Who am I?
Me, my wife Tonya, and our three sausages, Jane, Gus, and Jasper. I’m the one with the beard.
I’m Ben, and design is my thing.
For me, design is this perfect combination of creativity, technology, and psychology that gives me the opportunity to make something that’s both beautiful and practical. There is nothing more satisfying than knowing I’ve helped to craft an experience that not only delights users, but can be measured against quantifiable goals to determine exactly what works, what doesn’t, and what to improve.
Being a designer for more than twelve years has taught me that you can never stop growing and learning. There are always new techniques to learn, new tools to master, and new languages to speak so that you can create efficiently and communicate effectively with clients, managers, writers, developers, and everyone else that helps to bring the overall vision to life.
When I’m not designing something, or researching design, or tinkering with yet another system or service, you can usually find me occupied with one type of geekery or another: sci-fi, fantasy, super heroes, gadgets, podcasts, etc.