Last week, I went to the Microsoft PDC with three coworkers and had a great time. They keep you much too busy to blog while you’re there, but that shouldn’t stop me from blogging it now that I’m back, right?

The conference really was excellent. For the most part, it was well-organized and well-executed. Even the name badge was great, complete with a pen and an easy-to-access mini-guide of the conference for helping you keep track of the agenda, find your next session, etc. Food and drink was available everywhere, at all times, including three square meals each day. Lots of software and “swag” was distributed by Microsoft and by various sponsors and advertisers. An evening of exclusive access to Universal Studios was simply the icing on the cake. The PDC isn’t cheap, so it’s hard to measure whether it is “worth it,” but it was, at minimum, a great experience. Hopefully I’m better prepared to face the future of Windows application development…