For some years now John and I have included working through the anonymous feedback as part of our “retro” after an event. Painful as it can sometimes be (we have feelings too, and no one likes to hear that their baby is ugly! :), there are always a number of themes that emerge that help […]
Web Directions has been an Offscreen Magazine subscriber from the get-go, coveting our well thumbed collection here at the office, and, I’m not ashamed to admit, I believe we do in fact have an extra full set that has not even had the plastic removed :) Offscreen Magazine is such an inspirational project, and in […]
A few years ago, after years of making Sydney the home of Web Directions South, we decided that Melbourne really deserved a bit of love as well. Especially as over the years we had seen so many people make the trip up to Sydney, it really was only fair that Melbourne should get its own […]
You know, I think we might be approaching a time when what we have been calling “Responsive Web Design” simply becomes “Web Design”. But this doesn’t mean we’ll all reach a point any time soon where we know everything there is to know about the subject. Just as it always has been with web design, […]
If you’re right here with us, these are the tracks you’ve been hearing in the breaks. And if you’re far far away, no reason why you can’t have a bit of fun as well. Enjoy the music of Web Directions South 2013! Update: listen to this playlist on Mixcloud! Prana – The Soft Hanging Gardens […]
With so many moving parts, in particular international speakers coming from all corners of the globe, there’s always the distinct possibility that not everything will work out perfectly. So, sadly, for totally understandable reasons, one of the speakers we were really looking forward to seeing at Web Directions South, Michaelangelo D’Agostino, who was a data […]
As is tradition, we ended the September 2013 What Do You Know series with a final big Thursday night in Sydney. Hope you were able to make it along! It was a great end to another great series, and now we are well and truly rolling along to Web Directions South 2013! The evening started […]
For the third instalment of the September 2013 What Do You Know series we were off to Brisbane. It was another warm night The Exchange Hotel, which got off to a very amusing start with Andy Fitzsimon‘s “Brilliance and BS of the UX Business”. You had to be there. Except maybe if you are a […]
The morning after What Do You Know Canberra, John and I and Damon were straight on a plane for the slightly cooler climes of Melbourne, where on Thursday night we had quite the line up of presentations. From memory, I think the first ever What Do You Know was in fact in Melbourne, around two […]
Web Directions is right in the middle of one of our What Do You Know series, where we pack up shop and traipse around the country for a couple of weeks, putting on shows for the local web communities, this time in Canberra and Melbourne (last week), then Brisbane and Sydney (later this week). Will […]
At its best, server-side asynchronous programming has a significant pay-off: a blazing fast and highly scalable back-end. However, it’s not for the faint-hearted. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.
This session looks at both page delivery and user interaction to highlight patterns and areas of improvement starting with proper benchmarking and profiling.
Take a look at a range of techniques and attitudes, and even an application or two, that will make simply ignoring Responsive Design harder than embracing it. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.
Yesterday an article on Medium, Snowfallen, caught my eye. It’s about a technique for presenting longform writing online, by embellishing it with integrated multimedia elements, gorgeous photography, infographics and so on. It’s like taking an article that might have appeared as a slab of 7500 words in The New Yorker, and giving it the kind […]
Designers and developers need to learn from, and in part discard the tradition of apps. Only then will the web find its true self. Like what you see? Want a piece of the action next time around? Then get along to Web Directions South in Sydney October 24 and 25 2013.
[Web Directions] is a delicious mix of things educational, social and mind-blowing. It’s time out from the hurly-burly to step back, get some perspective, and develop new ways forward, fortified with a whole lot of new stuff in your head.
Chris Stephens Technology Director, Mozo
