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What don’t you want for Christmas?
- In: Blog
- By: Maxine
- December 20, 2007
Yes, it’s true, those crazy lads Tim Lucas and Cameron Adams have way too much time on their hands, but let’s indulge them in a bit of silliness shall we?
Don’t let that acidic Chirstmas vitriol fester in your stomach until it explodes in a shower of turkey giblets on December … Read more »
Email Standards Project launches
- In: Blog
- By: Maxine
- November 28, 2007
The Email Standards Project is a great advocacy and support initiative from the Campaign Monitor crew. Launched today, it aims to work with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email.
It really is hard to believe that it’s been 10 … Read more »
New blog at the Powerhouse Museum
- In: Blog
- By: Maxine
- November 27, 2007
Just launched is a new blog at Australia’s own Powerhouse Museum — Photo of the Day, showcasing some of the incredible photography created on a day by day basis by the museum’s photographers. Here you will see photography that goes far beyond that which simply documents museum’s collection, or … Read more »
The Future of Email Design
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 22, 2007
Yeah look, I can be irked by an HTML email as much as the next person, but step outside the rarefied atmosphere we all live and breathe for a moment and talk to some friends who work in just about any other sector and you’ll understand why they just aren’t … Read more »
Why wikipedia does not run ads
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 22, 2007
I’m kind of guessing that all of you who have looked up anything on Wikipedia in the last 24hrs will have seen the link to Why Wikipedia Does Not Run Ads. Check it out if not.
It has some really strong arguments about how destructive the injection of cash could … Read more »
Ghost Town — another reason to check out Perth’s ByteMe! festival
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 21, 2007
Web Directions attendee Kate Raynes-Goldie has started a pervasive gaming company over in Perth — Giant Dice. Their first Perth venture, a mobile locative game called Ghost Town, will be held from December 2–9, as part of the ByteMe! Festival of digital content.
Mobile locative games are an … Read more »
Cricket action via twitter
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 20, 2007
OK, let me preface this by saying that my care factor for cricket per se is barely measurable on on the non quantum level. What does interest me though is people’s obsessive fascination with the game.
An obsessive fascination that leads to this fine bit of work by Myles Eftos, an … Read more »
Off to Perth again
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 12, 2007
Isn’t it funny how you will have never been to a particular city in your life, and then you find yourself going there twice in just a few months?
I had a great time checking out Perth and Margaret River back in August when the good people from Western Australian … Read more »
Relive Mark Pesce’s Mob Rules at Youtube
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 1, 2007
Mark Pesce’s closing keynote, Mob Rules, was definitely one of the high points of Web Directions South this year. Most of you have probably had a look at the transcript, and maybe even listened to the MP3. But what’s really great is that Mark has gone to the … Read more »
First Slidecast available
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 24, 2007
I’d say you’ve been following the podcasts of the presentations from Web Directions South as they come onstream, and we’ve also gathered together a lot of the slides into the resources site.
But something new and supercool has just come online: Scott Gledhill has gone the extra mile and … Read more »
Make the world a better place, one micropayment at the time
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 22, 2007
Got wind of a really cool Aussie project today: The Footprints Network.
This is a great little system to easily funnel micropayments from any online store’s customers to genuinely needy organisations the world over.
There’s an approval process to join the network, but then you get an API that you can … Read more »
Powerhouse Museum — Jobs
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 14, 2007
Folksonomies, mashups, data visualisation, UCD, usability, experimentation?
One of the speakers from Web Directions South this year, Sebastian Chan from the Powerhouse Museum, just got in touch this morning to say his team is looking to fill a couple of developer roles.
Sebastian’s presentation — Social Media and Government 2.0 — … Read more »
Scott Buchanan and Ben Maguire
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 14, 2007
Wig meets Web (2.0): harnessing the law to commercialise and protect your IP
- MP3 of presentation — to come
- Presentation slides — to come
- Session description
- About Scott Buchanan and Ben Maguire
Session description
Innovation and development in web 2.0 moves ever faster, the law as slow as always. So how can you … Read more »
Making Links — Special Offer for Web Directions delegates
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 9, 2007
Making Links 2007 is one of Australiaís leading forums for workers and activists in the not-for-profit sector to share skills and information relating to website development, online campaigning, online social networking and community building, and other ICT issues. The conference is in Sydney, October 30th — 31st
This year the … Read more »
Slides and podcasts
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 3, 2007
Just a quick note for all those who have been emailing us asking after these.
