* By Nick Armstrong Website : IAmNickArmstrong.com Twitter : @ImNickArmstrong Email : NickMArmstrong@gmail.com

* By Nick Armstrong

.: The Gettysburg Address … only took 2 minutes to deliver! * I’m not as good as Abe, yet.

… only took 2 minutes to deliver!

.: Other Ignite Topics… “ How To Build Your Own Nuclear Reactor” “ The Samurai Sword” … and other various nerdery * much cooler than my original ideas.

“ How To Build Your Own Nuclear Reactor”

“ The Samurai Sword”

… and other various nerdery

.: Nick Armstrong Geeky Mad Scientist Galore Star Trek as a method of Birth Control Why William Shatner > Chris Pine GMOs - Let’s Make Tribbles Real Your Teenage Daughter and Twilight* * watched this movie more times than I care to admit.

Geeky Mad Scientist Galore

Star Trek as a method of Birth Control

Why William Shatner > Chris Pine

GMOs - Let’s Make Tribbles Real

Your Teenage Daughter and Twilight*

.: The World Today FCC flip-flopping over Janet Instant access to instant soapbox Ravenous local webhabitants Right to privacy voluntarily abandoned Confirmation bias Dysfunctional economy … which leads to… * idiocracy and ww3

FCC flip-flopping over Janet

Instant access to instant soapbox

Ravenous local webhabitants

Right to privacy voluntarily abandoned

Confirmation bias

Dysfunctional economy

.: The Wild West Rumor and hearsay Libel and slander Credibility and hucksterism Privacy and the public eye Digital vigilantism * There Ain’t No Sheriff .

Rumor and hearsay

Libel and slander

Credibility and hucksterism

Privacy and the public eye

Digital vigilantism

.: What’s Missing Honesty Transparency Authenticity Credibility Accountability Integrity By extension, humanity . * “ Fear is the currency of the impoverished mind .” Nick Armstrong

Honesty

Transparency

Authenticity

Credibility

Accountability

Integrity

By extension, humanity .

.: Step Right Up! “ Would you like to learn how to gain 1,000,000 Twitter followers in just 5 seconds ?” * I do not <3 so-called “Marketers” and they do not <3 me.

.: Where’s the Sheriff!? (It’s up to YOU ) What does that make us? * big damn heroes .

.: Digital Gunslingers Wanted “ You must be the change you wish to see in the world .” Mahatma Gandhi

“ You must be the change you wish to see in the world .”

Mahatma Gandhi

.: Digital Gunslinger Values Honesty Transparency Authenticity Credibility Accountability Integrity Humility * digital gunslingers don’t actually get to shoot anyone.

Honesty

Transparency

Authenticity

Credibility

Accountability

Integrity

Humility

.: Honesty Honesty does not imply integrity … “ He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose .” John Lyly * white lies count!

.: Transparency Transparency in business is great . Transparency in Facebook pictures may not be . * transparency and privacy are not mutually exclusive.

.: Authenticity * no authenticity = no sales

.: Credibility * the first word in Social Media is Social for a reason.

.: Accountability Own your mistakes! * or others will make you own them.

.: Integrity Integrity, like Trust, is earned over time! “ I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie ; I can, but I won’t .” Mark Twain * I want a mustache like his.

.: Humility “ In this galaxy there’s a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all that, and perhaps more… only one of each of us .” Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy

By Nick Armstrong .: Summary Website : IAmNickArmstrong.com Twitter : @ImNickArmstrong Email : NickMArmstrong@gmail.com No sheriff Big damn heroes Obligatory questioning of Facebook profile pictures Digital gunslingers Sunsets ‘n’ such * star trek rules.

By Nick Armstrong

No sheriff

Big damn heroes

Obligatory questioning of Facebook profile pictures

Digital gunslingers

Sunsets ‘n’ such

Slide 1 - Nick by Tamara Lakeman (TamaraLakeman.com) Slide 2 - Abraham Lincoln by onlinewoman Slide 3 - Computer Nerds by Automania Slide 4 - Nick by Leslie Stinson (LeslieStinson.com) Slide 6 - Naked Cowboy in Times Square by Mister V Slide 7 - More Wild West by Pulse3 Slide 8 - Snake Oil salesman by inky Slide 9 - pointing-finger by purpleslog Slide 10 - &quot;Drawing Hands&quot; - An homage to M.C. Escher by doozzle Slide 11 - My grandfather, the cowboy by KateMonkey Slide 12 - Crossed fingers II by Katie Tegtmeyer Slide 13 - “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Cassy Teasdale Slide 13 - “Food!” by Leslie Stinson (LeslieStinson.com) Slide 14 - brands and authenticity by Will Lion Slide 15 - Bored with the Internet XKCD ( http://www.xkcd.org/77/ ) Slide 16 - Justice delayed by prodigaldog Slide 17 - Mark Twain, Public Domain Slide 18 - &quot;Grand Design&quot; Spiral Galaxy M81 by TopTechWriter.US All photos from CreativeCommons.org unless otherwise specified. * I’m looking for a job :-) Photo Credits Website : IAmNickArmstrong.com Twitter : @ImNickArmstrong Email : NickMArmstrong@gmail.com .: Thank You!

Slide 1 - Nick by Tamara Lakeman (TamaraLakeman.com)

Slide 2 - Abraham Lincoln by onlinewoman

Slide 3 - Computer Nerds by Automania

Slide 4 - Nick by Leslie Stinson (LeslieStinson.com)

Slide 6 - Naked Cowboy in Times Square by Mister V

Slide 7 - More Wild West by Pulse3

Slide 8 - Snake Oil salesman by inky

Slide 9 - pointing-finger by purpleslog

Slide 10 - &quot;Drawing Hands&quot; - An homage to M.C. Escher by doozzle

Slide 11 - My grandfather, the cowboy by KateMonkey

Slide 12 - Crossed fingers II by Katie Tegtmeyer

Slide 13 - “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Cassy Teasdale

Slide 13 - “Food!” by Leslie Stinson (LeslieStinson.com)

Slide 14 - brands and authenticity by Will Lion

Slide 15 - Bored with the Internet XKCD ( http://www.xkcd.org/77/ )

Slide 16 - Justice delayed by prodigaldog

Slide 17 - Mark Twain, Public Domain

Slide 18 - &quot;Grand Design&quot; Spiral Galaxy M81 by TopTechWriter.US