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Web Directions Code 2013: responding to your feedback

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

For some years now John and I have included working through the anonymous feedback as part of our “retro” after an event. Painful as it can sometimes be (we have feelings too, and no one likes to hear that their baby is ugly! :), there are always a number of … Read more »

Offscreen Magazine: in the house at Web Directions Code

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• February 24, 2014

Web Directions has been an Offscreen Magazine subscriber from the get-go, coveting our well thumbed collection here at the office, and, I’m not ashamed to admit, I believe we do in fact have an extra full set … Read more »

Web Directions Code – what’s that all about?

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• February 19, 2014

A few years ago, after years of making Sydney the home of Web Directions South, we decided that Melbourne really deserved a bit of love as well. Especially as over the years we had seen so many people make the trip up to Sydney, it really was only fair that … Read more »

A Responsive New Year to You All!

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• January 8, 2014

You know, I think we might be approaching a time when what we have been calling “Responsive Web Design” simply becomes “Web Design”. But this doesn’t mean we’ll all reach a point any time soon where we know everything there is to know about the subject. Just as it always … Read more »

The music of Web Directions South 2013

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• October 25, 2013

If you’re right here with us, these are the tracks you’ve been hearing in the breaks. And if you’re far far away, no reason why you can’t have a bit of fun as well. Enjoy the music of Web Directions South 2013!

Update: listen to this playlist on Mixcloud!

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A change to the Web Directions South 2013 program

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• October 14, 2013

With so many moving parts, in particular international speakers coming from all corners of the globe, there’s always the distinct possibility that not everything will work out perfectly.

So, sadly, for totally understandable reasons, one of the speakers we were really looking forward to seeing at Web Directions South, Michaelangelo … Read more »

What Do You Know Sydney – Wrap-up

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• September 16, 2013

As is tradition, we ended the September 2013 What Do You Know series with a final big Thursday night in Sydney. Hope you were able to make it along! It was a great end to another great series, and now we are well and truly rolling along to … Read more »

What Do You Know Brisbane – Wrap-up

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• September 16, 2013

For the third instalment of the September 2013 What Do You Know series we were off to Brisbane. It was another warm night The Exchange Hotel, which got off to a very amusing start with Andy Fitzsimon’s “Brilliance and BS of the UX Business”. You had to be there. … Read more »

What Do You Know Melbourne – wrap-up

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• September 11, 2013

The morning after What Do You Know Canberra, John and I and Damon were straight on a plane for the slightly cooler climes of Melbourne, where on Thursday night we had quite the line up of presentations. From memory, I think the first ever What Do You Know was in … Read more »

What Do You Know Canberra – wrap-up

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• September 10, 2013

Web Directions is right in the middle of one of our What Do You Know series, where we pack up shop and traipse around the country for a couple of weeks, putting on shows for the local web communities, this time in Canberra and Melbourne (last week), then … Read more »

Put on your asynchronous hat and node – video presentation from Marc Fasel

At its best, server-side asynchronous programming has a significant pay-off: a blazing fast and highly scalable back-end. However, it’s not for the faint-hearted.

Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

JavaScript performance patterns – video presentation from Stoyan Stefanov

This session looks at both page delivery and user interaction to highlight patterns and areas of improvement starting with proper benchmarking and profiling.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

Responding to responsive design – video presentation from Craig Sharkie

Take a look at a range of techniques and attitudes, and even an application or two, that will make simply ignoring Responsive Design harder than embracing it.

Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

20 beautiful examples of “Snowfall” style interactive storytelling

• In: Blog
• By: Maxine
• July 19, 2013

Yesterday an article on Medium, Snowfallen, caught my eye. It’s about a technique for presenting longform writing online, by embellishing it with integrated multimedia elements, gorgeous photography, infographics and so on. It’s like taking an article that might have appeared as a slab of 7500 words in The New … Read more »

What We Talk About When We Talk About The Web – video presentation from John Allsopp

Designers and developers need to learn from, and in part discard the tradition of apps. Only then will the web find its true self.

Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.

See the slides and hear the podcast »

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