The kind of work I do

Recently...

• Writer and Advisor at 64 Stories (ghostwrote 20,000+ words on behalf of company founders)
• Creative Strategy for Department of Interest, Foundry Studio, others
• Communications Strategy for OpenOrigins (completing a brand update, website relaunch, and partner press launch in under 90 days)

Highlights

• Covered a founder's parental leave at their studio startup (successfully launching and growing 16 brands over 90 days)
• Story editing for Cloudrise Productions (helped a solo animator edit their film down from 4 hours to 2.5 hours)

• Creative Strategist at DoubleUp (growing 10+ internet companies)
• Advisor to NiftyApes, AOI, and numerous online creators (multiple product launches)
• Consultant to CityCoins ($50mm+ generated for NYC, Miami)

Highlights

• Sold the world's most valuable sake; pre-sold 888 bottles of sake for roughly $25,000 each (SAKΞ by Bjarke Ingels Group)
• Helped win Sweden's oldest and largest competition for creative communication (guldägget; identity design; 2022)
• 10x'd a protocol's inital userbase in the cold of crypto winter (NiftyApes)

• Co-founder of CryptoKitties (world's first blockchain game, $28mm+ sales)
• Founding team at Dapper Labs ("fun and games on the blockchain", $7.6bn valuation)
• Director of Communications at Axiom Zen ("Canada's Most Innovative Companies," work featured in TIME Magazine, The New York Times, and Fast Company)
• Editor-in-chief of Clients From Hell (Tumblr's most popular freelancing blog; acquired in 2018)

Highlights

• A record in the US National Archives.
• My work becoming WIRED’s mascot, tattooed on bodies, and featured in museums and art galleries around the world.
• A $55mm Series A (Dapper Labs)
  

• Editor-in-chief of Clients From Hell 
• Blog Manager for MetaLab
• Communications and Marketing for multiple marketing agencies (B/A, VERV projects, MetaLab, Axiom Zen, etc.)
• Columnist for multiple publications (Creative Bloq, Computer Arts, .net Magazine, etc.)
• Contributor for multiple publications (one1one, Vancouver Weekly)
• Creative Writer for Kano Apps
• Photographer for VIFF, personal studio
  

• Digital Medial and Communications for Natural Resources Canada
• Award-winning screenwriter of The Trojan Horses (4 awards, including North America's largest comedy festival)
• Research in emerging media for the University of Victoria
• Writer for The Martlet
• Head Editor for This Side of West
• Editor for The Warren
• Writer and Contributor for The Writer's Room
• Video Head for PACTAC Lectures (Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture)
• Communications for Nexen Inc. (internal documentation and external marketing)
• Freelance writer for numerous publications (reviews, columns, etc.)

• OpenOrigins: proof of trust against synthetic images
• bb3labs: culture in crypto, by Pharrel Williams's BBCICECREAM
• $gm: how you say hello in crypto
• SAKΞ: the world's most valuable sake
• Freehold: create crypto communities
• CityCoins: program your cities
• NiftyApes: liquidize your non-fungible assets
• CryptoKitties: the world's first blockchain game
• Dapper: the world's first smart contract wallet
• ERC-721: Ethereum non-fungible token standard (2017 launch) 
• NBA Top Shot (pre-launch)
• Flow (pre-launch; documentation; "hello world")
  

• Supercast: monetize your podcast with a membership
• ZenHub: project management in GitHub
• GoFetch: e-health for your pet
• Toby: organize your tabs
• Routific: faster deliveries, more efficient routes
• Hammer + Tusk: VR and AR news
• NDA Projects

• Hell to Pay 2 (An updated guide to freelancer finances)
• The Freelancer’s Guide: 2017 (A guide to freelancing in 2017)
• Better Software & Stronger Teams (A guide to agile project management in GitHub)
• Start Freelancing (Everything a first-time freelancer needs to succeed with their budding business)
• Find Freelance Clients (Everything a freelancer needs to find new clients and consistent work)
• Photoshop Disasters (A century of history and hilarity of doctored images and manipulated photos)
• Hell to Pay (A guide to freelancer payments and finances)
• The Freelancer’s Guide (A guide to Freelancing in 2014)
• Clients From Hell 2 (The best of the worst from Clients From Hell, now in book format)
• Pseudonym novels and ghostwritten books (The vast majority of my work is ghostwritten or uncredited; buy me a drink and I'll tell you more.)

• Computer Arts (Cover stories for the world's leading magazine for graphic designers and illustrators)
• Net Magazine (A monthly column in the UK’s leading digital design magazine)
• Vancouver Weekly (Event coverage for Vancouver’s premiere lifestyle blog)
• This Side of West (Head editor on one of Canada’s leading literary journals)
• The Warren (Lead editor and master of ceremonies)
• The Martlet (Contributing writer in news and entertainment)
  

• Tiny Capital "We buy wonderful businesses"
• bb3labs "A streetwear brand for the future, by Billionaire Boys Club"
• Button "We help government create better digital services"
• AOI "A foundation for emerging art and technology"
• CityCoins "Support your favorite cities while earning Bitcoin"
• Pitch "Collaborative presentation software for modern teams"
• Supercast "Create a subscription for your podcast"
• GoFetch "A monthly subscription to access 24/7 vet care"
• DoubleUp "Tasteful marketing for internet companies"
• Axiom Zen "A startup for startups"
• ZenHub "Project management in GitHub"
• Dapper Labs "Blockchain-based consumer experiences"
• VERV Projects "Real estate marketing firm"
• Photoshop Disasters "A blog documenting the best in bad photoshops"
• MetaLab "We make interfaces"
• Pixel Union "The richest, most beautiful ecommerce experiences"
• Freelancers Union "The largest organization representing freelancers"
• Kano Apps "An independent gaming studio"
• University of Victoria
• Natural Resources Canada
• Nexen Inc.
• Computer Arts
• Net Magazine
• Vancouver Weekly
• Vancouver International Film Festival