I’m more of a latté kind of guy (well, not really), but today sees the arrival of the long anticipated Cappucino framework, from 280 North, makers of the beautiful web based presentation application (think Keynote for the Web) 280 Slides. 280 Slides particularly excited me as a web app, as it combines a lot of […]
There’s only a place or so left for this year’s Expo – so if your company might be interested in exhibiting to what is doubtless the finest audience of web professionals in the country, then let the right people in your organisation know, as there’s not much time left. All the details are available here.
For those many folks who use Campaign Monitor, the great email campaign management tool built specifically with designers in mind (we’ve used it for some years here at Web Directions!), then make sure you check out their stand at the Web Directions Expo, where they’ll be showing off sneak previews of version 2.0! And if […]
In 2004, at the first conference we ran, there was no wireless access – and I think barely a single person even mentioned it to us. In 2005, we organized wifi connectivity at UTS, which worked fine if you were on a Mac, but caused major headaches if you were using other operating systems – […]
A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of attending the closing keynote at the Local Government Web Network Conference. It was an excellent presentation by Lachlan Hardy on the possibilities created by the ideas behind the open web for local government, but the ideas in it have application way beyond this specialty area. […]
I’m sure I’ve spoken about Indi’s excellent presentation from Web Directions North earlier this year before. It was such a clear headed explanation of her Mental Models methodology for aligning your design strategy with how people actually work. You may also have read her recent Rosenfeld Media book, Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy with Human […]
I laughed out loud the moment I saw the very first iteration of Carla’s idea for the Web Directions T Shirt. It always appeals to my sense of humour to reflect on those painful moments of misunderstanding you have to go through if you are going to participate in that thing we call society. Having […]
Long time supporters, and media partners with Web Directions, the great Aussie based publishers of web and print based books articles, and much more for web designers and developers are currently running an interview with keynote speaker, Jeffrey Veen, by Josh Catone. Once again Sitepoint are showing their support for the Australian web industry with […]
It appears that the long fabled browser from Google is indeed real, and will be coming soon to a desktop near you. Soon it would seem as in tomorrow according to Google themselves. There are plenty of posts round the the intarwebs about this, including a 38 page comic book introduction to Google Chrome, by […]
Update Our first remix, by Gary Barber….the whale puts in his inevitable appearance. And here’s a cute one from Susan MacGillivray – Cloud vs Tweet This year we wanted to do something a lil different from your average conference t shirt, so the first person we thought of to come up with something that would […]
Another quick note about time running out, this time for our $100 discount, which ends Friday. If you are keen to come, and haven’t signed up, make sure you do so before Friday night! If you know someone keen to come, please let them know they can save $100 before then. We are less than […]
A final reminder that nominations for this year’s McFarlane Prize for Excellence in Australian Web Design close tonight at midnight. Nominating is as simple as filling in a two field form. As usual we are having a late rush on nominations. So, don’t miss out on the opportunity to have your work recognised.
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
