8 01/31/2010 01/31/2010 482 It is often said youth is wasted on the young, and I am making the most of it. In a society where a reasonably intelligent reasonably well educated person is generally capable of just about anything, why do we so often do so little with our potential? As a case in point: I'm a reasonably smart guy, variously capable of just about anything, and yet I have nearly perfected the art of doing far too good a job faking it in occupations I am uninterested in beyond simple intrigue and am in general overqualified for as well. Just a few weeks ago I finished up my bachelors degree. After fourteen semesters in college well spread over the past thirteen years, I am finally finished. I changed my major well over a dozen times and I believe overall I am pretty well qualified for whatever unemployment may send my way. I have worked nearly half my life in the construction industry, the last several of them as an owner. After I left construction I worked in some great restaurants, I thought being a consultant sounded like fun, but I'm still trying to find out what it is that a consultant does. So, the question is, what do I want to do when I grow up? I want to change the world. How, that's a bit more complicated. And the focus of this presentation. I'm just a guy who wants to have fun. Rhyan Reid Non-Aligned 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.kimpallister.com/ 01/31/2010 481 The combination of the Internet and consumer electronics has allowed for an amazing range of ways to get favorite flavor of media fix. Without leaving your chair, you can buy games on your Xbox, buy books for your Kindle, and buy a Movie or a few songs for your iPod Touch. The thing is, you don't actually "BUY" any of these. One thing all of these devices and services have in common is that they explicitly state in fine print that you do not OWN anything. And yet they all continue to distort and dilute the meaning of the word 'buy' as they shellac it on the surface of the experience Most people realize this, but hey, as long as its effectively the same thing, who cares? And what's someone to do? Retreating from modern media and the digital world isn't appealing, not to mention the fact that it renders one useless at the office water cooler. In this talk I'll lay out a few tactics you can use to avoid being a victim of these digital shell games, and even play a role in shaping a more palatable future Kim both works and plays in the games industry, having spent time at several of the large mega-corporations in the pacific northwest. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, but much prefers speaking on his own behalf where he can take the seatbelts off tell it like it really is. He blogs at www.kimpallister.com occasionally publishes thoughts elsewhere in both photon and posthumous tree form. Kim Pallister 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.twitter.com/mdouglass 01/31/2010 480 In 2006 I started singing with a Barbershop Chorus of men, many of whom are old enough to be my father... or grandfather. The lessons I have learned from these men, singing, sharing, growing a sweet mustache (or not), and growing as a collaborative artist, have forever changed my life. Rare are the places where generations of people gather to create together. In my presentation I will share some of the lessons I have learned from my intergenerational musical journey. Matthew is an amature singer and Oregon native. Matthew Douglass 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/24/science/24angier.html 01/31/2010 479 I'm gonna talk about what happens to your body and your brain when you freak out and when you feel all warm and fuzzy. ;) Neuroscientist whose expertise centers on social and emotional processing in the body and the brain. Sarina Rodrigues 284 Oregon State University 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.kimpallister.com/ 01/31/2010 478 Today, we are encouraged to shelter our kids from all variety of imagined harm, focus only on core curriculum subject matter so that they can compete and succeed, and participate in a consumer culture that encourages passive consumption. The three trends form a perfect storm that will turn your children's brains to pablum, and doom the planet in the process. What can you do about it? Give me five minutes and I'll tell you. Kim both works and plays in the games industry, having spent time at several of the large mega-corporations in the pacific northwest. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, but much prefers speaking on his own behalf where he can take the seatbelts off tell it like it really is. He blogs at www.kimpallister.com occasionally publishes thoughts elsewhere in both photon and posthumous tree form. Kim Pallister 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.artistrising.com/galleries/beyondthecanvas 01/31/2010 477 Quick easy elementary breakdown of an automobile lease, and dispelling the fears of the unknown. Empower yourself through knowledge. Know what to ask, when to ask it, and put the love back into buying/leasing a car. EXPERIENCE: 9 yrs. of successful Business Development, Marketing and Sales 4 yrs. of Client Advocacy and Foundation Development 7 yrs. of Public Administration, Government and Community Relations EDUCATION Drake University Des Moines, IA 50311 Public Relations and Marketing Suzan Gilliam 298 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://userexperience.evantageconsulting.com/author/sdube/ 01/31/2010 476 I would like to share my learning’s from a recent interview I did with a heart patient who called herself ‘The Bag Lady’. This was part of a project I was doing to study the usefulness of a new medical device. My session with her made me pause and shed any misconceptions I might have had about people who walk on the streets with big bags, collecting junk. In many ways she set me straight on work and life. I would like to spend 5 minutes talking about how she did that. I am a veteran user experience consultant who collects insights about product and services by meeting people and reading different types of information. Sheetal Dube UPA, CHIFOO 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.artistrising.com/galleries/beyondthecanvas 01/31/2010 475 Bringing sincerity back into the act of listening and digesting. Using the power of silence. Selling with your ears, not your mouth. My top 8 tips to listening will open your eyes by just opening your ears. EXPERIENCE: 9 yrs. of successful Business Development, Marketing and Sales 4 yrs. of Client Advocacy and Foundation Development 7 yrs. of Public Administration, Government and Community Relations EDUCATION Drake University Des Moines, IA 50311 Public Relations and Marketing Suzan Gilliam 298 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://progress.org/geonomy 01/31/2010 474 Do creative types need patents to protect their novel ideas? Should government be in the patent business? If so, should government issue them for a filing fee, or for a portion of how much the idea is worth? Presently, big companies stockpile patents, keeping off any next generation intellectual explorers. Could techno-progress proceed more rapidly with a reform of intellectual property protection? By just entering the market first, could creators have a better chance of compensation? How have other times and places handled these questions? What do the experts say? And if we (society) charged people for staking claims on the field of knowledge, could we extend the principle to charging for all government-granted privileges (corporate charters, licenses, land titles, etc), and generate enough public revenue to pay ourselves a dividend (a la Alaska's oil dividend), financially empowering inventors? Why not? Inventor. Writer. Host of a news website, progress.org. Jeffery J. Smith Forum on Geonomics; Society for Ecological Economics 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.bretevan.com/ 01/31/2010 473 As reality for the World's 1.8 billion Internet users becomes increasingly entangled with technology, a major shift is occurring in many fundamental behaviors. Digital Demography is the study of these changes and how they are affecting humanity today and in the future. Understanding both the what and how leads Digital Demographers to the most important question, "Why?" For the purposes of Ignite Portland, I will address each of the 3 major points. 1. What Digital Demography is. 2. What the behavioral changes are and how they are and will affect humanity. 