If you aren’t involved with the WordPress community (as if my half dozen posts in the support forums earns me anything), that title might not mean anything to you. If you are, however, you’ll be interested in NMC’s interview with Matt Mullenweg. Even if you’re not, it’s still a fun read.
By the by, I’m now running on the 1.3 nightlies, which has solved most of my nagging little problems. Most notably, the precious RSS links actually work again.