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DCBSDCon 2009 Summary and Videos

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Murray Stokely and Will Backman wrote in separately with news and updates about DCBSDCon 2009. Murray announced the availability of the conference videos on YouTube:

Thanks to Jason Dixon and Will Backman, the first 8 videos from the first DCBSDCon are now available in the BSDConferences YouTube channel. See the original announcement here. The audio quality for these is better than many of the previous conference videos because Jason was able to sync the audio with a direct recording from the podium taken by Will. These videos were also made with pure open source tools such as avidemux, mplayer/mencoder and audacity.

Will gave us his thoughts on the event:

What the video and audio doesn't show you is the hard work and excellent atmosphere at the conference. Washington D.C. is a great city to visit with plenty of sights to see, free museums, and diverse restaurants. February can be cold, but we were lucky to have sunny skies, which made our various excursions outside the massive conference center quite pleasant. DCBSDCon was nestled among various other events in the Marriott Wardman, and it was fun to watch random people from adjacent events wander through the vendor tables and strike up conversations with BSD enthusiasts.

Along with vendor tables outside the lecture room, there was also the more subdued "phrack room" with food and beverages and tables for people to game or just relax. Thursday evening included a social event at a local pub, which was a good opportunity to have a few beverages and spend some time with the speakers and other attendees.

The conference was well organized, attracted excellent speakers, and I look forward to attending the next one. My only regret was being unable to extend my stay in order to attend ShmooCon.

Will's audio is available here. The official videos are available in non-flash format (x264/mp3) at the DCBSDCon website.

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  1. By Tom Van Looy (81.165.178.114) on

    The audio is really GREAT! Thanks Jason and Will!

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (85.19.213.88) on

      > The audio is really GREAT! Thanks Jason and Will!

      I second that. Thanks a lot, guys! I can actually read the
      slides and the audio is crystal clear, even the questions and
      comments from the audience is audible.

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      1. By Tom Van Looy (81.165.178.114) on

        > slides and the audio is crystal clear, even the questions and
        > comments from the audience is audible.

        Yes really. I'm happy that my wife is not too upset that I watched youtube all day long and didn't do any household jobs that were on my todo list today ;-p

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        1. By Anonymous Coward (85.19.213.88) on

          > > slides and the audio is crystal clear, even the questions and
          > > comments from the audience is audible.
          >
          > Yes really. I'm happy that my wife is not too upset that I
          > watched youtube all day long and didn't do any household jobs
          > that were on my todo list today ;-p

          You mean /her/ list or yours? ;-p I made my own list, which
          is probably one reason why I'm living by myself again ;-)

          Back to topic; I hope they can do this with future events too.
          It's really great for those of us that cannot for whatever
          reason attend in person.

      2. By jason (jason) on http://www.dixongroup.net/

        > > The audio is really GREAT! Thanks Jason and Will!
> 
> I second that.  Thanks a lot, guys!  I can actually read the
> slides and the audio is crystal clear, even the questions and
> comments from the audience is audible.

        Thanks for your kind comments. I wanted to have them ready much earlier
        but I've been going mad trying to merge the tracks using software in OS X.
        Leave it to OpenBSD to make the hard things possible.

        At Murray's request I've added my notes for merging tracks with free software
        over at the FreeBSD wiki. I think this will be very useful for other events.

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        1. By Sico Bruins (77.251.118.228) openbsd@msh.xs4all.nl on

          Fantastic!

          I live in Europe and don't have much of a budget for travel, so being able to witness these things on Youtube is really a godsent.

          In the 15+ years I spent on the Internet this is really sensational. Like someone else wrote:

          > Back to topic; I hope they can do this with future events too.
          > It's really great for those of us that cannot for whatever
          > reason attend in person.

          Kudos to those who made this possible!

          CU, Sico.

          --

  2. By Tom (88.96.248.182) on

    Game room eh? What games were people playing?

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    1. By Anonymous Coward (85.19.213.88) on

      > Game room eh? What games were people playing?

      http://www.dcbsdcon.org/frack.html

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