Hi, I’m Matt Balara.I solve design problems with my head.

I failed to mention a pretty important event in my online life a couple weeks ago. Without us actually knowing each other at all, Stowe Boyd invited me to not only redesign his blog, /message (I did mention that), but he…

The left brain tells me it’s totally stupid to give a crap that the year is over and a new one’s begun. I mean, what’s a year? Just a measure of time invented by us hairless monkeys to make it…

I’ve enjoyed a moderate amount of success as a web-designer, but something’s been burning in my conscience for many years now, and it’s finally time to come clean. I can’t claim the credit for anything I’ve ever designed. None of…

Damn it’s been a long time. Where have I been? Well, first I was in Clientland, which meant I was not only distracted from anything not related to the project but also basically happy if I managed to get more…

Last year SinnerSchrader, the company where I spend most of my time, celebrated it’s 10th birthday by hosting a conference for all things Internet. The conference has now become an annual fixture in the German net landscape, and today is…