Author Archives: Dan

About Dan

Dan organises the speakers for Ignite Bristol and tends this website.

Call for speakers for Ignite Bristol #7

Posted on 27 March, 2012 by Dan

We’re back. Dja miss us? Bristol’s best evening of ideas returns to its now regular haunt; the Tobacco Factory Theatre, North Street, for the first Ignite not on a school night – Friday 1 June 2012. Tickets for the last … Continue reading →

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Ignite on the Radio

Posted on 11 February, 2012 by Dan

Our chums at Ignite London featured on Radio 4′s Word of Mouth in January as part of a short article on public speaking events like Ignite and TED. You can listen to it here. The piece was put together by … Continue reading →

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Dave Bull – The Universe

Posted on 23 October, 2011 by Dan

Are you hard or soft? Someone asks you that during a phone conversation you’d usually hang up. Or be willing to put up with a pretty steep phone bill. Find out what Dave Bull‘s answer is in this pacey talk … Continue reading →

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Rob Jonson – Joys of the Small Claims Court

Posted on 22 October, 2011 by Dan

The small claims court outperforms banks? That’s a case of oranges and pears isn’t it? Not if you are Rob Jonson. Rob is not a lawyer, he’s a programmer. But that doesn’t stop him being highly successful in the small … Continue reading →

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Antony de Heveningham – Bristol Trails Group

Posted on 20 October, 2011 by Dan

For a town without mountains Bristol is unusually blessed with great trails for mountainbikers, but it’s not simply good fortune – it’s bloody hard work on the part of a team of volunteers. Antony de Heveningham is the man who … Continue reading →

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Lia Han – Stop Asking for a Lightsaber

Posted on 17 October, 2011 by Dan

Luke ran around the swamp on Dagobah encumbered by nothing more than an oddball green midget with a peculiar turn of phrase. We doubt that he would have been quite so nimble if he’d been dragging a four-ton power source … Continue reading →

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