter.com/yuetsu 02/20/2009 281 A brief discussion on Gypsy Jazz, from its roots with Django Rheinhardt & Stephane Grappelli, through all those influenced by this music (Les Paul, Wes Montgomery, Carlos Santana, and nearly every other rock god guitarist on the planet). Also will mention modern gypsy jazz players like bireli langréne, kruno, andreas öberg, robin nolan, stochelo rosenberg, jimmy rosenberg, howard alden, etc.). Actually, talk & slides will last only 2 - 2 1/2 minutes. Because the only way to excite & get people toe-tapping about gypsy jazz is to PLAY SOME. So i'll bring up on stage with me 3 or four players to play a 2 minute traditional Gypsy Jazz numbers. Zen-dawg, medi-'tater in pdx, gypsy-jazzer, djangophile, technologist, pleasure activist, beer snob. Faddah Steve Yuetsu Wolf 166 Sworn to Djang-fun, loyal to none! 02/20/2009 6 02/20/2009 http://www.stumptowngirl.com/ 02/20/2009 280 Don't have health insurance? Join the ranks - over 4 million people have lost their health insurance since the beginning of the recession, bringing the uninsured in the U.S. to over 50 million people. Oregon is 13th in the nation for the highest number of uninsured, with about 650,000 of us living without insurance. This presentation will tell you how to deal with health issues when you're on your own, tell you about Portland-area DIY resources, and give specific tips about DIY sexual health, cold care, dental care, the importance of micronutrients, and creative and low-cost ways to deal with bigger issues like tumors and accidents. I'll also talk about forming DIY healthcare collectives and how to get involved with sharing and trading for healthcare resources in Portland. Uninsured social change activist and international public health student. Sandra Clark 165 Oregon Master of Public Health Program, Africa Bridge 02/20/2009 6 02/20/2009 http://makerlab.com/ 02/20/2009 279 Because code is power to the people! Sure you can throw together some yahoo pipes and make an information dashboard for your biz, or use any of a thousand photoshop plug-ins to mess with your photos, or even play with music tools like puredata to make some awesome licks, but when it comes down to really being able do things with style you need the code. Heck just last week somebody wanted to cleanup a list of email addresses, and recursively make thumbnails for some pictures, and build a personal digital agent extension to twitter, and make some pretty visual abstract art - this stuff is all easy, it is all accessible, and if you're a designer, a musician, a business person a little bit of code skills can go so far. Code is the new english, its easy and everybody should speak a little bit of it! On a practical note - knowing a little bit about coding will help you budget better when contracting or asking other people to do free work for you and will help you understand better the relative hardness of what you're asking for. I may mention the social coding phenomena happening here in town as well. Inventor, artist, programmer, designer and social network application developer. Reformed video games developer. Contributed to Lord of the Rings, Platial, Ning and several other world class products. Co-host Wherecamp and Makerlab. Anselm 32 MakerLab 02/20/2009 6 02/20/2009 http://www.selfindulgentdrivel.org/ 02/20/2009 278 I will teach techniques to get the stick out of one's ass and have some fun. Come out of your shell! Make some memories! I'm very shy, and have a hard time meeting new people, but these time-tested techniques will get any wallflower dancing in the center of the room in NO TIME. Or at least, you know, thinkin' about it. Vermonter by way of California moves to Portland to find herself. Finds herself with diagnosed mental illnesses, a steady supply of helpful medications, a dog and an underfurnished apartment. Decides "may you have an interesting life" is both a curse and a wonderful blessing to bestow, and even if it weren't wonderful, she's stuck with it anyway. Writer, student, misanthrope, owner of a fantastic rack. Experienced journalist, blogger, editor, critic and smartass. Kate "The Great" Folsom 164 International Tribunal of Awesome People Named Kate Folsom 02/20/2009 6 02/20/2009 http://www.webtrends.com/ 02/20/2009 277 The sun is setting on the days of my grandma writing her quarterly check to the American Cancer Society. We all are part of many small communities comprised of personal relationships.  