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

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  • Emerging Media Design

    A few weeks ago I saw a video on Wired that began a shift in the way I see my profession. I have typically called myself a “Web designer”, and primarily, this is what I am. This video made me realize what the next shift is, what the next move in my career should be…

  • Interesting Web Citings for March 10th

    Sites and articles that I found very interesting today… MailStyle: A HTML Email Plugin for Ruby on RailsTakes a properly written HTML email and puts styles inline and ensures images are absolute paths in order to ensure maximum email client compatibility.

  • Ministry, Making it Free, and God’s Providence

    Fair warning: I am about to cross (topical) streams here for a moment and speak to my Christian brothers and sisters. I spoke on Sunday night at the 2010 NRB Convention about Desiring God’s policy of “Making it Free”: Giving all of our content away online for free, without requiring registration. One common question was…

  • Going Internet-only and Making it Free

    At the panel discussion I participated in at the NRB Convention, I was asked to explain why Desiring God pulled out broadcasting its radio program to distribute content via the Internet. The debate is still (three years later!) a hot one, and one that was made before my time. So I’ll point you to DG’s…

  • Thank you NRB!

    This weekend I was honored with the privilege of speaking at the NRB Convention with DJ Chuang and Bob Lepine. Our session was a discussion panel on the way “New Media” (blogs, social networking, etc) can be used together with “Old Media” (TV, Radio, print news, etc). I was particularly excited about this opportunity because…

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