Ignite NYC III and Know Your Meme

Rocketboom will kickoff the night with "Know Your Meme: The Game Show! Pwn, Win, or Fail!" Hosted by the cast of Know Your Meme: Jamiedubs, Elspethjane, and Yatta. Contestants: Rex Sorgatz (Fimoculous), Gavin Purcell (Attack of the Show / Jimmy Fallon Show), Peter Rojas (Engadget / RCRD LBL), Nate Westheimer (Innonate), and Kelly Reeves (URLesque) vs Michelle DeForest (Next New Networks), Bre Pettis (NYC Resistor), Caroline McCarthy (CNET), Irene Polnyi (Internetfamo.us), and Tim Shey (Next New Networks). The game show that tests your knowledge of all things Internet in just twenty questions and a lightning round. Our speakers for the Ignite Talks are confirmed! Jen Bekman- "Overcrowded" Alex Bisceglie- "DataVisualization: Muppet Fur Coats" Dennis Crowley- "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Family Feud in Under 5 Minutes" Cory Forsyth- "How to Piss Off the FCC" Michael Galpert- "Images On the Internets Seem Realer Than They Are" Andrew Hoppin Jonathan Kahan- "Cutting Edge Technology: The Samurai Sword" Jaki Levy- "How to Screw up Your Reputation Or the Reputation of Your Company Online" Jooyoung Oh- "Unemployment 101" David Overholt- "Fail Often" Ed Purver- "A Show of Hands" Scott Rafer- "An Overnight Success in Just 15 Years" Britta Riley- "R&D-I-Y" Karen Sandler- "Unchain My Heart" Naveen Selvadurai- "In Case of FIre, Break Glass" Rob Seward- "The Collective Unconscious of 1980s Florida" Noah B. Zark- "Near Future Augmented Reality Systems"