The State Library of Victoria, well known for their innovative use of the web are looking for a senior web application developer. If that sounds like something you might be interested in, you can find more information at their web site.
Just over a week to go now until Web Directions UX - workshops start tomorrow week, while the conference itself is Friday week. Turnout so far has been fantastic, so thanks to all who've signed up so far, and if you don't want to miss out, you've got just ...
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Web Directions, along with the Melbourne Web Standards Group, and proudly supported by the W3C Australia office are presenting a great free event in Melbourne on May 15th - the night before Web Directions User Experience.
The event features two wonderful speakers from the W3C - Joe Manuel Alonso, the head ...
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And this time feeling doesn't even have to cost you a cent. All you have to do over at Mission Australia's House the Homeless site is click a link. Every time someone does this Realesate.com.au donates $1.00 to the cause.
Now if Medecins Sans Frontiers can start doing this, and ...
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The NSW government's ambitious free wifi plan for major CBD areas in the state has just been cancelled.
The overseas experience is that large-scale WiFi projects have proved ineffective in meeting the needs of local businesses and the community," Mr Roozendaal [Minister for Infrastructure] said.
Most schemes sponsored by overseas governments ...
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I'm a little late on this for Australia, but in many parts of the world it is still April 30, so, Happy Fifteenth Birthday Web!
If you were a human you would be in the smack in the middle of the very worst part of your spotty, rebellious, confused teenagerhood.
And no ...
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Sadly this event has only just crossed our radars, but if you are in Sydney, and have an interest in news media, the Future of Journalism conference today looks well worth attending.
If you are going, please send your reports of the day!
I like this as I do feel it is one step closer to one of the three things that I consider to be the worst three (marketing) scourges on the planet: telemarketing. We all pay (handsomely, thank you Telstra) for the privilege of having a landline. I do not have ...
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I hope everyone who really really wanted to get along to learn about practical usability testing with Clearleft's Andy Budd next month in Melbourne has managed to get a ticket, because the news is that this workshop, very popular from the start, has now completely sold out.
All of which ...
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Via Flowing Data, a fantastic site which explores data visualisation, is this beautiful map of the United States, developed by just one person, Ben Fry.
Only, there's a catch.
This map has no topograhical features. It has no geopolitical features. You can see ...
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