General

Presentation tool

Ben Werdmuller

13 Mar 2007

The University of Brighton funded development of the presentation tool we've been conceptualising for the last year. It's now in testing, and we've uploaded it on this site for you to try out.

Here's my sample presentation: the history of Elgg development.

47 lessons

Things I've learned.

How I hire engineers

Building a community means looking beyond coding tests.

Notable links: January 2, 2026

Looking ahead: humans are cool again.

What is Instagram’s Adam Mosseri really saying in his year-end memo?

"Instagram no longer believes it can beat AI by making more or better content. It wants to be the referee, to decide what is real and what is not, and to build systems that can do it at scale."

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47 lessons

How I hire engineers

Notable links: January 2, 2026

What is Instagram’s Adam Mosseri really saying in his year-end memo?