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About Matthew Ellis

Matthew Ellis

Matthew Ellis is the man who envisioned and developed Magma Interactive, he is a diehard technology enthusiast, as a matter of fact, since grade school Matthew has been addicted to computers and more precisely, computer programming, from assembly, C and C++ to more recently C#, ASP.NET and SQL. Matthew has also been involved in the game development industry where he authored the title Direct3D Primer, which shipped as part of another title. He can often be found hammering away at Direct3D code.

Matthew, as of recently, has been doing consulting work for companies abroad where he develops unified systems bringing together the latest in technologies. He develops applications in the C# and C++ programming languages. He develops ASP.NET front end applications and numerous C++ based applications for use across a variety of different platforms.

"Work hard and become a leader, be lazy and become a slave." - Proverbs 12:24

Magma Interactive was founded in 2000 with the intent to spread the knowledge of technology experts through their books and other mediums. Our objectives are to rip apart the often difficult learning barrier by way of innovatively presenting technical knowledge from experts through our books. We believe that anyone with the passion and drive can learn even the most complicated subject matter and we're here to lend a hand by delivering the highest quality of technical knowledge to people just like you.

This company was also founded on the belief that technical expertise can often be found in unexpected places. With this belief, we push forward to the future, searching for technical expertise in not only the expected arenas, but the unexpected as well, this leaves our readers with the highest quality of unique technical knowledge. We work closely with technology companies to deliver the latest ground-breaking releases.