Matt is a pastor, businessman, theology student, & massive geek.

(I’m a little late on this one but I wanted to check the studies out for myself before commenting.) Sean Carton on the recent study by Carleton University about Web site aestheitcs. Researchers at Carleton University in Ottawa recently discovered that users make judgments about Web site design in as few as 50 milliseconds (a…

Missed An Event Apart – Philadelphia? Well, here’s a 2 minute highlight reel for you. Both times they show the crowd, I am JUST outside of the frame. (The guy shooting the video was right next to my rwo.). Probably reaaally dull and boring to non-Web-geeks. What’s funny is, the part where Eric Meyer is…

Gmail has recently added a “Web clips” section to their Webmail (or is that a function of me having google desktop installed?). It usually provides mildly interesting related links associated with your e-mail. This was hillarious though. As seen while purging my spam folder. mmmm. Spam Webmail, email, spam, google, gmail

Mr. Zeldman has a beautiful editorial over at A List Apart regarding all the hype around “Web 2.0”. A particularly inspiring quote: …ours is a medium in which, more often than not, big teams have slowly and expensively labored to produce overly complex web applications whose usability was near nil on behalf of clients with…

I love the graphic design of XXXchurch.com. I also love their mission and ministry. They provide services (especially x3watch) that are very helpful to Christian men and women. While they are a bit late-nineties in their code and other techniques, this site has a great, progressive feel to it. Maybe someday they’ll let me re-code…