A big thank you to the organizers of last night’s Ignite NYC, including Web 2.0 Expo co-chair Brady Forrest and Tikva Morowati.

For those of you unfamiliar with Ignite, here’s a brief description:

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides which rotated after 15 seconds? Ignite captures the best of geek culture in a series of 5 minute speed presentations.

The speakers ranged from sewing fanatics to an arctic explorer – two groups you don’t typically see at the same event. Duncan Davidson took lots o’ pictures (including the one above), so be sure to look for yourself in the crowd shots!

We’ve pulled together from Twitter a few of the reactions about last night’s Ignite NYC to give you a taste of what went down. Feel free to leave your comments here about what you thought, or who you thought was the best presenter.

amyellisredux Really great #ignitenyc tonight. Exhausted but excited for tomorrow’s sessions and speakers. #w2e

mriggen I thought @ignitenyc KICKED BUTT tonight! Thanks and props to presenters and organizers. #w2e

toomz @quinnnorton Really liked what you said at #IgniteNYC “Take a truth + blurt it out.” #w2e

RayBeckerman One very cool presentation at the @ignitenyc event was by @leesan talking about design & about simplicity #w2e

cliffsmithstl @ignitenyc was awesome! You can’t beat a concentrated cluster of smart, interesting, inspiring people. #w2e #ignitenyc

imagineelection Loved #igniteNYC, especially “flat” and polar bears! But the event space was odd… #w2e should be hosted in a glass house, not a bunker.

Red_Banana Wonderful diversity of presenters tonight at @ignitenyc! And great presentations to boot. #w2e

manyas Viagra will get you to the North pole. Also, sticking your hands in someone elses groin will prevent frost bite. #ignitenyc #w2e

petrescuebarbie Quotes from sheldon and a vibrating voodoo doll… what a night @ignitenyc #w2e

petrescuebarbie A five minute talk about virtual bio warfare because of virtual chicken farming was the best laugh I’ve had tonight. #ignitenyc #w2e

ginablaber watching @brady and many others doing intriguing, quirky, insightful Ignite presentations. gotta love Ignite! #w2e presos up soon

laurenaschmidt Just gave a talk about hour-long bananas at #ignitenyc! The talks were awesome. @hmason was terrific and I really liked @arctictony’s talk!

norrisc respect for speakers at #ignitenyc; ultimate test to ur presentation skills when u have only 5min+20slides+exactly 15 sec per slide!

jeanneboyarsky #ignitenyc Science and tech writing has heart when done right – sounds like @BertBates advice to tech writers!

peterdcowan Programmer creates nag bot to provoke an email response. Neat idea but who wants more email? #ignitenyc

peterdcowan Working in government is like running blindfolded with sandbags tied around your ankles #ignitenyc

ceonyc “Hello Kitty doesn’t even have a mouth and she’s still a multibillion dollar business.” #ignitenyc

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Kaitlin Pike is the Community Manager of Web 2.0 Expo. She can be reached @w2e.

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