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Mark Pesce — Youbiquity

A presentation given at Web Directions South, Sydney Australia, September 29 2006.The collection of social and information technologies informally known as Web2.0 have created a rich universe of applications - but a scattershot one. We plug lots of our information into ... Read more »

Mark Pesce – You-​​biquity

Virtual reality isn’t the television of the future, it is the telephone of the future BackgroundWe’re in a time and place where anything is possible; much like at the birth of the World Wide Web We are at least 98% identical to chimpanzees. We have now found the gene that gives us ... Read more »

Derek Featherstone — Designing for Accessibility

Screen magnifiers make graphic text blurry, but alt attributes still render as proper text If we’re not writing scripts to suppress the right click menu, perhaps we should avoid suppressing the showing of alt text on images in IE Square brackets are often used to separate links to different document formats; when ... Read more »

Jeremy Keith — Progressive Enhancement with Hijax

Public health warning – there will be code! Taking notes on a code-heavy presentation is a difficult challenge; I strongly recommend you grab Jeremy’s presentation slides to accompany these notes.AJAX is often treated as all or nothing technology, much like plugins – either you have it, or you don’t. Ideally ... Read more »

Kevin Yank and Cameron Adams — Web APIs and Mashups, work you don’t have to do

MP3 of presentation (to come) Transcript (to come) Presentation slides Session description LiveBlog post About Cameron Adams and Kevin YankPresentation slidesSession description Adding JavaScript to your portfolio used to mean more work. Thanks to the wide range of APIs springing up from ... Read more »

Cheryl Lead and Ben Buchanan — Moving your Organization to Web Standards

Cheryl’s experience with Virgin Money I’m going to save the world by making my company go to web standards - Cheryl LeadUsed numbers to sell the idea X more applicants if we make it accessible 400,000 legally blind web users in the UK. Tesco launched Tesco Access and made 13 million pounds ... Read more »

Molly Holzschlag — The New Professionalism

Vast chasm between what consumers understand the web to be and what is required of us to build the web.Mum doesn’t need to know XML, XHTML et all to get online, post photos, have a blog. This is fantastic and needs to remain. The chasm has gotten worse since the early ... Read more »

Derek Featherstone – Accessibility 2.0, Where do we go from here?

where are we right now Checklist syndrome – Section 508, WCAG, IBM Web Accessibility. These lead to a mindset of compliance over anything else. Accessibility is not just a technical endeavour or a quality assurance process. In reality accessibility is about removing barriers; it is personal. Derek demonstrates a ‘typical’ search bar ... Read more »

Microformats — John Allsopp

How can technology make people’s lives better?John has a 10 month old daughter; he doesn’t get out much. He wants to see a movie, but what good movies are out right now?Centralized solutions - Someone owns this data, we have to trust them not to be biased. Search – 38,000,000 results ... Read more »

Dave Greiner and Ben Richardson — What We Learnt Building Campaign Monitor

Backgroundstarted IT firm ‘Switch IT’ during the first web bubble 2003-2004 approached by more customers to send bulk email Always something missing from existing applications – the seed of idea is planted Took a few hours per day for 6 months to have a go at building their dream email campaign system Designed ... Read more »

Jeremy Keith — Exploring AJAX

“what is Ajax? That is what I’m going to try and answer today”Introduces AJAX and the birth of the term. Maybe it is just a buzzword; maybe that’s not a bad thing X in AJAX adds “the X factor” – if anyone’s looking to coin the next buzzword, stick with X. ... Read more »

Introducing Web Directions North — Feb 6–10 2007 Vancouver

Dave Shea, Derek Featherstone, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp are proud to annouce Web Directions North 2007. Workshops, a two day conference featuring an amazing lineup of speakers, and two days of skiing and boarding (or just relaxing) at Blackcomb/Whistler.All the details are available right now at the ... Read more »

Wanted! Technical Editor (Web Design & Development)

Sitepoint, Melbourne based publishing company, and platinum sponsors of Web Directions South, are looking for a web design and development expert technical editor to join their team. Read on if you are interested.Technical Editor for SitepointWant to work with the team behind one of the most popular web sites in ... Read more »

It’s coming — Monday

Make Connections at Web Directions

For a good while now, Cam "the man in blue" Adams, and Tim "toolman" Lucas have been toiling away on a a killer webapp to compliment web directions, "web connections". To prove the adage "great minds think alike" only a couple of weeks ago d.Construct's, Backnetwork ... Read more »

Web Directions T shirts and T shirt slogan competition

We announced our "Web Direction's design your own web 2.0 t shirt slogan and wear it to the conference" competition a few days ago. Sadly, because a trailing slash is sometimes important (well, the absence of it is), the link in that post was broken. So one more time, here ... Read more »

Port80 event in Sydney on the eve of Web Directions

The indefatigable Miles Burke, of Bam Creative, and one of the founders of the Web industry association Port80, along with a whole tribe of sandgropers (that's folks from Western Australia for our non Australian audience) are once more heading east for Web Directions. Each year more of them ... Read more »

Got the developer skills? Then you can “name your price”

Yesterday I was having a chat with someone from a large Australian site who do all kinds of interesting work. They'd have to be close to one of the largest Australian sites in terms of traffic, and do lots of innovative stuff. We were talking about how easy, or ... Read more »

