Ben Francis

@tola.me.uk

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Krellian Founder. W3C Invited Expert on Web Apps and the Web of Things. Previously: Mozilla & Google. https://tola.me.uk

Jamie Hardesty interviewing Pete Cheyne on stage at the Festival Launch.
TechNExt, krellian Making Buildings Smarter with the Web of Things Extending the web to physical objects for smarter, safer & sustainable buildings
I am hosting a session at the TechNExt Data and AI Hub! TechNExt 15-19th June 2026.
A diagram showing an hourglass with the WoT Thing Protocol (HTTP REST & WebSockets) at the narrow part in the middle, IoT protocols like MQTT, BACnet and OPC UA a the bottom and applications, dashboards, cloud services and intelligent agents at the top.
It's about 62.14 weeks from now to 17 January 2026
A cardboard box containing packaging materials and a hand-written note saying "Please keep matter of the universe".
A scene from The IT Crowd where Moss tells Jen that a small black box on the table in front of them is the Internet, with the black box labelled AWS us-east-1.
techUK - For what comes next. Confirmed Speaker: Ben Francis, Founder, Krellian. Digital Tools for Net Zero Parliamentary Showcase 1 July 14:00 - 16:00, Houses of Parliament, Free event, Open to all Register now! Committed to Climate Action.
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A photo of the Glasshouse (formerly Sage Gateshead) taken over rooftops. Photo by Newcastle Portraits.