Baltimore's Rails community welcomed this year's RailsConf with an un-official pre-party the evening before RailsConf began: Ignite RailsConf. Over 200 people showed up!

Ignite events are lightning talks, where 16 speakers each get 5 minutes to talk about a subject they are passionate about, but with a twist: the speaker's slides are automatically advanced every 15 seconds. Ignite's motto is "enlighten us, but be quick about it!"

We recorded every talk, and as new videos are posted we'll update this page.

• Luigi Montanez - Civic Hacking
• Jeff Casimir - Middle School Haircuts
• Eric Mill - Webfinger - Personal Web Discovery
• Joshua Baer - 5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch

Thanks to our generous sponsors!

• NewRelic (Lead Sponsor)
• Hashrocket (Lead Sponsor)
• Peepcode
• SmartLogic
• Intridea
• Jumpstart Lab
• OtherInbox
• The Hybrid Group
• GitHub

If you have other questions please email mike@subelsky.com. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

Baltimore's Rails community is welcoming this year's RailsConf with an un-official pre-party the evening before RailsConf begins: Ignite RailsConf.

Ignite events are lightning talks, where 16 speakers each get 5 minutes to talk about a subject they are passionate about, but with a twist: the speaker's slides are automatically advanced every 15 seconds. Ignite's motto is "enlighten us, but be quick about it!"

Ignite RailsConf kicks off on 6/6/10 at 6 pm at the Sheraton Inner Harbor (300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD), which is connected to the convention center where RailsConf is taking place.

Here's who will be speaking:

• Chris Wanstrath - How To Bootstrap a Business
• Luigi Montanez - Civic Hacking
• Jeff Casimir - Middle School Haircuts
• Jeremy McAnally - Learning Ur Kids Some Programmin'
• Brian Doll - Get fit to win!
• Eric Mill - Webfinger - Personal Web Discovery
• Flip Sasser - I Think You Should Probably Have Strong Opinions
• Gregg Pollack - Swearing and Consulting
• Bryan Liles - Mastering your Desktop
• Chris Strom - Relentless Public Learning
• Joshua Baer - 5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch
• John Trupiano - Coping with Growth, Averting Fad Status
• Ron Evans - How To Jam With A Band
• Evan Light - Recruiting awesome: Enriching lives one person at a time
• Ben Scofield - Mastery/Mediocrity: You Decide
• Dr. Nic Williams - Ignite Karaoke!

Thanks to our generous sponsors!

• NewRelic (Lead Sponsor)
• Hashrocket (Lead Sponsor)
• Peepcode
• SmartLogic
• Intridea
• Jumpstart Lab
• OtherInbox
• The Hybrid Group
• GitHub

If you have other questions please email mike@subelsky.com. Follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

Baltimore's Rails community is welcoming this year's RailsConf with an un-official pre-party the evening before RailsConf begins: Ignite RailsConf.

Ignite events are lightning talks, where 16 speakers each get 5 minutes to talk about a subject they are passionate about, but with a twist: the speaker's slides are automatically advanced every 15 seconds. Ignite's motto is "enlighten us, but be quick about it!"

Ignite RailsConf kicks off on 6/6/10 at 6 pm at the Sheraton Inner Harbor (300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD), which is connected to the convention center where RailsConf is taking place.

Click here to purchase tickets for $5. All proceeds after expenses will benefit some Ruby-related charity (if you would like to suggest a charity please email mike@ignitebaltimore.com).

We're looking for a wide range of talks, which you can propose here. Not all of the talks will be Rails-specific but all will be of interest to Rails developers.) You do not have to be a RailsConf attendee to attend or speak at the event. Proposals are due by 5 pm ET on 4/25/10.

So far we have received generous sponsor commitments from:

• NewRelic
• Hashrocket
• Peepcode
• SmartLogic
• Intridea
• Jumpstart Lab
• OtherInbox
• The Hybrid Group

We are looking for a few more sponsors to help defray the cost of renting the space and providing food and videography. If you are interested, please check out the details. If you have other questions please email mike@subelsky.com.

Be sure to follow us on twitter at @igniterailsconf

The folks behind Ignite Baltimore are planning to welcome RailsConf to Baltimore by hosting an Ignite event! At each Ignite, 16 speakers get 5 minutes to talk about something they are passionate about and want to share with the world. Our motto is "Enlighten us, but be quick about it!" If you want to learn more details as they are announced, please join our google group.

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