From way back when to present, he was among the first wave of computer artist-animators, helped usher in the digital video age with Video Post & Transfer, was a founding member of the technologically innovative production company Dreamtime Imagineering, and taught New Media Survey at The University of Texas at Arlington.
He has been closely associated with the Video Association of Dallas, creating the first four intros for the Dallas Video Festival. He also managed or co-managed the festival’s interACTIVE Zone for five years, and edited the association’s newsletter for eight.
He created Eastwood Neighborhood Association’s first website, maintaining it and publishing the neighborhood’s newsletter for well over ten years. After serving as vice president and then president of his neighborhood association, he completely rebuilt its membership, website, and newsletter system.
Since (mostly) retiring, four of his memoirs have been published and he has returned to writing music as well as short stories.
Scooter is married to journalist-author Amy Martin and served as the art director and webmaster for her nonprofit, Earth Rhythms, which for 20 years produced Winter SolstiCelebration, the second largest Winter Solstice event in the country. He also designed, produced, and published two of her early books, and created the maps, illustrations, and website for her best-selling book, Wild DFW.
