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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome folks from round the interwebs – this article seems to be getting widely read. If you want to know a little more about what we do (run conferences for Web Professionals) take a look at our upcoming Sydney Conference. And please leave your thoughts on the issue of mobile data pricing plans in Australia. […]
Via our good friend Dan Cederholm (we’ll get him out to Australia to speak one day soon we promise!) here’s a whole section at Business Week, the venerable US business magazine, on Web Design. Aussie web super success story, Remember the Milk get a nice mention as well. Also featured are last year’s speaker Brian […]
Via Slashdot (described cruelly but amusingly as “women’s weekly for geeks” by one mart young developer I know), we find this article at CIO magazine – 9 Reasons Why Application Developers Think Their CIO Is Clueless. Having been the CIO and main developer most of the time at westciv, I can see both points of […]
BuilderAU has been a media partner, supporter since the first Web Directions conference, providing us with much appreciated publicity, and covering the conferences in no small detail – with audio, video and text based stories, interviews and more. You can find all their coverage of our past events here. While part of the CNET family, […]
Further to my little Friday afternoon rant, BuilderAU has a more detailed and thought out piece on the new Arbitrary TLD issue. Read more at BuilderAU. I still think it is a stupid idea.
Various news outlets are breathlessly reporting that ICANN (the organization responsible for managing internet domain names) will effectively allow any top level domain (TLD) (for example “.com” and “.org” are TLDs). Am I alone in wondering why anyone gives a rat’s? In fact, in thinking that this is a usability disaster waiting to happen? First […]
As noted, there are still a small number of speaker slots we are filling – hunting down the very best experts we can from around the globe on the subjects we think are of most pressing interest to you. So, we are very excited to be able to announce that Mike (TM) Smith (yes, the […]
If you are a web developer, particularly with a programming focus, and Sydney is too far for you to come, or your companies training budget doesn’t quite run to international airfares, them you could do a lot worse than check out the recently announced Ajaxian Experience, curated by the fine folks at the Ajaxian blog. […]
Nominations for this year’s McFarlane Prize, which we founded in memory of Australian web and open source pioneer Nigel McFarlane in 2006, will open on July 1, and close on August 31st of this year. The prize aims to recognise “excellence is Australian web design” – and focusses on 4 key areas of best practice. […]
A big week for browser launches – with Opera 9.5 now out of a long alpha and beta program. With great browsers on just about any device that plugs in, (in Japan you can get TVs with Opera browsers in them), Opera has been taking the web places no other browsers have for years. For […]
Firefox 3 is released today – a huge improvement in terms of performance, User Experience, and standards support over what was already in version 2 a fantastic, browser – and arguably the most important browser ever released. Without it, one wonders what the browser landscape of today, a vibrant and diverse range of desktop and […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
