Whitney Hess has gathered together insights from a whole bunch of influential user experience practitioners and writers to debunk a few myths about what the profession of user experience actually is. She came up with The 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design, which has some very meaty food for thought for anyone working […]
Another little distraction from the Man in Blue – the bokeh type experiment. Real real pretty. Oh, and in case you didn’t know already, bokeh is that effect you get in a photograph when you have a narrow depth of field, and some bright points of light and color in the background. Like this.
The second Sydney Ignite will be held at the Shelbourne Hotel on January 22. If you haven’t registered to attend already, get in now – it’s free! There are still a few places left, but these will go quickly. The idea of Ignite is simple – presenters stick to a rigid format of 20 slides, […]
This is a great idea – and indeed one that other disciplines in the web industry could think about. UX Book Club is a get-together in which people interested in the area of user experience come to discuss a book relevant to the discipline. Take a look at the site to see if there’s one […]
If you went to Craig Sharkie’s JavaScript Libraries Panel at Web Directions South this year, you will no doubt be familiar with this latest work of that obsessive genius, Cameron Adams. Craig charged Cameron with the responsibility of representing the hard working, non library using JavaScript coder. “Because he could”, to demonstrate the possibilities of […]
Its purpose has just changed. This blog post from Khoi Vinh got me thinking. Interesting that Khoi chose to publish the photo in black and white. Maybe he always does this to fit in with the style of his blog, but, for me it emphasises a broader point as well. A medium doesn’t just die: […]
One of our media partners, SitePoint, did a whole bunch of interviews while they were covering the event this year, all of which are now online. So, if you enjoyed what you heard from the people below while you were at the conference, be sure to check out the following for more of their thoughts. […]
Got a client who wants you to build an iPhone site? There’s a growing body of resources out there that will help you learn from the hard won experience of those who have gone before you. Check out this one from the Flickr team. And closer to home, here’s the podcast and slides from Tim […]
Thanks to a huge effort by Guy, we now have all the slides and podcasts from WDS08 available at the site, which means it is officially “a wrap”. Please spread the word about these resources: we make them available like this because we believe too much great content comes out of an event for it […]
I’ve just uploaded almost 500 photos taken by our photographer this year, Wade Millican, who might I say did a thoroughly excellent job – thanks Wade! Check them out for yourself. Even better, if you have time and inclination to tag any of them with the names of people who are in them, that would […]
Monday morning after a week like the last one can be heavy going no? If things seem just a little pedestrian as you look around the office this morning, and contemplate what you have to do this week, you do have options you know. Take a break round 11 and check out jobs.webdirections.org, and in […]
Scott and Cheryl of molt:n digital came up with a great design for the t shirts they’ll be giving away at the conference this year. Make sure you get yourself one by blogging or flickring something about Web Directions and tagging it with moltnWD. Full details at the molt:n blog. Personally, I’m loving the Gap-esque […]
99designs and Gruden have just come on board as our closing night party sponsors, which is great news in itself. But even better is the fact that you can grab yourself an ipod touch, not to mention front bar bragging rights, by whipping up a design for the drinks tickets we’ll be using on the […]
Plenty to do after hours during Web Directions South this year – rest assured, you will not be going back to your hotel room after things wrap up at the conference and workshops each day. Please let me know if you’re organising something you’d like me to publicise – happy to spread the word! Wednesday […]
Because browsers evolve so rapidly, there really is no time to sit back and feel that you already know it all if you are a front end developer. New browsers give you a lot to be excited about with new levels of support for CSS, but at the same time you’ve got to stay up […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
