From cyrus at extremeunix.com Mon Sep 29 13:59:29 2014 From: cyrus at extremeunix.com (Cyrus :) Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 17:29:29 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] Aloha! Message-ID: Hi all, I'm very excited that we have this group started. My name is Cyrus and have been working with Django since last couple of years. I live in Bangalore and usually love anything and everything made in Python (mostly). Cheers! Cyrus @ExtremUnix -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blucalvin at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 06:31:11 2014 From: blucalvin at gmail.com (Haris Ibrahim K. V.) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:01:11 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. Message-ID: Hello folks! Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely new idea? Cheers, -- Haris Ibrahim K. V. http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com @harisibrahimkv From abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 07:06:47 2014 From: abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com (Abhaya Agarwal) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:36:47 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the instigators have in mind? Regards, Abhaya On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. wrote: > Hello folks! > > Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already > been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely > new idea? > > Cheers, > > -- > Haris Ibrahim K. V. > http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com > @harisibrahimkv > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing list > Django-india at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india > -- ------------------------------------------------- blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga ------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at kracekumar.com Tue Sep 30 07:20:44 2014 From: me at kracekumar.com (Kracekumar Ramaraju) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:50:44 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: Hi Group was started few days back. There hasn't been any discussion AFAIK. Wait and watch! On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Abhaya Agarwal wrote: > I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the instigators have > in mind? > > Regards, > Abhaya > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. > wrote: > >> Hello folks! >> >> Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already >> been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely >> new idea? >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> Haris Ibrahim K. V. >> http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com >> @harisibrahimkv >> _______________________________________________ >> Django-india mailing list >> Django-india at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga > ------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing list > Django-india at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india > > -- Regards Kracekumar http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at bibhas.in Tue Sep 30 07:46:13 2014 From: me at bibhas.in (Bibhas) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:16:13 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: <542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> On 09/30/2014 10:50 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: > Hi > > Group was started few days back. There hasn't been any discussion > AFAIK. Wait and watch! About the name, I think Django Software Foundation uses the name DjangoCon. They also have the domain djangocon.in. We might have to talk to them if we name the conference DjangoCon. > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Abhaya Agarwal > > wrote: > > I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the > instigators have in mind? > > Regards, > Abhaya > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. > > wrote: > > Hello folks! > > Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there > already > been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a > completely > new idea? > > Cheers, > > -- > Haris Ibrahim K. V. > http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com > @harisibrahimkv > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing list > Django-india at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga > ------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing list > Django-india at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india > > > > > -- > Regards > Kracekumar > http://kracekumar.com > +91 85530 29521 > > > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing list > Django-india at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at kracekumar.com Tue Sep 30 07:57:09 2014 From: me at kracekumar.com (Kracekumar Ramaraju) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 11:27:09 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: <542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> References:

<542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> Message-ID: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Bibhas wrote: > > On 09/30/2014 10:50 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: > > Hi > > Group was started few days back. There hasn't been any discussion > AFAIK. Wait and watch! > > > About the name, I think Django Software Foundation uses the name > DjangoCon. They also have the domain djangocon.in. We might have to talk > to them if we name the conference DjangoCon. > > > Valid point. Probably we should write to them and ask. Alternate can be Django Days! > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Abhaya Agarwal > wrote: > >> I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the instigators have >> in mind? >> >> Regards, >> Abhaya >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. < >> blucalvin at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello folks! >>> >>> Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already >>> been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely >>> new idea? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> -- >>> Haris Ibrahim K. V. >>> http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com >>> @harisibrahimkv >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Django-india mailing list >>> Django-india at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------- >> blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Django-india mailing list >> Django-india at python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >> >> > > > -- > Regards > Kracekumar > http://kracekumar.com > +91 85530 29521 > > > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing listDjango-india at python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india > > > -- Regards Kracekumar http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 08:59:18 2014 From: abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com (Abhaya Agarwal) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:29:18 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

