Hire Dan

Dan Benjamin is available for hire as a writer, software developer, speaker, business strategist, usability designer, and broadcaster. Below are details about Dan’s skill-set, project work, services, and availability.

Dan Benjamin Speaking at RailsConf 2008

Dan is currently available for writing, content development, marketing, software development, and voice work. For information about availability and rates, please .

Content Creation

Dan has been developing content professionally for almost 20 years. Since 2000, he has written over 500 articles, tutorials, and reviews published here on Hivelogic. He has written articles for A List Apart, a long-running web magazine with over 3 million visitors per month, O'Reilly Media, and other publications both online and in print.

Software Development

Dan has created a number of large publishing and content management systems for companies including A List Apart, Halogen Guides, Rails Machine, Alma College, 14 Trips, Capgemini (as part of a Happy Cog project), and many more.

Business Development

Dan co-founded Cork’d with Dan Cederholm in 2005, creating the software platform, infrastructure, code, and user-experience behind the world's first social network for wine aficionados. The site was a success, initially signing up over 40,000 active users, and was acquired by Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV.

Dan takes this experience, his background running a software development agency for many years, and the knowledge he gained as a CTO for several media and technology companies, and helps companies like Rails Machine, ADS, NextUpdate, and others improve their success through better branding, strategy, positioning, and community involvement.

Usability

Dan is a usability designer with a focus on creating a clear, simple user experience. He has worked on many projects, creating systems that employ a visual language for user interaction that has proven to be effective in improving how real people use web and desktop applications.

Voice Work, Audio, and Video

Dan also does a variety of voice, video, screencasting, and A/V production work, though he is probably best known for his two podcasts: The Talk Show, about technology, the iPhone, and Mac (co-hosted by John Gruber of Daring Fireball), and Tack Sharp, a photography podcast which he co-hosts with James Duncan Davidson.