Matthew C Good

Making Stuff:

Track my progress on my various projects. At any given time, I might be working on a new mic preamp for my studio, an R/C balsa wood glider, various microcontroller projects, modifying or building guitar effects pedals, or web-enabling my fishtank.

Programming:

I do ASP.NET / Oracle PL/SQL web development by day, using client-side technologies like jQuery. I also do personal projects that use PHP, MySQL, Google Maps mashups, Microprocessors like the Arduino, and the like. My recent areas of interest include Geographic Information Systems and "Big Data" concepts. I am a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist available for web development projects - click through for details.

Music:

Listen to some of my music. I write and record folk rock songs, and give my music away. My most recent album is called "The Shortest Distance Between Two Points" and is available for free download.

Recording:

Let me engineer or mix your next recording project with my mobile ProTools LE studio. I've got quality gear from brands like Digidesign, Soundelux (now Bock Audio), Focusrite, Shure, Yamaha, AKG and more. I have a Bachelors degree in Contemporary Music with a Studio Recording emphasis and I am ProTools 101 certified.

Photos:

Check out some of my personal photography. I've got photos from trips to the Georgia Aquarium, Nashville Zoo, World of Coke, Mexico, Paris, and Hawaii. Be sure to see pictures from my day-long trek up to the astronomical observatories atop Mauna Kea.

Blog:

A personal blog with pictures, programming tips & frustrations, observations about my aquarium fish, thoughts on books I'm reading, and the like.

Resume / Bio:

View my professional qualifications in the software & audio engineering fields, and get a feel for where my interests, reading, and personal projects are heading.

Foodblog:

I like to eat and think about food. See what I'm cooking up and what food books I'm reading.

Find me on the web:

I’m Matthew Good, a computer programmer and web developer living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. I’m interested and involved in many disparate subjects, such as electronics, aquarium fish, retrofuturism & 1950’s culture, songwriting & recording, Geographic Information Systems, model airplane glider building, magical realist literature, and environmental monitoring (all to varying degrees). This site serves as a repository for my reading, projects, and thoughts on all of my interests.

You may be wondering just what kind of a mind it takes to be interested in so many seemingly unrelated ideas. I like to think of it as an active mind that enjoys learning and making connections. Studying each topic leads, without fail, to another interesting concept. In learning about each one, you engage the other more deeply.

I’ve achieved many awards, accomplishments, and recognitions in many of these areas, which are covered in depth on my resume. My Myers-Briggs personality type is INT* (I was more or less split between Perceiving and Judging). If you would like to get in touch to talk about any of my interests, you can find me on several social networking sites, or you can .

Matthew C Good : Musician, Web Developer, Hobbyist.