About this site
This site, Bearfruit.org, is managed solely by me, Matthew Nuzum. It is an outlet for my personal writings, opinions and pie-in-the-sky ideas.
About Matthew Nuzum
Most people call me Matt, however on the Internet I’m known as newz (pronounced new-zee, not news or new-zed) or newz2000. I am a business lawyer in Iowa with a background in technology. I help small businesses manage risk, whither it be technical or old-fashioned business risks.
Before starting my own law practice, I worked for John Deere’s ISG (Intelligent Solutions Group) as a technical manager. I have a software development background so worked with developers, testers and designers to be reliable and easy to use. My team developed self-driving vehicles as well as satellite and cellular communication technology.
I’ve also worked for Canonical, Ltd, the makers of Ubuntu Linux and several startups.I love to write and I love to write code. I love to help people learn and I love to present and teach. I’ve been deeply involved as a leader of Des Moines Web Geeks, a user group targeting front-end web developers in the greater Des Moines area. I firmly believe in mentoring as a way to share knowledge and help the next generation. It is how I was able to enter the web development field and I’ve helped several others since then.
I live in Des Moines, Iowa, USA (actually, the little town of Ankeny adjacent to Des Moines), which is pretty near the center of the US. I am a 6 hour drive straight west from Chicago. I’m in the Central US time zone, known as CDT in the summer and CST in the winter.
I try hard not to keep it a secret: I’m a devout Christian and believe in the inerrancy of scripture (but note that I don’t believe in the inerrancy of wikipedia). I believe that all Christians are called out to tell others about Christ and I desire to use the web and written word to do that. For more details please review my statement of faith.