I really can’t stress this enough. I love to try new things and I think it adds a load of value to myself as a person, as well as a potential employee or contractor. All experience is experience.
Podcasts
ScootTalks 2021 – current
Welcome to ScootTalks, the sports interview podcast that’s putting Canadian athletes in the spotlight! No longer confined to Twitch, our show brings you intimate, engaging, and conversational interviews with athletes from across Canadian sports. Whether you’re a die-hard fan of the Canadian Premier League or just love hearing athletes or fans share their journeys, ScootTalks has got you covered. Tune in to hear candid stories, behind-the-scenes insights, and the triumphs and challenges of sports. Get ready to be inspired, entertained and hooked!
High Level Wizards 2015 – 2016
- A roundtable podcast I hosted along with a few friends in Winnipeg where we covered upcoming game titles, movie releases and anything else in our realm of interest.
- Responsibilities: Coordination/planning of episodes, deployment of episodes via LibSyn and social media content on several platforms.
- No longer available online.
Twitch Streaming
scootR (formerly scootrFM) 2018 – 2020
Initially started as a way to explore some new streaming technology and to share video games with my distant friends, I grew to adore playing video games on Twitch. My interests turned to Football Manager and with it, I found a great community of players from across the world. It meant a lot to chat with familiar faces and talk about our favourite game stories.
- Software knowledge: OBS, Discord, StreamLabs, StreamElements & others.
- Responsibilities: Audio/Video producer & host. Social media management.
You can occasionally find me streaming video games (primarily Football Manager) and hosting community events such as the FMPlayoffs & charity streams.
Community Management
Guildmaster – World of Warcraft 2003 – 2014
While a video game, a lot of coordination and communication is required to lead a high-level guild. Organizing up to 40 players at once through voice chat, as well as coordinating and planning events for the guild to ensure the players stay happy and competitive.
In retrospect, there was also a lot of conflict management and change management involved as roles within the community changed, groups were merged and team leaders were identified.
Co-Founder – Effuse.Org 2002 – 2004
Envisioned as a new home for graphic designers, flash developers and other emerging web technologists to share projects, challenge each other in monthly events and help review/QA project work.
With the release of Web Standards, the focus turned to sharing and encouraging other web developers to ditch aged and inaccessible technology and move towards accessibility. Founded with Ian Main.
- This site is no longer online.