About Matthew

Matthew received a Bachelor of Science degree with honours in computer and multimedia systems from the University of Liverpool. As a post-graduate Matthew studied the Legal Practice Course at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent, where he also received his master's degree in computer games systems. Matthew is a certified ADRgroup mediator.

Matthew is an iOS developer in the Nottinghamshire area at a FTSE listed company. His duties involve prototyping, full lifecycle development and build scripting for his employer.

Matthew is a non-law graduate who is able to blend the best of elements of a patient programmer with the considered opinion of a seven-year academic. Given the opportunity, his decision to study law after computing has allowed Matthew to enter areas of industry unavailable to most programmers and law graduates. He hopes his unique combination of skills and experience makes him a valuable and productive employee.

Matthew's interests include low level programming, compression implementations, and debugging. He has been involved with the good side of computing as well as the gray, having written website articles on programming and computer security. His dissertations are: A low-level Image Process GUI in C++ (68%); Collision detection within the GPU (68%); The Freedom of Information Act is failure - Discuss (68%)

Matthew has attended several computer events and maintains a keen interest in the Linux kernel and software licensing. He seeks to gain chartered status in his own time.

Roll on Friday

Law firm gossip. Lots of it. RoF is a less than traditional law site. Be sure the check out the forums where the slightly seedier stuff is to be found.

Pincent Mason's OUT-LAW.com

Half advertorial, half blog, OUT-LAW.com brings computer, IP and other technology legal issues to life. While not authoritive and rarely substantive, the site is friendly to use and has some great POD-casts (try them out!).

Slashdot

For many years Slashdot has been my homepage for no other reason than the quality of the content. There are contenders and aggregators out there, such as Digg and Technorati, yet I've stuck with Slashdot. I'm not sure why! I guess it's because there is too much news out there now, and that I trust Slashdot to give me a condensed view

BoingBoing

I don't agree with the way BoingBoing has changed over the last few years, but it still remains the ever informative site. If you're interested in keeping abrest with the latest web craze, meme or EFF cause, BB will keep you informed.

Linux Weekly News

Anyone who's studied a computer systems module will love Jon Corbet & Co.'s fantastic commentary on Linux. The kernel articles (most by Jon, some by guest authors) keep you informed of regular additions to the Linux kernel. With no IOKit-clone or DOxygen docs, the Linux kernel is rather hard to get involved with, but LWN is there to take some of the pain away.