"Servus", I am Ben and I am working in the intersection of Design & Tech
Freelance consultant, web developer, hobbyist photographer, and philosophy & psychotherapy student based in Vienna, Austria.
I know, it's a wild mixture but I have been a freelancer since I am nineteen – which now is 16 years ago. (So now you also now my age).
Books I've read and books I'd like to have read
Music that shaped me
Hardware and physical equipment
Favorite quotes and passages from books I've read
Longer-form creative and technical endeavours I'm working on.
Places, trips, and travel notes
Apps and services I use daily
The team behind Arc browser is trying to reinvent the browser. Arc is simply awesome and I highly recommend everybody to at least give it a try.
The best Markdown editor, which is completely free and very customizable through plugins and themes. There is also a huge community surrounding the tool.
A powerful documentation tool with a delightful text editor that is based on Markdown, with databases and sheer endless possibilities.
An online whiteboard with a whole range of different features and helpful templates to facilitate UX research workshops, and facilitate remote workshops.
A very powerful Spotlight alternative which has a vibrant plugin community, awesome UX and a very nice design.
A very different email client, that makes processing a lot of emails very fast and efficient. Now also features AI capabilities for composing emails.
A simple time tracking tool, which also provides various analytics and sharable dashboards for clients with time-based contracts.
A very complex but complete software for managing Scrum- or Kanban-based workflows within teams.
Currently exploring the intersection of design, technology – as well as psychology and philosophy.