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.
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).
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.
Oh please, can we just give this tired old tripe a rest already?