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 600 web folks in […]
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 conferences, they are closer than […]
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 to our shores, but they are also […]
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 and inspiration with one of the […]
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 systems, but one particularly worrying […]
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 prize. There still are places […]
All you Sydney web folks, keen to catch up with peers in a relaxed setting? Well, Friday the 21st of September sees the first Geeks on the Grass. One of the reasons we started doing the conferences in the first place is that having started to meet fellow designers and developers, in person as opposed […]
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, two of these little […]
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). Many others love their stylish […]
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 speaking all over the place, and […]
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 all kinds of resources for […]
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 peers in our industry. One […]
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 now. However, the really really […]
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 global reputation for innovation […]
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 go on the official Mikon […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
