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Angela Beesley — Wikis and community collaboration

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 ... Read more »

Andrew Downie and Grant Focas — Javascript and other coding for good or evil

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 ... Read more »

Rob Manson and Alex Young — E is for everywhere

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 ... Read more »

Adrian Holovaty — Being smart about your data

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 ... Read more »

Aaron Gustafson — Learning to love forms

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 ... Read more »

Stephen Cox — Building ethnography into the design process

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 ... Read more »

Sebastian Chan — Social media and Government 2.0

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 ... Read more »

Raul Vera — Mashups, web apps and APIs

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.

Rashmi Sinha — The perils of popularity

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 ... Read more »

Paul McCarthy — Which open source tools are fuelling today’s leading sites?

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 ... Read more »

Scott Gledhill — Is SEO evil?

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 ... Read more »

Cameron Adams — The future of web interfaces

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 ... Read more »

Andy Clarke — Think like a mountain

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 ... Read more »

Thank you

This is not the end, by any means, but just for the moment, a huge thank you to all who came to the conference, to make it the amazing experience it was. 600 web folk from around the world, saw 30 wonderful speakers, and without doubt the best Web Directions ... Read more »

Scott Berkun — The myths of innovation

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 ... Read more »

Mike Cannon-​​Brookes — Organisational wiki adoption

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 ... Read more »

Mark Pesce — Mob Rules

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 ... Read more »

Mark Mansour — RedBubble: Building a site for people with big imaginations

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 ... Read more »

Lisa Herrod — Usability: more than skin deep

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 ... Read more »

Laurel Papworth — Social networks and mobiles

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 ... Read more »

Justin French — Pushing beyond design

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 ... Read more »

Jonathan Boutelle — Ajax or Flash: what’s right for you?

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 ... Read more »

John Allsopp — Trends and predictions in web technology

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 ... Read more »

George Oates — Human traffic

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 ... Read more »

Chris Wilson — Moving the web forward

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 ... Read more »

Brian Fling — Web 2.0 + Mobile 2.0 = ?

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 ... Read more »

Bert Bos — A new life for old standards

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 ... Read more »

WDS07 Kicks off

Web Directions 2007 is underway, kicked off with a fantastic presentation on social media, systems and software by Rashmi Sinha, CEO of Uzanto, who built SlideShare.Much more to come, meantime check out photos on Flickr, blog posts at Technorati, the slides at SlideShare, and elsewhere online.[tags]wds07[/tags]

What’s going on at Web Directions?

Can't make it to Web Directions? Can't get enough anyway? Keep up to date with people's latest photos on Flickr (al those tagged WDS07), with our little app which updates the latest photos every 15 minutes or so.So if you upload photos to Flickr, make sure you tag them ... Read more »

Closing night party news

If you are coming to Web Directions - great news. If not, you have two days to get your act together, because, Microsoft has just come though as the closing night party sponsor. That means loads of food, loads to drink (in moderation, responsibly, and so ... Read more »

McFarlane Prize shortlist

After an arduous decision making process, the Jury in this years McFarlane Prize has decided on the shortlist. The shortlisted sites this year areEQASRM by Angela Bonfato Creative and Spoon Media Occupational Psychiatry by August Andrews Must Resign by Michael Koukoullis SitePoint Design Contests by ... Read more »

Mark Pesce in today’s Sydney Morning Herald

Web Directions closing keynote speaker, Mark Pesce is interviewed in depth in today's Sydney Morning Herald.So to get a sense of what he'll be talking about, and the ideas he is kicking around, take a look.

SitePoint, Australian based Web tech book company is hiring

Our good friends at SitePoint are looking to fill a number of positions. So if you are looking for an interesting, challenging job in the web tech world, take a look.Do you enjoy tinkering with the latest web technologies? Fancy yourself as a gun coder, a gifted communicator, ... Read more »

Is your website greenhouse friendly?

