It’s no secret. I love Ignite. I love everything to do with it. And I especially love speaking at Ignite.

I’d love your vote for me to speak at Ignite Boulder! There are a ton of other great topics too, so be sure to vote for ‘em as well!

And, if you didn’t know – Ignite Fort Collins talk submissions are open! Get your idea in today – especially if your name is Sean Macready, Cali Harris, or Katrina Pfannkuch.

Here’s me at the last Ignite Fort Collins:

I dare you to spend 5 minutes in a room with Bill Tucker.

Not only will you learn something new, you’ll likely make a new friend. Bill Tucker is undoubtedly one of the smartest people in Fort Collins. Don’t believe me? Check out Bill’s presentation on Six Thinking Hats from Ignite Fort Collins #4

This one is much the same.  Armed with a Flip Ultra and instructions to “Go make something cool for Ignite in the theme of ‘How Are You Getting To Ignite’” I created this 1 minute short intro which debuted at Ignite Fort Collins #2.  It features the music of Post Paradise – whose new CD, From Here to Anywhere, is releasing at Hodi’s Halfnote on September 25th at 8PM.  Enjoy!

Today I’m giving a talk at Ignite Fort Collins #2 – and very excited about it.  My topic: I Speak Klingon. Love 101 for Uber-Geeks.  This comic, from XKCD, is the perfect example of Geek love.  Every time I see it, I think of my special someone and that desperate feeling to spend every possible moment with her.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJLgaAsT4tU

My talk at the very first Ignite Fort Collins ever was about social media marketing and how to market yourself or your business the right way with social media!  Here are the videos of the other presenters.  I look forward to participating, somehow, in Ignite Fort Collins #2 in August.

Here are the slides, as posted on my Slideshare page:

Before I was laid off, I had purchased a Flip Ultra with the plan of making a “Superhero” series of videos in the style of Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog.  My superhero name – Nick The Four-Eyed.  My “costume”? The WiFi shirt from ThinkGeek.  The only thing standing in my way at the moment: scripting.  I don’t like making one-offs, so “Nick The Four-Eyed” is going to be a two-part series, at least.

I haven’t decided whether or not I’ll be singing.  If I do, it’ll probably sound something like William Shatner’s version of Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (see the YouTube video at the end).

I created a topic for Ignite Fort Collins – and my topic, “Digital Frontiers – Psychotic Resumes and WTF Marketing” was voted on pretty heavily.

It’ll be a great topic if it’s chosen – how to turn yourself into a digital gunslinger and brave the “digital frontier” of social media and the internet.  Sounds like a goofy topic but I hope to make it really funny.  I’d really like to get a millennial presence at the event and anyway, public speaking has always been something I enjoy.

Dan Schawbel also graciously accepted my invitation for an interview for the Psychotic Resumes podcast.  We talked for about 15 minutes on his new book, Me 2.0, what personal branding is, and what graduating college students should focus on.  It ended up being a really good discussion, which I will put together in podcast form and publish for Wednesday.

I had the opportunity to meet with Amanda from DolphinFeet this week.  We had a great time talking about life, jobs, social media and general nerdery.  I’m looking forward to teaming up with her for some branding-based shenanigans!

Last night I went through all two hours of audio auditions for new Star Trek: Dimensions parts.  We’ve selected the players for the new parts and I’m very excited to have *real* voices to complement the ones I had in my head.  At least now the dialog sounds much less creepy. Ha!

Lots of fun projects to work on in my “spare time”… including my Twitter eBook, which I hope to finish by the 20th.