WE05 podcasts — back online

Last year the conference we were associated with, WE05, was almost fully podcast within hours of the close of play - one of the first, if not the first fully podcast conference we know of.Sadly earlier this year, the podcasts went AWOL, but as a means of ... Read more »

First ever Web Directions Tee Shirts

The last couple of years, the number one request has been for conference tee shirts. So we are excited to announce the Web Directions Tee Shirts, featuring our new logo, designed by guru and web superstar, Dave "CSS Zen Garden" Shea, available online now.... Read more »

Job Post: gnoos​.com​.au looking for a developer

Ben Barren of gnoos.com.au, recently launched aussie blog search engine, are looking for a developer. If you are keen, drop him a line.In fact, lots of people ask us for recommendations of freelance or potential in-house developers, and from what I can tell, demand far outstrips supply. So, if you are ... Read more »

Announcing the Sitepoint closing party for Web Directions

Last year, our impromptu closing night drinks at the Pumphouse Hotel Darling Harbour [1] was a great success. Tired but elated after three days of workshops and the conference, having packed up and left the venue, I walked down to the pub expecting to see a few people having ... Read more »

The Australian Office of the W3C

I think to those coming to or interested in Web Directions, the W3C, or World Wide Web Consortium, founded by Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, will be very well known. We've had great presentations by Dean Jackson from the W3C the last two years, and this year he's the coding judge ... Read more »

Welcome Crumpler as a supporter

If you've got a lot of portable digital gear, laptops, cameras, ipods, game machines, tamagotchis, then you soon realize you need really good bags for keeping it in one piece while lugging it to and from the office, on places, in cars, where ever.A couple of years back, when I ... Read more »

Emily Boyd and Stephen Cox: debrief

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

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 »

McFarlane Prize nominations close August 31

With all the other things going on round here in the lead up to Web Directions and more, the closing date for nominations for the McFarlane Prize has almost come by unnoticed. Nominations close this Thursday, August 31.If you missed the announcement, the Prize is for Excellence in ... Read more »

Dan Saffer — Designing for Interaction

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 »

So just what are these microformat thingies?

Web Directions organizer, John Allsopp, who'll also be speaking on microformats at the conference, has just published a detailed introductory article at Think Vitamin.He's also just started a blog focussed on microformats, microformatique, for news, events, ideas, articles, interviews and more from the world of microformats.John's presentation is ... Read more »

Web Directions Free Event — August 31

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

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 includingMark Bernstein of Eastgate Systems Thomas ... Read more »

Thomas Vander Wal — an IAs perspective

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 »

Molly Holzschlag on the need for quality education

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

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

Web Directions Closing Keynote: Mark Pesce - You-biquityWhen 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 »

Web Directions presents Ben Barren of gnoos​.com​.au in Melbourne August 10th

Following the tremendous success of our recent evening with Lars Rasmussen and Dean Jackson in Sydney, Web Directions is excited to announce our first ever event in Melbourne, an evening with Ben Barren of gnoos.com.au, speaking about the trials and tribulations of setting up an Internet business in ... Read more »

Early Bird Pricing finishing Tuesday July 4

A quick note to let you know that early bird pricing of $750 for the conference finishes next Tuesday July 4 at midnight (we've extended it for a few days to let you take advantage of the discount for the next financial year). But, you do have to register ... Read more »

The McFarlane Prize for Excellence in Australian Web Design

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

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

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 »

Web Directions: what’s in a name?

Quite a few people have asked about the name change for the conference. Web Directions is something of a new start, but most importantly, we wanted to capture both the continuity with WE04 and WE05, and something of a change in focus reflecting the change in the web development world ... Read more »

The wait is over

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

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 »

Privacy policy

IntroductionWeb 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 »

Contact Web Directions

For any questions at all, the very best way to contact us is via email. We pride ourselves on timely and comprehensive responses to any emails sent our way.

Terms and conditions

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").FeesAll fees become payable at the time the booking for the conference or workshops is made. If this fee remains unpaid at ... Read more »

Pricing

All prices in $AU and include GST. See below for volume pricing and payment methods.Web Directions this year comprises two days of conference, WD06 on the 28 and 29 September, and two days of workshops on 26 and 27 September - see the full program, as well ... Read more »

Venue

WD06 and the workshops will all be held at UTS Broadway Campus, in Ultimo. However we've outgrown our old venue of the Guthrie Theatre, and this year we're going to be across the road in University Hall - full details and directions for the conference and each workshop will be ... Read more »

Program

Workshops - September 26 and 27 Download this calendarWorkshop ProgramTuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pmTuesday 26th September 9.00am to 5.00pmMolly Holzschlag and Andy Clarke - Extreme Standard... Read more »

Who’s speaking?

InternationalAndy Clarke Derek Featherstone Kelly Goto Molly Holzschlag Jeremy Keith Dan Saffer Thomas Vander WalAustralianCameron Adams John Allsopp Ben Barren Ben Buchanan Dave Greiner Cheryl Lead Donna Maurer Laurel Papworth Mark Pesce Ben Richardson Gian Sampson-Wild Kevin YankAndy Clarke... Read more »

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