It’s that time of the year again when John and I start writing ideas and names on post it notes, shuffling them around, and coming up with the program that will be Web Directions South, this October 18 and 19. The only thing that scares us is that 2011 was just so good, we really […]
The 8th of March is International Women’s Day. In honour of the occasion I decided to create a listing of all the presentations by people who happen to be women that we’ve had at Web Directions conferences over the years. Many hours later I had come up with the list below. I invite you to […]
We did a quick survey of Web Directions conference attendees reactions, observations, opinions, rants and praises on the latest tech tools: HTML 5 and iPad … so is it Hot or Not? Check out how your peers rate them!
Following on from last week’s James Bridle interview, this week we continue the books theme as Danielle interviews Craig Mod. Craig is a writer, designer, publisher and developer concerned with the future of publishing & storytelling. He is co-author, designer and publisher of Art Space Tokyo, and is currently living in San Francisco, working for […]
Over the next couple of weeks we shall tackle the hot issue of e-book and e-publishing. We begin with interviewing Web Directions South 2010 British speaker James Bridle, following it up next week with San Franciso based Craig Mod’s slightly different take on this very intriguing topic… Title: E-Books By: James Bridle Fave Quote: ‘Book […]
Last year at Web Directions South Danielle Szetho had a great time interviewing a bunch of our speakers. Today, thanks to the people at Hunting with Pixels, we’re going to start publishing the videos of these interviews. Appropriately enough, our first interview will be with our Opening Keynoter from the whole event, Obama Campaign Design […]
Joe Clark, who did us the honour of speaking at the very first conference we ever produced, Web Essentials (way back in 2004), got in touch the other month with a project he’s hoping to get a bit of help for. It’s definitely not your run-of-the-mill affair, but it’s something we don’t get to do […]
Web Directions is moving! Admittedly, we’re keeping it tight and only shifting about 500m from where I am sitting right now. But it’s going to be super exciting for us as we are taking over such a beautiful space, which you may already know as the old Agency Rainford office, created by Tim Lucas and […]
It’s a little over a week to go until Web Directions South for this year, and if you’re not quite sure whether you can make it or not, our most recent speaker announcements might just tip you over. In addition to our already stellar lineup of keynote speakers, we have the privilege of having Tim […]
Nominations for the McFarlane Prize for excellence in Australian web design have just opened. So, if you’re responsible for a web site launched or significantly updated since September 20 2009 which you think deserves recognition for its adherence to web standards and accessibility, as well as its great usability and visual design, now is the […]
Want to work with some of the best developers in Australia? Looking to develop world-class websites using the latest web technologies? Keen to be part of an organisation that is a great supporter of the Aussie web industry? SitePoint are in need of a talented PHP developer – check out their job description at our […]
Thanks to a lot of hard work from Guy Leech, a whole bunch of the podcasts and slides from Web Directions @media are now online. It’s always great to give back by making these available, and we’d like to particularly thank our speakers for their generosity. Help us make it all worthwhile by spreading the […]
After any conference we always do our best to share the love by creating a podcast and resource page for each presentation from the event. Apologies that it has taken a bit of time to get these out there this time – we’ve had the small matter of two more event sites to launch in […]
At Web Directions South last year we announced that we would be commemorating the 2009 McFarlane Prize by producing a beautiful high quality hard cover book containing all 48 of the shortlisted entires. Thanks to a lot of hard work by the good people at Blurb, this book is now available for purchase. I’ve got […]
There have been words out and about regarding the name of our London event for this year, Web Directions @media. To explain a little where that name has come from, the conference this time around is a hybrid as we take over the reins of the highly regarded London event, @media, as run by Vivabit […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
