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

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

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At least 67591 pieces of comment spam killed since January 2008, mostly via Akismet.

23 posts tagged "rants"

Email servers: how not to do it
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
email + rants + spam
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

Yegge's crusade
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
haskell + programming + rants

Negroponte on not teaching Office
Saturday, January 6th, 2007
education + rants
1 comment

STFU
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
ajax + fun + rants + web development
1 comment

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

SourceForge needs help
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
open source + rants + sourceforge + web development
3 comments

I hate those SitePal ads
Friday, September 8th, 2006
blogs + rants + risks
9 comments

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

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

Linux will eat itself
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
linux + open source + rants
2 comments

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

eBay, fraud, filtering, and Web 2.0
Friday, November 4th, 2005
ebay + rants + risks
85 comments

Taxonomy of Bubble 2.0
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
rants + web development

Death to QuickTime Pro
Friday, October 28th, 2005
apple + rants
1 comment

Product idea: Single-speaker iPod station
Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
fun + rants
2 comments

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

Is eBay doing all it can to fight phishing?
Friday, September 23rd, 2005
ebay + rants + risks
3 comments

Signal to Noise
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
rants

Hizzitachi
Saturday, September 17th, 2005
fun + hardware + rants

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

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

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

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