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Come see me at Ignite Portland 2

posted 30 Jan 2008

Ignite Portland 2Woo! I sent my slides off for my Ignite Portland 2 talk this afternoon (late, sorry). Assembling the twenty slides for my presentation took nearly 6 hours. You see, at Ignite the presenter has no control over the pacing; therefore, knowing exactly what you want to say and when is very important. And that takes time.

If you are unfamiliar with Ignite the presentation format consists of 20 slides that automatically advance every 15 seconds. Result: a 5 minute talk. This style of presentation is also known as pecha-kucha which is Japanese slang for chatter. My friend Ron sent me some great background articles if you are interested: here and here.

I am going to be giving a presentation on the high school robotics program known as the FIRST robotics competition. The story will be rooted in my experience mentoring Meeks Technical Team 2411

If you are free Feb. 5th come and see me and the other 13 awesome presentations! Arrive early too because hundreds of others will be swarming to get in.

Tuesday, February 5 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm (doors open at 5:15 pm) Bagdad Theater 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd Portland, OR 97214 Admission is FREE Please RSVP

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Brandon Philips by Mujtaba Ali

ifup.org is the weblog of Brandon Philips and contains excerpts from my code, work and play.

I write Linux software and work on the systems layer of Linux. In the last two years I have helped to organize Linux Plumbers Conf and Freedom HEC Taipei. It has been rewarding to bring together these communities to discuss current Linux issues.

Robotics is another passion and I had the opportunity to mentor a FIRST Robotics team in Portland recently too. I also continue to work with my friend Ron Jackson to build some neat USB devices for robotics.