Business of Software Lightning Talks announced, with a slight twist.

Congratulations to the successful Lightning Talk applicants this year:

• Jody Burgess, Tribbon: Living Fearlessly
• Brock Armstrong, Frozen Puck: How Our Jobs Are Killing Us and What We Can Do About It – Fitness for Software Nerds
• Des Traynor, Intercom.io: They’re all Just Perspectives
• Joel Worrall, CURE International: Be Smart, Get Things Done, and Change the World
• Greg Menvielle, Pyramedium: Improve People’s Lives – You Have 20 Years

We had over 50 entries for Lightning Talks this year. Reviewing that many could have been a chore – in any sort of competition like this, the quality spread can be, errm, ‘variable’. As we went through them, it became clear that we had another problem – there were too many really promising entries to make easy decisions.

We have selected 5 of the final Lightning Talk speakers to speak (the effort some people put into their applications was incredible) but have also selected some of the others to participate in a Lightning Talk ‘bake-off on the first day of the conference. This will be coordinated by two time Lightning Talk veteran Patrick Foley – thank Patrick.

Those speakers will be delivering their talk, privately, in front of each other and will then select a speaker to make their Lightning Talk in front of the full audience on Tuesday.

Thank you to everyone who entered. Some great ideas, some creative approaches, it was a tough call. See you in October.