On: Distributed version control? How winter 2007 of you. Let's try distributed bug tracking.

I think this may help

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2199332044603874737

That's Linus' talk. It's fun, but for a more nuts-and-bolts approach you should perhaps start with Randal Schwartz's talk instead.

I also recommend the Peepcode screencast on git.

I think the talk might be good for people who don't see what the big deal is, or how being distributed leads to interesting possibilities.