3. Why these changes are significant and important to humanity's evolution. Appreciating that each presenter has a very limited amount of time, I will spend most of my allotment on the "What" and "How" of Digital Demography. The goal of this presentation is simple yet significant, to bring an emerging field of academic study into the light of public discourse. It is my hope to represent the thousands of Digital Demographers from across the planet in 5 minutes and with 20 slides. Bret admires Winston Churchill’s pioneering spirit and go-getter mentality; toiling to overcome barriers to really earn his place in the world. And Bret embodies those qualities; a brazen leader, outspoken, a Captain Crunch eatin’ go-go Power Ranger. Bret prides himself on being Generation Y to the bone. He came of age during the introduction of the Internet, back in the days of fingerboards and Pogs. He considers himself fully prepped for InsYght and the needs of his clients. Bret makes it his business to know and understand his generation, inside and out. Appreciating that stereotypes don’t work in today’s world, and that diversity is reality, he firmly believes in three things: client satisfaction, quality work, and that there is not just one answer to approaching Generation Y, there is only the right insight. Bret studied at Portland State University, and sits on the Community Advisory board for Oregon Public Broadcasting, as well as on the Board of Directors for the Alzheimer’s Association. He hosts a number of radio shows on KPSU, and was a 2009 RYLA participant. A Portland native, Bret has been blessed with the privilege of experiencing and studying the great diversity of Generation Y communities in action. In his free time, Bret enjoys kickball, live music, photography, reading, biking, camping and enjoying the great Northwest. Bret Bernhoft 296 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.watsu.com/ 01/31/2010 472 Would enjoy talking about my continued experience and growth with Ai Chi and Watsu and how these aquatic therapy practices are an excellent way for people to experience a unique and gentle expansion of both body and mind. AI CHI is a meditative movement exercise developed by Jun Kunno a Tai Chi master. He used his mastery of Tai Chi to create a water based Ai Chi after being inspired by the movements of Watsu practitioners. Often described as yoga in water, the emphasis on core movement and the breath can be experienced deeply with the buoyant support of the water. WATSU is a form of Aquatic Bodywork started by Harold Dull in 1980. Short for Water Shiatsu, Watsu is a warm water massage where a person receives gentle stretches and moves while floated and supported by a practitioner. The weightless sensation has been described as flying, womb-like, and just plain fun. Watsu is unique from other massage modalities which are solely based on touch. When in the water, the exchange of support and trust between the giver and receiver provides a relaxed meditative environment. Combined with the therapeutic benefits of warm water and the greater freedom of movement it encourages, Watsu is a modality that can provide a multi-layered mind-body experience. Marcus Miller is project engineer, writer, video editor, Watsu practitioner and teaches part-time a meditative water movement exercise called Ai Chi. Marcus Miller 260 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 01/31/2010 471 Exactly what the title says. Approximately one minute each on such things as: 1. Thinking you are smarter than she is 2. Believing your great personality will make a supermodel love you. 3. Asking 14 times after she has said no for the 27th. 4. Failure to comprehend "consensual" 5. Being a complete asshat Beverly has spent a few years of her adult life in that sometimes uncomfortable place called "Dating." So have most of the fantastic women she knows. After many hours of coffee and wine drinking, late night phone calls and sob sessions she has figured out what makes her and any other woman run away from a date screaming. Beverly Fields 295 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.whatifyourstrategy.com/ 01/31/2010 470 What would happen if the blue and red states got a divorce? Mark Chussil is Founder and CEO of Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc., and an expert in business war-gaming and strategy simulation. He’s also a Founder of Crisis Simulations International, LLC. His simulation designs have won a patent and an industry award. Mark has helped executives in major companies on six continents. He has published a book on strategy simulation and analysis, a book on self-awareness, chapters and case studies for five other books, and dozens of articles. He has appeared 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 (in political science) from Yale. Mark Chussil Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://opensourcebridge.org/ 01/31/2010 469 In the summer of 2009, Selena travelled to Akure, Nigeria to give a PostgreSQL training. While there, she learned about the ascendancy of a new administration in Ondo state, and how they managed to overcome a severe case of election rigging. The talk is the story of a group of idealists and information technology specialists who put together some basic tools to prove that an election was rigged. Selena Deckelmann works for End Point Corporation and is an enthusiastic open source advocate and PostgreSQL specialist. She is co-chair of Open Source Bridge conference, a conference for open source citizens. In her spare time, she likes to mix drinks for her local Perl and Postgres user groups, and fetch eggs from her chickens (when she has them). Selena Deckelmann 294 Open Source Bridge 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://malum-iter.com/RoadTripCatsMMVIII/ 01/31/2010 468 Enjoy a tour through my crazy plan to pack my husband, our two cats, and all the necessities of life into one Toyota Prius for a multi-month driving trip around the United States. We had discussed extended vacations before, but there were always questions. Could we afford it? What about our jobs? Don't we need somewhere to live? Where would we keep our stuff? What about the cats? And, really, aren't we too lazy for this sort of thing? Our 2008 move to Portland provided a perfect opportunity for travel. Many of our questions (jobs, house, stuff) became moot. With a little planning, I was sure we could compensate for the rest. This is the story of how we drove 16,800 miles, visited 25 destinations, and spent 153 days on the road with our cats--all while sleeping in proper beds and never getting up before 8:30 AM.* We did it, and so can you! * (Except for the two days when we saw a Space Shuttle launch and visited Red Rock Canyon at sunrise, respectively, and those were both totally worth it.) DeeAnn likes to make lists and dream up crazy plans. If something sounds like a fun and interesting project, she wants to figure out how to do it. Past projects include putting on several marathon road-trip puzzle hunts, founding a consulting business, running the training department in a medical device company, managing an international database overhaul project, and writing two novels. DeeAnn Sole 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 01/31/2010 467 Why our infantile infatuation with pirates as kid's party amusement is really sick and twisted. With insincere apologies to Boggy and the Salt-man, I'll review the "pirate as kid's best friend" the root of much of what we think about pirates as nonsense and remind everyone and how nuts we are. Scared of Bad People all my life Todd Henion 202 Just this guy 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 01/31/2010 466 Beginning with the basic rule: Get out of my way We will continue with: How to turn left (you're doing it wrong) How to turn right (you're still doing it wrong) Uncontrolled intersections (it's totally safe if you're the only idiot) Entering the freeway-Floor it, then look Multiway stops-You're doing it wrong Was that a bike? and back to the basic rule: Get out of my way. It's the right thing to do. Parent, pilot, driver and corrector of others. Lived in Portland for 19 years. @wheniruleall Todd Henion 202 Just this guy 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://touchingearth.wordpress.com/ 01/31/2010 465 Renounce and enjoy was Gandhi's three-word summary of his life's teaching. I intend to show how a few simple, but radical (from the root) changes toward simplicity in one's lifestyle can create enormous personal liberation and joy, and is the surest way of creating lasting and deep social and environmental transformation in the world. Instead of lamenting our personal insignificance in the face of the enormity of corporate/military mayhem, we can create a movement of doing without that undermines the foundation of these powers while opening a world of creativity to our communities. The changes I'll mention - living without income; using little money; giving up cars; finding, growing and sharing food, turning one's daily life into performance art, and discovering the core of religion (to re-connect) - have all been tested by me (I've lived without income since '91, never driven), and can be applied to different degrees by all kinds of people. I'll fit it all in by focusing on one typical day as artistic offering, with pictures of visionaries from many cultures doing the activities mentioned. Grew up in New York City, graduated from Oberlin College having studied creative writing and religion, lived in a Zen monastery in California, then traveled through Asia including crossing the Himalayas on foot into Ladakh, became a Buddhist monk in New Mexico, trained in a monastery in Japan, became a tree-sitter in the cascades, settled in Portland to practice, teach, learn Indian singing and flute, and help share food with Food-Not-Bombs. Satyavayu 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.johnanthonyhartman.com/ 01/31/2010 464 This is the Ignite Proposal that I submitted. – I will dig into how the UI as we know is about to change forever. With the mass market release of new camera’s that can see in 3D. In other words imagine a web camera that can see depth without all those little white dots. Now this may not seem like such revolutionary news but just listen to some of the things this allows. * Control applications using hand gesture * Control games using any intuitive body gesture * Combine personal 3D image in the game