Ben Hosken

Claire won the bloggie for best australian blog in 2002 and I saw her blog and found she had a post office box nearby; after emailing her I realised I’d met her husband before but couldn’t place him. Apparently I’d interviewed him for a job a while back.

So Phil and I met for coffee and Claire dropped by to say hello. There was plenty in common among us all and now I count her as one of my best friends.

Ben is a friendly, helpful guy – and it is through the miracle of the interweb that we have come to know each other. When we were just getting started with 43 Things, Ben was there to help us test it. He got in touch and we had a chance to share stories about personalization, recommendations, and being a dad. I came to feel like I had someone cheering on the Robot Co-op from Australia, and that is a great feeling to have. Ben came through Seattle a couple weeks ago and we got to meet in person.

Ben’s a smart, hard working entrepreneur and I’m glad to say “I know him”. Hopefully I get to call on him in Melbourne someday. Rock on Mr. Hosken!

I met Todd at the Robot Co-op office this morning. Didn’t get to talk to him beyond hello but he struck me as a “super cool geek” type. He really stood out….maybe because he had more hair than Josh and Daniel ;-)

Ben was in Seattle to meet a client—he stopped by the Co-op today to say hello. As one of our earliest 43T users, it was a pleasure meeting Ben.

If he indeed wants to start soldering then I want to make sure he knows about tinning. I was lost until a friend showed me the simple art of tinning the contacts you are aiming to solder together.