I absolutely love Django and I'm happy they've been able to get toward a 1.0 "more usage" milestone so quickly. I'm also glad they started the Foundation so I could donate.
i still think the documentation is still aimed at a relatively high level and/or at a single learning style. i've tried a few times with 0.96 and i'm happy if i can get the darned server running. i'd love to see 'themed' tutorials that help newbies learn python+django to build lots of different things rather than a single 'it can do anything, you just have to start somewhere'. i wouldn't recommend that approach with chemistry - why is it the default for programming?
The assumption the writers of the Django docs might be making is that you're coming from a web dev background already (e.g. recovering PHP4 or ASP user), and you're ready to dive into what makes Django different.