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My Experience at BSidesNYC and AWS Innovate
Connor Daly · Follow 11 min read · -- Recent weeks have been extremely active and successful for me. While I did not have a chance to write about them until now, I wanted to share a bit about my experiences with two of the events. Now that everything has calmed down a bit (for the moment, I’m sure) I wanted to share a bit about my experience with two recent events: the AWS Innovate virtual conference on October 15th, 2024, and the BSidesNYC in-person cybersecurity conference on October 19th, 2024.
My Experience in the USCC 2024 Cyber Camp
If you read my LinkedIn profile, you will know that last week I participated in the US Cyber Challenge 2024 Cyber Camp. I wanted to share a brief summary of my experiences and what I learned. Yes, this is the brief version. The camp was extremely fast-paced and action-packed. A lot happened in five days. I will try to do it justice within a reasonable time.
22 Ways Stormont can Think Longer-Term
As we emerge from a global pandemic and continue to deal with the repercussions of Brexit, Northern Ireland is once again without a functioning Executive and it remains to be seen whether it’ll return following this week’s assembly election. It’s more important than ever, then, that we promote longer-term thinking in our politics and governance. What future do we truly want for this place, and what are we willing to do to achieve it?
Why We Need to Think Longer-Term
Northern Slant Editor, Connor Daly, writes ahead of our panel discussion, Thinking Longer-Term: The Future of Politics to be held on Thursday 24 March, 7:00pm-8:30pm at the Dark Horse bar in Belfast, part of the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics. Tickets are £5 – book online here. As Northern Ireland emerges from the pandemic and approaches a fresh Assembly election, much of our politics remains dominated by short-term and reactive thinking.
EVENT: Thinking Longer-Term: The Future of Politics
Northern Slant is excited to be part of this year’s Imagine! Festival of Ideas & Politics – and we want you to be part of it too.
Northern Slant Is Changing How We Do Things
Northern Slant exists to encourage constructive changes in Northern Irish political and civic discourse. We’re always looking for better ways to do this, and to showcase a wide range of perspectives from contributors across our three categories: politics, community and lifestyle. Since the Covid-19 pandemic emerged, the way we live and work, plus the landscape and pace at which we consume news and analysis, has continued to change.
Northern Slant Seeks An Outsider’s Eye to Northern Ireland
Have you, or a friend, visited Northern Ireland and noticed something strange or unusual in our politics or society that you wouldn’t see elsewhere? Northern Slant wants to hear from you. We want to hear from readers who have spent some time passing through Northern Ireland, to know what makes people stop and think “hold on, that’s different.” From the political, cultural to wonderful, we’re encouraging readers of all interests to share their reflections with us.
“We’ve got to Create a Place where there’s Hope.” Post-Pandemic NI: Should I Stay or Go?
Seismic changes forced by Brexit, COVID-19 and technological innovations are shaping Northern Ireland beyond recognition, yet much of our political and societal divisions remain stagnant. An emerging generation, often due to economic and career motivations, choose to study, work and live elsewhere.
How to Build Back a Better NI Post-Pandemic
According to the last census in 2011, around a quarter of working-age adults born in Northern Ireland were living in England and Wales. There are various reasons why they moved – family, education, employment, issues relating to the Troubles are a few. As a post-COVID-19 world begins to reopen, however, rates of migration may be set to rise – and with them, challenges to NI’s economy and communities.
How the Imagine! Festival was Reimagined
It’s fair to say that Pete O’Neill, Director and founder of the Imagine! Festival of Ideas and Politics, probably never set out to run the Belfast festival virtually. Since 2015, from Queen’s University in the south of the city to Duncairn Gardens in the north, the week-long schedule has stretched across the city, encouraging debate and voter registration, particularly from people not typically engaged in politics.
Resilience and Reconciliation: Reflections from The Million Dollar Irishman
Chris McGale was aged six when the Troubles in Northern Ireland began. Growing up in Omagh, County Tyrone, he spent an orphaned youth running a pub and honing gambling skills. After studying Economics with Accountancy at Queen’s University Belfast (“no one was more surprised than me,” writes Chris of his admission to QUB), he embarked on a career in financial markets in Dublin and London respectively.
How friends from California, Poland and NI are building an online food and drink community
Michael Avila describes himself as a journalist with a travel problem. I’d say he’s one of Northern Ireland’s most fascinating imports. Originally from California, Michael moved to Northern Ireland in 2016 to study at Queen’s University and decided to stay. By day he works in peace building and conflict transformation. The rest of the time, as well as being Northern Slant’s Community Editor, he’s devouring the best food and drink NI has to offer and sharing the stories of the people behind them.
