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July 17, 2008
Bound for Last HOPE
Enjoying the free wi-fi at the Tampa airport as I wait to board my flight to La Guardia airport, New York City, and what is likely to be the last ever Hackers On Planet Earth con, or at least the last one at the Hotel Pennsylvania.
I've only been to one HOPE - the last one was in 2006 - and I had a really great time. That trip I was all about the research, going to talks, meeting people, and planning to serve as a guinea pig for Stave Rambam's test case of how privacy is dead. Well, Rambam ended up getting wrongfully arrested by the FBI, which launched our friendship and eventual collaboration on our forthcoming book, Stealing Your Own Identity. This time, once again, I'm planning to be part of the big show with Rambam. this time we've got a huge, prime time slot Saturday night starting at 5 PM. It should be awesome and interesting and hopefully it will all come off without any further federal interference.
The rest of the time I'll be in the dealer's room, selling and signing books. I've got a bunch of copies of both Geek Mafia (2nd edition!) and Geek Mafia: Mile Zero for sale, so come on by and say hi and pick up a few dozen copies for you and your friends and any strangers you might meet or attractive people you might be trying to seduce. Working a table at a con selling books is now old hat for me. Hell, I've even done it at the Hotel Pennsylvania before (for a comic con). It's exhausting but fun, which is actually true of hacker cons in general now that I think about it...
Posted by rdakan at July 17, 2008 09:08 AM