First half hour of keynote: more Scott H hilarity, lots of LOLcats, a nice wrap-up, like an Episcopal benediction and dismissal, but for geeks. "Be well, write good code, and stay in touch." Thanks be to [insert your Microsoft joke here]!
Second half hour of keynote: more MVC Framework demos by popular demand.
Yesterday was exceptionally difficult and depressing for me (capped off with a miserable 90-minute commute home), so this is just the right mood enhancer at just the right time. Not just the comedy and the great stock photo usage, but also that Scott H explains complicated things pretty accessibly.
More musings on learning styles... I tend to tune out when I can't "contextualize", i.e., figure out how the demoed tech relates to anything I'm doing now (or have done before). The problem is, if I haven't paid attention, how'm I going to recognize an opportunity to apply new tech in the future? We already know the answer to that.
Push learning is going to work better than pull. If I load up on stuff I don't understand now, I'll have a better chance of wiring it together someday when a context presents itself. This is a lot better than flailing around for a solution when I get stuck later, especially because most of the time I won't be "stuck", I'll be writing code that works, but is crap, because I don't know any better.
The benefits of showing up and paying attention: John Lam has just shipped LOLCODE on the DLR and is coming down to the podium to demo it. Now that's something that might really come in handy someday.
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