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

Just before Stowe Boyd asked me to blog on /message last week, he sent me this tweet:

hey bro. Nice Tumblr template. I am interested in a reworking of my /Message typepad stuff. Ideas? Costs?

Stowe and I met, very briefly, last year at…

Who could possibly know more than Disney about guiding, exciting and entertaining people? Interface designers can learn a lot from “Mickey’s 10 Commandments”, developed by Walt Disney Imagineering President, Marty Sklar. (commandments in bold, my comments beneath)

1. Know your audienceThe first…

Ryan Singer at RailsConf

The most enthusiastic, positive, funny web-guy I know was interviewed at RailsConf about the being a designer who can write code, and “touching the magic wand”, which isn’t nearly as pornographic as it sounds. Have a listen.

And…

Last Thursday I stood up with Leisa Reichelt in front of at least 100 (could’ve been more, didn’t have time to count) intelligent people (an assumption I know, but I’m an optimist) at the next08 conference and we told them what we…

I’ve read Andy Rutledge’s blog as long as it’s been around, and his articles have never failed to be opinionated, structured, intelligent and useful. Now he’s got a podcast called The Design View Show and I can wholeheartedly recommend it for…