Made it to PDC... First Thoughts...

OK, I braved the Grayhound, and am going on 2 hours sleep, but I'm here, and I have a few thoughts about what I've seen so far...

Declarative UIs with XAML looks really freakin cool. Scoble wasn't kidding when he said that HTML was a first-class citizen in Longhorn.

Some of teh stuff I have seen is amazing.... UI generation with Adobe AfterEffects, great sample apps from Amazon... the Indigo communications framework.... all outstanding components that I will be talking about at great length in the near future.

What struck me as interesting was the direction Microsoft is going with .NET. As far as I can tell, after Whidbey it will be called WinFX. I can imagine that is because it won't be so much of a framework anymore since Windows is built on top of it. Should be a very interesting next few years.

More substantial information coming soon. Don't forget the Server Controls and Weblogger BOF sessions later this evening. Can't wait to see you guys there. Already met Kirk Allen Evans and Clemens Vasters and a bunch of others. Looking forward to an awesome evening. Now I have to go get my room key so I can go back to the hotel, shower and nap. L8r. More on my crazy trip story later.