scene * Playing sports games and actually be engaged in physical exercise * Using hands gestures in order to cast a spell, fire a fireball, pick up objects or any other gaming activity previously required a pointing device such as a mouse * Participate in fighting games by actually kicking and punching your opponents with your hands and legs * Get into shape: an aerobics virtual trainer can monitor your actual pace and analyze the way you perform exercises in order to deliver a truly interactive and effective training experience * A virtual golf trainer can actually analyze your swings and interactively provide improvement instructions and advices * Conference from home, but look as if you are in the office or at the beach * Locate your presentation slides behind you, so that you can point at a graph etc. * Immerse yourself in video clips, films or games * Replace mouse and keyboard * Control home appliances using hand gestures * Real-time face tracking * Tracked person separation from background * Face detection independent of light conditions and face direction * Triggering safe deployment of airbags * Driver fatigue detection * Warning drivers about potential collisions * 3D vision for robots * 3D vision for the blind and in-body operations Are you having Minority Report flashbacks yet? It’s time to get PDX in the know and Ignite the mental energy of this amazing community creating the new stories, software, solutions and possibilities of this coming shift in how we interact with our machines and each other. John Anthony Hartman is an adjunct professor at Portland State University teaching social media marketing. He has been blazing trails in the new media space for years and has worked with clients included Intel, HP, Toyota, Cricket and many others. He has also worked with NASA, The Environmental Literacy Council, Earth 911, Cosmos Studios, The Jane Goodall Institute and a litany of universities and educators while helping to construct the Digital Universe.  John Anthony Hartman 7 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.canvasdreams.com/ 01/31/2010 463 As a "greener", sustainable Web host, we've learned a lot about how technology can be harnessed to help a business operate more efficiently and eco-friendly. We've also learned the importance of conversation and relationships to build trust and complete the circle when so much of our day-to-day interactions with customers is done through virtual and online interfaces. People ask me all the time, “What is sustainable Web hosting”? It’s the start of a fantastic conversation that covers not only the technology we use and develop, but how we operate our business, how we work with our employees as a greater team, the decisions we make that affect and support the local economy, and the overriding corporate philosophy of sustainability in all decisions and business operations on a day-to-day basis. I am a firm believer that while nothing we are doing is rocket science, many of the same principles could be used by most any business if done the right way and for the right reason. As a business owner, this is what gets my blood running hot and keeps me up late at night -- always figuring out ways to help our customers and other businesses we interact with, to become more sustainable. Principal of Canvas Dreams, a sustainable Web host located in downtown Portland, Oregon. A lifelong Oregonian passionate about technology and nature, David is active in many sustainable networks and organizations, including Green America, Green Drinks, EcoTuesday, ReDirect Guide, the Sustainable Business Network of Portland. David Anderson Canvas Dreams, LLC 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.searchengineoptimizationportland.com/blog/ 01/31/2010 462 How to increase your blog readership by using keyword research. You don't want to change what you say just the words you are using to say it. How it is done, how and why it works. What tools you can use. Case study to back up the premise. It's so easy anyone can do it. Gary Pool "web maestro" & "search engine optimizician", a person whose uncanny sense of the art and science of website optimization comes from his natural talents in music and math. Fear of algorithms isn't in his vocabulary. In fact he begins each work session with the Algorithm March... As the "Web Maestro" at White Rose Productions, Gary is passionate about SEO. His fast-loading, W3C validated, search-smart sites win rave reviews from business owners and website users alike. His latest site, created for a Chinese company, has resulted in an invitation to China for the dedication of their latest recycling plant. Gary Pool's internet experience began in 1998 with completion of the Multimedia Certification from the New Media Center, San Diego, a sister program to the one at MIT. Gary Pool 138 SEOPDX 01/31/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://www.lizargall.com/ 01/31/2010 461 What size shovel should one get to beat writer's block? Can you get a discount if writer's block turns into writers' block? I will take you on a journey through strange, elaborate and mundane techniques that can be used to GET THE WORDS ON THE PAGE. Write that paper, finish that blog post, hammer out that short story or pull yourself over the broken glass of that novel. BYO shovel Liz decided she wanted to be a writer when she was seven years old... the decision and the excitement around the decision was a way to procrastinate about the dreary assignment she had to write. She's a creator of poetry, prose, comics, and song. Her work has been published in a range of journals and anthologies including The Pedestal, Meanjin, The Girls Guide to Guy Stuff, and Eat Comics. She is a graduate of the prestigious Clarion Writers Workshop (www.clarion.ucsd.edu/) and once upon a time she wrote a musical. Liz moved from Canberra, Australia to Portland, Oregon in 2009 and adores creating and working in two countries. She thinks words matter and believes in the future. Liz Argall 285 Writer 01/31/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.psychster.com/ 01/30/2010 460 If you want to make money from your website, you need page views. The best way to increase page views is not to get more users - it's to increase visits and stickiness. We'll resurrect the world's most loved rat- and pigeon Psychologist B.F. Skinner to teach you how to equip your site with reinforcement schedules that will make it irresistible. Your users will soon be clicking the mouse as fast as Skinner's mice clicked levers. And if you are the user not the designer, you'll finally understand why you're hooked and what you can do to break the habit. CEO of Psychster Inc., Seattle-based research and consulting firm dedicated to advising clients on the psychology of social media. Former Microsoft Survey Program Manager, Classmates.com Business Analyst, and Visiting Professor of Psychology. David Evans 129 Psychster Inc. 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.whatifyourstrategy.com/ 01/30/2010 459 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 DXMA™ simulator (U.S. Patent No. 7,536,287). He’s helped thousands of 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: Questions Only You Can Answer to Create the Life Only You Can Live. Mark Chussil Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.whatifyourstrategy.com/ 01/30/2010 458 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. And, because we’re human, we have a fascinating array of decision-making biases, which operate without announcing themselves to our conscious minds. Biases that make us pay more attention to isolated but vivid events than to statistics, that make us willing to go along with groups rather than believe the clear evidence of our eyes, that lock us into YOU-started-it traps, that make us believe that something is working right up to the moment it falls down around us. Not unlike, for instance, the financial crisis. What can we do about that? We will discuss social psychology, innumeracy, our individual sense of exceptionalism ("I'm different"), and so on. We’ll discuss experiments and simulations. We’ll discuss antidotes and how to make better decisions. 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’s design for CSI's DXMA™ simulation technology won a patent (U.S. Patent No. 7,536,287). 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: Questions Only You Can Answer to Create the Life Only You Can Live. Mark earned his MBA from Harvard and his BA from Yale. Mark Chussil Advanced Competitive Strategies, Inc. 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.explanimation.com/ 01/30/2010 457 Hey camera owners, got digital? Is your notion of resolution is limited to the incantation "300 dots per inch"? But wait! There are no inches in a web browser -- or in a digital camera. Come along on a magical pixelry tour. When you post photos to your blog, you'll be confident they'll load fast and look good. When you print pictures to send to the low-tech relatives, you'll to avoid the jaggies. Five minutes from now you'll be well-prepared to deal with image resolution. Nancy Wirsig McClure is a creative designer with a geek streak. She loves to explain stuff through various media -- Photoshop classes, infographics design, web site creation... She was a runner-up in the December 2009 Presentation Karaoke at the Someday Lounge. Nancy Wirsig McClure 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 01/30/2010 456 Ignite Portland allows all kinds. Last time we had funny talks and serious ones and also different kinds of speakers, Experienced ones, not so experienced ones. I liked watching the audience reaction because of it. Sometimes we humans expect only beauty, permit only perfection. But what about Ugly? By “ugly” I mean the non-beautiful. Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting. What if we were all Barbies and Elijah Woods with piercing blue eyes? Something would be missing. I think Profoundness hides behind ugly. If you only look for beauty you will bypass the Best. If you only care for Shiny you will miss hidden Royalty. Don't miss it. Next time you think of passing up conversation with an undesireable, think again. You may end up richer for it. Let's Hear it for Ugly. Counseling background, semi-geek, now in Accounting. I went to Recent Changes Camp 2006 and loved the stream of people making it work. It was revolutionary and full of Serendipity. Kristin Webb-Tomson Citizen of this planet 01/30/2010 8 01/31/2010 http://sites.google.com/site/objectifier/ 01/30/2010 455 3D Fabrication is the process of taking a digital model, either created from scratch or scanned from an existing real life object and printing a physical copy out in a variety of materials. This amazing technology has been used in design industries for years but is finally becoming affordable to the general public. At just under a grand home sized 3D printers, such as the Makerbot, are closer to a reality but still beyond most people's financial grasp. I propose we gather resources and start a 3D printing coop right here in Portland. Thus I present OBJECTIFIER! A computer science student who's currently obsessed with 3D fabrication and hopes to do only nonprofit or philanthropic business. In the past I've done everything from fueling private jets to running a virtual world content design group. I've also had my share of work on independent video productions in a variety of positions, including shorts, documentaries and feature length movies. Erik Chevalier 283 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinduell 01/30/2010 454 Change is afoot. More than just financial and environmental pressure, we are in a cauldron of transformation that promises to alter how we live, work, think and build our world. Pretty tall order. How do we pull it off? Dream large, dream now. Change is inevitable; the future is malleable. It takes only a few of us to craft a world well worth living. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised? In OUR period of transformation, the revolution can be so seamless it won't be Recognized - except by those who make it. I'm an energy engineer, tree-climber, ballroom dancer, magician, and futurist. I've been designing buildings for 15 years, now focusing on energy efficiency and economics of sustainability. My wife is the goddess incarnate. Kevin Duell 249 Green Dragon Consulting 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.phillipkerman.com/blog 01/30/2010 453 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 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://pergelator.blogspot.com/ 01/30/2010 452 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. Medium old, white male. 30 years mucking about with computers. Wife, children, house, everything. The full catastrophe. Charles Pergiel 186 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 01/30/2010 451 Five lighting fast minutes of thoughts, ideas and photos. From Life with my Mother a Clown a book I am writing. Throw a party, unbirthdays, Half Birthdays, Various Saints there is more than one to choose from every day and official recognition days, the City of Portland has plenty of those to choose from. When things aren't going right, put on your clown costume and go clowning. Ideas From Don't worry be Happy Dented cans, how to concoct a tasty mystery meal out of the close out bin. Can I eat that weed? Free Christmas presents out of the recycling. Blast from the past, saving things because you might need them, like feathers. If all else fails offer to trade someone else your troubles, problems. You will be amazed at the results. I am a freelance writer and Data Fiend presenter of Beautiful Data. Mary Anne Thygesen 91 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Steven_Walling 01/30/2010 450 Wikipedians. They're the people who actually write that free online encyclopedia you use every day. But who are they? Wikipedia isn't written by the staff of a company or paid experts. It's written by thousands of unpaid volunteers. Though anyone and everyone can make an edit to the site, there's an elite (read: obsessed) cadre of people who regularly give up their free time to write an encyclopedia. If you thought 4chan was weird, wait till you meet the Wikipedians. Steven Walling is a volunteer editor and administrator for Wikipedia who has been active since 2006. Do not ask him where he finds the time. Steven Walling 269 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.gadgettrak.com/ 01/30/2010 449 Today mobile devices such as laptops and mobile phones are getting smaller, more expensive and have higher data capacities, these factors make them prime targets for thieves. However, these devices have also become smarter, they have GPS, web cameras and other advanced technologies that allow devices to phone home and "tell on" thieves. Sometimes this occurs accidentally, other times it is intentional with software designed to catch thieves. In this presentation I will cover real stories of device recovery such as those that were accidental as well as real recoveries I have been part of, how we did it and how we worked with law enforcement to not only recover stolen devices, but also unveil larger theft rings and other crimes. Ken is a creative technologist with 10-years experience in computer security, development, programming, design and marketing. As founder of GadgetTrak he developed GadgetTrak's patented solutions for removable media and laptop theft recovery and leads product development, architecture and technology innovation. Ken's research and development has been included in the Certifeid Ethical Hacker training materials and numerous publications, books and guides. Ken Westin ActiveTrak Inc. 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.bentopress.com/sf/ 01/30/2010 448 In January 2010 I spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station, a simulated Mars base in the Utah desert. Although the Martian conditions were simulated, the science was real, as were the isolation, hostile environment, and problems faced by the six-person crew. Although my official title was Crew Journalist, I soon found myself repairing space suits, helping to keep the habitat running, and having interplanetary adventures I'd never before imagined. My name is David D. Levine and I'm a science fiction writer. I've sold over 40 short stories to all the major markets, including Asimov's and Analog, and I've won a Hugo Award, been nominated for the Nebula, and won or been shortlisted for many other awards as well as appearing in numerous Year's Best anthologies. I retired in 2007 after a 25-year career as a technical writer, software engineer, and user interface designer for Tektronix, Intel, and McAfee and now spend my days writing, traveling, and getting into trouble. David D. Levine 291 Science fiction writer 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.inbetween2worlds.com/ 01/30/2010 447 The Tzolkin, Mayan Spiritual Calendar , is a sacred tool the Mayans used to synchronize themselves with Natural Time. The Mayans perceived time as consciousness, and were aware of Natural Cycles. The Tzolkin is made up of 20 Sun Signs and 13 Intentions of creation that phase each other to make up a calendar of 260 days. Anyone can become aware of these energies and discover that life is a reflection of our inner self. In my 5 minute speech i will explain the Sacred Tzolkin 20 day signs and 13 tones of intention, Mayan teachings, and how to align yourself with the sacred calendar. Portland Musician who traveled to the Yucatan and Guatemala to learn about the Tzolkin Sacred Calendar and the Ancient teachings of the Maya. Met with the Shamans and traveled to Tikal Pyramids, while performing Mayan Fire Ceremonies. Nick Krieger 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 01/30/2010 446 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. 