One of the best methods in meeting a person of importance was show on the Crime and Investigation Network cable channel by a prolific con artist. Not only did that guy meet with almost anyone, he became friends and was invited to parties, dinners, etc.
not surprised by python itself, since it is a beast of a language on all fronts (web develpment, cross platform guis, games, scientifc computing, etc etc..), and on all os (windows is a first class citizen, one of the reasons for its massive success).
django on the other hand is not there yet, compared to rails.