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Six Weeks to Robot at Ignite Portland

2/9/2008 – 10:56 pm
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Recently I presented at Ignite Portland and a video has been published on YouTube. The event was rockin’ and being a part of the whole thing was amazing. If you weren’t able to make it you really missed out.

Luckily, we have the technology to bring the event to you! LinuxAid lovingly recorded all of the talks and posted them on YouTube. The complete collection can be found here.

If you want to dig in even further Silicon Florist has made a links arrangement of the event which includes Flickr links, blog posts and Twitter archives.

Be sure to keep your eye on IgnitePortland.com in the future so you can be a part of these great events.

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Come see me at Ignite Portland 2

1/30/2008 – 1:01 am
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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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In high school I built robots

3/9/2007 – 4:10 pm
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While digging through a pile of old CDs I found a video documentary of my first high school robotics project, Bob version 1.0. So, I posted the video up on Google Video. The project was a joint venture between Sherwood and Newberg high schools and I was a lead developer.

The year after this project we created a more robust version of the robot that we aptly named Bob version 2.0. Enjoy the film!

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