Boulder Ignite 12

StickerGiant was a sponsor of Boulder Ignite this year and the StickerGiant himself was there, I believe turning the crank on the homemade, ethanol-powered webcam. Ignite is a series of local events that sprang up first in Seattle and spread from there. They feature local speakers giving five-minute talks on, well, whatever they want to talk about, basically. The cool twist is that the slide machine was auto-advancing the entire time, so each speaker kept his or her talk punchy to keep up with the slides. Here's a recap of Boulder Ignite 12 and links to the videos on UStream. Part 1

• Introduction by Andrew Hyde: 14 speakers, auto-advancing slides
• Ef Rodriquez talked about geeks and glasses (and played some songs)
• Sam Stauffer talked about anxiety disorders
• Mary Kuehner talked about lessons from the children's library
• Kate Brown talked about food activism in Boulder schools
• Kendal Ruth talked about rethinking the words we use
• Emma Nicoletti talked about post-apocalyptic waitresses
• Casey Sidwell talked about love (and it's a shark)
• John Common and Blinding Flashes of Light played some hot acoustic rock

Part 2

• Shout-out to sponsors (like StickerGiant) and volunteers
• Amy Christiansen talked about living your dreams
• Steph Lee talked about crossing the barrier of fear
• Andrew Hyde talked about trails and control
• Danya Micheals talked about fairy tales for adults
• Risé Keller talked about high-altitude baking
• Joel Gratz talked about meteorology and predictions
• Jeremy Tanner talked about traveling light
• Jesse Weaver talked about aliens and the survival of humanity