Ignite Boston

No, I’m not suggesting any revolutionary activity in Beantown - so if you’re NSA, you can stop reading now.

Ignite Boston is an O’Reilly event, which Andy Oram calls “not a serious academic conference . . . [but] a chance to meet interesting folks and be dazzled by the wide range of stuff your neighbors are inventing” and Mike Hendrickson describes thusly:

From 6-7pm, mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies from the greater Boston area. Join a MAKE challenge team and participate in building bridges (how much weight can your bridge–made from less than 1K popsicle sticks–support?) After that, we’ll have a special keynote address from author Scott Berkun (The Myths of Innovation; The Art of Project Management) kicking off our Ignite night. Then, onto guest speakers who’ll catch you up on the cool, new, innovative stuff going on in technology today. Don’t blink or you’ll miss their lightning-fast, five-minute presentations. During intermissions, get a cold beer and chat with speakers, sponsors, and O’Reilly’s own editors. Join us Thursday, May 31, for a fun, energetic evening of talking, learning, making, collaborating (and drinking!).

With my usual luck of timing, I’ll be out of town and won’t be able to make it- but it sounds like great fun.