Hi, I’m Rick. I work in Corporate Communications for the Government of Canada, and have done so for nearly two years. I’m also a seasoned tech and video game nerd.
I live in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
When I was just 6 years old my father bought a brand new computer – with an Intel 80286 processor, 640kb of RAM and 10 Megabytes of hard drive space! It read the old 5.25″ floppy disks and played some great games. (Like Police Quest 1, Centipede, and Frogger). This was 1987.
From that day I was hooked. As video games evolved from their simple beginnings, I grew and evolved as well. Then the internet came to the scene… The rest is history.
I’m still a PC gamer at heart, but I’ve owned a number of consoles as well. Along the way I learned to build my own PCs and became interested in PC and electronic hardware.
In February 2009 I joined the ranks of Mac users when I bought a shiny new MacBook. Though I still game on Windows.
PR & Corp. Comm. captured my attention because I love working with people, I enjoy being in the know and sharing information. I get excited by strategy. A more recent discovery is that I really enjoy social media. Though it should have been an obvious fit; I wrote my first “blog” (it didn’t include commenting) 10 years ago.
How serendipitous! My father brought home a computer (I think it was a Packard bell) when I was a little girl. I’ve been hooked on gaming ever since. It’s nice to see another gamer in the PR/Marketing space.