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Sound Off: What topics would you love to see at Ignite?

guest post by Kevin Maxwell
There is a phenomenon that occurs at every Ignite Phoenix. Veterans are aware of it and anticipate it. First timers experience it instantly and are surprised. The phenomenon is this: the presentations you look forward to are not always your favorites, while other topics you may not have been interested in [...]

Yet another Monopoly of Gangplank Podcast by Ignite Phoenix

Man we are just gobbling up airtime on GangPlank Podcasts like Paulson and Wolfowitz are taking taxpayer money. Once again we have infiltrated and exposed the unwashed masses with some more truth syrum delivered known as Ignite Phoenix. We might just have to start up our own Podcast and call it something really clever like [...]

Ignite without Igniting – The Zenness of Submitting for Ignite Phoenix

Its been a highly productive day here at Ignite Phoenix Headquarters: Laundry done and ironed, kitchen cleaned, and multiple blog posts abound. One nice aspect of the iPhone is that it is also an iPod and one great thing about the iPod are Podcasts. I was blasting away to Zencast’s piece on Thinking while getting [...]

Anybody ready to get their Spook on?

Our second Ignite Phoenix is going to be this October 29th, just a hop, skip, and a skeleton from Halloween. In keeping with the theme of one of my favorite holidays, I thought it would be interesting if we had some submissions of a more… spooky nature.
To get the creepy ideas flowing, here are a [...]

Ignite date moves, submissions coming in!

Ignite Phoenix #2 will now be on Wednesday, October 29th at Jobing.com in Phoenix – the same place that hosted the first great event!  We had to move it from Tuesday because of a scheduling conflict with the room, but the date has been inked in and everything should be updated on the Ignite web [...]

Last week for submissions! Want to talk Techie?

Submissions for Ignite Phoenix close this Friday, July 25th, and I’m hoping we get a few more ideas in before the deadline.  We already have a great list forming, with everything from firewalking to peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, but there are tons of things we would still love to see.
One area people tell me [...]