Ben Moss
Ben Moss has designed and coded work for award-winning startups, and global names including IBM, UBS, and the FBI. When he’s not in front of a screen he’s probably out trail-running.
Windows 8: a tale of two OS
Today, Microsoft will be launching Windows 8, the biggest redesign of its flagship product in nearly two decades;…
By Ben Moss
Google allow you to plead ignorance
Since the launch of Google's Penguin update in April, sites that rely on black-hat link building including purchased…
By Ben Moss
Firefox gets friendly
Now that the dust has begun to settle on Mozilla's go-stop-go launch for Firefox 16, the company is able to turn its…
By Ben Moss
Google folds
If there is an issue more likely than the fold, to cause web designers to draw battle lines and pick sides, we're yet…
By Ben Moss
50+ beautiful cloud icons
What is the fascination with clouds? Ever since the first iPhone brought a weather app to our pockets designers have…
By Ben Moss
Firefox 16 crashes and burns
Mozilla's Firefox has been slowly losing market share since its peak in mid-2009. Prior to the establishment of…
By Ben Moss
Could Google's Penguin kill the franchise?
Creep up behind the nearest SEO specialist and whisper "Penguin!" in their ear. Now watch as they cough, splutter and…
By Ben Moss
Would you Like-A-Hug?
For too long we've been trapped behind our desks, starved of human contact, linked only by the chirps of a push alert,…
By Ben Moss
Microsoft's TypeScript receives a mixed reaction
The one ECMAScript it's still okay to like, JavaScript has in recent years shrugged off its 'under-powered', 'bloated'…
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Monstrously beautiful font
We're all familiar with the parable of the ugly duckling; spurned by its peers for being too ugly, it is miserable…
By Ben Moss
Welcome to the new face of social media, we call it erm... Myspace
Facebook is a stupid name for a social media site. Facebook: a book of faces; a directory of the cool kids; an elitist…
By Ben Moss
Adobe "Create the Web"
Yesterday, Adobe used the keynote slot of their 'Create the Web' event in San Francisco to preview what they hope, will…
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Image styling with canvas
It's hard to identify universally accepted rules in web design, but if there is one that the whole community agrees…
By Ben Moss
Disqus: A little less disqusion, a little more action please
In May this year, our editor suffered an unfortunate accident.
Having booted up his machine and fetched his morning…
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Sizing type with Lucas Sequences
The relationship between text and the rest of a page is one of the key characteristics of any design.
Rhythm, emphasis…
By Ben Moss