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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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57 posts tagged "os x"

DjangoProjectLauncher?
Saturday, May 24th, 2008
django + google + open source + os x
3 comments

OpenOffice.org, sorta-Aqua edition
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
microsoft + open source + os x
1 comment

DjangoKit
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
django + fun + os x
6 comments

Playing with the Terminal
Sunday, April 8th, 2007
apple + os x

What is the iPhone running, really?
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
apple + hardware + iphone + mobile + os x + unix

Photoshop CS3 beta
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
os x

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

Johnny can too code
Friday, September 15th, 2006
os x + programming + python + rants
6 comments

Joel on TextMate
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
blogs + markdown + os x + textmate

MacBook wireless security exploit fracas primer
Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
os x + risks

Someday my bugfix will come
Monday, September 4th, 2006
browsers + mozilla + os x

Mac OS Forge
Friday, August 11th, 2006
apple + open source + os x

OpenDarwin is (almost) dead, long live DarwinPorts
Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
open source + os x

A different kind of switching
Friday, July 21st, 2006
apple + linux + os x + ubuntu

Unbalanced
Friday, June 16th, 2006
os x

Xiph, Ogg, FLAC, et al.
Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
intellectual property + music + open source + os x

TextMate update
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
os x + programming + textmate

Jumpcut is back
Monday, May 8th, 2006
interface + os x + tips

QuickTime 0, Open Source 1
Saturday, May 6th, 2006
open source + os x + rants
3 comments

The Open Source Desktop, Revisited
Friday, May 5th, 2006
interface + open source + os x + ubuntu

RapidWeaver spamming vulnerability
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
os x + php + risks + spam

The dawn of OS X malware
Saturday, February 18th, 2006
os x + risks
2 comments

Sparkle: automatic application updates
Saturday, February 11th, 2006
open source + os x + textmate

AppleWorks, R.I.P.
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
apple + os x
7 comments

Dangerous installers
Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
os x + programming + risks

Great open source apps for the Mac
Monday, January 23rd, 2006
apple + open source + os x

Google Earth for OS X
Tuesday, January 10th, 2006
fun + google + os x
3 comments

Textmate 1.5 released
Friday, January 6th, 2006
os x + textmate

Camino 1.0b2
Friday, December 30th, 2005
browsers + os x

Haxies considered... then considered some more
Monday, December 5th, 2005
os x

Obscure "svn mv" problem solved
Saturday, November 19th, 2005
os x + textmate + tips + vcs
5 comments

PowerBook "Safe Sleep"
Saturday, November 12th, 2005
apple + os x

TextMate: Bundles of goodness
Friday, November 11th, 2005
os x + textmate
6 comments

TextMate: wiki bits
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005
os x + textmate

LaunchBar 4.1 beta 1
Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
os x

WebKit screen-grabbers
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
browsers + os x + python + web development

Useless script: View180
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
fun + os x

Locomotive: Rails for OS X
Saturday, October 22nd, 2005
os x + rails + web frameworks
4 comments

Google wants Mac developers
Thursday, October 13th, 2005
apple + google + os x

AntiRSI
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
os x

Ctrl-T considered harmful
Tuesday, October 11th, 2005
os x + tips

DarwinPorts 1.1
Saturday, October 1st, 2005
open source + os x

Gruber on AppleScript
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
apple + os x

Mining Monday: FreeBSD, KDE and Me
Monday, September 26th, 2005
open source + os x

Unix for Mac OS X Tiger
Saturday, September 24th, 2005
os x

LaunchBar Screencast (with discount)
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
os x

Try, try again
Monday, September 12th, 2005
os x + rants
4 comments

Stupid Mac Tricks: Exposé Keyboard Shortcuts
Thursday, September 1st, 2005
os x
2 comments

Cyberduck, cyberdoc
Saturday, August 27th, 2005
open source + os x

Mac troubleshooting tips + bonus rant
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
apple + os x + rants

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

PyObjC in, Cocoa-Java out
Wednesday, August 17th, 2005
apple + java + os x + python
2 comments

Palm/Mac sync woes
Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
apple + os x + palm
1 comment

Camino
Saturday, August 13th, 2005
browsers + open source + os x
2 comments

Sourcemorgue
Sunday, July 31st, 2005
open source + os x + sourceforge

AppleJack for OS X
Friday, July 29th, 2005
os x

Happy indeed
Wednesday, July 13th, 2005
fun + os x

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