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As I wrote about this before I was one of the speakers at Ignite San Diego earlier this week. (Photos are here.) More people signed up to speak than there were slots available so part of the selection process was a vote through ‘uservoice’ (great site). Fortunately I was selected although the subject of my talk, iPhone Development, was not as hip as most of the other proposed subjects.
It did not go as I expected. I am quite comfortable with speaking in front of an audience but with an Ignite talk you only have five minutes accompanied by a 20-slide presentation that advances automatically. That made it nerve wrecking. I got enthusiastic reactions about my first Ignite talk but next time I will do some things different. Maybe I set the bar a little too high, but this is what I learned that night:
This Tuesday I am scheduled to give a presentation at Ignite San Diego about iPhone Development. A presentation at Ignite is accompanied by a 20-slide deck (Keynote or PowerPoint) that advances automatically. Each slide is shown for 15 seconds, so the complete presentation takes five minutes.
Ignite was inspired by Pecha Kucha Nights, where speakers are given 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds, giving each speaker six minutes and 40 seconds of fame. ‘Pecha Kucha’ is the Japanese term for ‘chit chat’. The first Ignite was sponsored by O’Reilly Media and took place in Seattle in 2006. Since then the event spread over the world. O’Reilly has continued to support Ignite.
