Great idea for a peepcode series. I thoroughly enjoyed Zed's 0MQ talk from PyCon this year [1]. I liked it so much that I dug up all of the Zed I could find on Youtube, Vimeo, and Blip. I'm very interested in this product.
I saw Zed live too at SuperConf in Florida, I had dinner with him, he's really what he represents, just a very good programmer, professional and guy, by far the best I know in our field.
He gave me some advices about my career and programming in general (and specific: Testing in Python), we even joke about silly stuff (e.g.: The Social Network movie).
Professional is not a word I would use for Zed. Someone that's professional would not be as confrontational and antagonistic as Zed is. He seems to be that way, often to his own detriment.
With that said, the aggressive side makes him a very unique individual that many of us highly respect. I don't aspire to be like the guy, but he sure does motivate me to step up my standards and accomplish more. Zed's just way more interesting than Professional.
Professional is not a word I would use for Zed. Someone that's professional would not be as confrontational and antagonistic as Zed is. He seems to be that way, often to his own detriment.
Oh please, can we just give this tired old tripe a rest already?
[1] http://blip.tv/file/4878885?utm_source=player_embedded