I know I'm late getting some posts out here...I'm amazed at all the blogs getting posted already. Are you guys still attending any of the sessions, or just blogging the whole week!? :)
Pre-conference day was pretty much re-hash of the last couple years of technology. Not a lot new, just getting everyone on a level playing field I guess.
Let's see: xml talk with Don, Tim, and Gudge. Great to hear Don again after a long absence. Didn't get a lot out of the basics of xml that they were going over. Thought they'd dive a little deeper in some of the topics.
Smart client talk with Chris Sells, and Rocky (?). Finally got an answer to the href deploy issue when you are not online. Short answer: it barfs. Only way to make it work as you would expect -- that is, the cached version of a given .NET assembly should be used if you are offline -- only works if you have told IE that you are offline by selecting Work Offline from the file menu. If IE thinks you are online, it will blow chunks when it can't hit the server.
Well, tomorrow's another day...