Matt Blair
Designer and Developer, Elsewise LLC

Matt Blair has been a freelance programmer and consultant for fourteen years, with an increasing emphasis on Open Source Software over the last ten years. He has recommended and implemented systems using Firebird, PostGreSQL, Plone, Drupal, Wordpress, Django and CouchDB.

As technology director of HumaniNet, a non-profit that assists disaster relief and economic development projects all over the world, Matt analyzed and adapted technology for low- and no-bandwidth environments, and designed and managed distributed mapping processes during several disaster response exercises.

In 2010, Matt’s “PDX Trees” iOS app, based on Heritage Tree data released by the City of Portland, won the “Most Appealing App Award” in Portland’s Civic Apps challenge.

His new Public Art PDX app, built in collaboration with the Office of Mayor Sam Adams and the Regional Arts & Culture Council, features over 400 works of public art throughout the Portland metro area.