TNGG – The Apple iPad

Courtesy of AppleYou know it’s hard to keep this blog up to date when every time I have something to write about, The Next Great Generation seems to get first dibs. After the Apple iPad announcement, I was all set to write something up on it here, when I got an email looking for comment for TNGG. This, of course, is a good problem to have. I had been following Steve Jobs’ keynote with...

WordCamp Boston 2010

I had a wonderful time yesterday at WordCamp Boston 2010. The conference was held at Microsoft’s beautiful new New England Research and Design (NERD) center in Cambridge. I’ve got a few pics of the building and the view from the upper floors posted below. I’ve been a big proponent of Wordpress, using it for this site as well as a few client sites. It makes my job much easier...

CES Coverage for TNGG

As the new decade rolled around, I spent several days out in fabulous Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. CES is a huge event where 120,000 attendees converge on the Las Vegas Convention Center to see the latest and greatest techno-wizardry. It was an amazing spectacle and, although exhausting, a heck of a lot of fun. I went with my brother Rob to cover the show for The Next Great...

New Website!

Welcome to MattCad.com, my new blog/portfolio/whatever site. I hope you enjoy the new design. It’s a major redesign relatively early in the life of the site, so I figured I’d explain why it was time for a change. In January of 2009 I launched an eponymous website to help with my job search. It was designed to be an online billboard of sorts, showcasing some of my best work to...