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 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://oakhazelnut.com/ 01/30/2010 445 Traditional geometry is something we all learned in school. Some of us like it, and the rest of us don't. In traditional geometry, parallel lines stay parallel, and triangles are always 180 degrees. Theses are the rules, and they cannot be broken. Enter Hyperbolic Geometry. It's not new, but it is an AWESOME field of mathematics. Basically, it breaks all the rules. In this presentation, I'll demonstrate some of the history and implications of this field, a field that has inspired Escher and sent Euclid rolling in his grave. I'll also explain the mysterious 5th Postulate and how all of this applies to the web. Sound complicated? Don't panic! I'll use a lot of pictures and analogies. And with all of the beer you'll all be consuming, the ideas should enter your brain smoothly and enjoyable. This won't hurt a bit. Amber Case is a Cyborg Anthropologist studying the interaction between humans and computers and how technology affects culture. She consults with a number of large and small companies on extending online presence. In her free time, she does independent research and has exceedingly long conversations. Case gave her first lecture on Hyperbolic Geometry to her mathematics class at age 14. She hasn't given one since, but uses the mathematics all the time. Amber Case 288 Hazelnut Consulting 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://maxradi.wordpress.com/ 01/30/2010 444 During this tough recession many of my employed friends have asked me: How are you able to stay unemployed? Do you have what it takes? Simply answer these questions: Do you have access to your Parent's basement? Are you free of dependents? Do you enjoy the taste of top ramen? If you answered yes to all of these questions, you are fit to be unemployed. Some key points I will be going over: How to lose interview opportunities. How to bomb the only interview you've had in a month. How to make a spelling error in your resume. Where to find a job (hint: craigslist.com). How to apply for something you can't even pronounce. What to wear when inquiring into job openings. How to incorrectly pronounce the name of the secretary that's handling your application for employment. How to accidentally call your interviewer a lesbian. Tired of getting paid? No problem. Be unemployed. 2009 Graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication Employment status: Un Maxwell Radi 242 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 01/30/2010 443 This talk examines how how to hack and protect the "New Human" by going over both real-world and futurist trends (medical implants, bio-engineering, health-care technology, etc). It's a very brief exploration the intersection of the cyborg trend with hacking and computer security. I'll present a framework for understanding cyborg information security and examines the next generation of social engineering. If we are all going to end up with mechanical hearts, cybernetics eyes, memory chips and tattoo e-ink we may as well figure out how to do it securely. Esteban has been playing with technology and cognition for long time. His professional occupation involves information security and in his spare time he plays with his family or plays with ideas. Esteban Gutierrez 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://0009.org/ 01/30/2010 442 Understanding the risks and benefits of having location aware brain cells. artist, hacker, audio perfumist jason wilson 289 platial.com 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://geneehrbar.com/ 01/30/2010 441 Over the course of a decade and a half, with four and a half guitars, two amps, twenty-three pedals and one theremin, I've played just about every kind of music you can imagine in just about every corner of Portland. Music is group art, and group art is hard. Getting on stage in front of people can be even harder. I've learned a thing or two about how to coexist productively with my fellow musicians, and how to have fun doing it, and I'd like to share what I've learned with you. Gene Ehrbar is a founding partner in Portland-based Anomaly Incorporated, as well as a programmer, father, frequent guitar abuser, and skier. He and his wife Nicole live in Southeast Portland with their twin four-year-old boys and color-matched cat and dog. Gene is full of opinions. Don't get him started. Gene Ehrbar 287 Anomaly Incorporated 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://geneehrbar.com/ 01/30/2010 440 The information we feed our children's developing young minds is as important as the food we choose for them. For the last four years, my wife and I have navigated a sea of children's content, sometimes stumbling upon hidden gems, often enduring bad, stilted verse, and frequently being infected with the most vile of children's-music ear-worms. We took notes. All too often, reading between the lines in our children's books and videos, we found not-so-well-concealed agendas, and attempts to politicize, indoctrinate, and market to our kids. Here are the highlights, shockers, and funny bits, plus some tips to help you avoid pitfalls as you prepare to introduce your little ones to the wonderful world of media. Gene Ehrbar is a founding partner in Portland-based Anomaly Incorporated, as well as a programmer, father, frequent guitar abuser, and skier. He and his wife Nicole live in Southeast Portland with their twin four-year-old boys and color-matched cat and dog. Gene is full of opinions. Don't get him started. Gene Ehrbar 287 Anomaly Incorporated 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://cityrepair.org/ 01/30/2010 439 People need to know their own story if they are to know where they came from, where they are now, in order to know who they are, in order to be as powerful together as they can be. This gorgeous visual presentation will tell us more about why this city of people is becoming an increasingly extraordinary place among places. From our guerilla-style reclamation of the old Meier & Frank parking garage, when we painted the entire block-sized rooftop during the fight to create Pioneer square, to the success of dozens of local initiatives, this presentation will leave people amazed at who this city is now, and who we are becoming. * Life long Portlander, attended Chapman and Lincoln. * Father principal activist who fought for Pioneer Square, who inspired/indoctrinated me into public space activism. * Co-founded the multi-disciplinary Art & Cultural "Last Thursday House" in 1990, which held monthly art fusion events until 1999. * Initiated/founded The City Repair Project in 1996, and created the "intersection repair" concept in 1996, the T-Horse mobile public space in 1996, co-initiated the Village Building Convergence (VBC) in 2001. * Founded Communitecture in 1998, the activist community & ecology architecture and planning firm. * Travel across the world now giving presentations on community organizing, insurrectionary public place-making, and many other themes. Mark Lakeman 286 The City Repair Project 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.lizargall.com/ 01/30/2010 438 Community resilience and empowerment. Why investing in communities (physical and virtual) can minimise harm and save lives during crises. Plus a bit on the psychology of disasters. Liz carves out a diverse career as a freelancer; frequently working in educational comics as a writer, project manager, and talent scout. Her creative work has been published in a broad range of publications, most recently in The Pedestal Magazine and Tango Comics Anthology. In a past life Liz worked with the community sector back in Australia on emergency peparedness, response and recovery. She spent a lot of time looking at 'non-standard events' such as pandemics, bushfire, flood and loss of utilities in the context of homeless people, young people, elderly people, indigenous people, people with disabilities, people from non-english speaking backgrounds and the often small community organisations that provide important services to these people. Liz Argall 285 Freelance Writer 01/30/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.lizargall.com/ 01/30/2010 437 Tips on how communities, businesses and individuals can prepare for emergencies. This talk is not official advice. It is a start point for you to do your own work. Liz carves out a diverse career as a freelancer; frequently working in educational comics as a writer, project manager, and talent scout. Her creative work has been published in a broad range of publications, most recently in The Pedestal Magazine and Tango Comics Anthology. In a past life Liz worked with the community sector back in Australia on emergency peparedness, response and recovery. She spent a lot of time looking at 'non-standard events' such as pandemics, bushfire, flood and loss of utilities in the context of homeless people, young people, elderly people, indigenous people, people with disabilities, people from non-english speaking backgrounds and the often small community organisations that provide important services to these people. Liz Argall 285 Freelance Writer 01/30/2010 8 01/29/2010 http://www.curtisfrye.com/ 01/29/2010 436 Dating is tough, especially when you've spent most of your adult life typing into or rewiring the guts of a computer. How do you find someone? How do you generate that first spark of interest? What do you talk about and, most importantly, how do you talk about it? As a nerd who found love after the age of 35, Curt has unique insights into how the formerly hopeless can adapt their skills and apply them to the dating world. Curt has been a full-time professional freelance technical writer since 1995, a professional improv comedian with ComedySportz since 1996, and a solo corporate entertainer since 2003. Originally from a small town in Virginia, he's lived in Syracuse, Calgary, DC, and now Portland. Curtis Frye 01/29/2010 8 01/28/2010 http://www.decipherinc.com/ 01/28/2010 435 An overview of guerrilla marketing techniques and tactics for measuring its success. Case studies included – some worked, some really blew but you'll get to hear it all...and within 5 minutes! Kristin Luck is the President of Decipher and one of the pioneers of the online market research business. Kristin is the co-founder of the media research firm OTX and has held senior management positions at Lieberman Research Worldwide and ACNielsen...but in all honesty, she'd rather be snowboarding. KristinLuck 282 Decipher 01/28/2010 8 01/26/2010 http://www.twitter.com/macgenie 