As many of them as we can gather together will be posted at the site real soon now. It does take a little time to contact all the speakers and get their slides and notes from … Read more »
Ben Winter-Giles — Managing agile projects within large organisations
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
So you work at enterprise level. Lots of stake holders, lots of competition for time, need to deliver to multiple demands that…POP up. All projects incur change over time, that’s the way of the world. Using a benefits driven approach to delivery rather than a process driven or methodology governed approach frees the team to think laterally, and be responsive to client demands.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Angela Beesley — Wikis and community collaboration
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
In this session, Angela Beesley will explain how Wikia is not only hosting but actively developing wikis and creating hundreds of thriving communities. The methods and processes that have led Wikipedia to be the world’s largest encyclopedia can be adopted for any type of wiki use, including educational and business communities. Using examples from successful online wiki communities, Angela will explain how to enable a wiki community to manage itself, and how to minimise the common problems that wikis have, including ways to deal with unhelpful or unreliable information, lack of adoption of a wiki, and the problems of malicious edits on open wikis.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Andrew Downie and Grant Focas — Javascript and other coding for good or evil
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
When Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is finally released, the status of Javascript will be quite different to that assigned to it in Version 1.0 back in 1999. Back then, Javascript was to “degrade gracefully”. Currently AJAX offers increased usability for visual users, but may detract from accessibility. In future, use of JavaScript will be encouraged but, of course, must enhance rather than detract from accessibility. During this presentation, Andrew and Grant will demonstrate how Javascript, when implemented well, offers enhanced accessibility. By way of balance, they will also present examples of scripting that causes problems. Importantly, they will provide corrections to the errant coding.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Rob Manson and Alex Young — E is for everywhere
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
In 1998 the American Dialect Society voted “e-” (as in electronic) as the “word of the year”. This signified how important the internet had become in our world. Almost 10 years later we’re undergoing an even larger change. Only this time the “e-” prefix stands for “everywhere”. Mobile content, services and commerce are changing the way we communicate, work and do business. And these changes are building upon the already massive revolutions brought about by the internet — only faster and made more pervasive. This presentation will look at the strategic issues facing managers and developers as they strive to adapt to this literally “moving” target.
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Adrian Holovaty — Being smart about your data
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
The Web is full of information that is presented inefficiently — both for machines and for humans. Adrian Holovaty shares philosophies and strategies for efficient data collection and information design, drawing from his experiences at data-heavy news sites lawrence.com, washingtonpost.com) and side projects such as chicagocrime.org.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Aaron Gustafson — Learning to love forms
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Forms. We all have to make ‘em, but few of us love ‘em. Aaron Gustafson believes that this is because we don’t understand them. In this session, we will explore forms from top to bottom, examining how they work and how their components can be incorporated with other elements to maximize accessibility, improve semantics, and allow for more flexible styling. You’ll get to see the complete picture with forms, including error, warning and formatting messages, styling and its implications, as well as best practices for manipulation with Javascript and Ajax.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Stephen Cox — Building ethnography into the design process
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Working in usability and user experience can give you some great insights into the product design process. Yet few organisations know how to take advantage of this information silo. As a user experience expert do you sometimes wish you could have more input into product ideas handed down from above? Ever wanted to have the ear of business strategists? Even be best friends with marketers and sales people? Stephen Cox explores some of the exciting things that can happen when the disciplines of usability and user experience are allowed to seep out into the realms of strategic and tactical design innovation. He approaches the field of ethnographic design research in practical terms illustrating how News Digital Media has come to embrace the idea of extensive customer research, and the benefits that this has brought to different levels of the organisation.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Sebastian Chan — Social media and Government 2.0
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
