Matte Elsbernd

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Seasoned professional with track record in the hands-on skills involved with technical &…

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Courses

  • AP English Language & Composition

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  • AP English Literature & Composition

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  • AP Government & Politics: Comparative

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  • AP Government & Politics: United States

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  • AP United States History

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  • Contemporary Economic Policy

    MGTECON-381

  • Crisis Communications For Executives Workshop

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  • Data Modeling

    OIT-269

  • Design + Media (d.school)

    E281

  • Entrepreneurship Seminar

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  • European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders

    ME-421

  • Executive Communication Strategies

    GSBGEN-239

  • Global Corporate Strategy

    STRAMGT-279

  • High Performance Leadership

    BUSOB-259

  • Human Resource Management Strategy

    HRMGT-289

  • Intro to Financial Accounting

    ACCT219

  • Intro to Macroeconomics

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  • Managing Growing Enterprises

    STRAMGT-355

  • Marketing Management

    BUSMKTG-249

  • Negotiations

    BUSOB-289

  • Non-Market Strategy

    POLECON-239

  • Real Estate Investment

    GSBGEN-306

  • Strategy

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  • The Paths to Power

    BUSOB-377

Projects

  • (Not So) Used Ideas

    - Present

    My collection of unused ideas
    (Ideas, Branding, Copy, WordPress Customization)

    See project

  • Shrt.ly

    - Present

    My own URL shortener.
    (Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL)

    See project

  • FotoMatte

    - Present

    Online gallery for my personal photography.
    (Idea, Photography, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL)

    See project

  • BehindtheURL

    - Present

    Whois and TLD Guide for the various global TLDs.
    (Idea, Branding, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, Curl, Perl/CGI)

    See project

  • The Firm List

    - Present

    Guide to web design & development firms from around the world.
    (Idea, Branding, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, Firm Listing Research/Maintenance, Advertising)

    See project

  • HexHu.es

    - Present

    Name your own colors.
    (Idea, Branding, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL)

    See project

  • MatteNet

    - Present

    My personal website featuring links to all of my projects.
    (Ideas, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL)

    See project

  • The Tribe of Woolgatherers

    - Present

    Originally an email humor list, this has become a network of topical humor websites.
    (Idea, Humor Curation, Branding, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, Perl/CGI)

    See project

  • CopyMatte

    - Present

    Collection of my writings since 1991, with web versions starting in 1994.
    (Ideas, Original Writing, Branding, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL)

    See project

  • The Electrical Socket

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    My collection of experimental websites, now archived.
    (Ideas, Branding, Visual Design, Copy, UI, HTML/CSS, PHP/MySQL, Perl/CGI)

    See project

Honors & Awards

  • Communications Arts (Press Mention)

    Communication Arts

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in an article in Communication Arts magazine.

  • Good Housekeeping Site of the Day (Award)

    Good Housekeeping's DailyInBox

    The Tribe of Woolgatherers (http://www.woolgatherers.org) was awarded the Good Housekeeping Site of the Day.

  • Desktop Magazine (Press Mention)

    Desktop Magazine

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in an article in this UK magazine.

  • Managing Your E-Commerce Business (Press Mention)

    Microsoft Press

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in Brenda Kienan's book Managing Your E-Commerce Business.

  • Darwin Magazine (Press Mention)

    Darwin Magazine

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in Darwin Magazine.

  • Web Site Graphics: Homepage and Splashpage (Press Mention)

    Rockport Press

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in Richard Karl Danielson's book Web Site Graphics: Homepage and Splashpage.

  • Web Site Graphics: Navigation, Vol. 2 (Press Mention)

    Rockport Press

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in Richard Karl Danielson's book Web Site Graphics: Navigation (Vol 2).

  • ComputerActive (Press Mention)

    ComputerActive magazine

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in an article in this UK magazine.

  • Boston Globe (Press Mention)

    Boston Globe

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in an article in the Boston Globe newspaper on Open Ratings and Pattie Maes.

  • Finalist for Best Ezine/Content Site (Award)

    New England Web Design Awards (NEWD)

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was one of five finalists which included the official This Old House website and the web presence for the Fine Arts Museum of Boston's Egypt exhibit.

  • Site for Today (Award)

    WebWOWzer

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was picked as Site for Today.

  • Websites of the Week (Award)

    Minx

    My personal site The Electrical Socket was picked as one of the Minx Websites of the Week.

  • Impress Magazine (Press Mention)

    Kinko's Impress Magazine

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was included in article Top 10 Web Sites for Small Business in Kinko's Impress Magazine.

  • Fierce Site of the Week (Award)

    Fierce.com

    My personal site The Electrical Socket was picked as the Fierce Site of the Week.

  • Silver Platter Site (Award)

    Ask.com

    My (former) site The New Baby Name Index won the Silver Platter Site award from Ask.com

  • UK Hot Sites of the Week (Award)

    AOL

    My (former) site The New Baby Name Index was picked as AOL UK's Hot Site of the Week.

  • Internet.Works (Press Mention)

    Internet.Works magazine

    The Firm List (http://www.firmlist.com) was mentioned in a letter to the editor in this UK magazine.

  • Denver Post (Press Mention)

    Denver Post

    My (former) site The New Baby Name Index was mentioned in an article in the Denver Post newspaper.

  • CNN Headline News (Press Mention)

    CNN

    My (former) site The New Baby Name Index was mentioned on CNN Headline News.

  • Winner Vivarin Home Page Challenge (Award)

    Vivarin

    My personal site MatteNet was chosen as one of the winners for the Vivarin Home Page Challenge.

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