After last week’s (very popular) post here about mobile data pricing plans in Australia, it’s encouraging to read The Sydney Morning Herald reporting that the ACCC – the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission – has been prompted to “investigate whether carriers are misleading consumers into a trap of high excess usage fees” for data plans. […]
Via Small Surfaces, Web Directions South speaker Gabriel White’s website focussing on designing for mobile technology (well worth a place in your RSS feeds) is a story in today’s New York Times on how well web sites often work on small screens. Yes, it specifically focusses on the iPhone, but there’s lessons there for far […]
As did many others, I greeted the arrival of version 2.0 of the iPhone operating system no little enthusiasm. To be fair, in the world of endless betas that is the web these days, as a version 1 the iPhone OS was pretty amazing. But what would Apple do with Safari? What aspects of CSS3 […]
Web Directions South 2008, Sydney Convention Centre, September 25 9.10am
Lynne will set the tone of the conference this year with insights into the future of media drawn from her wealth of experience in business, media and online communities as Senior Editor at Fast Company.
Registrations for the conference have been going really well – thanks so much to all you who have signed up already. For those who still need a little incentive, our early bird which was to finish tonight at midnight, will now finish Wednesday night at midnight. So, if you need to convince our boss, or […]
Yes, it’s hard to believe, but there are mobile web devices other than the iPhone out there, and other browsers than Safari. A real leader in this area for many years has been Opera, and a new beta of opera 9.5 for Windows Mobile is now out. Tech supersite Ars Technica has a detailed review […]
Via Joi Ito. The new single from Radiohead’s In Rainbows has a trés cool music video. No cameras or lighting were used in the creation of this work, but it’s not just another yawn-worthy CGI affair or animation. Two (admittedly somewhat expensive sounding) technologies – Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR – were used to capture […]
Craig Thomler seems to be gaining some traction with his eGov AU blog, but if you work in government and you haven’t heard of it yet, then check it out and subscribe. Excellent daily postings on news, projects and so on related to eGovernment with an Australian focus. This site should become a genuine hub […]
We couldn’t let this year go by without doing a session on the perils and joys of developing for the iPhone, but we wanted to wait and see what secret projects might crop up in the aftermath of the release of the 3G phone in Australia. Plenty of people have been beavering away on all […]
One competition ends, another begins. Echoing the “Design a Snowboard” competition we have run for the last couple of years for Web Directions North, this year our partners at Digital Web are hosting Desgn a Surfboard and win a ticket to Web Directions South. There’s also some cool runner up prizes courtesy of Wacom. Full […]
Yesterday, I got to make someone’s Monday: and that person was Matthew Patton, who came to Web Directions last year and liked it so much he made sure he got his registration in pretty quick smart this year. Congratulations Matthew! Now I get to play Santa and go out there and buy one of the […]
At Web Directions, while we don’t want to be jingoistic, we definitely like to recognise Australian success stories. It’s too easy to think all the good stuff happens “over there”. To that end, it’s great to work with local industry media like Desktop Magazine. Now 20 years old (or should that be young, it’s a […]
Nominations are now open for the McFarlane Prize for Excellence in Australian Web Design for 2008. Now in its third year, the prize recognizes and encourages excellence in web design by Australian web professionals. We’re really proud of having created and nurtured the prize – it’s been extremely rewarding over the years to hear feedback […]
One of the recognised challenges in educating new web designers and developers is putting together a good curriculum. This is something many folks have talked about over the last several years, but now Opera, spearheaded by Chris Mills (formerly an editor at Friends of Ed, publishers of many fine web technology books, including mine it […]
Our friends over at Aussie success story Atlassian are looking for a UI developer. By all accounts it’s a great place to work, and definitely a company on the rise. So, if you are looking for a UI developer job, take a look, and if you think this position suits you, send an email to […]
I had an absolute blast, learnt so much, and met so many great people
Carmen Chung Software engineer, Valiant Finance
