You're mixing up a few different things. My point isn't that django is unpopular or that .net developers aren't interested.
My point is that you cannot give detailed talks about developing with django and expect a .NET developer to stay awake. I understand that there's a goal to "introduce" django to the Israeli web-dev community, including the people who wear suits. That's great! There are several talks that can be given on the subject which will be *interesting* for them. None of those talks will be interesting to somebody who is already using Django. If there's another goal of putting together a djangocon with a focus on more advanced technical talks, maybe a workshop with jacob -- great! None of those talks will be interesting to somebody who has heard about django and is curious to learn what it is about. Both suits & .NET developers will fall asleep during such talks. My suggestion: 1. Have a half-day/day of talks for people new to django. Can give a talk or two about the business case for django, success stories, etc. If you want to draw technical people who are not new to django, offer a workshop where we do an accelerated tutorial on-screen -- tell people to bring their laptops, and walk them through a shortened django tutorial. Key goal is showing them results in the space of an hour -- they should have a blog or a twitter clone or whatever at the end of it, and see how easy it is to Get Things Done. 2. Have a separate day of technical talks about Django. Can roll Jacob's workshop into this. Make it about Django and expect a basic level of knowledge from the crowd. -I -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PyWeb-IL" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pyweb-il?hl=en. _______________________________________________ Python-il mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il
