Ben Scott

Associate Information Technologist

‘Computers have the brains of worms. You have to tell them what to do. They don’t know how to do it themselves. It is just starting on the era where they can actually learn a bit get a bit clever. I hope the big A.I. doesn’t hear that and see me as an enemy from now on.’

If they did they might be a little bit worried because Associate Information Technologist, Ben Scott says with a grin he has plans to rule the world and become an über meister. Jokes aside if practicing makes one a master then Ben wouldn’t be far off.

Being the sole I.T. person for both Isthmus studios in Auckland and Wellington his role ranges from resolving I.T. queries, updating software and hardware, to ensure the company is secure. ‘The systems we run are fairly simple. Too much complexity can bring breakpoints we don’t need.’

Ben explains designers use more complex, resources intensive ‘tools’. Such as heavy duty hardware to be able to run the graphic components for the software they are using.

‘For a computer moving graphics is not so much the thing we see on the screen but lots & lots & of information going back and forth inside the hardware. It’s all 1’s and 0’s,’ says Ben.

Ultimately Ben would like to do himself out of a job. Having the I.T. run so smoothly that he does not need to be called. Until then he says, ‘I like the paradigms that Isthmus runs with, the community.’

In addition to being the I.T. Associate, Ben is part of the Operations, Health & Safety teams, oh and the occasional handy-man.