2009 September | Web Directions

News from September 2009

Memories and articles from back in the day

About NSW - a new project from the PowerHouse museum

• In: Blog
• By: John
• September 4, 2009

Seb Chan, one of the web wunderkinds at the PowerHouse Museum, talks about their new site, About NSW

a bit of a Frankenstein creation of different data sets mashed together by a sophisticated backend. The project began with an open-ended brief to be a cross-sectorial experiment in producing new … Read more »

Opera 10 released

• In: Blog
• By: John
• September 2, 2009

Opera 10, the latest installment from the long term supporter of a standards based web, Opera Software, was released yesterday.

Opera 10 has support for numerous HTML 5 and CSS 3 features, as well as a new look and feel from well known web designer Jon Hicks, and great developer … Read more »

McFarlane Prize nominations close tonight at midnight

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

A final reminder to all Australian Web designers, developers, both individuals and teams. Nominations for this year’s McFarlane prize close tonight at midnight, and to allow the esteemed panel of judges time to assess the nominations, we simply can’t extend that deadline.

If you’ve launched, or significantly updated a web … Read more »

Web Directions discount period extended ’til midnight September 14th

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

A huge thanks to all who’ve already signed up to come to what will be the biggest and best Web Directions to date. For those who still haven’t quite decided, or got around to registering, then a quick note to let you know that we’ve extended the discount period … Read more »

Win an all expenses paid trip to Web Directions East in Tokyo!

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

This year one very lucky Web Directions South attendee will get to rekindle that warm fuzzy conference glow just six weeks later by heading to Web Directions East in Tokyo, on us, including airfares, accommodation, conference, two workshops, receptions, dinners, parties … Read more »

Announcing the W3C Track at Web Directions South

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

We are really excited to be able to announce the W3C Track at Web Directions South, hosted and curated by the W3C Australian Office, and supported by CSIRO, home of the Office. Laurent Lefort and others at CSIRO have been working incredibly hard for some time now to … Read more »

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