On the day after Web Directions South this year, Saturday September 29, there’s going to be a very special event which is free open to anyone who wants to participate – but you do need to register Hatch Day is a day of web creativity and idea sharing that falls somewhere between Barcamp and hard […]
A quick reminder that the McFarlane Prize nominations close at the end of the month. The Prize is open to any Australian web design and development teams or individuals. The only other requirement is that the site must have been launched or sigificantly updated between August 1 2006 and July 31 2007. There is no […]
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 that on hold for now. However, there will be […]
BuilderAU is the Australian edition of C|Net’s builder site, a rich source of developer news, information, training and resources, for the web, and a wide variety of technologies. Builder.au has a strong commitment to local content, industry news, video interviews and more, and we are really proud that they are working with Web Directions to […]
We are really excited to announce our final keynote speaker for Web Directions South 2007 – Chris Wilson. Chris, currently the co-chair of the W3C’s HTML working group, and Platform Architect of the Internet Explorer browser has a long and extraordinary career with the web. He was a developer of Mosaic, the browser which really […]
Are you a full time student? Do you know any full time students? If you are, or if you do, then hopefully you’ll be interested in our student discounts for Web Directions and for the W3C’s Special interest group day, running in conjunction with our workshops. Places at the SIG day, featuring international and local […]
What began as a labour of love about 4 years ago, has clearly grown into a significant event in the web industry, both locally, and indeed right round the world, thanks in very large part to you, the people who have supported us by coming along to the conferences and events we run. Each year […]
They’ve been filling fast, but there are still places available at the first Sydney Web Trivia Night on August 9. Brought to you by News Digital Media and Web Directions, come along to this free night of trivia where you’ll definitely be in with a chance, as all the questions will focus on web, tech […]
And yet another new speaker announced today. Scott Berkun will now be presenting the opening keynote on the morning of the second day of the conference this year. Scott comes from a project management background, working for Microsoft from 1994 to 2003. Since then he’s started his own consulting practice, and focussed on writing, speaking […]
Know who invented the Internet? Any ideas what WWW stands for? Clued up on who the first blogger was? If so, keep August 9th free, as News Digital Media and Web Directions are hosting a night of networking for fun and profit on August 9 at the Vault Hotel in Sydney. Compete with your peers […]
A while back I was browsing George Oates’ blog when I came across a reference to a pioneering project happening right here in Australia at the Powerhouse Museum, where, to put it briefly, the collection has been opened to public contribution through tagging. The project, which has been widely recognised and applauded, is being run […]
Last year’s conference closed with what may just become something of a tradition, a keynote from Mark Pesce. Mark is one of the things the web seems to foster so well, a genuine polymath, whose “blog” hyperpeople (I hesitate to call it that because its really a collection of sophisticated essays, but don’t let that […]
We’re very pleased to announce an addition to our already full program for Web Directions South 2007 – Andrew Downie and Grant Focas from the DET’s Centre for Learning Innovation will now be presenting a session on coding, and in particular the use of Javascript, for accessibility, in our development track. Andrew provides adaptive technology […]
The finalists for the third WA Web Awards have just been announced. Last year, I was honoured to be asked to be one of the Judges, while this year, Maxine is one of the judges. We recently discussed just how high a standard across the board the entrants typically are (we’ve each judged plenty of […]
Organisations large and small are beginning to realise that writing for the Web is a specific challenge. Vision Australia is running a writing for the Web workshop in Perth toward the end of August, as well as a We Accessibility workshop. We’ve had VA speakers at Web Directions before (and this year Sofia Celic is […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
