I realise that many people who are ready and competent to make useful, welcome improvements to Django's documentation hesitate. Often all they need to get them over that first bump is a bit of extra confidence, and the blessing of someone who seems to have some authority.

That's what I want to give, in a short and practical workshop.

We're programmers, and we're full of intention, programming our will in symbols, to be executed by machines. From automated testing to our agile workflows, the values of our discipline are aligned around intention. For us, success means successfully bringing about what we intended.

But, in all this vigorous, forward-looking intention, I think we overlook another kind of meaning, that is to be found in attention. I think that by looking at other arts and disciplines we can discover something new that we can bring to programming, to enrich it and make it deeper and more fulfilling - and possibly even better.