From the workbench

Ideas become clearer
when we make them.

I build things that I hope will encourage meaning, gratitude, compassion, and purposeful living.

Health · Launched : June 2020

Haktive : Healthy Active Kids

Haktive by Emma Seymour

As well as being an early investor, I also provide technical oversight, to many aspects of this incredible initiative whose goal is to get more children and their families to be active.

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Social · Founded 2018

Storyus® : the Slow Social platform

Storyus, the Slow Social platform

Storyus® is the Slow Social family-friendly collaborative storytelling platform, which puts you in control of how your story is told. No 'likes' ♥. No public follower counts. No Adverts. You 'own' your story and can decide what was important, and how best to share it.

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Tech · Open Source · 2026

Uptimer – self-hosted uptime monitoring

Uptimer – self-hosted uptime monitoring tool

A self-hosted uptime monitoring tool built with Next.js, Neon PostgreSQL, and Vercel. Monitor websites and APIs, track SSL certificates, receive email alerts via Resend, and view dashboards - all within the Vercel and Neon free tiers.

Live Demo · GitHub

Tech · Open Source · 2026

The Curator – AI-powered Slack insights

The Curator – AI-powered Slack insights for engineering managers

AI-powered Slack insights for engineering managers. Get summaries of team activity, sentiment analysis, 1:1 topic suggestions, action item extraction, and communication pattern detection to help you stay connected with your team.

GitHub

Travel · In private beta · 2026

Traivel Guide – uncover the stories of every where

Traivel Guide – uncover stories along every road

Every road could tell a story. Traivel Guide helps travellers uncover the local history, regional flavours, and hidden gems that sit just off the main routes, so each journey becomes a collection of memorable stories, not just a list of destinations.

Discover Traivel Guide

Creative · Created 2025

Be9.ing : the self realisation platform

Be9ing – the self realisation platform

Time is our Ally, not our enemy. Make sure you are 'designing your own life', and focus on what and who you want to be.

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Creative · Ongoing · personalised print studio

Made for Me – personalised prints, delivered

Made for Me – personalised prints and wrapping paper

Made for Me turns your digital creativity into physical keepsakes – from custom wrapping paper to vinyl stickers and postcards. Upload artwork, photos, or words and have them beautifully printed, packaged, and posted within the UK.

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Tech · Ongoing · product for teams of two

2do – the to‑do list made for two people

2do – collaborative to‑do list for two people

2do is a shared task list designed specifically for couples, partners, and teams of two. Assign tasks, keep multiple lists, and stay in sync in real time with a simple, collaborative interface built on Vercel and Next.js.

Explore 2do

Tech · Contributing Author · 2020

Web Almanac 2020 – Media Chapter

The 2020 Web Almanac by HTTP Archive – printed book

Co-author of the Media chapter in HTTP Archive's annual state of the web report. Drawing on years of expertise at Adobe, Amplience, and Cloudinary, I contributed analysis of how media is used across the web, co-authoring with Tamas Piros and supported by Eric Portis.

Read the Chapter · Full Almanac

Tech · First Published 2017

Practical Responsive Images : Book

A red fox sitting on a meadow

Following painstaking work the picture element, and srcset and sizes attributes are finally supported by the major browser manufacturers, with the Picturefill polyfill, giving solid support for 'legacy' browsers, we should now be seriously considering using these new functions in all of our projects.

Read The Book

Creative · Launched : April 2022

This Everyday Life Magazine

This Everyday Life by Ben Seymour

As well as being an early investor, I also provide technical oversight, to many aspects of this incredible initiative whose goal is to get more children and their families to be active.

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Creative · Launched March 2020

The Barley Moon : Artists collective

The Barley Moon - an artists collective

The Barley Moon is a small collective of independent artists and photographers off all ages (10-75 so far) who want to share our visions, and versions, of the natural inspiration that can be found all around us.

Currently dormant.

Creative · Launched 2017

Unslump Me

Unslump Me - words of inspiration, bringing you back to yourselfBrooklyn Bridge at daytime

Everyone has slumps. Everyone has their ups and downs. The higher our spirits soar the bigger our dreams and ideas. This little site is where I collect some of these spirit-lifters, as well as those passed in to me. Alongside the right visuals, these can serve as a quick pick-me-up and I hope they can do the same for you too.

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Creative · Founded 2008 (currently dormant)

Save Your Past (Ltd.)

Save Your Past - helping you treasure your pre-digital memories

Blow the dust off some of your family's most precious memories with Save Your Past Ltd. Transform them into a form where they will degrade no more, and where you can turn back the hands of time and rejuvenate them.

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Creative · Founded 2008

See More Potential Ltd.

See More Potential Ltd

Co-founder, contributing author, photographer, and technical oversight. (Underwent a business name transition in 2020)

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