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

Latest posts

  • Yahoo’s new baby

    Yahoo launched a new search engine yesterday. Time to start vying for placement, this one could be big.

  • Firefox

    I’m a little behind on this one (the news came out earlier this week, I was just too lazy to blog it): Mozilla has renamed Firebird to Firefox. Regardless of Dave Shea’s comments that Firefox sounds like an ’80s hair band, I think it is a sweet name. Although, it no longer sounds like a…

  • Accessible Typography

    Something I have taken interest in recently is Web Typography. Like graphic design, it is something I have very little experience with, but am pursuing in order to become a better Web designer. You may have noticed some changes to the typeface of this site in an effort to be more readable, artsy, and generally…

  • Presentation

    I presented on good Web site design practices today at Webster City Middle School. The presentation was very rudimentary, but covered some foundational elements. It was also a lot of fun. Apparently it went over pretty well with the kids too :).

  • Compliance.

    AOL and Sprint have recently redesigned using Web Standards! This is a huge move forward for standards advocates. It always helps to be able to point to a big dog company when a client tells you “but we NEED to support Netscape 4.7!” No one needs to support Netscape 4.x anymore. It is a dead…

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