Mike Matas
Mike Matas | |
|---|---|
 Mike Matas, Yosemite July 2007 | |
| Born | March 23, 1986 Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Occupation | User interface designer |
| Spouse | Sharon Matas (m. 2015)[citation needed] |
Michael "Mike" Matas (born in Seattle, Washington, March 23, 1986) is a user interface designer and icon artist. He has previously worked at The Omni Group doing interface and graphic design work. Matas co-founded Delicious Monster in 2004 together with Wil Shipley. He later worked at Apple, Inc. and designed some of the major user interfaces in Mac OS X, iOS for iPhone and iPads.[1][2] In addition, he has been listed as the co-inventor on patents Apple has filed.[3] He later left Apple.[4]
After Apple Matas worked on the team that designed the Nest Learning Thermostat.[5] He then founded Push Pop Press, a digital publishing company that created Al Gore's interactive book Our Choice.[6][7]
Matas presented at TED in 2011 on his work at Push Pop for Al Gore's interactive book Our Choice[8][9]
During his time at Facebook he was integral to the design of Facebook Paper, Facebook's alternative iOS application and Facebook Instant Articles.
He is currently working with Adam Menges, and Markus Beissinger on a new start-up, Lobe.ai.[10] Lobe.ai is "creating an easy-to-use visual tool to help give people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines the ability to invent with deep learning".[11]. It was announced that Lobe would be acquired by Microsoft on September 13, 2018[12].
See also
References
- ^ "Delicious Monster co-founder joins Apple interface team". AppleInsider. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ am, Jay Savage | | July 21, 2005 at 10:30 am July 21, 2005 10:30. "Mike Matas going to Cupertino". Engadget. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Interview: Mike Matas, Cocoia Blog, retrieved July 12, 2010
- ^ Mike Matas – About, Mike Matas, retrieved July 12, 2010
- ^ "The Father of the iPod Has Invented The Smartest, Coolest Thermostat You'll Ever See | Cult of Mac". Cult of Mac. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ "Al Gore's 'Our Choice' App Reinvents Books, Reading". The Huffington Post. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ "Push Pop Press: Al Gore's Our Choice". pushpoppress.com. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ "Facebook's Mysterious Hire: The Guy Who Designed Much of the iPhone". readwrite.com. August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Mike Matas". Mike Matas. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ "Lobe | Deep Learning Made Simple". lobe.ai. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
- ^ "Mike Matas - About". Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ "Microsoft acquires Lobe to help bring AI development capability to everyone". Retrieved September 13, 2018.