{"id":690,"date":"2007-02-19T18:20:33","date_gmt":"2007-02-20T02:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=690"},"modified":"2007-02-19T18:32:05","modified_gmt":"2007-02-20T02:32:05","slug":"ignite-deux-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.identityblog.com\/?p=690","title":{"rendered":"Ignite Deux Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jackson Shaw<\/a> knows as much about identity management as anyone.  I very much value his thinking.  If that weren't enough, there is that irresistable love of life that sweeps everyone into his energy field.  I think it comes through in his new blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

No, it's not another French post from Jackson. Tonight I did something a bit different. I headed over to the Capital Hill Art Center in downtown Seattle to watch . There were 21 speakers scheduled including Scott Kveton the CEO of the folks behind . As you probably know, my buddy Kim Cameron is the man behind the curtain for Microsoft's CardSpace initiative ( I guess I should stop calling it an initiative – it is actually part of Vista now) and at the RSA conference Microsoft announced that CardSpace would be interoperable with OpenID.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I thought since Scott was going to present I might as well go over and see what all the hub-bub was about. The format of the evening was interesting in itself. Presenters had 5 minutes – only – to present their 20 slides! That's 15 seconds a slide. Scott was third presenter in the first volley of speakers. The first talk was from Matthew Maclaurin of Microsoft Research<\/font><\/a> on Programming for Fun\/Children\/Hobbyists\/Hackers<\/em>. The second was from Elisabeth Freeman (Author in the Head First Series<\/font><\/a>, Works at Disney Internet Group<\/font><\/a>) on The Science Behind the Head First Books: or how to write a technical book that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put your readers to sleep. <\/em>Then Scott was to speak.<\/p>\n

First, I was shocked to walk into this “art space” that was packed to the rafters with people. Was I in the wrong place? Apparently not. On the website they stated the space would hold 400 people and it was jam packed. I had this vision of a few people sitting around some tables chatting. Not so! It was pretty cool; folksy; kinda out there but very engaging. Second, what was I going to get out of a 5 minute talk? Well, the speakers kind of had the pressure on them to make their points. The ones that I saw all got to the point quickly and they all engaged the with the audience, did their thing and got off.<\/p>\n

Check out my photos on Picasa<\/font><\/a> if you want to see the shots I took which included many from Scott's talk. So, what did I learn from Scott's talk?<\/p>\n