Matthew Lyon

I design and build software tools to help people learn from and make decisions based on data.

I also make visual art exploring the interactions of pattern and entropy, design and build software synthesizers, and occasionally record those sounds.

A bit about what I’m doing now.

My favorite of my published essays:

Understanding Time Zones – There are so many things more worthy of ire than a locale problem.

Regretting the Golden Handcuffs – My story of startup “success.”

Refining Software – A manifesto for quality.

The best of the talks I’ve given:

Minimum Viable Documentation – How do you tell your users what they need to know?