Blog | Matt Gagliano

10 October 2019

Designing in Code

I recently had the pleasure of reading Brad Frost’s post on the role of the emerging frontend designer. It’s a bridge between two traditionally separate roles: designer and developer. While a designer would create static mockups for the developer to...

24 April 2019

Building Systems that Scale

We recently launched the 2019 Audio Logo Index — an analysis of the top audio logos in the United States and United Kingdom — to help brands understand how their audio logos stack up against the broader industry, and gauge...

21 January 2019

New Year, New Website

Web technologies are constantly evolving, day in and day out. Much of our responsibility as web and product designers is to continue learning and keep up with the pace of innovation in order to deliver the best possible experiences for...

03 October 2018

Full Steam Ahead at Veritonic

This past summer was certainly a busy one. In late spring, we concluded our $3.5 million seed round here at Veritonic. Since then, we’ve added some amazing new people to the team, had the privilege of working with many exceptional...

17 May 2018

Remote Work or Office Work? What makes us productive (and happy)?

While this may be an old and belabored topic, I still think it warrants a conversation at the very least, especially for startups and other fast-growing companies. The discussion over office space versus remote work has been on my mind...

29 April 2018

A Case for the Blog And Why I Started One

I’ve never really enjoyed writing. It has always felt more like a chore than a hobby. For this reason, the thought of blogging never really caught my interest. I’ve been designing and building websites for as long as I can...

12 April 2018

Redesigning the Veritonic Website and Visualizing Sound

Last week we launched the latest iteration of our Veritonic homepage and marketing site. It’s new design is intended to reflect the evolution of our brand and product over the past two years. One of my first blog posts was...

25 March 2018

Learning by Building, Version by Version

Back in November and December of last year, I had an awesome opportunity to host a two-part Web Development workshop with Emily Serven, sponsored by the UConn Stamford Digital Media & Design Club. The workshop was designed to be an...

03 March 2018

User Interface Design for Ethereum Alerts App

In my last post, I promised to cover a few of the cool things I’ve been working on over the past few months. Back in late summer/early fall 2017, as the cryptocurrency market was steadily growing, @falicon and I were...

14 February 2018

Looking Back: Months IRL are like Years in Tech

Much has happened since my last blog post. Back in September, I discussed my strategy on investing in bitcoin. And since then, we’ve seen everything from unbelievable all-time-highs to panic-inducing corrections. In that roller-coaster of a ride, I’ve grown to...

27 September 2017

Investing in Bitcoin and Altcoins: Better Late Than Never?

By now, I’m sure you’ve heard the story: if you had invested just $100 in Bitcoin on January 1st, 2011, it would be worth over $1 million today. By now, you’ve also seen the news articles of 15 year olds...

18 July 2017

Branding Simplifies As Awareness Increases

In a recent meeting with a company that offers a cross-platform e-commerce subscription application, I observed a presentation regarding brand identity and customer retention and engagement efforts. One slide in particular touched on their iterative process as it pertains to...

01 June 2017

Building A Website Or Blog With Jekyll

Plugin updates, paid hosting, MySQL databases, hacking PHP, and settings buried deep in the admin panel. These are just a few of the common pain points many users experience with Wordpress. For anyone maintaining a small, personal website or blog,...

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