While down in Austin for SXSW, Geoffrey Grosenbach caught up with Bruce Tate for the Ruby on Rails podcast. Bruce talks about how Rails is the catalyst behind a sea change in the development world. Download as mp3 or mp4.

A long time Java developer, earlier this year Bruce put out a book called Beyond Java which caused quite a stir.

He also just wrote an article for IBM’s developer Works about Active Record aimed at Java developers called Crossing Borders: Exploring Active Record .

Keep an eye out for his upcoming Java to Ruby book. Your boss will thank you for alerting him/her to it one day.