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

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  • If Architects Had To Work Like Web Designers…

    I’ve seen this in a few places around the Web and in E-mail forwards. It’s a fun caricature of the frustrations of working with some clients. Note: I’ve never had a client that has looked like this (except for various University committees…) ————————————— Dear Mr. Architect: Please design and build me a house. I am…

  • The Path to Enlightenment (or How I Became and Elitist Web Design Nazi)

    I Have been developing Web pages for almost 5 years now (we are coming up on my anniversary). Today I did some looking back to how I got here. I spent the first three and a half years in relative naivet�, basically learning the rudimentary basics of HTML syntax (by using WYSIWYG programs); learning which…

  • PHP Newbie Mistakes

    I definitely found this article useful. I’m a PHP hack. I’ve been coding with it for a few years, I make it work well, but I’ve never been that technically excellent with it. PHPitfalls: Five Beginner Mistakes to Avoid from Digital Web.

  • Giving and Recieving Criticism

    UIWeb had an interesting article about giving and receiving criticism. This looks to be useful in many areas besides Web design as well. Synopsis: Assumptions bad critics make There is one universal and objective measure of how good and bad anything is. That the critic is in sole possession of the skill in making these…

  • Content Management Process

    *GASP* Content Management without a hugely expensive, unnecessary, bloated, proprietary system? Never… D. Keith Robinson on Content Management without a System. Shocking. Who would have guessed that the publication process could be more important than the technology?

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