<542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> Message-ID: One thing to consider is that do we have a deep enough Django community in India to have a good conference? Even at the level of Python, there is a struggle to get good and deep talks. Are there conference formats more suitable for smaller communities? Regards, Abhaya On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Bibhas wrote: > >> >> On 09/30/2014 10:50 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Group was started few days back. There hasn't been any discussion >> AFAIK. Wait and watch! >> >> >> About the name, I think Django Software Foundation uses the name >> DjangoCon. They also have the domain djangocon.in. We might have to talk >> to them if we name the conference DjangoCon. >> >> >> > Valid point. Probably we should write to them and ask. Alternate can be > Django Days! > >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Abhaya Agarwal < >> abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the instigators >>> have in mind? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Abhaya >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. < >>> blucalvin at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello folks! >>>> >>>> Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already >>>> been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely >>>> new idea? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Haris Ibrahim K. V. >>>> http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com >>>> @harisibrahimkv >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Django-india mailing list >>>> Django-india at python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga >>> ------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Django-india mailing list >>> Django-india at python.org >>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Kracekumar >> http://kracekumar.com >> +91 85530 29521 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Django-india mailing listDjango-india at python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards > Kracekumar > http://kracekumar.com > +91 85530 29521 > -- ------------------------------------------------- blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga ------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kartiksinghal at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 09:30:23 2014 From: kartiksinghal at gmail.com (Kartik Singhal) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:00:23 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. wrote: > Has there already > been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely > new idea? Technically, speaking yours is just the second mail to the list. :) See the first one at the archive: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/django-india/2014-September/000000.html -- Kartik http://k4rtik.wordpress.com/ From me at kracekumar.com Tue Sep 30 09:27:29 2014 From: me at kracekumar.com (Kracekumar Ramaraju) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 12:57:29 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

<542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> Message-ID: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Abhaya Agarwal wrote: > One thing to consider is that do we have a deep enough Django community in > India to have a good conference? Even at the level of Python, there is a > struggle to get good and deep talks. > > Conference is not just about advance talks. What is deep for some one may not be deep for other person. I would say, conference should be mixture of different talk levels. Focus on original work, learning etc ... If we can avoid repetition from documentations or copy from another talk, it is good. > Are there conference formats more suitable for smaller communities? > > That is what the purpose of the mailing list to discuss. In my opinion yes, we can have single track (no parallel sessions) conference as well. The important point is we have to start! Regards, > Abhaya > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Bibhas wrote: >> >>> >>> On 09/30/2014 10:50 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Group was started few days back. There hasn't been any discussion >>> AFAIK. Wait and watch! >>> >>> >>> About the name, I think Django Software Foundation uses the name >>> DjangoCon. They also have the domain djangocon.in. We might have to >>> talk to them if we name the conference DjangoCon. >>> >>> >>> >> Valid point. Probably we should write to them and ask. Alternate can be >> Django Days! >> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Abhaya Agarwal < >>> abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the instigators >>>> have in mind? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Abhaya >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. < >>>> blucalvin at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello folks! >>>>> >>>>> Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already >>>>> been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely >>>>> new idea? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Haris Ibrahim K. V. >>>>> http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com >>>>> @harisibrahimkv >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Django-india mailing list >>>>> Django-india at python.org >>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>> blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com >>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga >>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Django-india mailing list >>>> Django-india at python.org >>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Kracekumar >>> http://kracekumar.com >>> +91 85530 29521 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Django-india mailing listDjango-india at python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> Kracekumar >> http://kracekumar.com >> +91 85530 29521 >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------- > blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga > ------------------------------------------------- > -- Regards Kracekumar http://kracekumar.com +91 85530 29521 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gaurav.dadhania at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 10:02:33 2014 From: gaurav.dadhania at gmail.com (Gaurav Dadhania) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:32:33 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

