CatBarcamp 2015

This weekend I went to Cat Barcamp 2015, an unconference run by the PSU Computer Action Team. I went to some awesome talks (and gave one myself).

I enjoyed every talk I went to. Here they are in order:

1. History of Cryptography.

   This was given by one of my OSL co-workers. It didn't contain a ton of new information for me, but was delivered very well and focused on different types of cryptography and the context in which each one was developed. I enjoyed it.

2. Haskell on Steroids.

   I kinda checked out during this talk because I wanted to write my slides... Wooops. It looked very interesting and mathey though...

3. Introduction to Test Driven Development in Power Shell.

   Whoa Windows! (actually though, I learned more about Power Shell than I ever expected to know).

4. MY TALK.

   (see below)

5. A Whirlwind Tour of Lojban.

   Lojban seems like a cool language. Corbin (previous LUG president) gave this talk, he's a cool guy... you might even say he's TheMostAwesomeDude.

6. Adventures in IT Security: Then and now.

   I like history. I also like computers. This was a good talk. I am biased.

7. Talking to people! (or, How I learned to stop worrying and love the user.)

   Spoiler: The secret is understanding social cues.