Me, pretending to be artsy on my patio.
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So, you’re curious about who runs this site then? Fair enough: I am the Community Manager for Bigfoot Networks, a graduate of Michigan Technological University, a writer, an avid lover of technology, and… well, I guess a lot of things. But who isn’t? Suffice to say, I love technology. Specifically, I love technology that brings people together, allows greater communication, provides greater organization in our daily lives, and changes the way in which we live, learn, and view the world.
I’ve spent quite a few years floating around the web. I’ve never not had a computer during any stage of my life, although it was around 1994 when my family picked up a new 90Mhz Pentium machine running Windows 3.1. Most importantly, however, it also came with a modem. To be fair, I never really seriously started using the Internet until around the end of 1999, however. That’s when I started becoming highly interested in online gaming when Star Wars Galaxies was announced. Me, being the avid fan of Star Wars, headed over toward the official site to see what was going on with the upcoming game. Once I got to the forums, my life pretty much changed – sad as that may sound.
Hanging around early development communities for online games has, of course, breed an interest in game development. My love of game development also led me to the WarCry Network, a well respected media site for online games, where I volunteered my time for several years.
WarCry also did a lot to fuel my interest the web and online communities. This became even stronger when I headed out to attend the Game Developers Conference in 2007, which was a totally life changing experience. Not only were some of the sessions absolutely fantastic, but it really showed me the power of online communities, web technologies, and how well the game industry could benefit from taking greater advantages of both. Really, in a lot of ways, it broadened my interests considerably from just focusing on the game industry, to looking closer at the web industry and other fields of technology, which is why I now find myself working as a Community Manager in a gaming-focused technology company.
