Category Archives: Technology

New look for heisel.org

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Chris Heisel

A rundown on my new “less is less” design and my use of the Balsamiq wireframe tool and the Blueprint CSS framework. Continue reading →

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Pywatch: Run tests when your code changes

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Chris Heisel

I’m happy to announce that pywatch is ready for use, I think. Continue reading →

Posted in Programming, Projects, Python, Pywatch | 5 Comments

django-baseboard updated to 0.3

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Chris Heisel

I’m happy to announce that [django-baseboard](http://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-baseboard/) has been updated to 0.3 Here’s what’s new: * Better error handling and reporting for the management commands/cron jobs * Projects are no longer required to have an RSS feed foreign key (bugfix from … Continue reading →

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Announcing basecampreporting and django-baseboard

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Chris Heisel

At [work](http://www.ajc.com), we use [Basecamp](http://www.basecamphq.com/), a lot. We use it for design projects, development projects, and projects that have no design or development components whatsoever. Our project teams like Basecamp because of its focus on communication, but we’ve found that … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Google News and fair use

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Chris Heisel

So, I can not stand the [brou ha ha over Google News and fair use](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/technology/internet/08google.html?ref=technology). It offends me on several levels, not the least of which is common sense. So for the dim, dull and dense out there, I decided … Continue reading →

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