Ignite Talks

Ola Helland bet his best friend a case of beer that he could get one million handmade giraffes through social media. He expected 20 or 30. He had 200 by the time he got back from lunch, and almost 800,000 ten months later. #IgniteTalks #Internet #Creativity

Helium is so light Earth can't hold onto it, and it doesn't bond with anything. So the helium you've inhaled? It used to be inside a uranium atom, probably near Amarillo, Texas. Science comedian Brian Malow explains. #IgniteTalks #Science #Chemistry

One free Snickers bar: a dollar of economic profit. A choice between Snickers and M&Ms: 30 cents. A choice between two identical Snickers bars? The worst situation of all, says stand-up economist Yoram Bauman. #IgniteTalks #Economics #Comedy

Hilary Mason wrote a script that nags you every week until you answer her email. It worked on 49 of the 50 people she tried it on. Charlie, you owe her an email. #IgniteTalks #Programming #Productivity

In 1931, Pluto was estimated to have the same mass as Earth. The estimate kept shrinking, down to a quarter of 1%. Then it was demoted, and "plutoed" became the 2007 word of the year. #IgniteTalks #Science #Space