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 »

Wifi at Web Directions South

One of the hardest things to get right at a conference is wifi internet access. You'd think it would be easy - afterall, setting up a network at home is simple stuff, right?Trust us, it is hard. Wifi and internet access don't necessarily scale as easily as you'd think. Get ... Read more »

Following Web Directions on Twitter, Flickr and more

The divide between the 'virtual' and 'real' worlds is something we've long tried to address at our conferences. To me, the online world augments our 'real' lives - it's not separate, nor even an extension of our physical lives, they are part and parcel of the same life. And at ... Read more »

Thanks to our sponsor W3C Australia

Since our very first conference, we've been fortunate to have the support of the W3C's Australia Office. Since last year, the office has been hosted by CSIRO, and this year, their support has grown yet again. Not only have W3C Australia ensured that we can entice Bert Bos ... Read more »

Workshops updates — a sell out, and a few places left

Well, it's a week and a day 'til our workshops, and we've just had our first sell out - 'Dr. Nic' William's Beginning Ruby on Rails.Meanwhile, we have just a handful of places left for Andy Clarke's Transcending CSS, so if you want to get a day's insight ... Read more »

A botnet the most powerful supercomputer

Via BuilderAU, our online partner at the conference, the thrilling, fascinating and disturbing story that suggests the most powerful supercomputer on earth (and that means ever) may be a botnet, of PCs infected with the Storm Worm.Distributed processing applications like SETI@home have set a precedent for such massive, parallel ... Read more »

2 weeks to go

Tomorrow it's just two weeks 'til Web Directions South 2007. Already an audience of close to 600 is expected, from all over Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, the US, South America and Europe. The only continent missing in Antarctica. So, first person who signs up from Antarctica gets a great ... Read more »

Designers, start your engines — a Web Directions competition

For those coming to Web Directions, we've got some fun stuff planned. One of those is the use of various screens around the conference to show real time content from the audience (blog posts, photos and more) to see what others are saying, thinking and doing at Web Directions.Right now, ... Read more »

Standards in email clients

I must admit I'm old school when it comes to email - I like it plain and vanilla. I read it and write it vanilla stylee. I use *this* for emphasis. But, that's my taste and choice (OK, so I have been using email, I kid you not, since 1985). ... Read more »

Focus on Aaron Gustafson

With a book on Javascript due out soon, Aaron Gustafson has been one of the quiet achievers of the web industry these last few years. A wonderful educator (his workshop with Andy Clarke at Web Directions North earlier this year was very well attended and received), Aaron has been ... Read more »

Thanks to our sponsors, Glass Onion

I hope it's reasonably well known that one of the principle foundations of Web Directions has always been standards, accessibility, and best practice in web design and development. For close to a decade, Maxine and I have evangelized standards, developed software all about developing standards based web sites, and provided ... Read more »

Thanks to our sponsors, Adobe Systems

At Web Directions, we honestly like to think that we put together as good a conference as you'll experience anywhere in the world. The best speakers, the most relevant content, and on top of that, an enjoyable event, which provides plenty of opportunity to meet and get to know your ... Read more »

Hatch Day on hold

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 »

For you Flash developers out there — a little gig

Our good friends at REMO are looking for a Flash developer to do some work for them.REMO is seeking a Flash designer to help out with REMOVISION. See attached logo and Item 5 from this week's CustOMER email here:REMO General Store is a Sydney based online retailer with a ... Read more »

Web Directions Mikons — Winners

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 »

A small number of exhibitor places left

Quick note to let anyone interested in exhibiting at this year's expo, that we have only a small number of places left.The Expo is very reasonably priced and will have a guaranteed audience of well over 500 web industry professionals. If your products and services are focussed on the web ... Read more »

Thanks to our sponsors, Microsoft Australia

As Web Directions has grown from quite humble beginnings, to a conference that well over 500 people will attend this year, the challenges of continuing to improve the quality of the content, and the overall experience for all our attendees has become significant. This year, a number of sponsors have ... Read more »

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