My name is Matthew Riley MacPherson
I'm a software developer with a penchant for user human experience
I work as a software developer and hack on open-source projects. I love making things that people find useful and straightforward. I think user experience is inseparable from content and functionality.
I write code and design interfaces with user experience in mind — developers are people too. See Ruby for a good example of why giving a damn about the person in front of the screen pays off.
I work at a small company that makes software that solves problems
I work at ServicePoint Inc. Despite our non-flashy name, we make cool web apps that people use every day. I currently work on ViewPoint, our local reality service that makes educated home buying and selling easy. I do primarily front-end web development with a focus on user experience, but also work on the back-end development.
I hack on some open-source when I have the time
I've a number of projects under active development/use:
- Prey Fetcher
- Push your tweets to your iPhone.
Free and open source push notification service for Twitter - FOSS Pass
- Permalinks for FOSS Licenses.
Alternative to using the OSI's ugly license pages - The Flowerpot
- Overlay images, inline content, and more.
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Why not get in touch?
I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I'm happy to talk about open-source projects or software, and occasionally do freelance work. I do not do freelance work for competitors and I only freelance in my spare time — I like my job and freelance for fun; you are not more important than my employer.
- matt@lonelyvegan.com
- Mobile
- +1 902 981-8757
- @tofumatt