These "mirco-communities" include both a physical and virtual network of individuals connected through social activities, businesses, associations, churches, schools, clubs, online communities, and neighborhoods. The younger generations of today represent a new dawn of giving predicated on the tenants of being closer to the causes in which they give their money and time. Witness the recent fundraising success of the Obama campaign. Fueling this shift is the power of the Internet, and specifically social media. Now the power of trusted networks, these micro-communities, are able to make a significant, positive impact on those in need like never before. Of all the great aspects of social media, connecting people to facilitate giving may be the best yet. A marketing and product management executive, who's experience encompasses corporate strategy formulation, product marketing and communications, launch activities, channel experience, and brand management at companies including Epsilon, Abacus/DoubleClick, ROI Direct, Customer Insight Company, and NavSYS. Casey Carey 162 WebTrends 02/20/2009 6 02/20/2009 http://bleything.net/ 02/20/2009 276 You there! With the funny papers! Marmaduke lost its pizazz? Haven't laughed at Peanuts in 35 years? Put down that fishwrap and pick up your mouse, we're going ONLINE. Let's face it, printed comic strips are by and large going the way of the rest of print media. The comics page has grown stagnant and, well, the kids just don't care anymore. Fortunately, the internets have created opportunities for both creators and readers of comics alike. It seems like every day a thousand new web-based comic strips appear. These so-called "webcomics" are legion and their quality and hilarity varied. I propose to take you on a whirlwind tour of some of the more popular webcomics. Ultimately I hope to provide you with some new comics to enjoy. Hacker by day, hacker by night. Regionally known Internetexpert. Accredited internet meme scholar. World Famous Lecturer On Topics Of Interest (To Me). Also enjoys cats and video games. And beer. Ben Bleything 163 The Internets 02/20/2009 6 02/19/2009 http://www.lizgrover.com/ 02/19/2009 275 I will describe some of the amazing benefits of doing an Ignite presentation and tell people why they should submit their own proposals. I will also give tips on what to do once your presentation is over. Of course, I will use my own success story from my original Ignite Presentation (#ip3), Dare to Go Where You Fear, highlighting how Ignite catalyzed my first book. Liz Grover travels the world as a spiritual activist specializing in sharing the voices and events of social movements through film, photography, and Internet media. Her career started at the age of 15 when she helped organize local Maine communities to stand up to corporate polluters. At the age of 20, she began her international work as an English teacher in the Nepalese school system. At the age of 22, she designed Internet media tools for Afghanistan’s first presidential and parliamentary elections after the fall of the Taliban; she did the same for Timor-Leste’s 2007 parliamentary cycle 2 years later. She also organized powerful actions such as CODEPINK’s Walk in their Shoes, an art installation of nearly 8,000 pairs of shoes that was displayed on the Washington National Mall to memorialize Iraqis who lost their lives to the war. When working outside of political activism, Liz spends her time as a photojournalist documenting the Buddhist and Hindu relics of Central and Southeast Asia. Liz Grover 161 Earth. 02/19/2009 6 02/19/2009 02/19/2009 274 Plethora of accurately researched facts, statistics about the history of left handed people sprinkled with anecdotal information about my personal experience as a south paw. Goal- inform, entertain, give a sense of community. unemployed liberal arts major, portland tech enthusiast. Native to the city of roses. Emily Schulz 02/19/2009 6 02/19/2009 http://ike6.tumblr.com/ 02/19/2009 273 I'd like to show people a Priceline user community called BiddingForTravel designed to let frequent travelers share their tips on best deals and how to bid intelligently on Priceline. It's a social community grown up in the age of travel auction bidding. I'm a musican and a writer, corporate communications consultant and Portland family guy. Isaac Szymanczyk 160 02/19/2009 6 04/29/2009 02/18/2009 272 Ok, you can't grow a beard as sweet as mine, that's a given. But you can grow a nice little beard of your own. In 5 zany action-packed minutes I will show you my secret for luxuriously thick facial hair. Note to the selection committee: there's a chance I may show up late and have to leave early, so it will be more like a 3 minute talk. Oh, and I'm bringing a prop- my sweet beard! PS- my secret is not shaving, but don't let anyone know before my talk. PPS- this is a test proposal and it ain't going to happen. Some people would describe me as a guy with a beard. I prefer to think of myself as a beard with a guy. Adam DuVander DuVinci, Legion of Tech, PDX Web Innovators, guys who dig redheads 02/18/2009 6 02/18/2009 http://lofiart.com/ 02/18/2009 271 It's really up to you. Ignite is an event where people get together and share their ideas in a unique format. Each speaker submits 20 slides. Those slides play automatically, advancing every 15 seconds - that's 5 minutes total. When time's up, there are 15 seconds for that speaker to get off the stage and the next one to get on. It's exciting, fun and free to boot. Have an idea you want to share? Fill out a proposal like this one! Lead organizer for Ignite Portland 5. Web developer, user interface designer. Chris sees tech solutions for just about every problem out there - it can be annoying to those he works with. If you attend tech events in Portland, you'll probably run into Chris. Chris Pitzer Lo-Fi Art 02/18/2009