Ignite presentation on a UW room availability web service

Posted on May 20, 2010 in Design, IT | 6 comments

Attending journalism conventions in high school (and afterward), I'd always go see presentations based on the recommendation of the journalism adviser. "You've gotta go to this one," he'd say, "even if you don't care about sports"—I sure didn't—"because the guy just lights himself on fire and gets into it." I wasn't sure what that meant exactly, but the presentations sure were energetic and fun. Well, despite their name, "Ignite" presentations don't actually light anyone on fire. So what are they? A distillation of a topic into its most salient points, and I'll be giving my first one later today; it's on the topic of a room availability web service at the University of Washington.