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Introducing #wdx
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 … Read more »
SVG and IE9
Today at MIX, Microsoft announced the first developer preview version of IE9, a far from finished, but usable look at where IE is headed. Microsoft will update this preview very couple of months or so.
There’s a great deal new, and much for us in the web design and development … Read more »
The Myths of Innovation — Remixed and Remastered
A few years back, Scott Berkun gave one of the most highly regarded presentations we have ever had at a Web Directions event. It was called the Myths of Innovation, and people still buttonhole me to say how great it was, or to bemoan the fact that their lifetime regret … Read more »
Bob Harris’s closing Keynote at Web Directions North 09
Jeopardy champion, fantastic comedian, author, inventor, television writer (credits include CSI and Bones) and much more, Bob Harris came into my life in a way unimaginable only a handful of years ago. My wife was well over due with our first child, and far from contented. She … Read more »
State of the web survey — closes today
A quick note for those web designers and developers out there who’ve not yet taken this year’s “State of the Web” survey — it closes today, so if you have a few minutes, please head along and take it.
The survey, follows up on last years and aims to … Read more »
@media early bird registration extended to March 7th
A quick note for those thinking about attending @media — we’ve (as has become something of a tradition) extended the super early bird discount of £100 off until March 7th. So, if you’d thought you’d missed out, you’ve got a few more days to register at this pretty amazing … Read more »
Boagworld Big Breakfast at @media
Web Directions is very proud to be hosting a really special and fun event on the Friday morning of @media: the Boagworld Big Breakfast. Boagworld is the longest running web design podcast with a passionate and dedicated community from all backgrounds. The show offers something for everyone from … Read more »
John Resig speaking at @media
That’s right, someone we’ve been trying for literally years to get to come and speak at one of our events, John Resig, father of JQuery, is speaking on JavaScript testing at @media in London in June.
As web applications mature, the need to test systematically and thoroughly is becoming … Read more »
AIIA 2010 iAwards
The Australian Information Industry Association, a long time industry Partner of Web Directions, has recently launched the 2010 edition of the iAwards, now in it’s 16th year, and Australia’s premier technology innovation awards program.
With 18 categories, including startups, tools, tourism, student projects, education and government, whatever solutions you … Read more »
Reflections on the first 24 hours of the Web Direction South 2010 “Tell us what you want” survey
Yesterday I launched our “Tell Us What You Want” survey for Web Directions South 2010. In essence this is a call for papers really, it’s just that we don’t like using that term as we think it makes us sound like some sort of antediluvian academic symposium, which, I’ll … Read more »