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PBX I'm Paul Bissex. I build web applications using open source software, especially Django. Started my career doing graphic design for newspapers and magazines in the '90s. Then wrote tech commentary and reviews for Wired, Salon, Chicago Tribune, and others you never heard of. Then I built operations software at a photography school. Then I helped big media serve 40 million pages a day. Then I worked on a translation services API doing millions of dollars of business. Now I'm building the core platform of a global startup accelerator. Feel free to email me.

Book

I co-wrote "Python Web Development with Django". It was the first book to cover the long-awaited Django 1.0. Published by Addison-Wesley and still in print!

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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.

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

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30 posts tagged "design"

Aesthetics and computation
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
art + design + engineering + f2f + programming
2 comments

The iPhone keyboard doesn't suck
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
apple + design + hardware + interface + iphone + mobile + rants + the well + vcs + writing
2 comments

iPod touch: one week down, one week to go
Monday, February 25th, 2008
adobe + apple + design + hardware + iphone + mobile + programming

Color names in JSON format
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
design + web development

The anti-desktop movement
Friday, March 16th, 2007
design + interface + unix
5 comments

Kerning DreamHost
Thursday, March 8th, 2007
design + fun
1 comment

Widescreen as Tallscreen
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
design + hardware + os x
2 comments

Software for determining image similarity?
Friday, September 15th, 2006
design + fun + programming
5 comments

Technology wanted: FFE
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
design + fun
4 comments

Why the python.org redesign is good
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
design + python + rants

Python.org redesign launches
Monday, March 6th, 2006
design + python
5 comments

Baby steps with Ajax
Monday, February 27th, 2006
ajax + design + site + web development
4 comments

Sort tables with sorttable.js
Monday, February 20th, 2006
ajax + design + javascript
18 comments

The Million Beta Homepage
Monday, February 6th, 2006
design + fun + web development

Digg vs. Reddit vs. Me
Monday, February 6th, 2006
design + rants + tips
4 comments

The Blue Sky anti-massacree movement
Friday, February 3rd, 2006
design + fun + games

Palm TX: First Impressions
Thursday, December 29th, 2005
design + hardware + palm

Evolving a new keyboard
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
design + fun + hardware + programming

Big. Green. Similar.
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
design + fun

Tantek on CSS hacks
Monday, November 28th, 2005
css + design + web development
1 comment

Web 2.0 imitates satire
Monday, November 21st, 2005
design + fun + the well

Beware of the "just"
Monday, November 21st, 2005
design + tips

SourceForge prettifying
Saturday, November 19th, 2005
design + open source + sourceforge
1 comment

Dear Section508.gov webmaster
Monday, November 14th, 2005
design + fun
2 comments

Blog Usability Showdown: Me vs. Jakob Nielsen
Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
blogs + design + rants
1 comment

sIFR: Smart Flash typography
Tuesday, September 6th, 2005
design

A List Apart 4.0
Thursday, August 25th, 2005
cms + css + design + rails

NetGrowler
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2005
design + os x

Open Laszlo
Friday, August 5th, 2005
design + java + oscon

The support experience
Sunday, July 3rd, 2005
adobe + design + rants

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