Ben Moss

Ben Moss is Senior Editor at WebdesignerDepot. He’s designed and coded work for award-winning startups, and global names including IBM, UBS, and the FBI. One of these days he’ll run a sub-4hr marathon. Say hi on Twitter.

3 Effective Ways To Improve Your Site’s Carbon Footprint

To mark Earth Day 2021, we’re looking at the ways you can reduce your site’s carbon footprint, while boosting…

Wix vs WordPress: 3rd Round Knockout

Over the last fortnight one site builder has gone toe-to-toe with another, as Wix launched a marketing campaign aimed…

Poll: Is Environmentally Conscious Web Design Really Worth It?

We’re no longer arguing about whether climate change exists because climate change is now extensively documented.…

Poll: Should You Fire Good Clients?

We all get excited about new projects; we're daydreaming about possibilities from the first contact with a potential…

7 Skills You Need To Thrive As A Web Designer In 2021

Web design is an ever-evolving field. Those of us that have been in the industry a long time (i.e., six months plus)…

Key and Surface Tracking Comes to Chrome

This week Google announced further details of its plan to remove cookies from ad tracking. The strategy, which the ad…

ITF Launches Free Font Service Fontshare

ITF (the Indian Type Foundry) has launched a brand new font service to bring beautiful typography to every business for…

Ranked: Top 10 Illustration Apps in 2021

Illustration is a big trend in 2021. Every designer should have some ability to illustrate, whether that’s producing…

15 Psychology Principles Every Designer Should Know

As a web designer, you’re not really in the business of building websites that your clients will love. I know that may…

Ghost 4.0 Released

We’ve been big fans of Ghost since it first launched via a Kickstarter campaign way back in 2013. Ghost 4.0 has just…

Comics for Designers #440

Every month we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

Poll: Is It Time to Merge Browser Engines Into a Browser Protocol?

We tend not to think about it, but the Internet has a physical dimension. It’s a complex network of wires, cables,…

8 Domain Name Myths Every Web Designer Should Know

A domain name is an essential element of every project, product, and company. It’s central to a brand and has a…

27 Exciting New Tools For Designers, March 2021

Looking for something new to get you excited about design work? This list is packed with all kinds of goodies to help…

Google’s FLoC Promises a Radically Different Web

Advertising knows you better than your friends, better than your family, perhaps even better than your partner. Look…

D&AD Partners With Google To Expand Design Education

D&AD Shift is a free design school program for creatives over the age of 18, who do not already have a degree-level…

Proxima Vara Font Released

Proxima Vara, a variable font version of the enormously popular Proxima Nova type family, has just been released.

3 Essential Design Trends, March 2021

March is that time of year where the feeling of newness starts, from the first Spring days to fresh design projects.…