Australia's biggest event for the web industry, Web Directions South 2013, launches on Monday the 17th of June: be the first to hear about it when we go live!
Watch this space: we'll be releasing a new video here every day for the next 3 weeks, featuring presentations from the interesting and talented people who've taken to the Web Directions stage this last year. Check out the full video schedule here and stay tuned.
Bring your web apps to the Blackberry platform, win cool stuff!
With the rise of native mobile apps, what place is there for web developers in the mix? Frameworks like KendoUI, jQuery Mobile, and SenchaTouch can help develop UIs that feel more “native app-like”, and technologies like phoneGap can both give us lower level APIs, and help … Read more »
What Do You Know Melbourne — wrap-up
Last week was huge for Web Directions, as we backed up from our What Do You Know Brisbane event on Wednesday and headed straight for What Do You Know Melbourne on Thursday. It’s been great to share the “web design … Read more »
What Do You Know Brisbane wrap-up
Last Wednesday night John and I headed up to the warmer climes of Brisbane for another What Do You Know night. There was a big turnout, so thanks so much to everyone who made it along.
All the presenters did a fantastic job, even in “The Bermuda Triangle of AV” which … Read more »
A Dao of Web Design at 13
Today (or yesterday, depending where you are in the world, and indeed perhaps many years ago now, if you’re reading this in the future) a little article I wrote in the then quite young “A List Apart” turned 13.
Challenging F Scott Fitzgerald’s dictum, since turning the ripe … Read more »
What Do You Know Sydney wrap-up
The Easter weekend got off to a fine start for all the Sydneysiders who made it along to What Do You Know last Thursday night.
Thanks for coming along if you were there, and if you weren’t, make sure you are following @webdirections, or receiving our newsletter, to be the first … Read more »
Geek Girl Dinner — tips and resources for aspiring presenters
How to get the opportunity to speak at an event
- don’t be afraid to put your hand up!
- research previous events and come up with something appropriate for the event
How to endear yourself to the event organiser
- be an awesome correspondent!
- read all the info you receive about your role in the event carefully … Read more »
Web Directions South 2012 — videos
Last year for the first time ever, we decided to create video of every single session of our main conference, Web Directions South. We did this in response to a theme that had consistently emerged in … Read more »
Code 2013 in Melbourne
Last year, at Web Directions, we took a bit of a risk.
Actually, every year, all the time we take risks. Sometimes they turn into something for the long term. Always we learn something.Last year’s risk was a brand new conference, focussing on programming for the web. A single track conference, … Read more »
An update to HTML5 for Creatives
A couple of months back, we published the first version of our HTML5 for Creatives, an ebook looking at what HTML5 is, and its implications for Creative Directors, and other “creatives”.
As noted, there was some irony in the fact is was a PDF. Well, prepare for more irony, as we’ve … Read more »
The proof of the pudding
Every 6 months or so, going back as far as 2006, and doubtless further, the issue of diversity in speaker line ups at web industry events raises its head. And there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Folks raise the spectre of “political correctness”, camps harden. Occasionally there’s … Read more »
Exploring the “second screen” at conferences with Web Directions Now
Over the last year or two, there’s been quite a good deal of conversation about “the second screen” or how people use mobile or tablet devices while watching television to augment that experience.
Of course, people have been using these devices (as well as laptops) for some time now at … Read more »
The Web History Timeline Project
This morning, I was honoured to take part in the first “Web Behind”, a new segment of the great Web Forward podcast, with Jen Simmons and Eric Meyer. The audio should be online soon.
During that, I announced a little project I’ve been working on, using the fantastic … Read more »
HTML5 for Creatives
By now, professional web designers and developers have got a fairly good grip of “HTML5”. Yes, we know most of what is referred to as HTML5 is not strictly HTML5 at all, indeed a good deal is not even HTML, rather CSS and the DOM. But we know what it … Read more »
The all new startup track at Web Directions South
For nearly a decade, we’ve been working here at Web Directions to help build a world-class, web focussed industry and profession here in Australia. From humble beginnings, bringing together 200 web developers, we’ve grown to one of the world’s biggest and most respected web design, development and ideas focussed events.
While … Read more »
Web Directions Code wrap up and slides
The first ever Web Directions Code really could not have been better. It was so great to bring something new to Melbourne and for it to be an out of the box success, and to meet so many interested and active developers from across … Read more »