>>I've previously mentioned Learndevnow.com which has all the AppDev training videos and sample code for $99 a year. My only complaint is DRM and a somewhat clunky interface, but the value is great.
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>>Finally plunked down another $99 for my first month of Pluralsight access ( also including sample code ) and I have to say I am very impressed. I know Naomi is also a fan and I believe Kevin and Craig and others here know a lot of the authors of the Pluralsight material. Unlike LearnDevNow, which lets you use two boxes (not at the same time) with IE and employs DRM ( which can get wonky ), the Pluralsight stuff can be accessed from any web connection with pretty much any browser and uses a very smooth and easy to use Silverlight viewer. ( still single user license, just that the user can access it from any box any time)
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>>Very nice selection of stuff at Pluralsight. Julia Lerman does their EF stuff, and right now I'm doing Scott Allen's C# course (over 6 hours) Lots and lots on SQL server, Linq, Sharepoint, WCF, WF, even 2 hours on Windows 7 phone.
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>>Great value. ( $499 for a full year )
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>>Highly recommended.
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>$499 a year? Did I read that right?

Yep. $99 a month or $499 a year. You can start with the $99 then upgrade to the year and get credit. There are more extensive plans that include on-line classes and the ability to download the content as mp4 and that sort of thing but the basic of videos and sample code for all their stuff is $499 for a year. Since any one of the courses would cost at least that much per day live it is a tremendous value. I have never learned anything at a conference other than how nice it is to hang out with like-minded people and how much the presenter knows about some new technology ( or some wildly esoteric implementation of an old one ) but I find these video courses have all the benefits of real classroom instruction without the distractions and demands one be in learning mode at a particular place and time (my ADD I guess)

I encouraged anyone who has never experienced this kind of learning to give it a try, either with Pluralsight or Appdev ( or both - they complement each other nicely - AppDev has more stuff on slightly older technologies as well as some new stuff and has terrific sample code and Pluralsight very strong on a diverse group of skilled presenters and lot more content on new technologies as well as a more modern interface.)