There was a lot of great stuff at Defcon 14.  

The last Defcon that I went to was Defcon11 in 2003.  Defcon 14 has grown quite a bit since then.  According to DarkTangent it was about 7000 geeks/hackers/security pros/phreaks strong.  The great thing about this particular Defcon was the change of venue.  Defcon 11 was at Alexis Park.  This one was at the Riviera hotel. 

Many of the rooms at Alexis Park had no A/C.  The worst thing was that many of the rooms would get packed and have to turn people away.  At times it seemed that this might cause a riot!

As far as I know, only one room got too packed this time it was “Googling: I’m Feeling (un)Lucky” by Greg Conti. 

I have a lot of favorites but what stands out for me was “Beyond Social Engineering: Tools for Reinventing Yourself” by Theime Richard.  He had interesting ideas about the importance of integrating spirituality into your life to balance the difference personality profiles and life changes that happen more and more in a world of fast moving technology.  He discussed modifying your persona with reference to your “meta-self”, or hacking yourself.  Very interesting and insightful.

I loved all the breifings on privacy and the legal battles against the government and AT&T.  I will definitely be getting involved. 

Others that stand out are The Making of atlas: Kiddie to Hacker in 5 Sleepless Nights, by atlas.  I thought it was a great introduction to REAL hacking, which is pretty damn hardcore.  Atlas and his team 1stPlace actually won Capture the Flag, the main event at Defcon.

There was S. Korean team their that got honorable mention, since the flew all the way around the world just to play the game.