What do you know? That’s the question we posed 20 Australian designers, developers, UX folks and others for our first ever “What do you know” events in Sydney and Melbroune. The format was simple – each of the speakers had 5 minutes to tell the audience something they know – think of it as super-concentrated […]
The finalists for the third WA Web Awards have just been announced. Last year, I was honoured to be asked to be one of the Judges, while this year, Maxine is one of the judges. We recently discussed just how high a standard across the board the entrants typically are (we’ve each judged plenty of […]
Organisations large and small are beginning to realise that writing for the Web is a specific challenge. Vision Australia is running a writing for the Web workshop in Perth toward the end of August, as well as a We Accessibility workshop. We’ve had VA speakers at Web Directions before (and this year Sofia Celic is […]
Over the coming few weeks there’s a tonne of stuff happening of interest to Australian web professionals. If you’ve got an event, or know of one I’ve missed, do let us know. First up, Microsoft is running a local version of their MIX conference, ReMIX which has strong web focus. See what Microsoft are doing […]
OK people, the wait is over. Come on in, have a look around, and check out the program and speakers we’ve lined up for Web Directions South 2007. With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South will focus on the key technology […]
The following posts will be in raw note form for now so as to allow me to keep up with the presentations while getting as much online as possible. When I get some more this evening I will come back and expand upon the points. Caution: falling character debris… [tags] wdo6, raw notes[/tags]
The indefatigable Miles Burke, of Bam Creative, and one of the founders of the Web industry association Port80, along with a whole tribe of sandgropers (that’s folks from Western Australia for our non Australian audience) are once more heading east for Web Directions. Each year more of them come, and each year they seem to […]
I’ve been admiring the Web Directions events for years, and was honored to be part… What a fantastic event!
Ethan Marcotte Inventor of 'Responsive Web Design'