More than ever before there is an enormous amount of publicly held data about our community, our culture, and citizens. How can government respond to the opportunities of Web 2.0? How can government websites and databases become more citizen-centric, and more responsive by leveraging social media? In 2006 the Powerhouse Musuem, a NSW State Government institiution, opened its core information asset — its collection and research database — to public tagging, and dynamic user-driven recommendations. In the same year the Museum launched a range of public-facing blogs, inviting comment from visitors and audiences. Sebastian Chan will discuss why the museum has made these very successful forays into social media, and how a small in-house web development unit was able to push through and launch a project which is counted among Australia’s top web 2.0 applications. If you work in a large organisation and have dreams of social media, do not miss this session.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Raul Vera — Mashups, web apps and APIs
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
Hear all about the exciting possibilities created by these technologies from Google Australia.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Rashmi Sinha — The perils of popularity
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
Can web-based social systems with their wide reach, user-generated and user-filtered content harness the wisdom of crowds? Duncan Watts’ recent experiments reveal how popularity based web social systems can throw up fickle, random trends that are essentially unreplicable, and only tangentially related to quality. However, popularity as a way to filter information continues to rise in popularity — replacing hierarchical menus, overtaking tags, and even used in lieu of relevance. Rashmi will link decades of psychology research on group decision making and social influence to what is happening on the web today. She will discuss different models of popularity based filtering such as Digg and YouTube. What are ways to avoid the Watts dilemma — including Google’s model of sociality, tag-based social systems, and object-based social networks. She will present some principles for the design of web social systems and how there were used in the design of SlideShare and discuss how SlideShare as an evolving social system handles popularity.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Paul McCarthy — Which open source tools are fuelling today’s leading sites?
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Many of the today’s leading and most innovative websites are now running or developed using open source software and tools. This talk aims to provide an insiders look at the growing array of open source software driving today’s leading websites.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Scott Gledhill — Is SEO evil?
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
There can be a feeling in the web development community that “SEO is evil” — Scott Gledhill cuts through the hype to focus on how developing accessible, standards compliant websites is the first step in creating search engine friendly websites – and also talks about what is being done in the industry to make websites more findable, sometimes at the cost of making them less usable.
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Cameron Adams — The future of web interfaces
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
Ajax brought about a host of new possibilities in online interfaces, but where are we going next? Cameron Adams will look at the evolution of dynamic interfaces; interfaces that truly meet the needs of all their users. Through the careful use of Web Standards, client-side scripting, and server-side intelligence, it’s possible to create interfaces that shape, adapt to, and predict a user’s needs.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Andy Clarke — Think like a mountain
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
Once seen as unsophisticated, childish and of low artistic value, comic-book art and culture has inspired artists and designers for generations and are now are often untapped resource for web design inspiration. In this session, designer and author of Transcending CSS, Andy Clarke will examine comic book layout, conventions and colour in the context of making inspirational designs for today’s web.
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Scott Berkun — The myths of innovation
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Much of what we know about innovation is wrong. That’s the bet this entertaining keynote takes as it romps through the history of innovation, dispelling the mythologies we’ve constructed about how we got here. This talk, loosely based on Scott Berkun’s recent O’Reilly book (May 2007), will help you to recognize the myths, understand their popularity (even if you don’t believe in them), and how to use the truth of innovations past to help you in your work today.
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Mike Cannon-Brookes — Organisational wiki adoption
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Wikis are the buzzword-du-jour but practical on the ground experience can be hard to come by for those working within organisations. How are enterprises using them? What’s the best way to get one adopted? What should a wiki not be used for? Pragmatic enterprise wiki adoption lessons and experiences.
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Mark Pesce — Mob Rules
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Sometime shortly after Web Directions South concludes, somebody (probably a somebody in the “developing” world) will become the three billionth mobile phone subscriber. Good for the providers, of course — but the effects of the network on human social organization are far more profound. From the dhows of Kerala to the cities of China to the beaches of Cronulla, we’re all coming into contact with — and learning how to master — the subtle skills of spontaneous self-organization which are the essential fact of life on the network. We can get in front of this spree of self-organization — or get run over by it. Either way, mob rules are the new laws of business, politics, and culture.
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Mark Mansour — RedBubble: Building a site for people with big imaginations
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
RedBubble is a social networking platform and marketplace, not to mention a successful homegrown web app. In this session RedBubble’s software architect Mark Mansour will present the challenges the team has faced, and talk through some of the solutions they’ve discovered, during the building and scaling one of Australia’s largest Rails applications. Along the way you’ll learn RedBubble’s tenets for software design, the what’s and how’s of their database and web servers, plus processes that made their team more effective. If you’re a developer dreaming of going out on your own and building a successful online business around a web app, don’t miss this session.
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Lisa Herrod — Usability: more than skin deep
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
Web Usability is far more complex than User Testing and Interaction Design alone. And while interface design is an important consideration, there’s more to a usable site than what’s on the surface. We all know the importance of accessibility and web standards, so let’s take that knowledge one step further and into the realm of usability. In this session Lisa Herrod will redefine the common definition of usability by introducing a greater focus on accessibility and web standards. By taking a more holistic approach you will soon see why usability is more than skin deep.
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Laurel Papworth — Social networks and mobiles
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
It’s not just about email and Twitter: industry analysts agree, virtually every online social network application will develop a mobile feature in the next year or two. From Flickr pre-installed on Nokia phones to an up-to-date map of your buddies locations, mobile devices are ready to come pre-loaded with new friends for you to play with. Before you tune out to listen to music tagged and delivered to your mobile by your social network, or press SEND on a stinging critique of the Web Directions dining hall food to restaurant review mobile sites, why not attend an informative yet fun session about the latest and greatest in GPS and location based services connecting online communities on your mobile? For those who want to focus on the business model not the technology.
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Justin French — Pushing beyond design
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
You’re a great web designer. You craft beautiful interfaces, you’ve nailed standards based design, and you’re at the top of your game. So now what? Based on real world experiences, this presentation encourages you, the modern web designer, to ignore the title on your business card and to start thinking about your real role in the development process — what you have to offer, what your team really needs, and what you could do to dramatically increase your value on a daily basis.
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Jonathan Boutelle — Ajax or Flash: what’s right for you?
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
The web is finally moving beyond simple html. How can you make rich web-based user experiences that don’t surprise or aggravate your users? When should you use AJAX, when should you use Flash, and when should you mix the two? What are the opportunities and pitfalls when creating richer web interfaces? In this talk, Jonathan will argue that Flash and AJAX are complementary tools in the web developers’ toolbox, and that building effective web experiences often requires a blending of the two technologies.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
John Allsopp — Trends and predictions in web technology
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
Web designers and developers are a very practical bunch, often too busy with today’s challenges and workloads to find time to keep up with developments over the horizon. In this session John Allsopp looks at what trends that are important for web designers and developers and innovators generally — what future versions of browsers have in store, what devices people will be using to access the web, and more. A perfect complement to Bert Bos’s focus on coming web standard technologies.
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George Oates — Human traffic
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2007.
If there’s one thing about Web 2.0, it’s that we’re realising that there are actually people using the internet. It’s no longer about Human to Computer interaction, but rather Human to Human. Discover some of the user experience ideas and strategies behind the design of flickr.com, one of the richest Human to Human places on the web today.
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Chris Wilson — Moving the web forward
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
In this keynote, Chris Wilson examines the state of the web, some of the problems facing browsers (as platform Architect of the Internet Explorer browser) and standards (as co-chair of the HTML Working Group) and explores what we need to do together to move the web forward.
See the slides and hear the podcast »
Brian Fling — Web 2.0 + Mobile 2.0 = ?
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 27 2007.
Web 2.0 redefined how we look at websites. Mobile 2.0 is redefining how we look at mobile. What happens when you add these two seemingly separate worlds together? Is it the mash-up of all time, or something different altogether? Will it create an unholy union or can the merger of these two principles redefine how we look at information? In this session we will explore what Web 2.0 and Mobile 2.0 mean and what happens when they come together. We’ll discover what we can learn from both and apply it to the work we create today.
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Bert Bos — A new life for old standards
- In: Resources
- By: Maxine
- September 29, 2007
CSS level 2 became a standard in 1998. The last revision of HTML4 dates from 1999. That’s long time ago in Web years, but they aren’t forgotten: after several years of work, CSS is close to a revision and browser support is better than ever. It’s necessary, because CSS needs to grow: vertical text, columns, print support, complex layouts and much more is increasingly demanded. Likewise, there is a big effort to revise HTML. Interest is so high, the W3C is trying a new process, to let more people participate in the editing work. There are also new forms, standards for combining SVG and HTML and new work on the security of forms. Bert’s here to tell us: we haven’t seen the end of the Web page yet.
