I’m off to Vancouver tomorrow to keynote the 20th annual FIRST conference, where I get to tell a bunch of smart security people that we’re massively screwing the pooch as an industry. It’s great fun. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m becoming the official boogeyman of the security conference circuit — costume ideas appreciated.

Anyway, if you’re in Vancouver, New York, Helsinki, Concepción (Chile) or Barcelona in the upcoming months — see the handy-dandy talk list — and want to grab a beer or commiserate about the world, the human condition, and the heart-breaking ennui of it all, send an e-mail. The boogeyman will oblige. First scare is free.