While a good chunk of the security world is migrating en masse to RSA Conference and BSidesSF like packets following the loudest broadcast signal…

Sasha and I have chosen a different route. 🦩

No mega-lines.
No vendor badge bingo.
No fighting for oxygen near the espresso machine (which I will not be drinking anyway).

Instead, we’re heading to BSides Rochester — a con we’ve never been to, which makes it immediately more interesting.

New hallways.
New humans.
New stories waiting to happen.

These are the places where conversations aren’t rushed, where ideas don’t have to compete with a 40-foot LED wall, and where you can actually hear someone say, “wait, show me that again” and mean it.

Sasha is already flapping at operational readiness, prepared to charm, observe, and possibly recruit new flamingo agents into the ever-expanding network.

As for me?
I’m looking forward to the kind of hallway track that turns into three hours of “how did we even get onto this topic” and ends with something genuinely useful.

To everyone heading to the big shows, have fun, stay hydrated, and may your badge scans be swift.

We’ll be over here… discovering something new. 😼