Ignite Ithaca Returns!

We’re excited to announce that Ignite Ithaca 2 is coming to Pixel Lounge on Sat. October 9th!

We’re still in the early planning stages and will be posting details soon on how to sign up and be a presenter. In the meantime, stay tuned here and on our Twitter feed (twitter.com/igniteithaca) for the latest news.

We’re looking forward to another great night of big ideas!

Blog Posts & Photos Help Share Ignite Ithaca

We’ve had such a great response from people who were part of the Ignite Ithaca and many of you have already begun sharing the experience online.

Julia Reich posted a blog entry about her experience as both an audience member and a presenter:

• Ignite Ithaca: “Enlighten us, but make it quick”

Xanthe Matychak has also blogged about the event, with an excellent summary of some of the presentations that got her excited about our community: 

• Hackers and Sharers and Tweetups and Mittens

UPDATE: We’ve found another blog post from Ignite Ithaca presenter Matt Bernius on his blog [thanks, Matt!]

• ithaca ignite: things I learned

There are also a bunch of great photos from Ignite Ithaca showing up on Flickr taken by people in the audience. Check out this set of photos taken by Franklin Crawford, who also gave a fun presentation about the Tiny Town Times at the event:

• Frankie14850’s “Ignite Ithaca” photo set on Flickr

And Ignite Ithaca supporter Nicki Conroy posted a set of her photos as well:

• Nicki’s “Ignite Ithaca” photo set on Flickr

If you have photos of Ignite Ithaca, we’d love to add them to our Ignite Ithaca Flickr Group - upload yours today!

Thanks everyone for helping to share the experience. We look forward to spreading these great ideas even more as soon as our videos of the night are ready. Keep in touch here on our blog or follow us on Twitter for updates.

Find a Presenter

So you were excited by an idea at IGNITE ITHACA and want to learn more? Here’s contact information from all of our presenters. Get in touch, share, collaborate, and help spread these great ideas in our community!

Click below for the details on our presenters…

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Only 2 Days to Go!

Our first-ever IGNITE ITHACA event is only days away, and we’re excited by the presentations that have come in from people all over Ithaca. Here’s a sneak peak at some of the cool titles of the presentations we’ve received:

• “Grand Theft Faust — Illegal File Sharing at the Dawn of Print”
• “Ithacka: Why Ithaca Needs a Hackerspace”
• “Childhood Dreams: Why They Are Important”
• “Sacred Cows - Anatomy of a Recycled Logo Project”

If you’ve got a presentation for us and still haven’t finished, we’re extending the deadline to Noon on Wednesday 14th. Get us your slides by then and you’ll be part of the line-up on Thursday night.

Want to take part but don’t have time to put together a presentation of your own? You can play Slideshow Karaoke and battle for the best improvised presentation using one of our special random decks. We’ll be cheering you on!

Don’t miss IGNITE ITHACA this Thursday, April 15th from 7:00 - 9:00pm at the place where geeks love to drink, Pixel Lounge in Collegetown!

(Pixel Lounge is a bar - age 21+ to attend)