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Barbara Bermes – A publisher’s guide to 3rd party scripts

Performance and availability of 3rd party scripts doesn’t have to be a worry.

And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

Mark Dalgleish – this: Taking JavaScript out of Context

The ‘this’ keyword is one of the most perplexing aspects of JavaScript, but understanding function context needn’t be so intimidating.

And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

Rob Manson – The Augmented Web is Now a Reality

Web standards, browsers, devices and JavaScript libraries have matured enough to set AR free, making it possible to create AR that runs using “nothing but a web browser”.

And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

Ben Schwarz – CSS Variables

A head-first dive into the past, present and future of all things variable in CSS.

And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.

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Fiona Chan – The Declarative Power of CSS Selectors

The power of selectors is still a vastly under-utilised aspect of CSS after all this time.

And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

Ryan Seddon – Web Components, The Future of Web Development

Get up to speed with Web Components and see how you can start using them today.

And if this floats your boat, you need to get along to the Engineering Track at Web Directions 2014.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

You Can Do What With Math Now? – Video Presentation by Raquel Vélez

How to do awesome things with math on the web AND in the real world. Fun with robots!

Want more of this kind of fun? Get yourself along to Web Directions 2014.

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What Do You Know Sydney – The Season Finale!

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• April 7, 2014

Was great to wrap up another What Do You Know roadshow last Thursday night in our home town of Sydney, with what turned out to be an incredibly diverse and entertaining collection of presentations, covering off everything web from knitting to Brunch.io. Let’s see what it was all about! And … Read more »

What Do You Know Melbourne, April 2014 – Wrap-up

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• April 4, 2014

There’s something about the Melbourne What Do You Know that “just works”. I think it’s maybe something about the venue, which has a slick AV setup, and is perfect for a reasonable sized crowd to be able to be there and see the presentations, while still feeling like a pub … Read more »

The music of What Do You Know – April 2014

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• April 4, 2014

We’ve just wrapped up another series of our What Do You Know nights, this time taking the show to Brisbane, Melbourne and … Read more »

What Do You Know Brisbane – Wrap-up

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• March 31, 2014

Thanks so much to everyone who braved the elements and came along to the biggest Brisbane What Do You Know so far! Last Thursday was a great night with eleven lightning presentations on anything and everything web, from Sproute to narcissism, and now we are well and truly pumped for … Read more »

Facebook acquires Oculus Rift – The Tweets

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• March 26, 2014

If you work in tech the news of the day isn’t the reintroduction of dames and knights here in Australia, though that is certainly good for a quick giggle. No, words on everyone’s lips this morning have been “Oculus Rift” and “Facebook” and “end of the world as we know … Read more »

Can this web we love be sustainable too?

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• March 18, 2014

It was lovely to receive an email from an old “friend of Web Directions” the other day, Donal O Duibhir. If you’ve been to our events you may remember Donal as that guy who was absolutely passionate about networks of all kinds, and in particular about the wifi network … Read more »

Does the web need a bill of rights?

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• March 12, 2014

Sir Tim Berners-Lee says yes, we do, if we are going to protect and enshrine the independence of the medium he created. He spoke of his concerns in a recent Guardian interview:

Unless … Read more »

The Road to a Code of Conduct

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• March 6, 2014

After months of hand wringing, today Web Directions cut the Gordian knot and published a code of conduct for our events. You can check it out here.

Seems like a good idea, you say, why all the hand wringing?

Well, it’s a … Read more »

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