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.
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.
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Email servers: how not to do it
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
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spam
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The iPhone keyboard doesn't suck
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
apple
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design
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hardware
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interface
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iphone
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mobile
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the well
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vcs
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writing
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Yegge's crusade
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
haskell
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programming
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Negroponte on not teaching Office
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
education
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rants
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STFU
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
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fun
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web development
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Johnny can too code
Friday, September 15th, 2006
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programming
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python
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rants
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SourceForge needs help
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
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sourceforge
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web development
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I hate those SitePal ads
Friday, September 8th, 2006
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risks
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QuickTime 0, Open Source 1
Saturday, May 6th, 2006
open source
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rants
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Why the python.org redesign is good
Tuesday, March 7th, 2006
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python
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Linux will eat itself
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
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open source
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rants
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Digg vs. Reddit vs. Me
Monday, February 6th, 2006
design
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tips
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eBay, fraud, filtering, and Web 2.0
Friday, November 4th, 2005
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rants
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risks
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Taxonomy of Bubble 2.0
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
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web development
Death to QuickTime Pro
Friday, October 28th, 2005
apple
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rants
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Product idea: Single-speaker iPod station
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
fun
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Blog Usability Showdown: Me vs. Jakob Nielsen
Wednesday, October 19th, 2005
blogs
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design
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rants
1 comment
Is eBay doing all it can to fight phishing?
Friday, September 23rd, 2005
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rants
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risks
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Signal to Noise
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
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Hizzitachi
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
fun
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Try, try again
Monday, September 12th, 2005
os x
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Mac troubleshooting tips + bonus rant
Wednesday, August 24th, 2005
apple
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The support experience
Sunday, July 3rd, 2005
adobe
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design
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Branching and merging in real life
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Summer Spam
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SPF-enabled spam domains
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Chess via iPod
2 comments
Aesthetics and computation
2 comments
Brett Spurrier
Software for determining image similarity?
24 days ago
nizamfarooq
eBay, fraud, filtering, and Web 2.0
60 days ago
Derek
World's ugliest Django app
91 days ago
sagar
Sort tables with sorttable.js
110 days ago
Paintball Kolbudy
Summer Spam
117 days ago
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