Learn to Duck

Photo used by permission from Andrew Hyde.

Last night was IgniteBoulder. For those that dont know what it is, it a series of presentations with the following rules:

1) The slide deck consists of 20 slides.

2) The slides auto advance every 15 seconds.

3) You can talk on anything you want to.

Thats it.

I was one of thirteen presenters, and was overly impressed with every presenter. My favorites: Jeremy Tanner, who spoke on how to crash parties. Michael Tseng, who spoke on the possibilities of perception, and Tara Anderson who was able to flex her standup muscles.

Done in front of a full room of 150 people or so, it was a resounding success. When asked if we wanted to do another one. It was apparently a resounding yes. Even Matt Galligan raised his hand in agreement. (Its like where is Waldo, can you spot the new AOL employee in the crowd?) I plan on speaking again (mostly to redeem a subpar performance), and if you want to, it is simple enough. Just go to the IgniteBoulder web site, and make yourself heard. The trick? Be innovative. Be funny, but most of all, just be true.