As some people may know, I've gotten more and more involved with the organizational side of things at various BSides events.

This did not change with the latest BSides Newcastle, where I somehow failed at the "maya don't speak at BSides" challenge during presides, as I ended up being voluntold by James Bore to give a short talk.

For the rest of the event, AnguaSec asked me to take charge of the on-site logistics and installation for Cooper's A/V rigs, and to roam around to make sure that everything was running about as promptly as is to be expected (that is to say, only a manageable amount of "on fire").

Cue Maya, in a beautiful (/s) yellow volunteer t-shirt, with a radio in her ear, running around the event trying to make sure that speakers were able to give their talks without too many disruptions.

if you see her in a rush, don't stand in her way

After the event we did end up having to fix some of the recordings in post-production, but this was a task I was more than happy to assist Cooper with, to make sure that the speakers had some form of proof of their involvement in the conference.

✨no one will comment on the equivalent of 18 espressos worth of caffeine that were consumed that morning.✨