If you’re not among the technologists, writers, engineers, designers, bicycle mechanics, urban astronomers, and violin instructors to take part in
the Bay Area celebration of Global Ignite Week on Tuesday night, you can join via Livestream, follow the presentations via @IgniteBayArea and access them later on the newly launched IgniteShow.com.
This week, 15 local talks will be joined by sets of five minute, 20 slide talks in 65 cities around the world answering the Ignite charge to “Englighten us, but keep it quick.” 10,000 people will be participating worldwide, and San Franciscans (appropriately) will be privy to talks about achieving enlightenment through nightclubs and the opportunity costs involved in modern dating.
Heartfelt high fives go out to Automattic and WordPress for welcoming us warmly to their waterfront venue, OneRiot realtime search and the upcoming Web 2.0 Expo for supporting our realtime video streaming and other technical wonders, and Pyramid for bringing their locally brewed beer to the party.
We’d also like to thank MagBooth for the photo booth that will be distracting our guests all night, creative project funding platform IndieGoGo for being an exceptional media partner, and Hello!Lucky for helping us say these thank yous more thoroughly with their beautiful letterpress stationary. Join us!