Web Directions - Part 8

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Announcing the W3C Track at Web Directions South

• 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 »

McFarlane Prize nominations close early Next week

• By: John
• August 28, 2009

Great nominations continue to come in — but make sure your work doesn’t miss out on its chance to shine.

Nominate today — it’s free and will take 5 minutes or less!

Would you like service design with that?

• By: Maxine
• August 26, 2009

We’ve just filled the last session in the business track at Web Directions South 09 — Suze Ingram will be speaking on a hot new user experience topic: Would you like service design with that?

Service design is a new discipline which focuses on understanding what customers … Read more »

Wanted: a passionate web geek

• By: Maxine
• August 25, 2009

Passionate about web design and development? Been tinkering with different web technologies for some time? Keep up to date with the web industry? Enjoy reading and writing? Then a tech editor role at SitePoint might be just what … Read more »

Matt Webb — Web Directions South 09 opening keynote

• By: Maxine
• August 25, 2009

The final keynote for Web Directions South 2009 has just been announced: be there on the morning of Thursday October 8 to see what we know will be an exciting and inspirational opening keynote from England’s own Matt Webb.

Matt will be joining an already terrific lineup:

• … Read more »

  Typedia

  • By: John
  • August 25, 2009

  With the coming of embedded fonts, Web developers and designers are going to have to become increasingly knowledgeable about type. The just launched Typedia from wonderful designers like Jason Santa Maria, Liz Danzico, Aaron Gustafson and many other looks like a great resource to learn about and explore typefaces.

  You … Read more »

  Introducing Australian Web Week

  • By: John
  • August 24, 2009

  Maxine and I are really excited and proud to announce Australian Web Week, October 2 to 9, a showcase of the strength and creativity of the Australian Web industry. It’s a project we’ve been planning for years, and working hard on for months now.

  The Design industry has its … Read more »

  The reason it’s been quiet at Web Directions…

  • By: John
  • August 21, 2009

  Well, there are two big big reasons why, but you’ll have to wait until next week to find out. Rest assured, we think you’ll be very excited.

  Have a great weekend, and see you Monday with the news.

  McFarlane Prize reminder

  • By: John
  • August 21, 2009

  We’ve got many great nominations for the McFarlane Prize already, putting us a fair way ahead of previous years, with more diversity than we’ve seen before. Thanks to all who’ve entered so far. For the rest of you, it’s quick, easy and costs nothing to enter a site … Read more »

  Business track — one session remains

  • By: John
  • August 14, 2009

  At Web Directions, we like to have most of our sessions all organized before announcing our conferences, but we do usually leave one or two sessions open for breaking developments.

  We’ve now got a single session remaining in the business track, and thought we’d do a bit of crowd sourcing. … Read more »

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