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Is your website greenhouse friendly?
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- September 20, 2007
Carbon offsetting and green energy are ideas that have really gained traction over the last 8 months or so.
Have you considered the impact your website activities might be having on the environment?
Perhaps your website is already hosted on a green server powered by renewable energy or with a hosting company … Read more »
Hatch Day on hold
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- September 5, 2007
Sadly, based on the feedback of many folks, who loved the idea, and wanted to get involved, but who weren’t sure that right now they’d be able to commit the time and effort required to really make a go of Hatch Day, we’ve decided to put it on hold for … Read more »
Web Directions Mikons — Winners
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- September 4, 2007
Thanks so much to everyone who got involved in helping design the Mikon set for Web Directions South. It was great that so many people participated, and intriguing to see how we choose to ideentify ourselves. Check them all out.
The hard part of course was choosing just 35 to … Read more »
Legal session finalised
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- September 2, 2007
Previous attendees will notice that this year we’ve broadened the focus of Web Directions a little. In addition to the same number of sessions on web design and development we’ve always had, we now also have presentations we’ve put under the banner of “Management and Strategy”.
I’ve just slotted in the … Read more »
Social Events around Web Directions South
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- September 1, 2007
During the conference we’ve organised a reception to be held at the venue on the 27th, and of course there will also be a big party on the closing night, the 28th.
But during that week lots of people will be in town from all over Australia so it’s a great … Read more »
Discount Pricing and McFarlane Prize deadline
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 26, 2007
Just a quick reminder about two deadlines happening this Friday at midnight:
Discount pricing for Web Directions South ending
If you work in the web industry, you’ve got until Friday at midnight to get tickets to the event of the year here in Sydney for just $895.
Remember too — it’s ok to … Read more »
Sessions
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 22, 2007
- Design
- Jonathan Boutelle – AJAX or Flash: what’s right for you?
- Andy Clarke – Think like a mountain
- Stephen Cox – Making useful things no one knew they needed: building ethnography into the design process
- Brian Fling – Web 2.0 + Mobile 2.0 = … Read more »
Design a Mikon and have it included in the Web Directions Mikons set
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 22, 2007
Design a Mikon and have it included in the Web Directions Mikons set
A conference is as much about the new people you meet as the ideas and techniques you get to see first hand. That’s why you have a name badge that lets others quickly identify what your name is … Read more »
Mikons: who ARE you?
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 21, 2007
Design a Mikon and have it included in the Web Directions Mikons set — and get a free t shirt!
A conference is as much about the new people you meet as the ideas and techniques you get to see first hand. That’s why you have a name … Read more »
Announcing Hatch Day 2007
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 20, 2007
On the day after Web Directions South this year, Saturday September 29, there’s going to be a very special event which is
- free
- open to anyone who wants to participate — but you do need to register
Hatch Day is a day of web creativity and idea sharing that falls … Read more »
Hatch Day on hold
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 16, 2007
Sadly, based on the feedback of many folks, who loved the idea, and wanted to get involved, but who weren’t sure that right now they’d be able to commit the time and effort required to really make a go of Hatch Day, we’ve decided to put that on hold for … Read more »
Web Trivia Night — places still open
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 29, 2007
They’ve been filling fast, but there are still places available at the first Sydney Web Trivia Night on August 9.
Brought to you by News Digital Media and Web Directions, come along to this free night of trivia where you’ll definitely be in with a chance, as all the questions … Read more »
Scott Berkun — The Myths of Innovation
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 23, 2007
And yet another new speaker announced today. Scott Berkun will now be presenting the opening keynote on the morning of the second day of the conference this year.
Scott comes from a project management background, working for Microsoft from 1994 to 2003. Since then he’s started his own consulting … Read more »
Geek Trivia Night
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 22, 2007
Know who invented the Internet? Any ideas what WWW stands for? Clued up on who the first blogger was?
