Working With Rails

My name is Matthew, though my friends call me Matt. I’m a 27 year old living in Perth, Western Australia. I’m getting married in April 2008 to my partner of 6 years.

I studied Computer Science at Curtin University of Technology where I met Adam Fitzgerald. Together we started The Frontier Group, a software development company. I currently work as the company’s Technical Director. My day-to-day tasks involve software planning and development, as well as client relations. As we’re growing I am moving more towards “big picture” projects and further away from actual programming. I don’t mind this.

The company employs four of us in total and we all studied at Curtin together, so we know we can get projects finished on time.

Two and a half years ago I started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, training with Adam Metcalf at The Acadamy of Mixed Martial Arts. I’ve competed twice at a national level, finishing fourth in the most recent competition. I received my blue belt in February 2008.

I have been using Apple computers for almost 2 years and really like them. Our whole team use MacBook Pro laptops and I like the mixture of Apple’s nice interfaces and UNIX’s reliability.

If you want to get in touch with me, leave a comment on my ‘blog or email me.