DefCon

Wow, I'm terrible at keeping a blog.

So, I got to go to BlackHat and DefCon this year via my employer. It was an amazing experience, the only part of it I didn't like was it being in Vegas, but I can live with that. I definitely intend to attend from now on. One of the things I really feel I did incorrectly from a lack of knowing what was going on this year was that I just went. I didn't participate to any meaningful degree. One thing I did that was an excellent idea was cough up the cash for the video for the presentations.

So next year, I intend to participate more and definitely buy the presentations so I can watch them later. The experience was an even stronger social shock than when I first started going to science fiction conventions. Even more of the people at defcon seemed to be my kind of people than at scifi cons. But again, there are many aspects of the group that I don't seem to fit in with. I'm used to that, I don't seem to ever really fit into groups and that's ok.

Next year I hope to get in on some of the excellent learning opportunities including lock picking and some of the hacking classes. I need more hands on information to go with the theoretical knowledge I have.