Jamin Hegeman

Category: Web

  • Writing and Design

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    While my current title is web developer, I have a degree in writing with a concentration in poetry. This often is a bit of surprise to people, because the two are not typically compatible, or at the very least, the path from one to the other is not apparently logical. However I found my way…

  • SXSW: Design Eye for the List Guy

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    These are my notes from this panel, which took place March 13. Andrei Herasimchuk, Principal, Involution Studios Cameron Moll, cameronmoll.com Paul Nixon, Apple Ryan Sims, Lead Designer, Neubix Keith Robinson, Creative Dir, Blue Flavor Unsolicited redesign of craigslist.org. Keith: Really liked it. So if it’s not broken, why fix it. Generally unfinished feel. Searching kind…

  • Why Blog?

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    I had lunch with someone today who said she’d been encouraged to create a blog, but did not see the point. I found myself developing counter arguments. And now I’m thinking, what is the point? At South by Southwest, there were several panels that dealt with blogs and blogging. There seemed to be a notion…

  • My Weekend With Drupal

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    If you were hoping Drupal was an alien friend of mine that dropped in to spend the weekend partying with me, alien style, I’m afraid I’m about to severely disappoint. Drupal is an open source content management system. (You’re going to close the window, aren’t you?) My objective for the weekend was to install, evaluate,…

  • SXSW: WTF: WaSP Task Force Panel

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    These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Getting the Job Done Right Steven Champeon, CTO, hesketh.com Inc Matt May, Dir of Technology, Blue Flavor Drew McLellan, Web Application Developer Dori Smith, Writer Jennifer Taylor, Macromedia Chris Wilson, Group Program Mgr, Microsoft Kimberly Blessing, KimmieCorp Molly Holzschlag, President, Molly.com Inc…

  • SXSW: Holistic Web Design

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    These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Finding the Creative Balance in Multi-Disciplined Teams Shaun Inman, Mint Jason Santa Maria, Art Director, Happy Cog Studios Carl Sieber, User Interface Designer, fd2s Inc Eris Stassi Garrett Dimon, Information Architect, GarrettDimon.com Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of…

  • SXSW: DIY Now More Than Ever

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    These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well Mike Hudack, Co-Founder, blip.tv Lynda Keeler, Founder, Delight Network Matt Mullenweg, WordPress Gina Trapani, Editor, Lifehacker.com Ted Rheingold, Top Dog, Dogster Inc About making something happen with very limited resources. Dogster: 10,000 members in 3 months. Two years on, eight-person company. Started…

  • SXSW: What’s Hot in Web Applications

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    Note: These are my notes from this panel, and are not edited very well. Moderator: Peter Merholz, Dir of Practice Dev, Adaptive Path Scott Dietzen, Pres & CTO, Zimbra Seth Sternberg, Co-Founder, Meebo BJ Fogg, Founder & Chairman, YackPack Product strategy, design, and development. What it takes to build a web app. What it takes…

  • SXSW Reflections

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    While I still have notes from about 10 other SXSW panels I attended, I’ve decided to give it a rest for the moment, and post some of my own thoughts. The past two weeks have been a whirlwind. Somehow I failed to create an entry about getting into Carnegie Mellon University’s Interaction Design program. (Fuck…