Northern Slants in 2020
Northern Slant exists to encourage constructive changes in Northern Irish political and civic discourse. We’re grateful to everyone who has supported the project and helped create content with us throughout 2020, in many cases despite personal and other challenges. This year we revamped our website and restructured how we deliver content, now into the four categories of Politics, Global, Community and Lifestyle. We also ran our first virtual event.
Talking past each other? Social Media in a Changing Northern Ireland
Like many people who grew up in Northern Ireland, Paul Reilly always followed the news, especially as the peace process emerged during the mid-1990s. His interest grew during his studies at St Andrews University in Scotland. Researching the relationship between the internet and terrorism, he discovered how loyalist and republican websites not only voiced their opposition to the Good Friday Agreement but also appeared to be inciting violence.
Election in limbo as Trump falsely claims victory
There is, literally, no winner this morning. But it’s not over. The votes are in, but are still being counted. 6 key battleground states are still up for grabs, and both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have paths to the White House.
“Decisions are made by those who turn up”: Exploring American Values
This week voters in the U.S.A will determine who will be their president for the next four years. They’ll also choose new members of Congress – all 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 (a third of) Senate seats are up for grabs. It’s kind of a big deal. Recently on Northern Slant we held a conversation online around what the election may mean for Northern Ireland and the next chapter of transatlantic relations.
Northern Lens: Bringing a Belfast library back to life
Over a century ago, the Scottish-American steel magnate and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gifted over 2,500 libraries across the English-speaking world, 66 on the island of Ireland, and three in Belfast. Oldpark Library, found in the Lower Oldpark area, was the first of three libraries built by Belfast Corporation in 1906 and served as a library until it closed in 2008. In late 2015 social entrepreneur Quintin Oliver acquired the building at auction on behalf of the community.
After the lockdown: Hopes for our own future
Recently on Northern Slant, members of our team shared who and what has inspired them during the pandemic and their hopes for Northern Ireland’s future after the crisis. As the lockdown measures in Northern Ireland begin to ease, what about reflections on their own lives? Have their perceptions of Northern Ireland changed? What can we do together to create a better society? We’ve shared their thoughts below. If you’d like to contribute too, get in touch via our Contact Us page.
After the lockdown: Hopes for Northern Ireland
Despite the tragic circumstances of the coronarvirus pandemic, across Northern Ireland we’ve seen communities coming together during the ongoing lockdown and, if not exactly unity in governance among politicians then unity of purpose.
Northern Roots: “The Troubles may have been the backdrop to many of our childhoods; it certainly didn’t define them”
In the latest of our Northern Roots series, where we speak to people originally from Northern Ireland but currently living elsewhere, our interviewee is Dave Scott. You can follow Dave on Twitter @DaveScott1977. 1. Tell us about yourself. When did you leave Northern Ireland, and where did you go? What do you do now? I grew up in Lisburn and lived there until 1998 when I first moved to London and then on to university in Scotland.
Northern Roots: “Integration, for me, is not as simple as Catholic meets Protestant”
In the latest of our Northern Roots series, where we speak to people originally from Northern Ireland but currently living elsewhere, our interviewee is Treasa Harkin. You can follow Treasa on Twitter @TreasaHarkin1. 1. Tell us about yourself. When did you leave Northern Ireland, and where did you go? What do you do now? I grew up in Derry, I was lucky enough to have been educated in the integrated sector and attended both Oakgrove Integrated Primary School and College.
Northern Roots: “I watched my first Loyal Orange Lodge parade in Liverpool”
In the latest of our Northern Roots series, where we speak to people originally from Northern Ireland but currently living elsewhere, our interviewee is Michael McGuigan. You can follow Michael on Twitter @mcmcguigan. 1. Tell us about yourself. When did you leave Northern Ireland, and where did you go? What do you do now? I come from the famous Garvaghy Road in Portadown and was educated at St Patrick’s Grammar School, Armagh.
Northern Roots: “When children from different communities are educated together, the traditional divides fade away”
In the latest of our Northern Roots series, where we speak to people originally from Northern Ireland but currently living elsewhere, our interviewee is Shane Greer. You can follow Shane on Twitter @shanegreer. 1. Tell us about yourself. When did you leave Northern Ireland, and where did you go? What do you do now? I left Northern Ireland in 2001 to go to university in Liverpool.
Northern Roots: “I would reward the best NI football fans with top ministerial positions”
In the second of our Northern Roots series, where we speak to people originally from Northern Ireland but currently living elsewhere, our interviewee is Andréa Hanna. You can follow Andréa on Twitter @AlwaysAlreadyMe. 1. Tell us about yourself. When did you leave Northern Ireland, and where did you go? What do you do now? I left NI when I received my A-Level results. I accepted my place at Durham University in the north east of England where I read Theology.
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