I figure the CMU guys went backstage and vomited.

It's important to remember:

Steve wasn't that awesome a presenter, he was merely much better than the alternatives.

The Wall Street and blogosphere reaction to Keynotes was frequently negative. (iPad jokes...)

There was always a crap ton of annoying shit in WWDC keynotes including boring marketing pablum and sales stats, and the self-indulgent videos and awful Johnny Ive videos.

Johnny Ive designed Aqua too. Remember pinstripes?

Apple hasn't lost it. Or if it has, there's no evidence of it yet. Implying otherwise puts Winer on par with the rest of the "what earthshaking sector destroying products has Apple released lately" morons.