We’re excited to announce that we’ll be sponsoring the inaugural Ignite Portland event happening Wednesday October 25th, 2007 from 6pm - 9pm PST. This event is being hosted at the amazing offices of Wieden & Kennedy, Portland’s world-class advertising firm.The Ignite style of event is the brainchild of O’Reilly’s Brady Forrest and was started in Seattle earlier this year. The concept is simple: Bring a group of people together to hear speakers on varied topics. The twist is that each speaker only gets 5 minutes and 20 slides (15 seconds for each slide and it auto-advances). Once your 5 minutes is up, you’re done. No questions, no product pitches, just straight talk. Its a fast-paced, high-energy event that always leaves you wanting more.I’ll be speaking at the event (not sure exactly what time) on “Free beef and clean bathrooms: the irrelevance of Web 2.0″. Hope to see you there and don’t forget, MyStrands is hiring!Scott Kveton, VP Open Platforms