If so, keep August 9th free, as News Digital Media and Web Directions are hosting a night of networking for fun and profit on August 9 at the Vault … Read more »
Social media and government 2.0 at Web Directions South this year
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 22, 2007
A while back I was browsing George Oates’ blog when I came across a reference to a pioneering project happening right here in Australia at the Powerhouse Museum, where, to put it briefly, the collection has been opened to public contribution through tagging. The project, which has been widely … Read more »
New addition to program — Javascript and other coding for good or evil
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 22, 2007
We’re very pleased to announce an addition to our already full program for Web Directions South 2007 — Andrew Downie and Grant Focas from the DET’s Centre for Learning Innovation will now be presenting a session on coding, and in particular the use of Javascript, for accessibility, in … Read more »
McFarlane Prize 2007 — nominations now open
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 16, 2007
Nominations have just opened for the McFarlane Prize for 2007. This prize for excellence in Australian web design will be awarded to an Australian designer or team for a site launched or significantly upgraded between August 1 2006 and July 31 2007.
The winner of the prize will be announced … Read more »
So much to learn, so little time
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 13, 2007
OK, I’ll be the first to admit to having played fast and loose with the law at various stages of my career. But, I’ve largely worked as an individual, or as part of a very small, under resourced organisation.
There is no excuse at all for playing fast and loose when … Read more »
New workshop for September 25 — Beginning Ruby on Rails
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 8, 2007
Maintaining what has become a tradition, we have a late addition to the Web Directions South Workshop program for this year: Dr Nic Williams will be hosting Beginning Ruby on Rails on Tuesday September 25.
Anyone involved with the web would be aware of the phenomenal growth in popularity over … Read more »
Danah Boyd in Australia
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 3, 2007
If you have any interest at all in the future of online social networking, and in particular its implications for the education sector, don’t miss this upcoming Education.AU seminar:
Danah Boyd: Generation MySpace — Social networking and its impact on students and education
Danah, an internationally recognised authority on the way … Read more »
Community
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- June 26, 2007
While it didn’t make it to the list, I fear this word has probably become so widely and thoughtlessly used as to render it meaningless, so it probably should have a place on this other list. However, for want of a better term, I shall push on regardless.
I’m … Read more »
Looking for a place to party till dawn after Web Directions?
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- June 19, 2007
Don’t just stand around like a pork chop after the closing night party! Impress your newly found friends by whipping out your Opera Mini and pulling up this bookmarked Gridskipper post: Drink Till Dawn in Sydney. Time was when rubbing shoulders with the doyennes of The Taxi Club … Read more »
Westciv free self paced courses back online
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- June 17, 2007
This week Westciv is restarting the free course program, kicking off with the brand new edition of their CSS Level 1 course.
CSS Level 1 starts with the absolute foundations of CSS and standards based web development so it’s probably a little too basic for regular readers of this blog. However, … Read more »
WDS07 — Now open for business
- In: events
- By: Maxine
- May 20, 2007
OK people, the wait is over. Come on in, have a look around, and check out the program and speakers we’ve lined up for Web Directions South 2007. With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South … Read more »
Terms and conditions
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 7, 2007
Subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, Web Directions Conference will allow you to attend the conference Web Directions 06 (“the conference”) and/or associated workshops (“the workshops”).
Fees
All fees become payable at the time the booking for the conference or workshops is made. If this fee remains unpaid at … Read more »
Contact us
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 6, 2007
By email
Got something on your mind? The very best way to contact us is via email. We can deal with almost all requests almost straight away if you contact us in this way.
By post
If you need to send us something, our postal address is
Web Directions Conference Pty Ltd
Unit … Read more »
Our privacy policy
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 6, 2007
Introduction
Web Directions Conference is bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The Privacy Act and general law place strict requirements on us to treat any information that we hold about you as confidential.
In addition Web Directions Conference is committed to ensuring the privacy of … Read more »
Hatch Day on hold
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 1, 2007
Sadly, based on the feedback of many folks, who loved the idea, and wanted to get involved, but who weren’t sure that right now they’d be able to commit the time and effort required to really make a go of Hatch Day, we’ve decided to put that on hold for … Read more »
Workshops in detail
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 1, 2007
- Tuesday September 25
- Andy Clarke — Transcending CSS
- Laurel Papworth — Building and maintaining vibrant social networks for your business
- Dr Nic Williams — Beginning Ruby on Rails
- Wednesday September 26
- Aaron Gustafson — Progressive enhancement with JavaScript
- Brian Fling — Mobile web design and development
- W3C SIG day … Read more »
Speakers
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 1, 2007
This year we think we just might have come up with the best lineup of local and international speakers of any of our conferences yet. In fact, you’d be hard pressed to find a better lineup anywhere.
