If you didn't know Ezra, some of his talks are available on Confreaks: http://www.confreaks.com/presenters/59-ezra-zygmuntowicz http://www.confreaks.com/presen

If you didn't know Ezra, some of his talks are available on Confreaks: http://www.confreaks.com/presenters/59-ezra-zygmuntowicz http://www.confreaks.com/presenters/59-ezra-zygmuntowicz In particular, his last talk at RailsConf 2012 is a fascinating history of Ruby on Rails: http://www.confreaks.com/videos/911-railsconf2012-what-a-long-strange-trip-it-has-been http://www.confreaks.com/videos/911-railsconf2012-what-a-lon...