One of our very favourite Web Directions speakers, social media/network/software guru Laurel Papworth has hit the big time. No, not a gig at the 2020 Summit, but even better – an interview on morning TV. Through the magic of YouTube, see Laurel on “9am with David and Kim”.
Looks like the Jared Spool has set the cat amongst the pigeons at the IA Summit by making the claim that “UCD was an out-dated methodology that should be retired by the UX community”. Strong words. Check the full story including Jared’s complete thoughts in this blog post.
There was a whole host of genuinely excellent presentations at Web Directions North back in January. The good news for people who weren’t there is that so many of the presenters were incredibly generous with their knowledge and expertise and have allowed us to publish their slides and podcasts. Check them out yourself if you […]
You might have noticed we’ve got an optional extra breakfast included in the program at out up coming Canberra event, Web Directions Government. If you work in government, and you have any interest at all in the exciting Government 2.0 things they have been doing “across the ditch” in New Zealand, get along to this […]
A quick note for anyone interested in coming to Web Directions Government or User Experience. Save $100 by registering before midnight tonight.
Looking to while away a nice 20 minute block on this Thursday afternoon? Prove to yourself just how clever you really are with The Rather Difficult Font Game. And if that’s not enough, and you’d prefer to stray way off topic and not even kid yourself that this is in any way work related: The […]
Just a couple of days to go now to take advantage of our early bird pricing of $100 off Web Directions Government and User Experience. So, to get to either of these conferences for just $495 (including GST), fully catered, with wonderful speakers like Andy Budd, Robert Hoekman Jr and Jose Alonso, make sure you […]
Next week on the Wednesday the 23rd I have the pleasure and honour of speaking at the Melbourne Web Standards Group, along with Gerry Gaffney. Gerry will be speaking on How users really search, while I’ll be presenting a variation on the session I did with Dave Shea at Web Directions North “The web beyond […]
and cure cancer… Despite newspaper sub-editors love hyperbole (hey you are reading this aren’t you) sometimes the sensationally headlined articles are worth reading. In last year’s closing keynote presentation, the inspiring Mark Pesce mentioned the adoption of mobile phones in the fishing markets of Kerala in southern India, and how these have greatly improved the […]
Need to bump up your karma points before the excesses of the weekend? Do something for someone else today and you could remain guilt free for the whole weekend. The guys over at Adobe’s Sydney office have set up MillionEyesofSite as part of a team building program. Between 4.30pm on April 10th and 12pm April […]
We’ve just gone live with a whole bunch of resource pages from Web Directions North 2008. For reasons too elaborate to bore you with here I decided to date stamp these back in February, so they might not be showing up in your reader. Here’s those we have published so far – all have an […]
It is hard to push through funding approvals to get to something like Web Directions. There’s been a bit of clamour about there simply not being enough time before early bird pricing ended, so we’ve decided to extend the cutoff date until next Thursday April 17 at midnight. So now you have until then to […]
Thanks so much to the 85 people who took the time to share with us your thoughts on content for Web Directions South 2008. There are lots and lots of interesting new ideas in there – check out the spreadsheet here. In particular it was great to hear about a whole host of interesting Australian […]
My first response is that I like the way Flickr are doing this. In a move which is lightweight, simple, restrained and humble, pro users can now upload video clips up to 90 seconds long. I like it because I think it’s going to foster something different to most of what happens on Youtube these […]
More genuine awesomeness. Our very own Powerhouse Museum, just today, has become the first museum to join The Commons on Flickr. They will be uploading photos from The Tyrell Collection, a series of glassplate negatives from around the turn of the century, to their Flickr stream. Sections of this collection have been available at the […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
