It's 2018! All new year and already someone has gone and broken our computer things courtesy of the Meltdown and Spectre bugs. I only touch briefly on them in this week's update and I refer people to my Twitter timeline for good coverage I've shared. However, there's one resource which stands out above the others and it's this thread from Graham Sutherland. If you want to get a good overview quickly, start there.
In other news, I talk about all the NDC events I have coming up:
Just been planning my @NDC_Conferences events for 2018, talks and workshops at:
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) January 4, 2018
London, 15 Jan: https://t.co/Sx8JuWouUy
Oslo, 22 Jan: https://t.co/XTA8ItnRKT
Gold Coast, 25 Apr: https://t.co/xIyzZcd6a9
Oslo, 11 Jun: https://t.co/ajNP6SZOv7
Sydney, 17 Sep: https://t.co/SJ9k4rcxld
How I got stranded on an island with Kevin Mitnick:
So I got @kevinmitnick and I stranded on an island, what should I ask him while we wait for the tide to go up? pic.twitter.com/Td7OPJCUNZ
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) January 2, 2018
And how my Twitter timeline is, well, my Twitter timeline!
My Twitter account reflects my personality. There will be things you like and things you don't and if the latter outweighs the former then by all means, unfollow. But don't for a moment think that I'll tailor my feed to the whims of one person at the expense of my own integrity. https://t.co/fOb9myrjTB
— Troy Hunt (@troyhunt) January 3, 2018
Plus, I spend a bunch of time talking about the year that was in 2017. Enjoy!
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References
- I had a pretty crazy 2017 (I hope my video commentary gives you a bit more of a sense of how I feel about the year)
- Netsparker is sponsoring my blog again this week (it's about to get a very good workout courtesy of a lot of upcoming talks and workshops too)