Ignite Portland 5: Revisit
Mar 02 2009
So this post may come well after the fact for you oh-so-in-the-mix Portlanders, but for those of you who don’t know about Ignite, I thought I’d share a bit.
Ignite Portland is the lovingly fostered child of the fantastic tech community here in the northwest (More history here). Now on it’s 5th appearance in P-town (usually happens twice a year), this initially small gathering has catapulted onto the national scene with a really unique idea: what would you say to your peers if you had 5 minutes on stage? Its a really fun evening where folks share everything from omelette techniques to manifestos on public broadband service (true examples). Slightly geeky but always enjoyable.
The past few times I’ve attended, it’s been held at the Bagdad Theater on Hawthorne, which is such a rad space for this event. The free tickets always go quick (last I heard it was something like 3 minutes for IP5), and the beer is always cold. Check out more on the ignite site, and the rest of the pics I took here.
Also, check my favorite presentation from the evening by Portland’s own Bram Pitoyo.
Watch out for Ignite Portland 6!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
7 PM – 10 PM
Bagdad Theater
Watch the website for info about (free) tickets
Posted by Andy at 3:59 PM
Published in Culture, Events, Inspiration on Monday, March 2nd, 2009
Tags: Ignite Portland
March 4th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I really need to pay more attention the next time the tix are up for grabs! :)
I also heard that you could show up without a ticket and still make it in. Do you know how that works?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Entry to ignite is always free to my knowledge. The tickets are just to give some people “dibs” on seats. Everyone else just has to wait in line. Also, if you follow @igniteportland on twitter, they’ll let you know when to watch for tickets.