I'm Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. 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.
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.
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Last fall I posted a blog entry titled "Serving Notice" about the inadequacies of OS X notifications compared to their OS <=9 predecessors, and about my hope that Apple would look to cool projects like Growl for interface ideas. Well, Apple is holding out on me, but good work on Growl continues and the list of applications using it is growing.
One of my favorites is the unassuming NetGrowler, a faceless app which uses Growl to display information about changes in your network connection. If you're a laptop user like me, often changing networks many times a day, it's nice to know the exact moment at which you've received your new IP; and if you deal with flaky wireless connections it's good to know whether that IP is real or "self-assigned" (i.e. non-functioning).
Not so useful for desktop machines, perhaps, but great for PowerBook and iBook users.
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