Hi! I'm writing to you from Berlin, where many MediaWiki people are talking about the parser. We're taking live notes here:
http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/mwhack11Sat
and blogging:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/05/14/wikimedia-developers-start-second-day-o...
There's a video livestream:
http://www.livestream.com/wikimediaberlin
Hope you find it useful!
best, Sumana Harihareswara Volunteer Development Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation