IGNITE BOSTON IS SOLD OUT! THANK YOU!

    •    Conception, Pregnancy, Labor, Delivery, and Infants (for Geeks), Jacob Buckley-Fortin, @jakebf

    •    How Freestrapping Is Killing Our Start-Ups, Bobbie Carlton, @bobbiec

    •    Code for America: Education and Technology in Boston, Max Ogden, @maxogden

    •    How to Start a Summer Camp, Katie Gradowski and Will Macfarlane

    •    The Real "MobileMe" How Smartphones Are Enabling a World of "Augmented Humanity," Joseph
          Flaherty, @josephflaherty

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    •    Social Media Science, Dan Zarrella, @danzarrella

    •    The Future of Search Is Context, Mark Watkins, @viking2917

    •    Trolling for Data, Courtney Stanton, @kirbybits

    •    Social Enterprise: What Works, What Doesn't, Why It Matters, and Why You Should Hate Oprah,
         Meaghan Cassidy, @mcassidy8

    •    Pure Imagination: How Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Is Really An Anti-Drug Parable,
         TC Cheever, @cheever

    •    Compost Your Dishes: Better than Washing, Heather Gilmore, @ecoMV

    •    5 Things You Didn't Know About Beer, Sarah Hastings, @beeriety

Ignite Boston 8 will be Monday February 7, 2011 from 6pm to 9:00pm. Doors open at 5:30pm. Pizza will be provided!

This is the speaker lineup:

Raffle: We'll be raffling off a pair of tickets from Improv Boston (http://www.improvboston.com/). 

In talks that are exactly five minutes long, Ignite presenters share their personal and professional passions, using 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds. See examples of great Ignite talks here: http://ignite.oreilly.com/

Space is limited.

The event will be at Microsoft's New England Research & Development office (NERD) right in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. This fantastic space is right on the Red Line of the MBTA, and there is ample free on-street parking available.

Follow us on Twitter for updates: http://www.twitter.com/igniteboston

We're using the hashtag #gigbos for this event since Ignite Boston 8 is part of Global Ignite Week: http://globaligniteweek.com

More about Global Ignite Week:

Ignite goes global! From March 1-5, 2010, 75+ Ignites will take place in cities around the world. Upwards of 10,000 entrepreneurs, technologists, DIYers, creative professionals, and enthusiastic knowledge-seekers will gather in local pubs, theaters, and other convivial venues for an evening that is a unique blend of networking, information, and fun, encapsulated in the Ignite motto: "Enlighten us, but make it quick."