Just got back from a week in Redmond for a training event. Well, Bellevue actually - the Hyatt, but you get the drift. I'd written some content for this event and was expecting to speak, but because of changing schedules I wasn't needed. This left me free to attend sessions, which mostly consisted of the ASP.NET track run by Jeff Prosise. I have to say Jeff is probably the best all-round presenter I've ever seen; he's very accomplished: smooth, easy to follow, occasionally funny, but most of all enjoyable to watch. There are presenters such as Don Box who have almost fanatical followings, and indeed Don is highly entertaining; you're never entirely sure what he's going to do or say. But for all-round completeness I'd vote for Jeff; I learned a lot about presenting just by watching him.
Since I wasn't presenting I also had a chance to party a little bit, catching up with some friends; GAD, Rocky, Christian, Marcie, and others. In fact I place the whole blame for my screaming hangover on Friday on Marcie, who kept ordering shots. "What is it" says I. "Just drink it Dave". So I did. I never learn.