Ben Brown

I'm the CEO of XOXCO - a product designer and developer passionate about digital publishing, online community, and software design. On the web since 1996!

Learn more about me at benbrown.com

  1. Missed opportunity.

    Missed opportunity.

    posted 2 hours ago on May 25, 2013 | Permalink | 7 notes

  2. My Angry Cloud pixel art teeshirt - available here - is seen in AMAZING ACTION in a bunch animated gifs by Jackson West for his piece, “Smokin’ Fast: The Walgreens Workout, As Seen On The Internet”

    My Angry Cloud pixel art teeshirt - available here - is seen in AMAZING ACTION in a bunch animated gifs by Jackson West for his piece, “Smokin’ Fast: The Walgreens Workout, As Seen On The Internet

    posted 3 days ago on May 21, 2013 | Permalink

  3. Bugs doing weird bug butt things.

    posted 1 week ago on May 18, 2013 | Permalink | 2 notes

  4. Photos from a few days at the great new web designer event here in Austin, Artifact.

    1. Photo of me and Andy Pratt by Jeff Robbins.

    2. The fabulous Jennifer Robbins, who put created the event.

    3. Responsive web design guru Brad Frost and his huge asshole.

    posted 1 week ago on May 14, 2013 | Permalink | 4 notes

  5. 8x8pixels:

A little side project I call “Worf Watching” over here —>

Well this is just amazing: squiggle-vision comics of scenes from Star Trek: TNG featuring Worf.

    8x8pixels:

    A little side project I call “Worf Watching” over here —>

    Well this is just amazing: squiggle-vision comics of scenes from Star Trek: TNG featuring Worf.

    posted 2 weeks ago on May 10, 2013 | Permalink | 15 notes

  6. I found another great use for my tiny web browser app, Little Bro. My coworkers love it!!

    posted 2 weeks ago on May 10, 2013 | Permalink | 2 notes

  7. xoxco:

    Watch Ben Brown’s talk on reader aware design, and building a valuable back catalog with the content in your website’s archives. This talk was originally presented at Austin’s Refresh meetup, and is now brought to you by Austin Tech Videos.

    View the slides for this presentation here.

    Read more about the concept of reader aware design or jump right in with our JavaScript tool, Aware.js.

    Need a way to better merchandise the content you are creating? Sign up for Packa.gr, our multi-platform, multi-format publishing tool that can turn content from your existing website into premium digital formats like ebooks and iOS apps.

    I am so stoked that my talk from last month is finally available online. Watch and learn!

    (Source: youtube.com)

    posted 2 weeks ago on May 9, 2013 | Permalink | 8 notes

  8. Preview: 

    Packagr’s cover management screen makes it easy to create great looking multi-platform, multi-format publications.

    posted 2 weeks ago on May 9, 2013 | Permalink | 8 notes

  9. I come face to face with Elijah Wood a few times a week these days, and in my mind, this is what happens every single time.

    I come face to face with Elijah Wood a few times a week these days, and in my mind, this is what happens every single time.

    posted 3 weeks ago on May 4, 2013 | Permalink | 3 notes

  10. xoxco:

This is a screenshot of the publish page inside Packagr, our multi-platform digital publishing tool. Packagr helps people turn the content they’re creating into beautiful products like ebooks and iOS apps that work on a variety of devices, and can be sold in app stores - a great way to get lasting value out of the things we post online.

I am so excited about our work on Packagr, and even more excited to see the type of publications that it will soon help launch!

    xoxco:

    This is a screenshot of the publish page inside Packagr, our multi-platform digital publishing tool. Packagr helps people turn the content they’re creating into beautiful products like ebooks and iOS apps that work on a variety of devices, and can be sold in app stores - a great way to get lasting value out of the things we post online.

    I am so excited about our work on Packagr, and even more excited to see the type of publications that it will soon help launch!

    posted 3 weeks ago on May 2, 2013 | Permalink | 9 notes

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