2010
SensePost trains in Spain.
Hey everyone.
We will once again be presenting our BootCamp training course at the BlackHat Europe Conference. It seems this is a quiet year in terms of training sessions so I guess everyone is starting to feel the pinch of the present economic climate. Nevertheless we have committed to being in Barcelona so we’re going for it anyway. It will be the first time we are training in Spain, which is pretty cool and exciting for us!
So long.. and thanks for everything..
Considering how freely i’ve ranted on our blog over the past few years i found it incredibly hard to to write this post. SensePost has been my home for the better part of a decade and i have been haroon@sensepost.com much more than i have been haroon meer.
In truly boring last post manner i wanted to quickly say thanks to everyone for making it such a fun ride. From the awesome people who took a chance on us when we were scarily young and foolish, to the guys (and girls) who joined us to help make SP elite. From the many customers who tolerated my sloppy dressing to Secure Data Holdings who have been awesome in every interaction we have ever had with them. From the people who have used our tools, read our work and contributed ideas to the people who read this blog (Hi Mom!).
SensePost Ten Years Old
After ten fascinating years, during which many people have contributed in so many ways to the place that is SensePost, by strange coincidence it falls on me to pen the words that mark our first decade in existence. To quote Robert Hunter: “What a long strange trip it’s been”. SensePost was officially founded on February 14, 2000. Of everyone who was involved at that time, I’m the only one still working here, which earns me the dubious honor of ‘oldest employee’. Do I get a gold watch? I meant to think much more over the last few weeks and months about how we should celebrate this day, or what I would write in a letter like this, but in the end (business being business) I’m writing this in a rush on a Sunday evening, with another three big things to complete before I allow myself to go to bed. Then again much of our success (in so far as we’ve been a success) happened in hurry on a Sunday night, so let’s not write this little piece off too soon, shall we?
Removing registration requirements
Over the years we’ve offered almost all our tools, papers, presentations and other materials for free, albeit with a “registration required” proviso. The registration wall has been in place for some time now, and was used to track unique users as well as permit users to opt into SensePost mailruns. What we found though, is that registration is more of a hindrance than a benefit; it creates an artificial barrier with little reward. The data isn’t that useful to us and the added steps just an extra annoyance for users, and we wanted to streamline things a little.
Is the writing on the wall for general purpose computing ?
The Apple iPad announcement set the interwebs alight, and there is no shortage of people blogging or tweeting about how it will or wont change their lives. I’m going to ignore those topics almost completely to make one of those predictions that serve mainly to let people laugh at me later for being so totally wrong..
Heres my vision..
Its not just the Hipsters and college kids who get iPads, its the execs and CEO’s. They are happy for a short while using it just as an E-Reader, movie watcher and couch based web browser, but the app store keeps growing to support the new form factor. Apps like iWork for iPad (at only $10) means that sooner or later they are relatively comfortable spreadsheeting or document pushing on their iPad.. It doesn’t take too long for them to realize that they don’t have much heavier computing requirements anyway and besides.. the instant on experience is what they always wanted..
80 minutes to Apples Tablet..
In 80 minutes Apple will announce the tablet, and the interwebs is almost bursting with excitement and anticipation..
You absolutely have to give shouts to Apple for being able to create a following like this, anticipation like this, without once ever having officially stated that they were launching the tablet today..
I know lots of people are quick to point out the fan-boyism, but it has to be said, that generating and maintaining that kind of cultish following is near impossible to get right, and AAPL manage to pull it off awesomely..[1]
Administristrivia: dead HDD
Our web server lost a drive yesterday, however things seems to be back to normal.
If you notice broken links or scripts, we’d appreciate a mail to info at sensepost.com.
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