All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
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All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
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Re: All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
#2Looks like a great lineup. The idea of the extreme talks is a great one. I really like the idea of intense, no bullshit knowledge transfer.
I hope that Djangocon has a similar track this year, assuming it goes as well as I think it will at Pycon.
Re: All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
#3I mentioned this on Twitter but I'll repeat it here: everyone who submitted a talk and didn't get in (about half of the 200 people) is getting personalized feedback, not a form letter.
I imagine this encourages them to submit next year, but is also one of the reasons PyCon is a classy conference and Jesse an awesome dude.
Re: All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
#4I mentioned this on Twitter but I'll repeat it here: everyone who submitted a talk and didn't get in (about half of the 200 people) is getting personalized feedback, not a form letter. I imagine this encourages them to submit next year, but is also one of the reasons PyCon is a classy conference and Jesse an awesome dude.
As an author of papers that have been rejected, I can say that such feedback is unheard of, and would have been greatly appreciated.
And yes, Jesse is an awesome dude. I worked with him for a few years, and highly recommend the experience.
Re: All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
#5Looks like a great lineup. The idea of the extreme talks is a great one. I really like the idea of intense, no bullshit knowledge transfer. I hope that Djangocon has a similar track this year, assuming it goes as well as I think it will at Pycon.
This is definitely a concept we'll explore for DjangoCon (assuming it's as successful as I expect it to be), the one issue is DjangoCon only had 2 tracks last year, it's a lot harder to have 50% of your talks at any given time dedicated to "very advanced stuff" then it is to do 20%.
Re: All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
#6Looks like a great lineup. The idea of the extreme talks is a great one. I really like the idea of intense, no bullshit knowledge transfer. I hope that Djangocon has a similar track this year, assuming it goes as well as I think it will at Pycon.
This is definitely a concept we'll explore for DjangoCon (assuming it's as successful as I expect it to be), the one issue is DjangoCon only had 2 tracks last year, it's a lot harder to have 50% of your talks at any given time dedicated to "very advanced stuff" then it is to do 20%.
I also suspect — can't prove, but suspect — that there's a higher percentage of "experienced" PyCon attendees than DjangoCon attendees. Most Django developers are fairly new to the platform — heck, the platform's fairly new, relative to Python. So I think there's greater interest in beginner/intermediate material at DjangoCon than at PyCon.
Just a guess, though.
Re: All PyCon 2011 talks and tutorials announced
#7I mentioned this on Twitter but I'll repeat it here: everyone who submitted a talk and didn't get in (about half of the 200 people) is getting personalized feedback, not a form letter. I imagine this encourages them to submit next year, but is also one of the reasons PyCon is a classy conference and Jesse an awesome dude.
Not only that, but the selection committee asked for clarification and gave extremely detailed feedback on the talk proposals; I think my proposal went through two major edits/reworks. Hopefully this will mean better talks all around.
Other conference planners take note!