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Experimenting with social media

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• February 6, 2009

This interview with the staff of COSI - a Science Museum in Columbus Ohio - has some solid insights into the institutional realities of experimenting in social media. The project seems … Read more »

Web Directions 2009 Roadshow

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• February 2, 2009

This April Web Directions is going to be throwing all the gear in the back of the ute and hitting the road for a whistlestop tour of Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney with a workshop lineup of the best thinkers and educators in the game: the Web … Read more »

The State of the Web - ask the experts

• In: Blog
• By: John
• February 1, 2009

A few weeks back, we published the results of our first State of the Web survey, and over 1200 web designers, developers, and others in the web industry responded, giving some valuable, and unique insights into the technologies, philosophies and practices of today’s web professionals.

Following on from this, next … Read more »

A case for optimism?

• In: Blog
• By: John
• January 29, 2009

It’s clear from developments over the last few months, and even the last couple of days, that the current economic climate is one few of us, even those old enough to experienced the dot com bust of a few years ago have any great experience of.

There’s certainly plenty of cause … Read more »

The state of Web education

• In: Blog
• By: John
• January 21, 2009

The venerable “A List Apart” today publishes two articles on the state of education for web professionals, the first by Leslie Jensen-Inman, whose recently finished a Master’s thesis, where she

interviewed thirty-two web design and development leaders. Each of them expressed interest in the formal education of the next … Read more »

Going to SXSW? Make sure you get yourself connected

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• January 16, 2009

John and I went to SXSW 3 years in a row between 2005 and 2007. The first year was pretty good, suffused as it was with that thrill of meeting people we’d known via email etc for years. But the second year was probably the best for a whole host … Read more »

Campaign Monitor - giving back

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• January 15, 2009

Here at Web Directions we love Campaign Monitor. And what’s not to love? These guys have the best email marketing software for designers in the game, a slick new look and feel for all their sites and … Read more »

And now we play the waiting game

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• January 14, 2009

Interesting article over at Web Worker Daily talking about the impact of the recession, at least from the US point of view.

Got me thinking about how we might get a handle on what is happening here. … Read more »

Web Directions North discount period ends Friday

• In: Blog
• By: John
• January 12, 2009

Just a quick reminder that the discount period for Web Directions North 2009 ends this Friday, the 17th. Sign up before then for just $895 (including all taxes for):

• 24 practical, inspiring sessions by world leading experts
• fully catered breaks and lunches
• opening night reception and legendary closing night Media Temple … Read more »

  Scroll Number 1 - full articles now online

  • In: Blog
  • By: Maxine
  • January 12, 2009

  How quickly a quarter of a year rolls by. When we launched Scroll during Web Directions South 08 we promised that all the articles would be published in full online 3 months after the print magazine was published, so, here they are.

  If you didn’t manage to get your hands on … Read more »

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