The Hacktory: Help Ignite Philadelphia
Ah, The Hacktory. Home to one of Tim and I’s favorite Philadelphians, Far McKon. We helped throw a Battlestar Galactica party with Far back in May, and man, we had a great time.
Far is up to his ol’ tricks again, planning out some more outstanding events. On June 11th, head on over to Johnny Brenda’s in Fishtown for his latest project, Ignite. This isn’t an all together new concept, as Ignite programs have been going on all over the country. Far is bringing it to Philadelphia, and here’s a clip from The Hacktory website detailing the event.
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 together Ignite nights to show their answers… and now it has come to Philadelphia!
Ignite is a series of speakers talking about inspiring projects for 5 minutes. The presentations can be serious, funny, or somewhere in between. Speakers include: The iSepta guys, Kristin Thompson, of the Future of Music Coalition, NO CARRIER, 100K house, Pete Tridish of the Prometheus Radio Project, Alex Hillman of Indy Hall,and several more. The speakers are all doing exciting and inspiring things in Philadelphia.
The coordinators of Ignite Philly are Geoff DiMasi & Alex Gilbert of P’unk Avenue, the Junto, Vanja Buvac & Far McKon of The Hacktory, and Make:Philly. These are all amazing groups of people working with fresh and innovative approaches to the future.
Wow. Leave it to Far to bring so many awesome people together under one roof. Should definitely be a good time, and plus, it’s at Johnny friggin’ Brenda’s. So great food is already a given.
Come on out.
The Hacktory’s IGNITE Philly
www.thehacktory.org/meetings/ignitephilly-come-geek-with-us
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Thanks for posting on Ignite. We are really looking forward to it.
Just a heads up.
The organizers of Ignite are:
Geoff DiMasi, P’unk Ave & the Junto
Alex Gilbert, P’unk Ave & the Junto
Vanja Buvac, The Hackory & Make:Philly
Far McKon,The Hackory & Make:Philly