- Cameron Adams
- John Allsopp
- Angela Beesley
- Scott Berkun
- Bert Bos
- Jonathan Boutelle
- … Read more »
Expo
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 1, 2007
For the first time this year, Web Directions South will feature an Expo of products and services essential to web professionals.
Web Expo will run in conjunction with Web Directions South, providing vendors and service providers to the web industry with an unparalleled opportunity to connect directly with opinion leaders in … Read more »
Register
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 1, 2007
This sin’t a real page
Pricing
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- April 30, 2007
Events
Dates
Price per ticket
Conference
Discount
July 1 to August 31
$895
Standard
September 1 to September 27
$995
Volume
6 or more tickets
$795
Full time student
Subject to availability
$195
Workshops
Workshop only
Subject to availability
$495
With conference pass
Subject to availability
$395
Extras
Breakfast with Bert Bos
Subject to availability
$80
… Read more »
Sponsor
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- April 30, 2007
Not only is Web Directions South Australia’s leading conference for the web industry in terms of number of attendees, and quality of local and international content, it’s widely recognized as a world leader among web professionals. Having filled a 400 seat venue in 2006, and taken the conference to North … Read more »
News
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- April 30, 2007
This won’t actually be a page: it’ll be the wretched blog
Venues
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- April 30, 2007
We’ve grown! This year we need two separate venues to accommodate the workshops and conference. They’re very close to one another, and equally convenient to a range of hotels in the Darling Harbour area. But if you are attending both workshops on the 25th and 26th and … Read more »
Web Directions Discount Deadline Extended to January 14
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- January 11, 2007
Web Directions North is almost upon us — with attendees coming from all over the world, some great sponsors are helping to make the event even more special, and of course, a bumper snow fall is making the after-conference ski trip just keep getting better.
But that discount pricing deadline … Read more »
Announcing Webjam 2006 — December 12 at 6.00pm
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- November 8, 2006
Got a hankering to relive a bit of the Web Directions experience? Missed the conference but keen to stay in touch with the developer community? Like parties? Be there for Webjam on the evening of December 12.
Brought to you by Sydney developers Anson Parker and Lachlan Hardy, Webjam will … Read more »
Web Directions North — Super Early Bird Tickets Now Available
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 27, 2006
After months of feverish behind-the-scenes work, putting together a killer program, an amazing lineup of speakers, working on dates, venues, the site, a registration system and more, Web Directions North is now officially open for registrations.
After a fantastic conference in Sydney, we are really excited to … Read more »
Web 2.0 T Shirt Competition — Winners!
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- October 11, 2006
We had to do a bit of deliberating on this, and between myself and John and REMO there was certainly some controversy. Thanks firstly to all those who entered, and all those who wore their t shirts to the conference.
After many heated arguments and soul searching we decided that the … Read more »
Emily Boyd and Stephen Cox: debrief
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- September 1, 2006
Thanks so much to all who came along last night, but most of all thank you to Emily Boyd and Stephen Cox who went to a lot of trouble to prepare their presentations. More on those in a second. It really was great to see so many new faces last … Read more »
Discount pricing about to end
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 31, 2006
We’re now just on a month away from Web Directions ’06, and discount pricing of just $AUD850 ends this Monday the 4th of September at midnight AEST, so now is the time to get in if you’ve been trying to make up your mind: register now.
Last year’s conference well … Read more »
Calling all usability mavens
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 30, 2006
World Usability Day promotes the value of usability, user-centred design, and everyone’s desire for things that work better. This year, it will take place on Tuesday 14 November.
