About Me

PBX I'm Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. I teach photographers web design and professional skills. In the '90s 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. Feel free to email me.

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I'm co-author of "Python Web Development with Django", an excellent guide to my favorite web framework. Its strong points include an introduction to Python, and better coverage of Django 1.0 than nearly anybody else. Published by Addison-Wesley, it is available from Amazon and your favorite technical bookstore as well.

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Built using Django, served by Apache and mod_wsgi. The database is SQLite. The operating system is FreeBSD, on a VPS hosted at Johncompanies.com. Comment-spam protection by Akismet. Vintage topo imagery from the Maptech archive. The markup engine is Markdown.

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Django.June

Back in January I posted about the idea of having a get-together of Django programmers here in Northampton in June, playing on the Django (Reinhardt) in June music festival happening at the same time.

I finally found time to put a page together, and people are beginning to sign up. So if you're a Django person and you're within range of Northampton, check it out!

http://open.e-scribe.com/wiki/DjangoDotJune

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
django + programming + python + web development
2 comments

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• Comment from Jim T , later that day

What a very fine idea. I'd like to see the Ruby on Rails community top this one. I hope this is a big hit as I'd like to make it next year.

• Comment from Paul , later that day

Thanks, Jim.

I'm not sure what the Ruby on Rails equivalent would be -- maybe a field trip to the [Sheffield Ruby Mine in Franklin, NC][1] ("During the 2006 Season,
over 400 Honkers were found along with 22 Super Honkers!").

[1]: http://sheffieldmine.com/