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Looks 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.

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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.

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