About

Taunt Media was established in Vancouver, BC, Canada on January 1st, 2008, and was founded by Nick Bouton. Taunt was created in order to sponsor, develop, and nurture several community-driven collaborative web site properties in a variety of fields.

Our first project, Protagonize, is a collaborative creative fiction writing community that was launched in late December, 2007. Since launching, Protagonize has built up a large and thriving community of authors, has won a variety prestigious awards, and has been nominated for several more.

Our second project, reroller, is still in development. In the meantime, we’ve launched a blog discussing the state of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) that’s updated quite frequently.

Taunt Media has several other sites in the works, too — watch for progress updates on this blog as each site progresses.

Nick Bouton, Founder & Principal

Nick Bouton is a user experience developer and community architect based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Nick has over 10 years of experience in software and web application design and development.

At the Habañero Consulting Group, Nick is responsible for the front-end development of web solutions, which includes interaction and interface design and development, establishing look and feel, and ensuring usability. A dynamic developer, Nick has extensive experience developing rich internet applications using AJAX, Web 2.0, and client scripting and also works with the .NET Framework and various open source platforms.

In addition to his position at Habañero, Nick is the founder of Taunt Media, a company that sponsors, develops, and nurtures several community-driven collaborative website properties including Protagonize, a collaborative fiction-writing site. Prior to beginning work at Habañero, he held a variety of positions including Product Manager at ThoughtFarmer, Software Developer at OpenRoad Communications, and Software Engineer at Versatile Mobile Systems. Nick majored in Computer Science at the University of British Columbia; holds an Associate’s Certificate, Java Programming from the British Columbia Institute of Technology; and earned certifications in ColdFusion and XML technologies. He is an active member of several professional associations including the Interaction Design Association and the Vancouver User Experience Group.

Contact Nick Bouton at LinkedIn