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Ben Seymour is a maker, teacher and storyteller who has been building for the web since the mid 1990s. He is a Solution Engineer at Laravel.
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Ben Seymour
Solutions Engineering at Laravel
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More of the storyShort bio
Ben Seymour is a maker, teacher and storyteller who has been building for the web since the mid 1990s. He is a Solution Engineer at Laravel. He builds things, shares what he learns, and helps people see what technology can make possible. His interests connect the craft of the web with a more intentional use of technology: encouraging meaning, gratitude, compassion and purposeful living.
Longer bio
Ben Seymour is a Solution Engineer at Laravel, bringing more than 25 years of experience with the web to a practice rooted in making, teaching and storytelling. He previously spent more than five years at Vercel, joining as its first dedicated Sales Engineer and going on to lead its Rest of World Field Engineering team. He enjoys turning complex technical ideas into something people can understand, try and build upon. Ben is the author of Practical Responsive Images and co-author of the Media chapter of the 2020 Web Almanac. His work spans web performance, responsive imagery, technical communication and small experiments that connect the digital and physical worlds. Alongside his professional work, he builds projects that explore connection, family stories and intentional living. Making is both the work and a way of thinking: following an idea, building something, and seeing what happens.
Host introduction
Please welcome Ben Seymour. Ben is a Solution Engineer at Laravel. He has been building for the web since the mid 1990s and is the author of Practical Responsive Images. A maker, teacher and storyteller, he explores how building and sharing things can help us understand technology—and one another.
02 / The pictures
Put a face to the name.
Portrait
Photographed by my daughter.
Pencil portrait
A pencil interpretation of the photograph, as used across this site.
Golden Gate
San Francisco, in colour.
03 / The conversation
Ideas worth sharing.
A starting point for a conversation about your event.
The history of human communication
How the tools we make change the ways we express ourselves, share knowledge and connect with one another.
Web performance and imagery
Responsive images, modern formats and the practical craft of delivering a faster, more thoughtful web.
Thinking through making
Small experiments, useful prototypes and what we learn when an idea becomes something we can play with.
Intentional technology
Building for meaning, gratitude and connection, with people’s time and attention in mind.