Idea inspiration

I attended a fabulous event last Thursday night. It was Ignite Columbus. Ever heard of Ignite? Neither had I. It's very cool. Basically, it's a series of presentations. The only rules are you only get 20 slides, your slides advance after 15 seconds, and you only get 5 minutes total to talk.

The presentations on Thursday covered so many topics. Here's a sample:

• multimodal interfaces (I'm ten times smarter after listening to that one)
• saving cash (yes, we all need to)
• temperate broadleaf deciduous forests (save our planet!)
• turning Columbus, Ohio into a Hollywood farm team (I think we can do it)
• green urban planning (and keep saving the planet!)
  
• backcasting with Japanese animation (my personal favorite - so funny and creative)

So much fun and so much idea inspiration. When you're in a creative slump, it helps to get out and hear the ideas of others, and what a fabulous venue for it.

Go out and find an Ignite event in your town!