About Us
'Hobo' is a portmanteau of Hope and Lobo (as in the founders; Danny Hope and Ben Lobo)
Danny Hope
Following an early interest in hypertext systems, Danny began his web design career in 1997 and has spent the last 12 years honing a range of user experience skills. Danny is currently based in Brighton and specialises in interaction design and product development for web applications.
As an active member of Brighton's IT community, Danny is the founder member of UX Brighton, Culture GeeksGeek Wine Thing.
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Ben Lobo
Ben is the Technical Director. His responsibility is to ensure that Hobo websites are built to the highest possible technical standards and that the infrastructure that the sites rely on is robust and secure. Ben has been working as a programmer and application developer in the website industry since 1995. Before this he had anticipated a career in a non-computing related field, having studied Social Psychology at Sussex University. However, his interest in computing was kindled when he had to learn to fix his own computer in order to get his essays written. He went back to Sussex in 1995 to obtain a Masters degree in Human-Centred Computing Systems.
Danny and Ben have worked together on projects for clients such as:
- The V&A Museum
- The Museum of London
- The Society of Antiquaries
- Brighton University
- Sussex University
- Bolton Museums
- Brighton Art Fair