Sometimes I feel like half the time I'm writing about cool events for this blog. It helps, of course, that there's been a true explosion of interesting events for people who are interested in technology, social media and improving Baltimore in the last couple years.

Tonight is the sixth Ignite Baltimore, where speakers are challenged to speak about a topic that they're passionate about, with 20 slides and five minutes on stage. Here are the topics and speakers tonight (you can go to the Ignite website to learn more about each speaker):

* Postcards from Baltimore - Chris Shafer

* Craft as economic catalyst - Megan Auman

* Houston, We've Got a Problem - Why Aren't Kids Interested in Space? - Ron McCandless

* Why Baltimore City needs a socially liberal Republican Mayor - Keith Scott

* Sex, Drugs, and Philanthropy - Kevin Griffin Moreno

* Why I Don't Want Children (or, How My Uterus Became a Shriveled Walnut) - Heather Holland

* Media Free Week - A Monthly Media Fast, And How I Survive It - Gin Ferrara

* Saint Elvis - Gary Vikan

* Hard Times: Great Depression vs. 'Great Recession' - ellen cherry

* The 20 people I admire. - Willa Fan

* How My Brain Tumor Will Change Your Life - Lauree Ostrofsky

* Teonanácatl: The Secret History of Magic Mushrooms - Michael M. Hughes

* Lessons Learned from Middle School Dreamers - Kristina Berdan

* If You Build It… Will They Come? - Scotty Walsh

* A Case for Affirmative Action in "Post Racial" America - Douglass Austin

* Things Fall Apart... and a Terrible Beauty is Born: The Fate of Culture in an Age of
Disruption - Andrew Hazlett

* Integrate Nerd 101: Design with Technology in Mind - Shervonne Cherry

* Cops Say Legalize Drugs: Ask Me Why - Major Neill Franklin