Scott Matter<p>An overdue <a href="https://aus.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> 👋 (thanks for the prompt when I switched instances <span class="h-card"><a href="https://aus.social/@aussocialadmin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>aussocialadmin</span></a></span> )</p><p>My name is Scott and I live in Sydney (on Wangal Country in the Inner West). My pronouns are he / him.</p><p>I was born and raised in Canada (Alberta, even), and have lived in some great places around the world (Montreal, NYC, Vermont, rural Kenya). Being a Canadian man of a certain age, yes, I play hockey. Even in Australia.</p><p>I've been very (not extremely) online since the 90s. First it was rec.music.phish, then fark.com, then the Big Tech Socials.</p><p>I strive to behave with compassion and to be more kind than nice. But I also shitpost from time to time because internet.</p><p>I'm interested in lots of things and barely maintain a blurred boundary between personal and professional. See hashtags below or on my profile for a more specific list, but I think it's generally encompassed by the concept of <a href="https://aus.social/tags/interbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interbeing</span></a> which I understand as being coined by Thich Nhat Hanh and drawn from Vietnamese and older Buddhist concepts.</p><p>Hashtags ftw: <a href="https://aus.social/tags/anthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anthropology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/collaboration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collaboration</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/collectiveImprovisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collectiveImprovisation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/complexSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexSystems</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/conviviality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conviviality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/decolonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decolonisation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/designResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>designResearch</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/engagedAnthropology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engagedAnthropology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/engagedBuddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engagedBuddhism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/engagedDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engagedDesign</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ethnography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethnography</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/foresight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foresight</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/futures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>futures</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/hockey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hockey</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/improvisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>improvisation</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JustTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JustTransition</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/pluriverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pluriverse</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politicalEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalEcology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/protopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protopia</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/serviceDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serviceDesign</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/strategicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strategicDesign</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/systemsTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemsTheory</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/systemsThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systemsThinking</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/speculativeEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speculativeEverything</span></a></p>