Ben Springwater

Hi Product Hunt! I'm Ben, the cofounder of Matter. Today we're thrilled to launch Readable Podcasts, a new interface that lets you highlight podcasts for the first time. Podcasts are exploding in popularity because they’re a unique source of practical knowledge. But while audio is rich and expressive, it’s not great for recall. Unlike text, audio can’t be highlighted, copied, saved, or...

Hey Product Hunt! I'm Ben, one of the co-founders of the reading app Matter. We started Matter because what we read has a profound impact on how we see the world. One of the weird things about the internet is its extreme recency bias. Most of what we get served is from the past 24 hours - even though most of the best writing is much older than that. We're stuck in a cycle of ephemeral...

This product is genius. So simple, so easy to use. It just gives you money back! (Also, beautiful site.)

Good morning PH, excited to be here :) I’m Ben and my co-founder is @peperomioides . We started Matter because reading online is still a frustrating experience! While our other tools have improved over time–with more powerful functionality, social features, and seamless interfaces–reading is largely the same as it’s been for the past few decades. Matter is a read-it-later app built for...

Good product serving a real pain point. The team is great.