The devastating fires, and the continuing, unfolding tragedy in Victoria have surely left no one who has heard of these recent events untouched. At moments like these, our instincts are inevitably to do something, anything to help those suffering. There are many options, for donating blood, money, clothes, toys and more, outlined here at the […]
Way back in 2006, when he’d just published what was to go on to become his very successful book, Designing for Interaction, Dan Saffer came out to Sydney for Web Directions South 06 and presented a much loved workshop of the same name. Since then Dan has moved more and more into touch screens and […]
Via AniktoBlog: Accessible Twitter works just like Twitter with a few interface tweaks. Upon visiting the site, the first thing one notices is the large default text size and the high color contrast. The layout is simplified and consistent, with keyboard-accessible links and clean markup. I tested the application with JAWS and a screen-reader emulator, […]
This interview with the staff of COSI – a Science Museum in Columbus Ohio – has some solid insights into the institutional realities of experimenting in social media. The project seems to be another example of a theme I have seen a bit of recently: we’ve spent about a decade seeing the web as a […]
This April Web Directions is going to be throwing all the gear in the back of the ute and hitting the road for a whistlestop tour of Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney with a workshop lineup of the best thinkers and educators in the game: the Web Directions 2009 Roadshow. Andy Clarke – Visual Web Design […]
A few weeks back, we published the results of our first State of the Web survey, and over 1200 web designers, developers, and others in the web industry responded, giving some valuable, and unique insights into the technologies, philosophies and practices of today’s web professionals. Following on from this, next week at Web Directions North, […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
