Matt Shobe
Matt is cofounder and Chief Design Officer of FeedBurner. He has over ten years of experience tackling design and ease-of-use challenges in web software design. Starting with the central Usability Group at Microsoft in 1993, and continuing with several startups through to the present day, Matt's mission is to create enticing yet hassle-free user experiences through observant evaluation and design. The results include Yahoo's July 2000 Top 50 Most Useful Sites award for Spyonit.com, desktop development tools for XML and Java-based alert development for 724 Solutions, and a host of other efforts for large and small companies alike, now including FeedBurner.
Matt holds an M.S. in Technical Communication from the University of Washington and a B.A. in English from Purdue University. That Purdue's first football game when he was a Freshman was against Washington is properly regarded as a complete coincidence (if not an outright hoax).
Places Matt has spoken or will be speaking
- Chicago Beta #3 December 12, 2006, Chicago, IL
- DUX 2007 November 7, 2007, Chicago, IL
Interviews Matt Has Done
- San Jose Mercury News: Inside Silicon Valley: Interview with Matt Shobe, co-founder of FeedBurner March 27, 2007
- Startup Studio: Matt Shobe co-founder of FeedBurner March 19, 2007
- Juxtaviews: Juxtaviews Interviews FeedBurner's Matt Shobe December 27, 2006
- GuruKnowlege.org: FeedBurner Co-founder and Chief Design Officer, Matt Shobe Interview November 3, 2006
- CreativeXpert: Feed A Designer August 7, 2006
- CKNW News Talk 980: Interview with Matt Shobe (Login Required) October 22, 2005
- ABC7Chicago.com: The Power of Podcasting August 23, 2005