I'm sitting in Raymond Chen's "5 Things Every Win32 Developer Should Know" talk. Raymond is one of those "oh my god" Microsoft big brains, however, his blog has definitely made him feel like an old friend. I always appreciate his perspective and expression of what he sees in the world. Whenever I get any type of Windows Error message, I *always* click on yes, I want to send this to Microsoft button because I think that it's going right into his inbox and I know it will get taken care of.
Raymond is talking to the packed room about being conscientious about your environmnet when you are writing applications - how is your app working with memory paging? how is the UI affected by different DPIs on the users computer, testing your app in different envrionments and having it smart enough to adjust it's functionality based on what's available to it.
Robert Scoble is videotaping the talk for a Channel 9 "reader/viewer" that actually called him up on his cell and said "please please can you share it with us poor souls who couldn't make it to PDC" so hopefully you will all be able to see it.
I would love to get a chance to meet Raymond - it is wonderful to watch him present. He is so passionate (and knowledgeable) about what he is sharing. He just loves talking about this stuff and it looks like he is having fun. The one thing that struck me when I first walked into the room is how young he is. I supposed it's all relative. At this point in my life, you can be younger than me and still have 25 or 30 years of experience in this field!