01/26/2010 434 If you have the bad luck to find yourself in the emergency room of a psychiatric hospital, you'll be asked a standard series of questions in order to figure out if you are, well, crazy. I'll cover what to answer and what NOT to answer, so you can avoid being mislabeled as paranoid, delusional, grandiose or any of a number of other things that you obviously are not. I'll also have tips for those who still manage to get locked up, despite following my advice. Jean MacDonald is a partner in a small Macintosh software company. She was a web designer and teacher before that, and worked in book publishing before that. She was raised in Miami and lived in North Carolina, New Jersey, and New York before discovering Portland, her favorite place on earth. She is working on a memoir about the 28 days she spent in various psychiatric institutions over the course of two years in the mid-1990s. Jean MacDonald 281 01/26/2010 8 01/25/2010 http://techgeist.com/ 01/25/2010 433 You don't have to drink more to be a better person, but you should drink more interesting things! Drinking your way to a better you will show you some simple options for upgrading your bar to make it on par with the pros. Topics covered will include infusing, making homemade mixers, and provide some sample recipes that will impress your friends and family. Andy Beach is a digital media professional who combines technology, creativity, and business strategy. He the author of Real World Video Compression, a book that seeks to explain the world of compression in as plain English as possible. Most recently, Andy was VP of Marketing for Elemental technologies, a Portland based video compression software company. Prior to Elemental, he served as the director of product marketing & support at Inlet Technologies where he oversaw the creation of Armada, an automated media processing solution encompassing analysis and transcoding. Before Inlet, Andy co-founded an interactive agency in New York City and taught digital filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts. He has a B.F.A. in film & video from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He loves good food, better hooch, and can often be found lusting over vintage Volvos. Andy Beach 279 01/25/2010 8 01/25/2010 http://www.darkhorse.com/ 01/25/2010 432 There are many comic creators in Portland, many more who want to be. But can you make money doing it? Marketing Coordinator at Dark Horse Comics, co-founder of Banana Stand Media, and Purdue graduate. Aaron Colter 280 Dark Horse Comics 01/25/2010 8 01/24/2010 01/24/2010 431 The American Schoolhouse continues to evolve; it is both representative and emblematic of the social memes of the day. Jeremiah will illustrate a brief history of schooling in America, and propose the next logical iteration of the American Schoolhouse -- the Little Green Schoolhouse. We are all experts in what schools have been. This talk will focus on what schools might (should) become. Jeremiah uses a definition of sustainability encompassing environmental concerns, but also economic and social aspects to argue that the ecologically conceived school is a critical next step, and that the Pacific northwest should be at the vanguard of this movement. Jeremiah is a doctoral candidate at Lewis and Clark College, studying school design. Specifically, he has questions about school design and schooling as they relate to sustainability. Jeremiah Patterson 01/24/2010 8 01/24/2010 http://www.sparklingpalaces.com/ 01/23/2010 430 I am a die-hard entrepreneur. I love working like a dog, being my own boss and doing things the way I think they should be done. I run a rockstar green cleaning company in Portland called Sparkling Palaces. Being the giant cleaning dork that I am, I saved up my money and flew to Chicago in Oct 2009, to go to the ISSA/ARCSI Cleaning Convention. A convention for people - you guessed it - crazy about cleaning. The best thing I walked away with: a free spray bottle that cleaned with water. WHAT?! Cleaning with water it doesn't take a Forest-Park-hiking-hippie to know that it doesn't get greener than that. So after much field testing, I decided that if Bill Nye the Science Guy said the technology was legit, I would adopt it for my business ... but that's not all. I decided that this sprayer was so revolutionary, I would film a video of myself in my kitchen talking about the sprayer and send it to the marketing director of the company and convince the company I should be their new spokesperson. My friends thought I was crazy; they kept asking me if I had entered a contest, or if I'd even asked the company if they needed a spokesperson. Imagine their surprise when the marketing director of the company LOVED my video and wanted to discuss my contract! As of 1/23/10 I am in the process of negotiating the deliverables for my role as a spokesperson for a chemical-free cleaning company. I fully expect to be offered the job. :) Come along for the ride! At the very least, hear the exciting tale about how you can love a product and pitch yourself as the next spokesperson for that product in three easy steps ... I did! I run a Green Cleaning Company in Portland called Sparkling Palaces. I got the crazy notion to start a cleaning business when I was working at Borders back in 2002... so before I quit, I read every book I could find about cleaning and stuck out on my own, vacuum in tow. Fast forward 7 years, I have three Sparklers working for me sparkling palaces and offices all over Portland and Lake Oswego. We are on the fast track to becoming a million dollar cleaning company in three years, thanks to my very ambitious goals and my dedication to our mission. We hope you'll find it true: We make every person involved with Sparkling Palaces feel like the most important one. Yours truly, Amy Boggs. Amy Boggs Sparkling Palaces - Immaculate Green Cleaning 01/23/2010 8 01/22/2010 http://www.afinefarewell.com/ 01/22/2010 429 It seems humans have been making art for (and with, and about) the bodies of our dead for, well, practically since the first humans started dying! Sky burial, Death Masks, Dinners for the Dead, Musical bones, Death Portraits, Burial Shrouds and more... See, hear, *remember*,and be inspired by “Art and the Post Mortal Body”,with Marian Spadone. Marian Spadone is a passionate advocate for reclaiming and securing the rights-and rites-to care for our own Dead. She's an educator, presenter and ceremonial priestess who would like nothing more than to see folks putting the "Fun" back into Funerals! (She secretly thinks it would be fun to call herself the 'corpse whisperer' but is afraid some folks just might not get the joke...) Marian Spadone 235 A Fine Farewell 01/22/2010 8 01/22/2010 http://audreality.wordpress.com/ 01/22/2010 428 With steadily declining happiness among women in the US, starkly contrasting to a slightly increasing amount of happiness for men (Stevensen & Wolfers, 2009), we have a problem. It’s played out for individuals, as well as for groups of people, with potential ramifications in the political arena, both locally & across the US: the Gatekeeper Phenomenon. Described most simply, it’s a notable discrepancy where common behavior, trivialization and comodification of sex, does not align with our hard-wired (innate) drives: sex, particularly for women, is nothing to be taken lightly. It’s become a form of socialized cognitive dissonance. While cognitive dissonance happens when an individual’s behavior does not correlate with their deeper sense of right and wrong, socialized cognitive dissonance is when popular culture-induced behaviors don’t correlate with our more naturalistic tendencies, causing an array of social epidemics. With teen pregnancy on the rise for the first time in 15 years (according to the CDC in 2007), expanding pharmaceutical & illicit drug use and tidal waves of emotional health and relationship concerns everywhere, people are continuing to suffer from trivialization and comodification of sex. My goal is to ignite a substantive discussion on the Gatekeeper Phenomenon, building upon decades of scientific sex-media-dysfunction research. What can be done to address these issues? There are steps to take at every level: personal, social and political. Lets make it happen! Born and raised in Portland (OR), I've got a lot in common with this place; I'm progressive, eco-conscious, low-budget and friendly. I love photography, painting and prose. These days I'm delving into new media as an additional mode of artful communication. Also, I've got an uncanny ability to empathize with most people and non-human animals alike. I'm hyper-social and ultra-rational. Adventure is key. Audrey Rose Goldfarb 278 01/22/2010 8 01/22/2010 http://www.bridgetpilloud.com/ 01/22/2010 427 You know chakras, right? You know the Sanskrit word for wheel? You know you go to yoga and you get your chakras balanced and you feel all zen. Did you know that your chakras can also help you feel sexy? Beautiful? Creative? Amazing? Let's explore the hot side of this ancient wisdom. Let's get Chakralicious. It's all the hotness, without the bother. Bridget Pilloud is a local intuitive animal communicator and intuitive guidance counselor. She explores intuition in all its forms. Bridget Pilloud 01/22/2010 8 01/21/2010 http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinduell 01/21/2010 426 The divorce rate in America is 41% for a first marriage, 60% for a second marriage. A skilled blackjack player can do better than a second