I have attended two session where the same repeated problem kept happening to the presenters.

The first SOA201 A First Look at WCF and WF in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 with Aaron Skonnard. For some unknown reason, the slides where advancing without Aaron actually moving them forward. It could have been an evil trick being played on him or just a hardware glitch, but it was truly annoying for everyone. I have seen him in other talks over the years and he usually does not stay still. I think Aaron figured out that if he would go back to the slide he wanted and hold the key it would move forward. Once he figured this out he was just standing behind his computer holding the back key. At least that is what I think he was doing.

In the second DTL314 Understanding Code Extensibility with Jason Olson. Jason got to deal with two problems. Windows 7 was having a problem with his video drivers and windows would restart the video drivers. Also Visual Studio 2010 would crash out on him and he would have restart the web server or in some instances he would have to restart VS itself.

Both of these guys kept their cool and didn’t freak out. They didn’t let these issues effect their entire presentations. They made jokes, talk to audience, and just kept going. Even though they had these problems their presentations were still top notch. Hats off to both of you.