About

My name is Matt Johnson. I live in Los Angeles with a small cat and a bunch of palm trees. Like about 80% of Los Angelenos, I used to live in New York City and came out here to write screenplays eat avocados go to UCLA for an astrophysics Ph.D. In reality I spend most of my time thinking about and working for Alley Interactive, the boutique web and interactive development firm I co-founded and manage. I end up spending a fair amount of time back in New York due to the company being primarily based there.

Before I moved to L.A., I worked for (in reverse chronological order) Slate, The New York Observer and People For the American Way as a senior staff Drupal developer. Before that I got a BA in astronomy from Wesleyan University. I grew up in Portland, Maine, which is smaller and older than Portland, Oregon. I am shocked and appalled by how many people are not aware that the former exists at all.

More details about me can be found on my LinkedIn page, my page at UCLA, or on my Twitter feed.