Django (and Python) speakers

2012-02-07 Thread Steve Holden
I don't know if readers have heard the news that PyCon has closed registration early because it is full. So you may be interested in six new conferences, three about Python and three about Django, that we have just announced: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb8945991.htm With this annou

Re: Django (and Python) speakers

2012-02-07 Thread Jeremy Dunck
The original musketeers, Jacob, Simon, and Adrian, are all great speakers, of course. I thought Jeff Balough, Mike Malone, and Eric Florenzano did very well on their talks. David Cramer represents Disqus well and has recently released Sentry 2. As a particular pain points for me, I'd like to hea

Re: Django (and Python) speakers

2012-02-07 Thread Jeremy Dunck
I'd also like to see Malcolm again, but I fear that'll take a trip to Sydney. :) On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Jeremy Dunck wrote: > The original musketeers, Jacob, Simon, and Adrian, are all great > speakers, of course. > > I thought Jeff Balough, Mike Malone, and Eric Florenzano did very well

Re: Django (and Python) speakers

2012-02-08 Thread Steve Holden
Thanks for your ideas! On Feb 7, 9:29 pm, Jeremy Dunck wrote: > The original musketeers, Jacob, Simon, and Adrian, are all great > speakers, of course. > Indeed, though they are all so busy we can't rely on them having time to speak to us. > I thought Jeff Balough, Mike Malone, and Eric Florenza

Re: Django (and Python) speakers

2012-02-08 Thread Steve Holden
We can ask, I suppose. I understood that one of the reasons he didn't make the last DjangoCon US was our tardiness in putting the schedule together. I don't know what other factors may have played into that decision. The speaker expenses bill would, of course, be high ... regards Steve On Feb 7,

Re: Django (and Python) speakers

2012-02-08 Thread Andy McKay
> The Django crowd seems to prefer PostgreSQL collectively, but I know > there are a million sites out there using MySQL, so that would > probably resonate with people. Sort of the "frank Wiles of the mySQL > world"? +1 on good MySQL speakers, whilst its not preferred by many, its very under repre