E-Scribe : a programmer’s blog

About Me

PBX I'm Paul Bissex. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. Backstory: In the 1990s I did graphic design for newspapers and magazines. Then I wrote technology commentary and reviews for Wired, Salon.com, Chicago Tribune, and lots of little places you've never heard of. Then I taught photographers how to create good websites. I co-wrote a book (see below) along the way. Current story: I am helping turn a giant media corporation into a digital enterprise. Feel free to email me.

Book

I'm co-author of "Python Web Development with Django", an excellent guide to my favorite web framework. Published by Addison-Wesley, it is available from Amazon and your favorite technical bookstore as well.

Colophon

Built using Django, served with gunicorn and nginx. The database is SQLite. Hosted on a FreeBSD VPS at Johncompanies.com. Comment-spam protection by Akismet.

Pile o'Tags

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Stuff I Use

bitbucket, Django, Emacs, FreeBSD, Git, jQuery, LaunchBar, Markdown, Mercurial, OS X, Python, Review Board, S3, SQLite, Sublime Text, Ubuntu Linux

Spam Report

At least 233396 pieces of comment spam killed since 2008, mostly via Akismet.

Mac OS Forge

In the wake of OpenDarwin's shutdown announcement, Apple has launched Mac OS Forge, a home for selected open source projects from Apple and from the community.

The present site feels a bit like a stub -- e.g. the WebKit link still goes to OpenDarwin -- but it's good to see Apple stepping up to the plate. Just seeing tickets and commits from Real Apple Developers is exciting. And I give them bonus points for using Trac, too.

Friday, August 11th, 2006
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Some related posts: Great open source apps for the Mac • DarwinPorts 1.1 • Gruber on AppleScript • Mining Monday: FreeBSD, KDE and Me • Cyberduck, cyberdoc • Mac troubleshooting tips + bonus rant • PyObjC in, Cocoa-Java out • Palm/Mac sync woes • Camino • Sourcemorgue
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