Over the course of 36 hours, events will be held around the globe. Last year, Sydney was among 70 cities in 30 … Read more »
Dan Saffer — Designing for Interaction
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 28, 2006
Dan Saffer, who will be coming to Sydney for the Oz-IA Conference and Retreat will also be presenting the latest Adaptive Path workshop, Designing for Interaction, for Web Directions on September 26. This exciting new workshop is based on Dan’s recently released book of the same … Read more »
The Future of Web Apps — Sep 13–14, San Francisco
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 23, 2006
How cool would this be? Would love to be able to do something like this here in Australia, but unfortunately the tyranny of distance still works against us. If you’ve got an interest in web apps (and who hasn’t in 2006?), and you feel like a trip to San Francisco … Read more »
Want to speak on a panel at SXSWi next March?
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 16, 2006
SXSWi is a celebration of all things web, interactive and digital held in Austin Texas each year in March. Sure, it’s a long way to go from Australia, but you can always tie it in to a couple of weeks in the US, and anyone who has been will … Read more »
Web Directions Free Event — August 31
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 8, 2006
Interface design, and the use of ethnographic research in designing for the web: announcing our second free Sydney event for 2006.
On August 31 we’ve got a diverse evening, with Emily Boyd of Remember the Milk speaking about the development of this very successful Australian web app, along with Stephen … Read more »
OZ-IA/2006 Conference and Retreat — Registration now open
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 7, 2006
Information architects will be very keen to hear that registration is now open for OZ-IA/2006 Conference and Retreat, to be held in Sydney 30 September and 1st October, the weekend directly after Web Directions.
With the line up at this very reasonably priced two day event including
- Mark Bernstein of Eastgate Systems
- Thomas … Read more »
Thomas Vander Wal — an IAs perspective
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 4, 2006
In the areas that interest you about the web, what has changed the
most in the last couple of years, and what do you see changing most
in the next couple?
The biggest change I have been noticing on the web is a change of its usage.
The web has been shifting from a … Read more »
Jeremy Keith: browser optimist
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- August 1, 2006
In the areas that interest you about the web, what has changed the most in the last couple of years, and what do you see changing most in the next couple?
There’s a lot that’s changed over the past few years: more people have broadband, more people are using the mobile … Read more »
Molly Holzschlag on the need for quality education
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 31, 2006
Continuing on in our “one question” interview series I asked Molly for her view. Maybe it’s a bit self serving on my part but I love her answer because it’s exactly what I would say myself.
In the areas that interest you about the web, what has changed the most in … Read more »
Andy Clarke on the role of the visual designer
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 26, 2006
As I mentioned yesterday, Web Directions this year is all about looking outward to the future, while recognising and celebrating the evolution of our strong technological foundations. In this spirit we’ve asked our speakers to comment on the following open ended question.
“In the areas that interest you about the web, … Read more »
Web Directions Closing Keynote: Mark Pesce — You-biquity
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- July 25, 2006
Web Directions Closing Keynote: Mark Pesce — You-biquity
When we launched Web Directions this year we intentionally left the closing session on day 2 open in recognition of our belief that epiphanies are worth waiting for. In previous years we’d had the crazed irreverence of The Smackdown, something for which … Read more »
The McFarlane Prize for Excellence in Australian Web Design
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- June 28, 2006
Named in memory of noted Australian web pioneer Nigel McFarlane, the inaugural McFarlane Prize, aims to recognize and encourage excellence in web design by Australian developers.
The Prize will reward excellence in web design in the broadest sense, from the appropriate use of technology, to design aesthetics, to its impact … Read more »
Web Directions Event: Lars Rasmussen of Google Maps and Dean Jackson of the W3C
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- June 7, 2006
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 … Read more »
Additional Workshop — Designing for Interaction
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- June 6, 2006
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 … Read more »
The wait is over
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- May 21, 2006
It’s time to head on over to the all new Web Directions site and check out the line up for WD06.
This year we have the conference on September 28 and 29, with an additional two days of workshops on the 26th and 27th: the last week of September 2006 … Read more »
There will be a web design conference in Sydney this year
- In: Uncategorized
- By: Maxine
- April 11, 2006
As the saying goes, nature abhors a vacuum.
In the last 12 hours I’ve chatted with three people who expressed concern that there wasn’t going to be a web design conference here in Sydney this year as there has been for the last two years. So, while we were hoping to … Read more »
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