Yesterday morning came earlier than usual so I could trek to Reston, VA for the Washington DC MSDN Developer Conference, however, it was WELL worth it! Stephen Walther gave the keynote, hitting all the high-points of Azure and how it will play such a prominent role in future .NET development. I spent the rest of my day in the Client and Presentation room hearing Dave Hoerster present on ASP.NET and jquery, Frank La Vigne present on WPF DataGrid and Ribbon Controls, Pete Brown present on Building Business-Focused Apps with Silverlight 2, and then Rachel Appel wrapped-up the day with a presentation about the ASP.NET 4.0 roadmap. Of course, while this was going on there were two other tracks about Azure Services and .NET Tools, Language and Framework. It was obvious by the fantastic quality of the material presented that the speakers had spent many hours preparing. Great job by all!
There are still a few dates left for the MDC in other cities. Go to http://www.msdndevcon.com/Pages/start.aspx to see where you can take advantage of hearing the same quality information. It's well worth the price!