Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:04 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: http://ignite.oreilly.com/ What Is Ignite? If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting

Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread Divya Manian
On 1/9/10 5:26 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: A 5 minute talk is harder IMO to pull off than a longer one. But you make it sound like an evening outing, I am confused. I saw the first youtube video on the website and I don't have the appetite to watch anymore.

Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread Deepak Jois
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 5:26 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: Of course, it could be that one goes there to network, and not really deliver an intellectually stimulating talk. But then, why not just say that. I attended an Ignite Seattle event last year, and nearly all the talks

Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread ss
On Saturday 09 Jan 2010 10:34:55 am Udhay Shankar N wrote: This sounds like fun. Shall we make the next silkmeet an Ignite? Thoughts? Who wants to present? Maybe we can do it at Jaaga (or elsewhere, doesn't matter)? Yup. Does sound like fun. Talking is fun. shiv

Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: It is definitely not TED, it is a light-hearted gathering of geeks who share, through Ignite, what they are passionate about in 5 minutes. I can totally get behind that, but the tag line and marketing on their webpage

Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread Venkat Mangudi
Udhay Shankar N wrote: This sounds like fun. Shall we make the next silkmeet an Ignite? Thoughts? Who wants to present? Maybe we can do it at Jaaga (or When and where? I can talk for 5 minutes. :-) --Venkat

Re: [silk] Ignite

2010-01-09 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Venkat Mangudi wrote, [on 01/10/2010 12:40 PM]: When and where? I can talk for 5 minutes. :-) Propose a date. Let's nail that down and then start talking further. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))