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Web Directions
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State of Web Development 2010
- By: John
- April 30, 2010
We’re late to our own party here, but earlier this week we released the results of our second State of Web Development survey (last year it was the state of the web survey, but we changed the name to more closely match the aim of the report).
You can … Read more »
White Pages Australia new API — beta testers wanted
- By: John
- April 21, 2010
In a move that hopefully points to where Sensis is heading with their data, Australia’s White Pages are looking for beta testers for their new API. So if you’ve got an application that could benefit from all that data on business, government and personal contacts, get in touch … Read more »
jQuery conference in San Francisco next week
- By: John
- April 19, 2010
jQuery comes up all the time in our conferences (we’re particularly privileged to have jQuery founder John Resig speaking at @media in London in June).
So, it makes more than a little sense to point out that the next jQuery conference is on in San Francisco this coming weekend. … Read more »
A dao of web design turns 10
- By: John
- April 8, 2010
A decade ago, I wrote an article “A Dao of Web Design” that the then youngish A List Apart published apparently exactly 10 years ago today.
At the time, I practiced a lot of Tai Chi (which is closely associated with the philosophy of Daoism) (sadly, I do so much … Read more »
iPad, Work Discipline and Post Industrial Capitalism
- By: John
- March 30, 2010
When Apple finally revealed the world’s second worst kept secret (Ricky Martin today revealed the other one — good for you Ricky), I publicly and privately expressed, along with many others, my initial, if not disappointment, at least state of being underwhelmed. Whatever it was, it wasn’t revolutionary (and … Read more »
McFarlane Prize 2009 — The Book
- By: Maxine
- March 30, 2010
At Web Directions South last year we announced that we would be commemorating the 2009 McFarlane Prize by producing a beautiful high quality hard cover book containing all 48 of the shortlisted entires. Thanks to a lot of hard work … Read more »
Introducing #wdx
- By: Maxine
- March 18, 2010
There have been words out and about regarding the name of our London event for this year, Web Directions @media. To explain a little where that name has come from, the conference this time around is a hybrid as we take over the reins of the highly … Read more »
SVG and IE9
- By: John
- March 17, 2010
Today at MIX, Microsoft announced the first developer preview version of IE9, a far from finished, but usable look at where IE is headed. Microsoft will update this preview very couple of months or so.
There’s a great deal new, and much for us in the web design and development … Read more »
The Myths of Innovation — Remixed and Remastered
- By: Maxine
- March 11, 2010
A few years back, Scott Berkun gave one of the most highly regarded presentations we have ever had at a Web Directions event. It was called the Myths of Innovation, and people still buttonhole me to say how great it was, or to bemoan the fact that their lifetime regret … Read more »
Bob Harris’s closing Keynote at Web Directions North 09
- By: John
- March 4, 2010
Jeopardy champion, fantastic comedian, author, inventor, television writer (credits include CSI and Bones) and much more, Bob Harris came into my life in a way unimaginable only a handful of years ago. My wife was well over due with our first child, and far from contented. She … Read more »
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