Comments on: 5 x 5 on the Edge with Matt Balara

By: Matt Balara discusses what design is and isn’t | Edge of the Web | Web Conference 4-6 November 2009 - Perth, Western Australia

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:21:55 +0000

[...] go over and check out the interview with Matt and find out his opinions and design [...]

By: Matt Balara, Freelance User Experience Designer in Sydney Australia : “ It’s Conference Season” Sep. 30th, 2009

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:55:02 +0000

[...] Last but certainly not least is Edge of the Web, out in Perth November 6th & 7th. I”m honoured to say I’ll be flying over to the left coast to talk about the train wrecks and best practices of online shop design, and attend the award ceremony for the Australian Web Awards, which I helped judge. Gary Barber was nice (or crazy) enough to let me ramble on about job titles to avoid, photography for failed painters and our the reality of augmented reality in a recent interview, which you can read here. [...]

By: Gary Barber

Gary Barber — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:53:56 +0000

@Vicki – Thanks Vicki, Matt is a really interesting guy and a good speaker as well. He just gets the right ground level message across everytime. Well worth seeing.

By: Vicki Stanton

Vicki Stanton — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:22:08 +0000

What a great interview.

I think those in the Internet industry in Australia who don’t travel extensively for work-related purposes often don’t see Matt’s perspective of where we (in Australia) are in relation to the rest of the world.

I also love the insistence that graphic design is about communication. Of course it is, though in my experience, too many folks who design for web are still thinking in “print mode”. (Then “communication” becomes integral into educating about “the web is not print”. )

Interesting insights into AR and Agile too… looks to be an EOTW session that should hold something of interest for most folks.