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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 over 16,000 authors, has won a variety prestigious awards, and has been nominated for several more.
Two new projects, Fusist and Insolent Child, are still in development. Watch for updates soon!
Taunt Media also sponsors the Vancouver Community Experience Group. You can check them out on Meetup, or view more information about the group on our Community Management page.
Nick Bouton, Founder & Principal
Nick Bouton is a user experience developer and online community architect based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He has over 13 years of experience in software and web application design and development, and is passionate about creating and growing online communities.
During his 3+ years at the Habañero Consulting Group, Nick was responsible for front-end development of web solutions, which included interaction and interface design and development, establishing look and feel, and ensuring usability. Now, as dynamic, independent developer, Nick has extensive experience developing rich internet applications (RIAs) and mobile web applications using AJAX, Web 2.0, and client scripting. He works primarily with HTML 5, CSS 3, JavaScript, jQuery, the Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft SharePoint 2007 & 2010, as well as various open source platforms.
Nick now operates Taunt Media, a consultancy that sponsors, develops, and nurtures several community-driven collaborative website properties including Protagonize (www.protagonize.com), a collaborative fiction-writing community. Nick majored in Computer Science at UBC, and studied Java development at BCIT. Prior to beginning work at Habañero, he held a variety of positions including as development lead for OpenRoad Communications’ enterprise 2.0 intranet, ThoughtFarmer; as a software engineer at Versatile Mobile Systems, and as technical lead for Tribal DDB Canada in Vancouver.
Nick recently founded the Vancouver Community Experience Group (www.vancx.com) and is also an active member of several other professional associations including the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), Vancouver User Experience Group (VanUE) and the Vancouver JavaScript Developers group (VanJS).
