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Shmoo Streaming

Posted On: 2013-02-14 17:55:12

ShmooCon IX is streaming online

Can't make it to ShmooCon? Thanks to the work of our crack team of videographers, we are able to stream the conference live to you via Ustream. Each track has its own channel.

Build It: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/build-it-2013
Belay It: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/belay-it-2013
Bring It On: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bring-it-2013

We'll do our best to provide you with top quality streams. You can follow @zeroday http://twitter.com/zeroday for updates directly from the team. In the unlikely event of a water landing, streaming staff will monitor #shmoostream for problem reports.

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Parking at ShmooCon

Posted On: 2013-02-11 16:35:33

Getting to ShmooCon 2013

Parking at ShmooCon is generally a challenge. You've already achieved greatness by getting a ticket, why not give yourself a break and take transit to the event venue?

The Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill is located a convenient 7-10 minute walk from Union Station. Your nearest Metro stops on the Red line are Union Station to the east and Judiciary Square to the west. If you're on the Yellow or Green line, transfer to the Red line at Gallery Place or walk about fifteen minutes from there.

Limited valet parking is available at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill. Expect the hotel parking to be full when driving in on Saturday and Sunday. They charge $30 for up to ten hours of parking. 10-24 hours is $45. Conference attendees can get a 10% discount. There is no self parking option at the hotel.

There are two public parking lots near the hotel that are open on weekends. Union Station's parking garage is open 24 hours and charges $22/day. http://www.unionstationdc.com/parking Around the corner from the hotel is The Hall of States parking lot. It is $11/weekend day, but beware they are open only 0545-0000. If you plan on partying after midnight, it may not be the lot for you. http://www.ecolonial.com/parkers/parking-locator/?source=Address&pm_s=119

Useful Addresses:

Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001

Union Station
50 Massachusetts Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002

The Hall of States Parking lot entrance
18 E St NW, Washington, DC 20001

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A Word About Second Hand Ticket Sales

Posted On: 2013-01-12 14:46:43

We know that this is a hot topic.  Let us first start by saying most of the feedback we get is that in general tickets are being sold to friends/co-workers/etc at cost, or cost plus (a beer at the bar, $20 for my time, etc).  We're alright with that.  Some tickets get donated to charity and auctioned off - we're ok with that too.  Want to just give your ticket away to a poor college student or someone else - yup, that's great as well.  

If you're looking for a legitimate way to sell your extra ticket to a stranger - contact us.  We have a waiting list and as long as you are willing to sell the ticket at cost, we will help you sell it.   Transactions managed this way also protect the buyer as we will reissue the barcode to the new purchaser.

Unfortunately, every year some tickets do end up on eBay or being resold via other avenues at some high price.  To be honest, we don't approve of these tickets being sold for undeserved profit.  From what we can determine, this type of activity is a small percentage of overall sales and because of that we've pretty much chosen a monitor but do nothing approach.   However, if we see the volume increasing, we may take action.  For now, we're of the mind to let the community police these sales.

Some things to note if you are considering purchasing a ticket directly from someone you don't know:

1. We don't approve of it.
   
2. We won't get involved.
   
3. You risk that barcode being sold again and our rules are the first one to the door wins.  
   

And yes.  Sometimes bad things happen.  One poor guy showed up last year with a code purchased on eBay and it was bad at the door.  If memory serves it was actually a barcode from the year prior.  Could this have been done in error? Maybe…and we're not sure how it got resolved but he wasn't let into the con with the bad barcode.

In summary - BUYING TICKETS FROM OTHERS IS DONE AT YOUR OWN RISK.  

We don't want to end this post on a sour note.  No matter how you get to the con your barcode - we're happy to have you.  See you in February!

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Stats on Round Three.

Posted On: 2013-01-01 12:07:16

Stats for today's sales.  Remember - this round had only 200 tickets compared to the previous rounds of 500.  

All tickets were held in 2.14 seconds.
The wait list filled up 1.25 seconds after that.
So, in other words, we sold out in 3.35 seconds.
First reservation was completed 4.3 seconds after registration opened.
All reservations were complete in 6 minutes and 3 seconds.

Stats for the year:

All tickets were held in 12.24 seconds.
The wait list filled up 7.45 after that.
So, in other words, we sold out in 19.65 seconds.  <-- this is the big one.
All reservations were complete in 32 minutes and 47 seconds. 


To re-clariify, we consider ourselves sold out when the wait list fills up.  At this point, all tickets are accounted for and we take down the registration link.  It takes a bit more time beyond that for the actual reservations to get completed and for tickets to work their way through the wait list which is why we also provide that time stamp.

So that's it.  We are officially sold out for the year. 

If you got tickets - think about attending ShmooCon Labs or creating an entry for Barcode Smarcode and be sure to make your hotel reservation before the block is gone.  We're just over a month away, so come back often for updates.  We should have the schedule and full speaker information up by early next week.

If you didn't get a ticket, rest assured we will be live streaming again.  We'll post that information in the days before the con.

And to everyone: Thank you!

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More Talks Announced

Posted On: 2012-12-18 13:44:18

Line up is almost complete. Here are the latest additions.  

BUILD IT:

Malware Analysis: Collaboration, Automation & Training - Richard Harman
Identity-Based Internet Protocol Network - David Pisano
How Smart Is Bluetooth Smart? - Mike Ryan


BRING IT ON:

Beyond Nymwars: An Analysis of the Online Identity Battleground - Astetix


BELAY IT:

Chopshop: Busting the Gh0st - Wesley Shields and Murad Khan

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