“Nick is easily one of the most talented FE devs I have worked with – highly skilled, deeply knowledgeable, and keenly attentive to the details. Nick’s patience, guidance and generosity were instrumental in helping me get back into writing code after a long break.”
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An accomplished engineering leader based in Vancouver, BC, Nick specializes in frontend…
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I'm having a chatty week. I was thinking about how with Intertwingler/Sense Atlas it was impossible to "fake it till you make it" because the…
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Attended the Web Summit 2025 last week, held at Vancouver’s waterfront convention centre with its incredible views of the harbour and surrounding…
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I say chatty week because I recorded a video yesterday too, that showcases/describes Sense Atlas, my planning tool which I'm working on out in the…
I say chatty week because I recorded a video yesterday too, that showcases/describes Sense Atlas, my planning tool which I'm working on out in the…
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Experience
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Education
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Activities and Societies: The Ubyssey (newspaper), Personal Computer Club
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Protagonize - Creative Writing Community Site
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Protagonize is an award-winning creative writing community dedicated to writing a variety of forms of collaborative, interactive fiction. One author writes a story, and others post branches or chapters to it in different directions. The result is an organic, evolving story where everyone can participate.
We developed Protagonize as an attempt to modernize the collaborative creative writing arena; this entailed providing enhanced usability to authors, creating better tools for them to…Protagonize is an award-winning creative writing community dedicated to writing a variety of forms of collaborative, interactive fiction. One author writes a story, and others post branches or chapters to it in different directions. The result is an organic, evolving story where everyone can participate.
We developed Protagonize as an attempt to modernize the collaborative creative writing arena; this entailed providing enhanced usability to authors, creating better tools for them to publish and distribute their content, and allow them to easily work with others.
Protagonize launched at the end of 2008, and has been receiving an excellent response from users and the press, with over 30,000 authors signing up for the site since its debut.Other creators -
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Vancouver Community Experience Group (#VanCX)
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Founder and host of the the Vancouver Community Experience Group (#VanCX), which represents Vancouver-based online community developers, managers, and designers.
VanCX is kindly hosted by our good friends at Work [at] Play Media Labs, in the Railtown neighbourhood of Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Honors & Awards
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Deloitte Technology Fast 50 - Companies-to-Watch Award - Klue.com
Deloitte LLP
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BCTIA Technology Impact Awards - Startup of the Year - Klue.com
BC Tech Association
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Vancouver User Experience Awards - UX For Work - Klue.com
Vancouver User Experience Group (#VanUE)
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W3 Awards - Silver Winner - Community & Publishing - Protagonize.com
International Academy of Visual Arts
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nextMEDIA Banff - Top 5 Digital Property in Canada
nextMEDIA Banff / Achilles Media
Selected as one of the Top 5 Hottest Digital Properties in Canada for 2009.
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SXSW Interactive Web Awards - Community (Finalist) - Protagonize.com
SXSW Interactive
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Applied Arts Interactive Awards - Experimental/Artistic & Weblog/Social Networking - Protagonize.com
Applied Arts Magazine
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KPMG / Backbone - PICK 20 Awards - #19
KPMG / Backbone Magazine
Selected as one of Canada's leading Web 2.0 companies for 2008.
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Canadian New Media Awards - Excellence in Social Media Websites (Finalist) - Protagonize.com
Canadian New Media Awards
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English
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French
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