marriage. A skilled husband can get the odds down to 0%. Whether married or 'committed', the basic tricks are the same for making it through tough times and for a long time. I've been studying and playing the game for over 20 years. I want you and your partner to have a long and happy life together. I'm an energy engineer, tree-climber, ballroom dancer, magician, and futurist. I've been designing buildings for 15 years, now focusing on energy efficiency and economics of sustainability. My wife is the goddess incarnate. Kevin Duell 249 Green Dragon Consulting 01/21/2010 8 01/30/2010 http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinduell 01/21/2010 425 Google "quantum" you'll see it attached to everything imaginable: quantum fitness, quantum audio, even quantum storage bins. Who is this quantum, really? The answer is an atomic discovery that blew the minds of 20th century physicists. That story got lost when "quantum" became a marketing buzzword. Learn more about the atom and the imperceptible "real world" that surrounds us. The implications are fascinating. I'm an energy engineer, tree-climber, ballroom dancer, magician, and futurist. I've been designing buildings for 15 years, now focusing on energy efficiency and economics of sustainability. My wife is the goddess incarnate. Kevin Duell 249 Green Dragon Consulting 01/21/2010 8 01/20/2010 http://www.curiouscomedy.org/ 01/18/2010 424 Bob and Scott will provide instruction on how to write sketch comedy from brainstorming a premise, putting it through its paces with improv and finding the right POV for the sketch to setting up the jokes, finding the characters and knowing when to drop the curtain. They will do this without the benefit of a licensed pyrotechnican or pants. Bob Ladewig has been writing, directing and performing improvisational and sketch comedy since 1997. He studied and taught at all of the fancy-pants comedy theaters in Chicago such as the iO, Second City, ComedySportz and the Playground Theater. He has directed several critically acclaimed shows including Cathcart & Olson, 37 Foxtrot, The Panic Broadcast, Husband & Life, and directed and adapted the beloved kids’ show The Stinky Cheeseman. In 2007, he help open Portland's Curious Comedy Theater on MLK Boulevard where he is one of the main stage players. Off-stage Bob has written content for video games and appeared in many commercials. He’s a very handsome gentleman. Scott Rogers is a technical writer, social media junkie, actor, standup and improviser that’s been telling stories for as long as he can remember. He is a 2008 graduate of Portland Actors Conservatory where he appeared as a fat Julius Caesar, a fat effeminate artist, a fat physicist clown and a fat angry Italian. In 2009, he formed the Montgomery Street Players with other Portland Actors Conservatory graduates to produce “Stay for the Cake,” a series of one-act plays. His writing has also appeared on stage at Milagro Theater, CoHo Theater and Curious Comedy Theater where he is also a main stage player. He’s also a handsome man, but with better hygiene than Bob. Bob and Scott insist they are under no court appointed supervision, and under no legal compulsion to provide any community service in most parts of Oregon. Scott Rogers and Bob Ladewig 171 Curious Comedy Theater 01/18/2010 8 01/18/2010 http://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinduell 01/18/2010 423 Our petroleum-based society and economy will change as oil production peaks, then falls. That change can be catastrophic and painful or anticipated, planned, even fun. Since "peak oil" is predicted between now and 2020, the time to act is now. But what to do? What's the best approach? I submit that wild optimism, coupled with audacious visioning and action, is the only way to go. I'll love showing you why. I'm an energy engineer, tree-climber, ballroom dancer, magician, and futurist. I've been designing buildings for 15 years, now focusing on energy efficiency and economics of sustainability. My wife is the goddess incarnate. Kevin Duell 249 Green Dragon Consulting 01/18/2010 8 01/15/2010 http://www.carlalviani.com/ 01/15/2010 422 The idea of plastics as cheap substitute materials has been wide spread for decades -- sometimes justifiably, but frequently not. Stretching back to the mid 19th century, the history of polymers is a lot more complicated than most folks realize, as is the array of different materials that fall into that category. There are, in fact, plenty of historical examples of plastics as explicitly desirable materials, known by name and sought after by consumers; and some recent trends indicate that may happen again. The presentation gives a rapid overview of polymers in history, fads that they spawned and reacted to, and some fascinating bits of cultural background that lead to their alternating embrace and ridicule. Bakelite, for example, was once so popular it was made into jewelry, and Werner Panton's iconic curvy chair, designed in 1960, had to wait 6 years for ABS to become common enough that it could actually be manufactured. And so on. The biggest issue at the moment with all of these polymers, of course, is keeping them out of landfills. While potentially the most recyclable materials on earth, public perceptions of polymers and the designs they encourage actually work against this process; the presentation concludes with steps to combat this trend. Carl is a freelance writer and editor, focusing on topics of product design, branding and social media. His education and work history includes one degree each in engineering and industrial design, 3 years in Tanzania as a Peace Corps science teacher, and 30 or so industrial design projects, ranging from consumer electronics and computer hardware to large scale metal and glass sculptures. From 2004 to 2009, he was a frequent contributor and editorial director at online design magazine Core77.com, and its sister site Coroflot.com. He's fond of very long walks, bikes with baskets, mid-century modern furniture, dirt-encrusted produce, and good beer. He lives near Mt. Tabor with a rambunctious mutt. Carl Alviani 275 01/15/2010 8 01/15/2010 01/15/2010 421 What if? What would happen if all of a sudden you had to live on $40 a day? In this presentation, I'll share my humorous survival plan for tough times. You'll find out how to keep up appearances, where to live, what to eat, how to stay fit, what to wear and much more. All your concerns will be addressed. And yes, I've done a budget. It IS possible! You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll squirm. You'll think. Denise Rothman is a creative director, graphic designer, entrepreneur, cartoonist and former radio announcer who designs iPhone apps and creates board, dice and card games that involve people competing to get dogs to do stuff. She’s passionate about making things fun by incorporating humor, concept, visuals and writing. Famous quotes: “I believe flossing in public should be a crime – pulease, I don’t want to see last week’s lasagna on your string.” “My dog is better behaved than your kid and she doesn’t pick her nose.” Denise Rothman 256 01/15/2010 8 01/14/2010 http://twitter.com/snelson 01/14/2010 420 The Australians: a country and a people with a similar history to our own. You see, after we dumped a bunch of tea in Boston Harbor, the English still needed a place to ship all the folks they didn't want to keep in England. So they started sending them to Oz instead. 200 years later, the two former penal colony experiments have a lot of similarities... but some very distinct differences. Especially when it comes to our interpretations of English and our representative vocabulary! My presentation will feature the best of the Australian language, proper translations, and why each member of the audience could stand to integrate a little "Strine" into their everyday lives. Digital content strategist. Media studies nerd. Writer. Native Oregonian with a fondness for the great land down under. Lived in Sydney once upon a time, later earned a graduate degree in writing from the University of Melbourne. Sarah Nelson 274 01/14/2010 8 01/14/2010 http://bikehugger.com/ 01/14/2010 419 There's more to a bike than two wheels and double triangles. For some of us it runs deep, so deep, it'll put your butt to sleep. There are fixed, folding, cargo and variants of those. Freak, 'bents, electrics, Maker bikes like those seen at Burning Man and working bikes used around the world, many of them built in Portland. Byron will share this world of bikes with you and why he's a Bike Hugger. Byron is the Principal of Textura Design, an agency that specializes in creative and interesting approaches to social media. He's a full-time blogger, inventor of the consumer product Clip-n-Seal, and coauthor of Publish & Prosper: Blogging for Your Business, a New Riders book. In his career, Byron built many of the original business blogs for Fortune 100 companies. He evangelizes new web technologies, developing and deploying strategies to integrate them into business practice. He also founded and publishes Bike Hugger, a blog about bike culture and rides his bicycle in faraway places like Europe, China, and India. DL Byron 273 Textura Design, Publisher of Bike Hugger 01/14/2010 8 01/04/2010 http://writetomean.com/ 01/04/2010 416 I've been getting real fired up about cigars over the past few months. My friend Zach has been too. We've completely geeked out about the process and have discovered a lot of dodgy misconceptions, killer