Over at Technorati you’ll find about 1000 in bound links to Web Directions – so we aren’t quite Engadget, but I think that’s pretty cool. Here’s some of the posts I found with wrapups, comments, suggestions and thoughts that you might be interested in. There are plenty more out there. And of course, remember the […]
Folksonomies, mashups, data visualisation, UCD, usability, experimentation? One of the speakers from Web Directions South this year, Sebastian Chan from the Powerhouse Museum, just got in touch this morning to say his team is looking to fill a couple of developer roles. Sebastian’s presentation – Social Media and Government 2.0 – was one of the […]
Work from home, and sometimes like to mix it with folks like you? Want to bounce ideas and techniques off similar minded people? In Sydney or Perth? Then mark down October 26th as the first “freelance friday” (or in Sydney Work@Jelly) day. Check out Myles Eftos’s blog if you are in Perth, or the Nerf […]
Wig meets Web (2.0): harnessing the law to commercialise and protect your IP MP3 of presentation – to come Presentation slides – to come Session description About Scott Buchanan and Ben Maguire Session description Innovation and development in web 2.0 moves ever faster, the law as slow as always. So how can you best harness […]
Our good friends in Perth, BAM Creative, are looking for a standards based designer. So, if you are looking for a job over that way, check out their offering.
SitePoint continues their coverage of Web Directions South with a just posted interview with Adrian Holovaty. I happen to think Adrian is one of the most influential people on the web, with major involvement in Django, Mashups, GreaseMonkey, online journalism, and more. We’ll have the podcast of his presentation at the conference soon, but in […]
Making Links 2007 is one of Australiaís leading forums for workers and activists in the not-for-profit sector to share skills and information relating to website development, online campaigning, online social networking and community building, and other ICT issues. The conference is in Sydney, October 30th – 31st This year the two day conference focuses on […]
As developers, designers, architects, anyone really who designs and builds things that people rely on to get on with their lives, often think about accessibility is very theoretical terms. In the case of the built environment, it’s about complying with building codes. On the web it’s about meeting WCAG level A or double A or […]
Builder AU, the local edition of CNET Networks Australia site for developers was our online partner for the conference, and were there in force covering Web Directions. The fruit of their efforts is now coming online, including video interviews with speakers (currently there are interviews with Adrian Holovaty and Mike Cannon-Brookes), as well as interviews […]
At Web Directions Kevin Yank from SitePoint spoke with some of our speakers, and there are now a couple of these audio interviews online. First up, there’s an interview with Andy Clarke, and Cameron Adams, two of our most popular speakers (people were standing in the hallway outside the room to listen to Cam – […]
Matt Magain from SitePoint got in touch to let me know the winner of the iPod Touch in their recent “Why do you love the Web” competition . Congratulations to Teresa Ko, and I know you’ll love you iPod too – I sure do!
Just a quick note for all those who have been emailing us asking after these. As many of them as we can gather together will be posted at the site real soon now. It does take a little time to contact all the speakers and get their slides and notes from them, and to get […]
Great supporters of Web Directions, and strong proponents of standards based design, Glass Onion, are looking for a Web Designer/Developer. Web Designer Excellent written and communications skills Able to work Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash Knowledge of standards-based HTML and CSS coding Glass Onion is a Sydney based web design, development, intranet, extranet, search and email […]
SitePoint, excellent Australian based web design and development publishing company and community have an iPod touch to give away. Just head over to their site and tell them why you love the web by Friday, and you could win one of these fantastic devices (I got one last week. My wife refers to it as […]
Fans sabotaging scalpers’ auctions Pace Mark Pesce WDS07 Closing Keynote.
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
