Matt Terry : Design Portfolio

I have been spinning poi and teaching others to do so since 2000. Towards the end of 2002 I started work on spherculism. The goal was to pull together all the geekiest technical poi spinners around the world and work hard at taking poi to crazy new levels. The first thing to do was to create a web presence. I used phpNuke with a phpbb message board in the early days, mainly because the company I worked for used this system so I had some experience of it.

The original site was a great success. The forum was really active and there was a great deal of teaching and learning going on. During this time our poi skills really took off and we developed many crazy ideas and techniques.

The site went through many designs and all was going well. In 2005 I moved to New Zealand and began working on the DVD. Without web access I began neglecting the site and without my constant attention and work the interest in the site decreased. This wasn't so bad since I knew the DVD would be out soon and I could concentrate on the site again.