Lesley Carhart Apr 27, 2023

My unbiased #RSAC 2023 ‘nobody reads my mastodon’ so I can say whatever review is:

everything was ChatGPT, so annoying, I apologize for everything mean I said about zero trust last year

booths are back

crowds are back

swag sucked horribly this year. Especially the big companies. It was watch a whole pitch to get a stupid keychain, you’re not scanning me for that…

kudos to the booth that was auctioning a full Blantons collection tho

nobody else masked, go with god

I see you, companies that fed us with free food trucks

please tell your marketing people they don’t need to define malware to us like we are 5

I’m so very tired of identical pew pew maps do something interesting

if you’re going to throw out metrics, cite your sources

villages are still better than expo-,

you can bribe me to notice your product that isn’t shit with swag, why do you give out keychains and boring logo shirts I’m serious I want a nice phone charger or a shot

Show threadAlun Jones
@hacks4pancakes why would anyone think I need another black t-shirt with barely anything more than a company's logo on it?
Apr 27, 2023 at 1:11amWeb
Show threadkajer :notverified:Apr 27, 2023

@ftp_alun @hacks4pancakes only if the quote is clever or funny and not immediately out of date. Otherwise, yes, I don't need a logo tee.

My protip, when visiting vendorA, wear competition vendor b swag. Vendor A will give you something to "cover that up"

Show threadAlun JonesApr 27, 2023
@kajer @hacks4pancakes Even if the quote is clever/funny, I'm done picking up black t-shirts.
Show threadLesley Carhart Apr 27, 2023
@ftp_alun yeah my drawer is full but I need LOTS OF OTHER STUFF
Show threadAlun JonesApr 27, 2023
@hacks4pancakes flashing light bouncy balls are like a consumable for me - but that's because I juggle. I can always use another Yubikey. For Debbie, I'd have to say a corkscrew, because they're always going missing, and an honest-to-goodness women's cut shirt, because unisex just doesn't. And a decent size tote bag.
Maybe some small toys or electronic kits, but that's not for everyone.
Mostly what I want to bring back is a one-pager on those products or services that I might have been interested in. But don't pollute it with your other products that you want me to buy, but I don't.