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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 »

Workshops in detail

Tuesday September 25Andy Clarke - Transcending CSS Laurel Papworth - Building and maintaining vibrant social networks for your business Dr Nic Williams - Beginning Ruby on RailsWednesday September 26Aaron Gustafson - Progressive enhancement with JavaScript Brian Fling - Mobile web design and development W3C SIG day ... Read more »

Speakers

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

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 »

Pricing

Events Dates Price per ticketConferenceDiscount July 1 to August 31 $895Standard September 1 to September 27 $995Volume 6 or more tickets $795Full time student Subject to availability $195WorkshopsWorkshop only Subject to availability $495With conference pass Subject to availability $395ExtrasBreakfast with Bert Bos Subject to availability $80... Read more »

Sponsor

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 »

Venues

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 »

Resources

Web Directions South was a jam packed couple of days with 28 presentations delivered by over 30 presenters. Not to mention the two days of workshops. We've put together this collection of resources to help you fill in the blanks, whether you were there or not.We're so grateful to our ... Read more »

Web Directions North podcasts online

At Web Directions North, like all our conferences, we recorded all the sessions (sadly there were technical issues with one session, and another still needs a little editing, while a third was just for the session attendees (speakers sometimes like to do that, so they can get more, shall we ... Read more »

Google Developer Day

May 31, google worldwide is having a developer day, including one in Sydney. We are big fans of a lot of what google does here at Web Directions (afterall, Maps started in Australia, and we were privileged to have Lars Rasmussen, one of the founders of maps speak at ... Read more »

Aussie startups revisited

A few weeks back I posted here asking "Where are the Aussie Startups?"There were quite a few who posted comments, or responses at their blogs, who argued that the startup culture was pretty healthy, but others, particularly in offline conversations, who generally felt that we just don't have this ... Read more »

Web Directions South 2007

Hard to believe, but it's already been six months since Web Directions South 2006. Which, if you do your sums right, means only 6 months until Web Directions South 2007. That's right, plans are already well under way for the next installment.Each year we've tried to get a little bit ... Read more »

What do you want?

Sorry if we appear to be trolling for comments of late - you know it's not our style.We all know user generated content is all the rage. So here is your chance to help generate a conference - Web Directions South. We've done a lot of work thinking about the ... Read more »

Upcoming Search conference

Martin Kelly runs some excellent local conferences, including TravelTech, which I had the privilege of kicking off last year, and which demonstrated to me that the travel industry gets tech in a big way.Martin also runs Search Engine Room, on the 20th and 21st of March.Now, search, particularly ... Read more »

Where are the Aussie Startups?

18 months ago, Tom Coates over at Plastic Bag asked "Where are the UK startups"? The question is being asked over at the Guardian of late, all of which prompts me to ask - what about the Aussie startup scene?A recent post by Vishal Sharma at Read/Write Web ... Read more »

Official Jeremy Keith News

Jeremy Keith has spoken twice at our conferences now, in both Sydney and Vancouver. He's a wonderful, smart, lovely person, a fantastic speaker and teacher, and always a crowd favourite. It's been an honour to have him at our conferences, and I hope that he comes to many more.Jeremy's ... Read more »

Web Directions North wrap-​​up

In a crazy moment on chat in the middle of last year, Derek Featherstone, Dave Shea, and founders of Web Directions South (then just called Web Directions), decided to bring the Web Directions experience to the Northern hemisphere, and chose the least freezing place in Canada in February to do ... Read more »

Douglas Bowman interview in Digital Web Magazine

One of my very favourite web designers, in fact thinkers, writers, and speakers about the Web is Douglas Bowman. Web Directions actually owes a lot to Douglas. He, Joe Clark and Dave Shea were all speakers at the first conference that Maxine and I helped organize, WE04, way back ... Read more »

Microsoft parties at Whistler

Let's face it, we tech folk tend to often be indoors types, and social side of conferences is often indoor-focused parties.That's one of the main reasons with Web Directions North we decided to add some adventure - trips to Blackcomb Whistler after the formal part of the conference is over.The ... Read more »

Video Interviews with Web Directions Speakers

During Web Directions South, Japanese web standards powerhouse Kazuhito Kidachi, who has attended all of our conferences down under, did an interview with John Allsopp about all kinds of things, but with a strong focus on microformats. Part one of the interview is here, and part two, here ... Read more »

Pricing now staying at $895! (and check out the closing night party from Media Temple)

As record snow falls continue in Whistler, Web Directions North is really heating up.

We had planned to raise the price to $CDN995 this week, but because we have had some great support from sponsors (more news on that soon) and because interest has been so strong, we've decided to keep ... Read more »

WDN Student Scholarships

I'm very proud of this, and very much hope we can do it for all our conferences.As conference organizers, speakers and attendees, Dave, Derek, Maxine and John have long been aware that while a good conference can be an unbeatable benefit for your career, they are definitely out of the ... Read more »

Web Directions Discount Deadline Extended to January 14

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 »

Mark Pesce on the iPhone

It should come as no surprise to anyone who heard Mark Pesce speak at Web Directions that he'd be excited by the iPhone. The reality, people who have beendead for several years are excited by the iPhone. Anyway, Mark is one of the web's deep thinkers, and excellent writers, and ... Read more »

Digital Web/​Web Directions design competition update

You've got until just Monday to get your designs in for the Digital Web design a snowboard competition, to win a ticket to the conference, trips to Whister on the after conference ski trip, as well as a tonne of other great prices, including 50% off for life on ... Read more »

