Dawn Foster just sent out an awesome Flickr slideshow done by Aaron Hockley. I'll figure out the iframe work-around to get the embedded slideshow working correctly when I get into the office tomorrow.  As I was sitting next to fellow current, current, and former eROI teammates Dylan, Summer, and Garrett, I couldn't help but commenting on all of the things that Portland creativity, informality, and general vibe offer that you simply can't find anywhere else. For example: I would never see a toddler or infant at a late-night business event on the East Coast where "ear muffs" are needed in many of the presentations. I doubt other cities have women crescendo into near-real orgasms over vegetables during a presentation. So, to start off my twitter stream from the big Ignite6 night, I'll pick the one that sums it all up - "What's great about portland? So communal - techies bring kids to the event, casual, real, accepting, creative, inspiring." Here's the rest of my tweets:

# James keller on being a hooker in rugby. Great lessons, entertaining #ignite6 

Eva - brilliant thinking   

Authority - like librarians - its about what's real   

Anything happens at #ignite6 - veggies an aphrodisiac

Ice cold swim after sauna - shrinkage can be an issue #ignite6   

Sauna cleanses you inside and out #ignite6   

After intermission - sauna etiquette pres, #ignite6

# Kgw - lesson 1 - be careful who you call a hipster. Epic fail. At #ignite4

http://ohac.org - getting kids insured   

Healthcare presenter - diy - ducttape your broken finger, mental stuff, manage risk. 1 of 6 americans don't have health insurance      Pet your dog at shoulder, not on head.   

Pet your dog at shoulder, not on head   

Treat your dog like a dog, not like your inner child #ignite6   

Bridget talks about how you can stop shitty little dog syndrome. Like junk-scratching in public   

The turk was a machine in 1734 that beat chessmasters of the day ( actually a man hidden in the machine)   

@magicseth is up now #ignite6   

Myofacia - gotta learn good posture to optimize muscle memory in your body   

Chris espouses mindful commerce in last slide - love it - thinking of @sevenplanet   

Chris doing presentation on being a gentleman - great delivery   

Multi-touch acquarium app on display table - art coming to life 

Microsoft display costs 17k, todd's team create display table for 1k and do it 2 weeks #ignite6   

Todd - presenter 1 - multi-touch display like iphone   

Startupalooza is oct 10, #ignite7 is nov 12   

What's great about portland? So communal - techies bring kids to the event, casual, real, accepting, creative, inspiring   

@ignitepdx, very simply, I love portland.