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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.

Book

Python Web Development with Django 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.

Colophon

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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Stuff I Use

Akismet, del.icio.us, Django, dpaste.com, Emacs, FreeBSD, Freenode, jQuery, LaunchBar, MacPorts, Markdown, Mercurial, OS X, Postfix, Python, SQLite, Subversion, TextMate, Trac, Ubuntu Linux, wmii

Spam Report

At least 67532 pieces of comment spam killed since January 2008, mostly via Akismet.

12 posts tagged "media"

Podcasts I actually like
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
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Podcasting Antipatterns
Sunday, April 1st, 2007
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Steve Jobs to Music Industry: Drop DRM
Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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Textcasting?
Friday, May 26th, 2006
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Songbird, open source competition for iTunes
Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
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BusinessWeek somewhat confused about Java
Tuesday, December 13th, 2005
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About.com starting to move to WordPress
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
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Salon turns 10
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
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Sony gets spanked
Sunday, November 13th, 2005
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"Open Source" spreading, blurring
Wednesday, November 9th, 2005
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The fall of Sony
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
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Rob Curley, Newspaperman of the Future
Wednesday, October 26th, 2005
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