Since I'm helping Chad and Rich put together the Ruby track for OSCON, 
I can't resist pointing out this bit from the interview:

> ... if thereÃÔ a Ruby track at OSCON this year beyond people saying 
> Å©m, IÃÅ like to play with Ruby because I hear itÃÔ interesting!and 
> Ÿow, IÃÅ really like to hear Dave Thomas speak!to Å­earning Ruby is 
> important to my professional future! itÃÍl be easier to cover Ruby 
> as Ruby and not Ruby as Enabling Technology.

chromatic's exactly right about that one.  And the best way to make 
that happen is for the Ruby community to be there with great talks that 
demonstrate how special Ruby is.

So please ... submit your talk ideas at 
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2005/create/e_sess

Thanks!
---Glenn Vanderburg