Building Rich Dynamic Websites With Sharepoint 2010 \\ Speaker - Tony Jones

The big thing I took from this speech is that web developers on sharepoint should be putting a lot more work into the client object model. Basically doing as much work on the client side as possible to minimize post backs. He talked about how a lot of time has gone into making the client object model better. He also recommends using javascript, jquery, and ajax among other things. Bottom line is that Microsoft has invested a lot of time to make sharepoint as client friendly as possible and developers should follow their lead.