Ben Sauer
@bensauer.net
Author of https://deathbyscreens.co / Speaker / Product+Design Leader / ex-Clearleft, Babylon Health.
Current mission: helping designers tell better stories about their work. https://bensauer.net
Current mission: helping designers tell better stories about their work. https://bensauer.net
You’re in Freejack territory there sir!
October 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
You’re in Freejack territory there sir!
Conference organiser to me recently: “all the workshops with AI in the title are sold out. Everything else… meh.”
August 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Conference organiser to me recently: “all the workshops with AI in the title are sold out. Everything else… meh.”
And so I've distilled down the most valuable lessons into this one-day workshop.
So now I'm launching an edition of it that anyone can join... starting in Brighton on 2nd May.
bensauer.net/workshop/
(only a few spaces; ultra-early bird price ends soon)
So now I'm launching an edition of it that anyone can join... starting in Brighton on 2nd May.
bensauer.net/workshop/
(only a few spaces; ultra-early bird price ends soon)
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
And so I've distilled down the most valuable lessons into this one-day workshop.
So now I'm launching an edition of it that anyone can join... starting in Brighton on 2nd May.
bensauer.net/workshop/
(only a few spaces; ultra-early bird price ends soon)
So now I'm launching an edition of it that anyone can join... starting in Brighton on 2nd May.
bensauer.net/workshop/
(only a few spaces; ultra-early bird price ends soon)
My original theory was that people who struggle to tell a compelling story about their idea have it in them already; they just need a few practical methods and habits to reframe boring facts into irresistible ideas.
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My original theory was that people who struggle to tell a compelling story about their idea have it in them already; they just need a few practical methods and habits to reframe boring facts into irresistible ideas.
When I started researching what people were teaching about storytelling, I found it was waaaayyy too theory heavy (Hero's Journey, etc).
My challenge in 'Death by Screens' was to make things as practical as possible - use the lessons as quickly as possible.
My challenge in 'Death by Screens' was to make things as practical as possible - use the lessons as quickly as possible.
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When I started researching what people were teaching about storytelling, I found it was waaaayyy too theory heavy (Hero's Journey, etc).
My challenge in 'Death by Screens' was to make things as practical as possible - use the lessons as quickly as possible.
My challenge in 'Death by Screens' was to make things as practical as possible - use the lessons as quickly as possible.
"Confirmed 10/10 - our highest rated workshop." Philipp Sackl-O’Neill: Organiser, PUSH
And completely oversubscribed at UX London and PUSH, for two days straight.
And completely oversubscribed at UX London and PUSH, for two days straight.
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Confirmed 10/10 - our highest rated workshop." Philipp Sackl-O’Neill: Organiser, PUSH
And completely oversubscribed at UX London and PUSH, for two days straight.
And completely oversubscribed at UX London and PUSH, for two days straight.
Been working in Bangalore a lot last 2 years, a city that feels like this endless Dozer builder mentality made real. Not co-incidentally the SF of India. Desperately needs repair, can't stop building.
February 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Been working in Bangalore a lot last 2 years, a city that feels like this endless Dozer builder mentality made real. Not co-incidentally the SF of India. Desperately needs repair, can't stop building.
Synecdoche, New York vibes watching this. Can't. Stop. Making. All. The. Things.
February 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Synecdoche, New York vibes watching this. Can't. Stop. Making. All. The. Things.
entirely possible I wrote about it. Voice is well suited to hands-free contexts, like driving and cooking.
February 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
entirely possible I wrote about it. Voice is well suited to hands-free contexts, like driving and cooking.