E-Scribe : a programmer’s blog

About Me

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!

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

ajax apple blogs browsers business design django ebay engineering fp fun google hardware haskell history intellectual property interface iphone javascript linux media mercurial mobile open source os x oscon oscon2007 palm php programming python rails rants reading risks ruby site spam textmate the well tips tools ubuntu unix vcs web development web frameworks webservers wmassdevs writing

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 236525 pieces of comment spam killed since 2008, mostly via Akismet.

8 posts tagged "iphone"

Chess via iPod
Monday, May 11th, 2009
+ + + +
2 comments

iPod touch: holding steady
Friday, October 17th, 2008
+ + + +

The iPhone keyboard doesn't suck
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
+ + + + + + + + +
2 comments

Latest iPhone SDK bug reports
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
+ + + +
1 comment

iPod touch: one week down, one week to go
Monday, February 25th, 2008
+ + + + + +

iPhone hacking
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
+ +

iPhone, youPhone, weallPhone
Friday, February 23rd, 2007
+ + + +
1 comment

What is the iPhone running, really?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
+ + + + +