About / Ben Bishop

With a decade of experience as a web application and software designer, and heading up the development of many large scale projects, Ben is our lead developer.

He’s worked with Float since 2008, and has been key to the growth of our content management system Artisan.

Biggest kick you get from work?

Solving problems, making elegant solutions.

Three words to describe Float

Small, agile, experienced.

What kind of student were you?

Bright, curious, a bit noisy.

Still studying?

Physics, computer programming/information systems, philosophy.

What would you most like to learn?

The meaning of life, the universe and everything

Most effective way to learn?

Reading, video/audio lectures, practice

Biggest mistake web designers make?

Forgetting to design for users.  Not using/testing the sites they make.

Favourite website?

Slashdot.org: informative techie website with excellent moderation system giving reasonably balanced views from all walks of life.