stories, and excellent tips that have opened up the wonderful world of handmade cigars to us. In our talk we'll share some of these insights with the lovely and beleaguered audience to bring them into the light of the good life... because everyone can be rich when you're smoking a cigar! Portland. Wife @mellisa_reeves. New baby. Work for Iterasi as director of marketing. And I'm getting really fired up about cigars... Chase Reeves Just a regular portland techy type 01/04/2010 8 12/02/2009 http://lizgrover.com/ 12/02/2009 415 Liz explains how paranormal events are her normal now. They have filled her life in a very tangible way, and she's not talking about things that go bump in the night, unexplainable voices or seeing the Virgin Mary on a potato chip. Nope, what she's talking about is following the synchronicities and signs that are revealed in the most common places, including billboards and human interactions. Liz's message is simple; You're not crazy for experiencing it. The craziest thing to Liz is when these miraculous experiences are ignored and denied. Her goal is to inspire and encourage people to work with these signs and magic. Liz Grover travels the world as a spiritual activist, specializing in sharing the voices and events of social movements through writing, 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 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 peace activism, Liz spends her time as a photojournalist documenting the Buddhist and Hindu relics of Central and Southeast Asia, and as a student and practitioner of eastern based spiritual philosophy. Liz Grover 267 12/02/2009 8 11/30/2009 http://www.paigelehmann.com/ 11/30/2009 414 Portlanders are sculpting the web, while the rest of us are reading it. Most web people have had to write content for themselves or their clients, but not everyone knows how to write stellar copy. That's where my 10 Tips for Stellar Copy can save the page. It's a five-minute boot camp for catchy phrases, punctuation, and simply down-to-earth wholesome writing. For Developers, Designers, and Craigslist Writers galore. You can come across as the winner you are with stellar copy. Paige Lehmann writes copy for the web. She's the Content Manager at an awesome design firm in Portland, Oregon and San Francisco, California. She loves fashion blogs, gossip blogs, wedding blogs, and finds herself writing about security, wineries, and sometimes researching Facebook for work. Really. She's a writer, a free-pile connoisseur, and an Alberta-loving Portlander. Paige Lehmann 266 11/30/2009 8 11/26/2009 11/26/2009 413 This presentation would mention experiences before becoming vegan and life now as a vegan. I might highlight influential people, dishes, and books that continue to move me through this journey. It might also consist of favorite vegan places here in Portland. Born in San Diego I lived in Hawaii from the time I was 10 until I was 18. I moved to Oregon for college and have lived here in the Portland area off and on since that time in 1997. I am currently completing a Masters in Education degree in School Counseling. I enjoy being outside and going to athletic events, concerts and art shows. I love to volunteer and plan events. I have a tendency to engage in high risk activities such as skydiving and bungy jumping. I am passionate about traveling, working with non-profits and being an advocate and activist. Deanna Cintas 11/26/2009 8 11/26/2009 11/26/2009 412 This presentation would highlight people, places and things I have come across. The slides would be shown in a particular order- alphabetical- though this might not be disclosed to the audience. Concluding the presentation might be a prompt question of, "Do you know what the sequence or pattern of this slideshow was?" Though that last part is not set in stone. Born in San Diego I lived in Hawaii from the time I was 10 until I was 18. I moved to Oregon for college and have lived here in the Portland area off and on since that time in 1997. I am currently completing a Masters in Education degree in School Counseling. I enjoy being outside and going to athletic events, concerts and art shows. I love to volunteer and plan events. I have a tendency to engage in high risk activities such as skydiving and bungy jumping. I am passionate about traveling, working with non-profits and being an advocate and activist. Deanna Cintas 11/26/2009 8 11/26/2009 11/26/2009 411 The presentation will talk about two different AmeriCorps programs- NCCC and VISTA, both of which I was a part of in the Southeast Region of the United States (based in South Carolina) and Anchorage, Alaska. Slides will consist of projects completed during those two years of service and the impact of those experiences on the people we served and ourselves. Born in San Diego I lived in Hawaii from the time I was 10 until I was 18. I moved to Oregon for college and have lived here in the Portland area off and on since that time in 1997. I am currently completing a Masters in Education degree in School Counseling. I enjoy being outside and going to athletic events, concerts and art shows. I love to volunteer and plan events. I have a tendency to engage in high risk activities such as skydiving and bungy jumping. I am passionate about traveling, working with non-profits and being an advocate and activist. Deanna Cintas 11/26/2009 8 11/22/2009 11/22/2009 410 What makes math beautiful? The Euler Identity is the most beautiful equation in the world. It includes the most important relationship in math, the five most important numbers in math, the three most important operations in math, and absolutely nothing else. 39yo Math teacher Rob La Raus 11/22/2009 8 11/22/2009 http://the12stepbuddhist.com/ 11/22/2009 409 I'd like to propose an idea that would offer alternative health and treatment options for people in recovery from any addiction. A non-profit would be formed to get the project started and figure out how to create affordable options for participants. Utilizing the concept of a Wellness Center, an individual seeking help could receive an initial consultation and ongoing support from a type of "Recovery Coach" or a team approach. Coordinating with existing support services at local levels, individuals would get an assessment from the Wellness Team or Coach to help prepare them for an addiction free lifestyle. They would go on an individualized treatment plan that could include acupuncture, Ayurvedic, Chinese or Tibetan medicine, therapeutic massage, discounted spa treatments, support groups which work in tangent with regular 12-Step and psychotherapy groups, special yoga classes, chanting/music therapy, meditation training and other alternative spiritual and therapeutic approaches. Not limited by AA traditions or government regulations concerning secular only approaches, the consortium would consist of treatment providers and health professionals who are both interested in and knowledgeable about the issues surrounding addiction and it's treatment. Treatment professionals as well as all interested community members from any background would be encouraged to offer services and support. Author of the 12-Step Buddhist, local Portland grass roots organizer of jazz programs, dog parks, recovery and spiritual workshop facilitator. As a logical extension of early volunteer work with Washington County, the Mt. Hood Jazz Festival, Waterfront Blues Festival/Oregon Foodbank, Portland Community Media productions and so on, I use Twitter, Facebook, Ustream, Podcasting, Blogging and new technologies to connect and collaborate with like minds. Darren Littlejohn 261 local spiritual and recovery groups 11/22/2009 8 11/20/2009 11/20/2009 408 While the news media continues to try to scare us shitless about the H1N1 Influenza virus, the present outbreak has nothing on what happened in 1918. This is a story of how and why my grandfather, grandmother, and my aunt and uncle survived the influenza pandemic of 1918 - without Purell - and due entirely to the intercession of Deadwood, South Dakota's most notorious brothel owner: "Poker Alice". I'm a life-long Portland area resident (except for a 15 year period living in various less-cool places). I'm a software developer, but I code to live, not the other way around. I spend probably too much time watching TV when I'm not surfing the web till my butt gets numb. I've got a big interest in history - especially if it's the stuff they never taught you in school. Lee Williamson 264 11/20/2009 8 12/23/2009 http://www.zakelro.com/ 11/20/2009 407 The Zombie Apocalypse isn't on the horizon, it's here now. The passive consumption of media is a virus that has slowly turned a once-vital world into a mindless shambling horde that responds to vague, shifting hungers. But there are ancient weapons of extreme power that we can use to protect ourselves--Story, Play, & Community! These complementary ideas are the survival tools our primitive ancestors used to build entire cultures and they are just as powerful today as they were in the dawn of time. Learn how you can use them to survive the Zombie Apocalypse. Corvus Elrod is a Semionaut and Narrative Design Consultant. He spends his days exploring participatory storytelling, those moments where Story, Play, and Community intersect. Corvus Elrod 263 Zakelro Story Studio 11/20/2009 8 11/20/2009 11/20/2009 406 How to go from a well dressed man to dressing for tech conferences. ( and back) Former bar owner --cruise ship worker---- geek wan-a-be Bill Harp 262 11/20/2009