Jaime Woo

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Jaime Woo
Occupationwriter
NationalityCanadian
Period2000s-present
Notable worksMeet Grindr

Jaime Woo is a Canadian writer and game developer. [1] He is best known for his 2013 book Meet Grindr: How One App Changed the Way We Connect, [2] an exploration of the impact of Grindr on social interaction in the gay male community which was a shortlisted nominee for the Lambda Literary Award for non-fiction at the 26th Lambda Literary Awards. [3]

Woo was a cofounder of the Toronto-area video game convention Gamercamp, [4] created the For All Gamers Sake archive of LGBT-themed indie video games, [5] and was a speaker at the 2014 edition of GaymerX. [6]

He has also contributed to publications including Hazlitt , the Financial Post , The Globe and Mail , The Daily Dot , Huffington Post and The Grid .

References

  1. "Jaime Woo wants you to Meet Grindr". Xtra! , February 26, 2013.
  2. "How Grindr Is Changing the Way We Connect". The New York Times , March 10, 2013.
  3. "Canadians among finalists for 26th annual Lambda Awards". Quill & Quire , March 6, 2014.
  4. "Gamercamp video game festival all about diversity, creativity". CBC News, November 1, 2012.
  5. "Gaymers unite". Fab , March 10, 2012.
  6. "GaymerX 2 gaming convention hits Kickstarter". CNET, February 19, 2014.