My name is Paul Bissex, and e-scribe.com is my consulting business. I build web applications using as much open source software as possible. From September to June I teach web design and other important non-photographic professional skills to photographers. In the '90s I wrote technology commentary and reviews for magazines, newspapers, and web publications, including Wired, Salon.com, FamilyPC, the late lamented Web Review, and the Chicago Tribune. Feel free to email me.
I'm co-authoring a book, "Python Web Development with Django", with Jeff Forcier and Wesley Chun. It will be published by Prentice Hall in July 2008, but is available for pre-ordering on Amazon now.
This site is built on a fresh trunk checkout of Django, running on Python 2.5.1, served by Apache and mod_python. 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.
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Copyright 2008
by Paul Bissex
and E-Scribe New Media
How not to advocate via Google Code
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
clojure
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google
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java
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javascript
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programming
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python
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web development
2 comments
From PHP to Python
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
php
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programming
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python
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tips
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web development
8 comments
World's ugliest Django app
Monday, January 21st, 2008
django
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fun
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python
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web development
9 comments
darcs on pair.com
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
darcs
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vcs
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web development
2 comments
Django Unicodification
Friday, July 13th, 2007
django
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python
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web development
2 comments
Django.June
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
django
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programming
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python
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2 comments
An embarrassment of RichIAs
Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
ajax
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programming
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web development
Color names in JSON format
Sunday, May 6th, 2007
design
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web development
My first DOS
Thursday, April 19th, 2007
risks
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web development
4 comments
In-place import using Subversion
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
tips
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vcs
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web development
The future of HTML is now
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
web development
Liking jQuery
Thursday, March 1st, 2007
javascript
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programming
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web development
4 comments
Meta-roundup of Javascript libraries
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007
ajax
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web development
Good web hosting
Thursday, January 11th, 2007
business
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web development
Advice on sequencing items in web interfaces?
Friday, January 5th, 2007
programming
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web development
6 comments
dpaste.com update
Friday, December 29th, 2006
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site
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web development
6 comments
STFU
Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
ajax
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fun
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rants
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web development
1 comment
The Django Book
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006
django
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web development
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writing
1 comment
Notes on my new Django setup
Sunday, October 29th, 2006
django
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tips
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web development
2 comments
If all else fails, force it
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
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tips
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web development
3 comments
Handling legacy URLs with Django
Friday, September 29th, 2006
django
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3 comments
Think twice before you let those domains lapse
Monday, September 25th, 2006
tips
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web development
4 comments
SourceForge needs help
Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
open source
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rants
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sourceforge
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web development
3 comments
Root, sweet root
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006
django
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tips
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webservers
Trying to send eBay a message?
Friday, May 26th, 2006
ebay
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risks
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web development
2 comments
Web developer evolution
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
fun
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web development
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web frameworks
Framework de-flummoxing
Friday, May 19th, 2006
web development
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web frameworks
Django as superego
Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
django
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python
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web development
2 comments
Offsite, online backup: rsync.net
Thursday, May 11th, 2006
tips
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web development
Dabble DB
Monday, April 24th, 2006
programming
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web development
2 comments
Random crufty open source release of the day
Saturday, April 15th, 2006
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Moving the blog to Django
Monday, April 10th, 2006
django
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site
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12 comments
PHP and view/controller separation
Saturday, March 4th, 2006
php
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web development
2 comments
The little things one learns
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
browsers
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css
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web development
Baby steps with Ajax
Monday, February 27th, 2006
ajax
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design
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site
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web development
4 comments
JavaScript and the thickening client
Sunday, February 26th, 2006
javascript
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programming
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web development
The Million Beta Homepage
Monday, February 6th, 2006
design
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fun
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web development
Web Inspector, a DOM inspector for WebKit
Friday, January 20th, 2006
apple
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browsers
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How to say you're sorry
Saturday, December 31st, 2005
fun
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web development
2 comments
A minimal wiki in Django
Monday, December 12th, 2005
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12 comments
Windows Live Local
Thursday, December 8th, 2005
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2 comments
Let's argue about scalability some more
Wednesday, December 7th, 2005
web development
1 comment
Rails/Django lovefest in Chicago
Monday, December 5th, 2005
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Tantek on CSS hacks
Monday, November 28th, 2005
css
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1 comment
Brainbenched
Monday, November 28th, 2005
fun
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WebKit screen-grabbers
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
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Taxonomy of Bubble 2.0
Sunday, October 30th, 2005
rants
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The MySpace worm
Thursday, October 13th, 2005
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risks
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7 comments
The Onion moves to Drupal
Sunday, September 4th, 2005
cms
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The iPhone keyboard doesn't suck
Python one-liner of the day
7 comments
How not to advocate via Google Code
2 comments
99 problems
3 comments
The original Lego Star Wars
2 comments
Toolbot.com source code available on request
Simon Griffee
Django Mercurial mirror tweaks
2 days ago
Jason Calleiro
From PHP to Python
3 days ago
Yuli
dpaste.com
6 days ago
bruce
Neat Python hack: infix operators
10 days ago
David Reynolds
The original Lego Star Wars
18 days ago
Jason Davies
Python one-liner of the day
20 days ago
Paddy3118
Let's play a game: BASIC vs. Ruby vs. Python vs. PHP
20 days ago
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