Web Directions North Affiliate Program

Want to come to Web Directions but not sure whether tyou have the budget? We've just made it a bit easier for you. We’ve created an opportunity for you to get yourself a free ticket, as well as hotel accomodation and places on the ski trip.Join our affiliate program ... Read more »

Get creative and win a ticket to Web Directions North with Digital Web Magazine

Our very good friends over at Digital Web Magazine are giving away a ticket to the conference (including a post conference day skiing or snowboarding at Whistler), and two runner up prizes of a day's skiing or boarding at Whistler.To win, submit your very own snowboard design! In the ... Read more »

Announcing Webjam 2006 — December 12 at 6.00pm

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

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 »

More podcasts and resources online

As promised, as they come to hand, more of our podcasts are going online.We've just uploaded, Ben Barren's "RSS will change everything" and Thomas Vander Wal's "Information architecture for the come to me web".Follow this link to subscribe to our RSS feed for the podcasts.We also have ... Read more »

Laurel Papworth — upcoming courses

One of the meany fabulous local speakers at Web Directions this year was Laurel Papworth (whose collection of user generated video content was fantastically entertaining, but whose presentation on building online communities was all the more interesting) is giving two courses in the coming weeks. If they look remotely relevant ... Read more »

Podcasts and more coming online

Now we've all had a little time to recover after the whirlwind of the conference (one day I hope to be able to just relax and enjoy it) we are putting together the resources that emerged from all the marvellous speaker's sessions.The first two of our podcasts, recorded and edited ... Read more »

Web Directions and Web Standards Group presents Jeremy Keith in Melbourne this Thursday

Fresh from sellout shows in Sydney, Ireland's best export since Guinness, Jeremy Keith will be appearing for one night only, in Melbourne, presented by Web Directions and the Web Standards Group.Centre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Level 1, 257 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000For more info and to RSVP, see the ... Read more »

Andy Clarke — Creating Inspired Design

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.Designers are more than mere pixel pushers. The role of the creative designer working on the web has changed and will continue to change faster than ever before. In this session, ... Read more »

Laurel Papworth — The business of online communities

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.It seems that everyone is talking about user generated content and online communities these days. But how will citizen journalism, user-generated content, the Blogosphere, tagging, ranking, and Wiki knowledge reshape branding ... Read more »

Ben Barren — RSS will change everything

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006RSS and syndication offer exciting new ways for organisations to manage information, communicate internally, and to reach out to their customers and stakeholders. Are you ready for this? A lot of product names are springing up in this space, ... Read more »

Dave Greiner and Ben Richardson — The story of Campaign Monitor

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.Campaign Monitor is a great home grown web app success story. Dave and Ben will share their experiences of taking an idea they believed in, working like mad to ... Read more »

Gian Sampson-​​Wild — Managing accessibility compliance for the Commonwealth Games

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.Melbourne recently hosted the 18th Commonwealth Games. Gian Sampson-Wild worked as the accessibility specialist for the Games for over two years, responsible for a variety of issues including the accessibility compliance of the web site and training of on-site ... Read more »

Jeremy Keith — Hijax

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.Hijax is all about applying progressive enhancement to Ajax. In the Hijax model, JavaScript isn’t used for advanced intensive processing. Instead, the XMLHttpRequest object acts like a dumb waiter, passing information ... Read more »

Derek Featherstone — Accessibility 2.0

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.Using the current state of web accessibility as our launch point, Derek will explore some of the fundamental issues that are holding us back from an accessible web that truly makes ... Read more »

Kelly Goto — The Iterative App

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.Between the diverse demands of clients, bosses, engineers, and designers, Web application design has reached a new level of frenzy and discord. You know what we mean, and so does Kelly ... Read more »

Thomas Vander Wal — IA for the “Come to Me Web”

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.In this specialised session Thomas gets us up to speed with his "Come to Me Web" framework for structuring information and web sites. This framework includes the "Model of Attraction", ... Read more »

Kelly Goto — Designing for Lifestyle

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.Interaction design is no longer limited to the web. The concept of user experience is being redefined as multiple delivery methods of social and business interaction merge into our lifestyles. As ... Read more »

Cameron Adams and Kevin Yank — JavaScript APIs & Mashups

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.Adding JavaScript to your portfolio used to mean more work. Thanks to the wide range of APIs springing up from the likes ... Read more »

Derek Featherstone — Designing for Accessibility

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.A combination of practical "how-to" examples alongside several "how-not-to" cases from real accessibilty assessments and testing sessions.

Jeremy Keith — Explaining Ajax

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.Apart from being the buzzword de jour, what is this Ajax stuff that everyone is talking about? Take a look at some implementations out there and start thinking about how Ajax ... Read more »

Cheryl Lead and Ben Buchanan — Moving your organisation to web standards

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.This was one of our most loved sessions last year, so much so that we decided to do it again this year, with ... Read more »

Donna Maurer — IA: a “how to”

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.There are 2 aspects to making IA work in a project - an understanding of the key principles of information architecture and a knowledge of activities to put them into practice. ... Read more »

Thomas Vander Wal — IA for Web Developers

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.Thomas will provide an overview of information architecture for web designers and developers. He will cover the what and why, with a sprinkling of how. Knowing how to ... Read more »

John Allsopp — Microformats

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 28 2006.The problem of bringing richer semantics to the world wide web has been challenging standards bodies and developers for several years. Approaches like "The Semantic Web" promise much, but require us ... Read more »

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