My name is Slade Watkins (though I go by Slade Rice Watkins for most writing-related things)! I’m a developer, gamer, and content creator. I graduated from the Questar III John E. Sackett Educational Center in June 2021 with a New York State High School Regents Diploma.
Want to learn more about me?
Consider reading my full CV, or get in touch!
What I’ve done:
- Developer/Website Maintainer – rverse, May 2023-present
- Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Director — Kakariko Herald, March 2022-present
- Freelance Journalist – June 2021-present
I have experience with:
- WordPress (ver. 3.0+)
- Bridgetown
- Mastodon
- Content Delivery Networks (CDNs)
- HTML4+5
- PHP (ver. 5.3+)
- Ruby (ver. 3.0+)
- Ruby on Rails (ver. 7.0+)
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- SQLite
- JavaScript
- CSS
- .SVG
- Adobe Creative Suite 6/CC 2017+
- Final Cut Pro
Some accomplishments:
- Revamp of Kakariko Herald — August 2022
- Relaunch of Kakariko Herald — May 2022
- Officially formed SWM Wallymer — October 2021
- Graduated from Questar III John E. Sackett Educational Center, NYS Regents Diploma — June 2021
- Redesigned and helped maintain the Hoosick Falls Community Alliance Church’s website – January 2017-October 2022