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Blake Matthews currently works, serves, ministers, teaches, drinks coffee, eats (occasionally), spends time with family, and has a blast doing it all at Westminster Academy, where his business card title is Director of Marketing and...

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Careful What You’re Locked Into

Careful What You’re Locked Into

I had a great time mountain biking this past weekend. I really enjoy engaging in a physical activity that requires one hundred percent of your... Read More "Careful What You’re Locked Into"
Force Chrome To Print Like Everything Else On Your Mac

Force Chrome To Print Like Everything Else On Your Mac

If you like the fact that Chrome has a unique print dialog box and preview stop here and go about your business. If you, like... Read More "Force Chrome To Print Like Everything Else On Your Mac"
Love It, Hate It, Embraced It Or Ban It—The Apple Watch Is Headed Toward Your Classroom

Love It, Hate It, Embraced It Or Ban It—The Apple Watch Is Headed Toward Your Classroom

Apple has long been in the business of squashing the status quo with disruptive technology. The impact of the Macintosh changed the way we used... Read More "Love It, Hate It, Embraced It Or Ban It—The Apple Watch Is Headed Toward Your Classroom"
Things They Don’t Tell You—Fuel Aperture Location

Things They Don’t Tell You—Fuel Aperture Location

Recently, at a gas station, I watched a guy pull up to the pump across from me, get out of his car, swipe his card,... Read More "Things They Don’t Tell You—Fuel Aperture Location"

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Careful What You’re Locked Into

Careful What You’re Locked Into

I had a great time mountain biking this past weekend. I really... Read More "Careful What You’re Locked Into"
Force Chrome To Print Like Everything Else On Your Mac

Force Chrome To Print Like Everything Else On Your Mac

If you like the fact that Chrome has a unique print dialog... Read More "Force Chrome To Print Like Everything Else On Your Mac"
Love It, Hate It, Embraced It Or Ban It—The Apple Watch Is Headed Toward Your Classroom

Love It, Hate It, Embraced It Or Ban It—The Apple Watch Is Headed Toward Your Classroom

Apple has long been in the business of squashing the status quo... Read More "Love It, Hate It, Embraced It Or Ban It—The Apple Watch Is Headed Toward Your Classroom"
Things They Don’t Tell You—Fuel Aperture Location

Things They Don’t Tell You—Fuel Aperture Location

Recently, at a gas station, I watched a guy pull up to... Read More "Things They Don’t Tell You—Fuel Aperture Location"
Nutshell—New From Prezi

Nutshell—New From Prezi

Nutshell is a new visual storytelling app that combines the simplicity of... Read More "Nutshell—New From Prezi"
Canvas by Instructure

Canvas by Instructure

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About Blake

Blake Matthews currently works, serves, ministers, teaches, drinks coffee, eats (occasionally), spends time with family, and has a blast doing it all at Westminster Academy, where his business card title is Director of Marketing and Communications.

Prior to joining the Westminster Academy family in the summer of 2007, Blake designed and developed websites at PaperStreet, a Fort Lauderdale Web design firm specializing in websites for the legal field. Before that, he was an Art Director for more than a decade years at Daniels & Roberts, an advertising agency in Boca Raton, where he led the agency’s interactive and Internet-related endeavors as well as print design.

Blake has had the opportunity to work with some great people on some great accounts, such as Beckman Coulter, Citrix Systems, Dole Foods, The Fontaine Bleau, First Priority of South Florida, IBM, IPC (Subway), KFC, Kolter Communities, Microsoft, Moss Construction Management, Polaroid, Porcelanosa, Pratt & Whitney, Sensormatic, SyQuest, Church by the Glades, and many others.

His work has been featured on numerous award and showcase sites, including Church Beauty, The Daily Slurp, Design Meltdown, Pro Web Art, Screenalicious, and Smashing Magazine.

Blake holds a degree in Advertising Design, from the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, where he also received Best Portfolio, Highest Achievement, and the Outstanding Academic Achievement Awards.

He has been a member of the Creative Latitude, Electronic Design Association, and Graphic Artist’s Guild, as well as an alumnus of, and mentor in the Enterprise Ambassador Program, a program founded by the late R. David Thomas of Wendy’s International for the purpose of educating high school students about the American free enterprise system.