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Following the success of WE04 and WE05, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp announce Web Directions 2006. Over two big days of WD06, plus two days of workshops, you'll hear from international speakers: Kelly Goto, Derek Featherstone, Jeremy Keith, Thomas Vander Wal, Andy Clarke and Molly Holzschlag, as well as all the local folk, who have also been doing some pretty exciting things this last year:

• standards based development with (X)HTML, CSS, DOM scripting and AJAX
• the latest design approaches
• web app design and development
• user experience interaction design
• information architecture, including tag clouds and folksonomies
• website and web app accessibility
• workflow and strategy
• RSS and syndication
• designing for mobile devices
• user generated content
• moving your organisation to web standards

WE05 sold out with more than a month to go: if you work with the web, you can't afford to miss this. Read more about WD06 and the workshops, check out the full list of speakers, and details about the venue and pricing, and register now for early bird tickets.

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Web Directions Event: Lars Rasmussen of Google Maps and Dean Jackson of the W3C

While Web 2.0 is a term that has been done to death, it’s also clear something new and exciting is in fact happening on the web. Ajax, web applications and APIs are giving rise to a new breed of solution. One of the major players in this revolution is Google, and among their stellar applications is Google Maps.

Web Directions brings you the opportunity to hear from Lars Rasmussen, a lead engineer of the team that created Google Maps. These guys were doing Ajax long before it had that name, and revolutionized mapping by opening their API to other web based applications, giving rise to the phenomenon of “mashups”, innovative uses of multiple web based data sources to create novel solutions.

Hear Lars talk about the design and development challenges and solutions involved in complex web based applications, and show off some of the cool things the Google Maps team have been working on.

Also speaking will be Dean Jackson of the W3C, who is among many other things the technical lead for the W3C’s Web APIs Working Group. This group is working to develop standard APIs for client-side Web Application development, which includes both documenting existing APIs such as XMLHttpRequest (the X in “Ajax” ) and developing new APIs in order to enable richer Web Applications. In short, to do for web apps what CSS did for static web design.

If you work with the web, you’ll be enthused, inspired, and informed by these knowledgeable and entertaining speakers. It’s also a great opportunity to meet other interesting and talented people who work in your industry, and everyone knows there’s nothing good on TV on Thursday nights anymore.

Web Directions will be providing finger food for the night, and there’ll be a cash bar if you feel like a drink.

You’ll also have the chance to win a ticket to the Web Directions Conference later this year in Sydney, valued at $750, as well as places at our exclusive breakfast with web guru Molly Holzschlag.

Best of all, the event is free, but places are limited, so please RSVP to info@webdirections.org.

Details

What: Web Directions presents Lars Rasmussen from Google Maps and Dean Jackson from the W3C

When: 6.00pm for 6.30pm June Thursday 29 2006

Where: Hotel CBD, Jam Bar, Level 4, 52 King Street, Sydney

Cost: Free, but please RSVP info@webdirections.org

Posted by Maxine on 7/06/06 at 11:42 am | 2 Comments »

Additional Workshop - Designing for Interaction

Designers take note: we’ve just added in a fifth workshop to the Web Directions program. Dan Saffer of Adaptive Path is now going to be teaching his new workshop Designing for Interaction - Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices on Tuesday the 26th September.

This broad and deep examination of the discipline of interaction design will feature activities and seminars that take participants from the prehistoric roots of interaction design to its future in transmedia interactions, ubiquitous computing, and digital tools for making digital tools.

This is a day not to be missed for anyone interested in design, focussing as it will not just on design as it applies to the web, but how web design fits into the broader discipline.

Starting with a brief history of interaction design, the workshop will cover the four approaches to interaction design; the elements, principles, and attributes of good interaction design; design research techniques; documentation; designing for multitasking, adaptation, and hacking; and service design.

Designing for Interaction is for new designers and anyone interested in interaction design, as well as more experienced designers who want a deeper view of and new methods for practicing interaction design. Participants will walk away with not only a firm grasp of the underlying principles of interaction design, but also the tools to put those into practice.

Dan Saffer has worked in interactive media since 1995 as a webmaster, information architect, copywriter, developer, producer, creative lead, and interaction designer. Currently, he is an interaction designer at the design firm Adaptive Path and is the author of the book Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices (New Riders, 2006).

The deal

All Web Directions workshops are $395 all inclusive when purchased with a ticket to WD06, or $495 for workshop only. Read more about Dan’s workshop, or Register Now.

Posted by Maxine on 6/06/06 at 4:21 pm | No Comments »

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