Slides and links from Ignite Portland

Thu, Oct 25, 2007

Simplicity Rules

I was honored to speak at the inaugural Ignite Portland tonight. The format was a quick 20 slides, auto-advancing after 15 seconds. It’s the essence of simplicity!

Below you’ll find my slides, a video of the presentation, and links to learn more about some of the topics I mentioned, and a little more about the three books I quoted.

Update: Added video above

6 Comments For This Post

  1. Drew Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at 2:22 am

    Fantastic presentation! Thanks for posting your slides on your site. It’s great to share with folks who couldn’t make it tonight.

  2. Todd Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at 8:28 am

    Great presentation, Adam! Thanks for posting the links and your slides, makes it easier to follow up on some of the ideas you presented.

  3. Ryan Williams Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at 8:32 am

    Great presentation. For a 5 minute presentation you got a ton of actionable ideas in there.

  4. Adam Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at 9:47 am

    Thanks everybody! It was a delight to be involved and I had a great time watching the broad mix of talks.

  5. Paul Says:
    October 29th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    Great presentation! You look pretty comfortable and confident there, dude!

  6. Jaered Says:
    November 6th, 2007 at 4:16 am

    Hey, lookin snazzy. I’m gonna do me a power hour right now, actually.

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