I don't understand it, but for some reason django users really dislike web2py, and attack it almost like we're the Christians of the python world.
-Thadeus On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:35 AM, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > I participated in the review process. The process is fair and the > people are smart but the rules are the problem. > > Say for example 51% of reviewers are pro A (against B) and 49% are pro > B (against A). If everybody votes on each of 100 items where each item > can be associated to A or B uniquely, all items associated to A will > pass, but no item associated to B will. > > Moreover people tend to have a bias vs "good speakers" rather vs good > content. "good speakers" are defines as those people that the > reviewers have heard talk already (aka people who previously spoke at > PyCon). > > I am editor of a journal and I have been reviewer for others. In no > place but PyCon reviewers can choose what to review. Usually each talk/ > paper is randomly assigned to a fixed number (3-4) reviewers. This > guarantees more or less that the proportion of accepted talks/papers > are similar to the proportions of preferences of the reviewers. > At PyCon people can see all talk proposal and can choose to vote pro/ > against. > > All web2py have been rejected to 3 years now. > > Technically, at PyCon 2010, I am on a panel discussion on Forms but I > will not go because 5 minutes of air time does not justify the costs. > Moreover I have a conference in India the week after where I am giving > a talk and I had to make a choice. > > Massimo > > > On Jan 15, 12:32 am, mikech <[email protected]> wrote: > > Wow very Django heavy. That's disappointing. > > > > On Jan 14, 10:27 pm, mikech <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Do they ever give reasons for the talks being rejected? Just curious. > > > > > On Jan 14, 9:28 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I doubt I will be able to attend but I do not know yet for sure. > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > On Jan 14, 11:08 pm, Anand Vaidya <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > PyCon Asia Pacific is happening soon in Singapore. > http://apac.pycon.org > > > > > > > Massimo, > > > > > > > I came to know yesterday that you are on the Programme Team. So, > are > > > > > you planning to come down to SG in June? Submitting any papers? > http://pycon.sit.rp.sg/organizing-committee-1 > > > > > > > Yesterday at the PUGS, there was a call for Tutorials or Papers. I > am > > > > > planning to propose a tutorial on Web2Py. Appreciate any insghts > > > > > before I commit to the organizers or PyCon-APAC > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Anand > > > > > > > On Jan 15, 9:33 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > You probably will not see that at pycon. All web2py talks have > been > > > > > > rejected. > > > > > > > > On Jan 13, 10:11 pm, Jeff Bauer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > If work will let up long enough, I hope to attend ... the > > > > > > > reason I couldn't take advantage of pre-registration discount. > > > > > > > Assuming I'll be there (60%+), I'd like to see what other > > > > > > > people are doing with web2py. > > > > > > > > > -Jeff > > > > > > > > > On 01/12/2010 06:20 PM, mdipierro wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Anybody going to PyCon? > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<web2py%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en. > > > >--
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