This has been posted by Scott Hanselman here.
I don't have a lot to add to what other people have been saying about the code bits (basically, rave reviews....though I expect there to be a negative blowback at some point about it being a Monorail killer and/or not implementing MVC according to some personal preferred approach). Other than that I almost feel like hand-writing HTML. Almost. This is, of course, because since I am not only BlogCoward but also Rednoser, my Borg-like implants have now been triggered by the mothership.
The other thing I really liked about the presentation was Scott Guthrie and how he handled the crowd. Sharp wit, quick on his feet. The back and forth between him and Bellware was awesome, especially when he labeled Bellware a 'Mort' (bringing a quick round of applause from the crowd).
On a related note...those times when I've criticized Bellware, or others, I've always tried to be pretty quick that I was perfectly well aware when it was a case of the pot calling the kettle black. As I get older, I realize I need to reign it in a bit, but, as I've told a person or two, "Life becomes a little easier once you accept that fact that you are a raging douchebag." My Mom would say it is my Dad's fault, but I digress.
Anyway, watching the back and forth between the 'dueling' Scotts (I put that in scarequotes since there was a lot of humor involved, and Guthrie was also very clearly talking to Bellware almost directly when presenting certain things as to read his reaction), and listening to Bellware, whom I've never met personally, I got a real sense of what it is like to be giving a presentation or conversation with myself when I am not reigning it in. My simultaneous reaction was "Man, what a jag" and "Man, that's just awesome."
He's still the guy who said this about people who are supposedly friends (which has led to my joke about what he must be like at dinner parties with them..."Thank me for coming....You suck....You're a sellout....You suck....Could you pass the salt? This roast sucks", etc.), but it was fascinating for me to watch.
But, I digress.