<542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> Message-ID: That's what DjangoCon AU was like: Single track, one day mini-conf organised just a day before PyCon. +1 that it's not just about talks! It's also about meeting other Django devs and learning from each other. On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:29 PM, Abhaya Agarwal > wrote: > >> One thing to consider is that do we have a deep enough Django community >> in India to have a good conference? Even at the level of Python, there is a >> struggle to get good and deep talks. >> >> > Conference is not just about advance talks. What is deep for some one may > not be deep for other person. I would say, conference should be mixture of > different talk levels. Focus on > original work, learning etc ... If we can avoid repetition from > documentations or copy from another talk, it is good. > > >> Are there conference formats more suitable for smaller communities? >> >> > That is what the purpose of the mailing list to discuss. In my opinion > yes, we can have single track (no parallel sessions) conference as well. > The important point is we have to start! > > > Regards, >> Abhaya >> >> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Bibhas wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 09/30/2014 10:50 AM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> Group was started few days back. There hasn't been any discussion >>>> AFAIK. Wait and watch! >>>> >>>> >>>> About the name, I think Django Software Foundation uses the name >>>> DjangoCon. They also have the domain djangocon.in. We might have to >>>> talk to them if we name the conference DjangoCon. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> Valid point. Probably we should write to them and ask. Alternate can be >>> Django Days! >>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Abhaya Agarwal < >>>> abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I think the list has been started yesterday. What do the instigators >>>>> have in mind? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Abhaya >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Haris Ibrahim K. V. < >>>>> blucalvin at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello folks! >>>>>> >>>>>> Did not know the existence of such a mailing list. Has there already >>>>>> been any discussion regarding DjangoCon India or is this a completely >>>>>> new idea? >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Haris Ibrahim K. V. >>>>>> http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com >>>>>> @harisibrahimkv >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Django-india mailing list >>>>>> Django-india at python.org >>>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>>> blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com >>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga >>>>> ------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Django-india mailing list >>>>> Django-india at python.org >>>>> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards >>>> Kracekumar >>>> http://kracekumar.com >>>> +91 85530 29521 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Django-india mailing listDjango-india at python.orghttps://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards >>> Kracekumar >>> http://kracekumar.com >>> +91 85530 29521 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------- >> blog: http://abhaga.blogspot.com >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/abhaga >> ------------------------------------------------- >> > > > > -- > Regards > Kracekumar > http://kracekumar.com > +91 85530 29521 > > _______________________________________________ > Django-india mailing list > Django-india at python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/django-india > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blucalvin at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 10:28:11 2014 From: blucalvin at gmail.com (Haris Ibrahim K. V.) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:58:11 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

<542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> Message-ID: On 30 September 2014 13:32, Gaurav Dadhania wrote: > That's what DjangoCon AU was like: Single track, one day mini-conf organised > just a day before PyCon. > > +1 that it's not just about talks! It's also about meeting other Django devs > and learning from each other. +1. To kick things off with and gauge the interest, a one day single track event is a feasible good idea. > Valid point. Probably we should write to them and ask. Alternate can be Django Days! I have written to the DSF a couple of times recently. I will write to them and ask them about whether we can use the name and what other things we should keep in mind. Regards, -- Haris Ibrahim K. V. http://sosaysharis.wordpress.com @harisibrahimkv From abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com Tue Sep 30 10:43:04 2014 From: abhaya.agarwal at gmail.com (Abhaya Agarwal) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 14:13:04 +0530 Subject: [Django-india] DjangoCon India. In-Reply-To: References:

<542A43A5.3090302@bibhas.in> Message-ID: On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 12:57 PM, Kracekumar Ramaraju wrote: > Conference is not just about advance talks. What is deep for some one may > not be deep for other person. I would say, conference should be mixture of > different talk levels. Focus on > original work, learning etc ... If we can avoid repetition from > documentations or copy from another talk, it is good. > Agree. Whatever be the level of talks, the alternative is internet. As long as they win over that, it is good. > Are there conference formats more suitable for smaller communities? >> > > That is what the purpose of the mailing list to discuss. In my opinion > yes, we can have single track (no parallel sessions) conference as well. > The important point is we have to start! > Single track is good. One way to encourage specific and useful talk proposals is to have tracks: Deep dive in a specific part of Django, Django used as a backend for a SPA, Django used for building a real time app etc. Regards, Abhaya -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: