I would agree with that characterization. He didn't present principles of design, or anything you could walk away with and apply. He showed various examples of

I would agree with that characterization. He didn't present principles of design, or anything you could walk away with and apply. He showed various examples of design, said what he liked about them, intermingling snarky, off-the-cuff remarks. (He hates Microsoft, as he pointed out multiple times.) In addition, there was a lot of personal anecdotes that felt like self-agrandizement. What was good about it was that an occasional comment was thought-provoking. And the price of the seminar was not a whole lot more than the retail price of his books, which were given to all attendees. So it felt like a good return on the investment. But in terms of pure instruction, it was indeed disappointing.