Jamin Hegeman

Category: Web

  • Blinksale Integrates Basecamp

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    Two services that think are very useful for any small business, Blinksale and Basecamp, are now integrated. And it appears this is only the first round: Soon we’ll be adding support for Basecamp projects and time-tracking, creating the ultimate one-two punch: Get your job done—and get paid. Now if only Basecamp would lower the cost…

  • My Opinion of the CMU.edu Redesign

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    For the first time since the Internet was invented, Carnegie Mellon redesigned their website. Hurray for breaking out of 1996! I applaud the grand undertaking of overhauling a university website. Having worked at the University of Pittsburgh as a web developer for three years, I understand that this is no small or simple matter. There…

  • I Was a Guest Lecturer

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    Over the summer, during my design fundamentals training, I had a bit of an argument with the instructor of one of my software training sessions about table-based web design versus CSS web design. The argument was positive, however, in that it ended with the instructor, Cheryl Riedel, offering to have me be a guest lecturer…

  • ShaunInman.com Redesign

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    Shaun Inman, a major force in sIFR, the man behind Mint, and a very nice guy whom I had the pleasure of talking to earlier this year, once again redesigned his site. And it’s damn interesting change. While his process of designing in the browser first and then going to Photoshop for only minimal pixel…

  • Cursed Process Book

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    The process book for my data visualization project is due tomorrow. I initially finished it on Friday. On Saturday, I printed a draft and showed it to someone. Too much white space, he said. Six weeks into design school, I simply cannot ignore a comment like “too much white space.” So I spent time on…