Further to John’s post on Lisa’s article on A List Apart – Deafness and the User Experience – I just wanted to point out a little initiative we have started over the last couple of weeks here at Web Directions. We’ve been publishing podcasts after our events for some years now, but it wasn’t until […]
With our country yet again in the grip of that four yearly frenzy of jingoistic nationalism that is The Olympics, even I can’t help but come over all patriotic. In that spirit I encourage you all to head on over to the SXSW panel picker and give your vote to a couple of very deserving […]
Attending SXSW interactive at least once in your life is a must for any web professional, no matter how far you have to travel to get there. You’ll get to see what some of the most interesting people in the industry have been working on for the last 12 months, you’ll meet some great people, […]
Time’s running out to take advantage of early bird pricing for Perth’s long awaited web industry event: Edge of the Web, brought to you by the Australian Web Industry Association. On the 6th of November there will be a full day two track conference featuring Derek Featherstone, who’ll be delivering the opening keynote – Journeying […]
This year at Web Directions South we’re trying something new. Craig Sharkie will be using a panel type approach to explore the pros and cons, ins and outs of Javascript libraries in what will be both an entertaining and edifying session. I say “panel type approach” because I definitely don’t want anyone to be thinking […]
A while back I blogged about the launch of OpenAustralia.org, which essentially remixes Hansard to allow you to more easily track all the debates in the House of Representatives, and keep an eye on your local representative. There’s nothing at OpenAustralia that isn’t available elsewhere, however, it’s the way the information is organised here that […]
We’re looking for a Joomla expert to help us out with one of the panels in the development track at Web Directions South this year. This session, to be run by Lucas Chan, is going to showcase the strengths and weaknesses of a number of backend frameworks in a fun, maybe slightly competitive, though never […]
Yesterday I caught up with Todd Trevillion and Mark Stanton of Gruden – those of you who came to the very first Web Essentials way back when will recall that Mark gave a presentation on semantic markup – it all seems so quaint now! Sadly pre podcasting, so we can’t relive it. Anyway, they’ve got […]
Seb Chan has written a very comprehensive and intellectually generous overview of The Powerhouse Museum’s experiences in the first three months of having the images from the Tyrell Photographic Collection available in the Commons on Flickr. An interesting observation that maybe a lot of us could think about when we think about social media more […]
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.
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 […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
