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nickb (Nick Bouton)

a 30-year-old gentleman from Burnaby, BC, Canada

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My name is Nick.

I'm a software developer living in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I run a small consultancy called Taunt Media that oversees the development of a variety of social, collaborative web properties.

I also run this site (and spend a disproportionate amount of time working on it), so feel free to contact me here, or comment on my profile with any comments you might have. You can also check out the Taunt Media blog at http://www.tauntmedia.com.

I live in a high-rise in Burnaby, a suburb of Vancouver, BC, with my currently not-so-fluffy (and freshly shorn) chien blanc, Snowy. You may have seen him featured in such stories on the site as "Theft in Protagopolis", under his nom de plume, Snowbeast.

He's famous, you see. And he knows it.

And before your ask: no, he wasn't named after the dog in Tintin, although it may seem appropriate. That would be much too easy. I read it in the original French, and his name was Milou in that version. I never got the translation. :/

Yes, I have a personal blog, too, though I update it waaay too infrequently. I'm also on Twitter. And Facebook, and pretty much everywhere else. Feel free to add me... just don't stalk me, please. I've had enough of that already. :)

Here are some links:

Blog: http://www.nickbouton.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/p/Nick_Bouton/502881384

Twitter: http://twitter.com/nickb

Here are some ongoing stories of mine (or ones I'm involved in) that you may want to check out:

  • Joyride
    http://www.protagonize.com/story/joyride
  • Daylight
    http://www.protagonize.com/story/daylight
  • Leapers
    http://www.protagonize.com/story/leapers
  • Harbinger
    http://www.protagonize.com/story/harbinger
  • Destruction
    http://www.protagonize.com/story/destruction
  • The Fortune Teller
    http://www.protagonize.com/story/the-fortune-teller

Quick list of my favourite authors from the last little while:

  • George R. R. Martin
  • Stephen Erikson
  • R. Scott Bakker
  • Neil Gaiman
  • Alan Campbell
  • Robin Hobb

Read recently:

  • The Elves of Cintra, by Terry Brooks
  • Scar Night, by Alan Campbell
  • JPod, by Douglas Coupland
  • Lye Street, by Alan Campbell
  • Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, Vincent Lam

Currently reading:

  • Toll the Hounds, Steven Erikson
  • Wrath of a Mad God, Raymond E. Feist
  • The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell (NF)
  • Designing for the Social Web, Joshua Porter (NF)

 

ADDENDUM:

If you want me to see them and remember them, please post any site suggestions, feature requests, bugs, etc. to the help center (click the big blue Help button), and not on my profile. Thanks. :)

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