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

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  • SXSW 2008 Panel – Everything I Know About Accessibility I Learned From Star Wars

    Everything I need to know about accessibility I learned from Star Wars by Derek Featherstone. Small band of rebels versus the unfeeling evil empire :) A good motivational, conceptual overview of Accessibility. Not much by way of example or technique, but still good. Check out my notes below.

  • SXSW 2008 Panel – A/B Testing: Design Friend or Foe?

    A/B Testing: Design Friend or Foe? – Corey Chandler Lead Interaction Designer, eBay Inc – Jake Cressman Producer, Electronic Arts – Chris Maliwat Sr Dir of Prod Mgmt, Vuze Inc – Micah Alpern Design Dir Social Search, Yahoo! Inc – Elliot Shmukler Principal Prod Mgr, LinkedIn Very valuable panel on testing design changes to determine…

  • Efficiency: Getting Things Done.

    The last year has seen a massive shift in the amount and type of work that I have to do, both at my job, and the rest of life. No longer am I able to simply get up, turn on the computer, push a few pixels in Fireworks, write a few lines of code in…

  • Overcoming Burnout

    Last fall I experienced a bit of burnout with Web design and development. I had so many different projects all going on at the same time, and shifting responsibilities and roles in my position that I had a hard time discerning up from down. I came to a point where I just wanted to quit…

  • Thankful

    Why I’m thankful this year. On my personal blog: Thanksgiving – Matt and Nancy Heerema

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