About Matt

My name is Matt Legend Gemmell (yes, really – and it’s Matt, not Matthew). I’m a Mac OS X (Cocoa) and iPhone developer and user interface designer living in Edinburgh, Scotland. You can hire me for your own projects via my site at Instinctive Code.

I’m also a public speaker at technical conferences and workshops; you can find out more about that on my Speaking page.

You may want to have a look at my software applications Favorites for iPhone (speed-dial, messaging and email with style – $1.99), and Shady for Mac (dim your Mac’s screen more than Mac OS X allows, to soothe tired eyes – free and open source).

You can get in touch with me using any of the methods below. Note: If you’re interested in contacting me for business reasons (such as enquiring about my development services), please instead use the contact information on my business site.

Also, please don’t contact me via IM regarding any of my source code. As I say on my source code page, I cannot provide direct support, and you can probably imagine the number of enquiries I receive nonetheless. Your best bet if you’re stuck is to search Google (particularly if it’s regarding MGTwitterEngine).

  • Business: InstinctiveCode.com
  • Twitter: mattgemmell
  • Email: My gmail.com email address (matt.gemmell)
  • Instant Messaging: Same as my email address.
    Works on Google Talk (preferred), AIM and MSN.
  • Instapaper: mattgemmell
  • Formspring: mattgemmell

As I mentioned, I’m a programmer. I’ve always loved writing code to solve problems, and my passion is creating elegant and intuitive user interfaces. The job title I prefer is Software Architect, because I feel it best represents what I do.

The languages I most often code in are Objective-C and ANSI C, using the Cocoa frameworks on Mac OS X, and I’ve also built more than my fair share of web applications and sites. I have experience in at least a dozen languages and a host of technologies. That’s true of most people in this line of work these days, right?

I’ve released various pieces of Cocoa source code over the past few years; feel free to have a browse through it. You can also see a list of more than 60 applications that use my code.

I live with my fiancée Lauren Dempster. Lauren’s a Comp Sci Honours geek too (she’s a Java developer for Amazon), but somehow also manages to be a gorgeous girl with a great sense of humour. If you like looking at other people’s photos, I guess you might want to look through my Flickr account too.

In my spare time (and very infrequently), I scribble down terrible stick-figure drawings and put them up on the Sheercore Comics site.

This blog uses a customised version of the Cleanr theme for WordPress. You can find out more about my customisations, and download the modified Cleanr theme.

All of the content on this site is made available at no charge, for the benefit of the community. If you feel you’ve gained something from my writing, source code or otherwise, perhaps you’ll consider either surprising me with a small gift from my Amazon.co.uk Wish List, or even making a donation: