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Web Directions presents Ben Barren of gnoos​.com​.au in Melbourne August 10^th

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• By:John
• July 5, 2006
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Following the tremen­dous suc­cess of our recent evening with Lars Rasmussen and Dean Jackson in Sydney, Web Directions is excited to announce our first ever event in Melbourne, an evening with Ben Barren of gnoos​.com​.au, speak­ing about the tri­als and tribu­la­tions of set­ting up an Internet busi­ness in 2006 along with Web Direction’s own John Allsopp talk­ing about Microformats, one of the hottest top­ics in web development.

Ben Barren

After spend­ing over a decade work­ing in online media for groups such as ninemsn and Sensis, in early 2005 Ben Barren co-​​founded Feedcorp Pty Ltd, with the aim of bring­ing the best of Web 2.0 Downunder. Hear about Ben’s expe­ri­ence of launch­ing gnoos​.com​.au — Australia’s first local blog and media search engine — and the tri­als and tribu­la­tions of set­ting up an Internet busi­ness in 2006. The role of devel­op­ers, design­ers, and prod­uct plan­ners, will all be discussed.

John Allsopp

Software and web devel­oper, writer, speaker, and stan­dards evan­ge­list John Allsopp has been work­ing with new web devel­op­ment tech­nolo­gies since his infat­u­a­tion with CSS nearly a decade ago. During the last cou­ple of years, he’s focussed more closely on seman­tics for the world wide web, which lead him to micro­for­mats soon after their conception.

Find out what the heck these micro­for­mats things are any­way, why you should care about them, and how you can use them right now with­out break­ing any browsers, tak­ing advan­tage of all that HTML know-​​how you already have.

If you work with the web, we know you’ll be enthused, inspired, and informed by what you hear, and it’s also a great oppor­tu­nity to meet other inter­est­ing and tal­ented peo­ple who work in your industry.

We’ll be pro­vid­ing fin­ger food for the night, and there’ll be a cash bar if you feel like a drink.

You’ll also have the chance to win a ticket to the Web Directions Conference later this year in Sydney, val­ued at $850, as well as places at our exclu­sive break­fast with web guru Molly Holzschlag.

Tags wd06 gnoos​.com​.au Ben Barren John Allsopp micro­for­mats

5 responses to “Web Directions presents Ben Barren of gnoos​.com​.au in Melbourne August 10^th”:

1. • By:Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp » zombiecoder kay: best practices web development
   • July 19th, 2006

   […] Ben Barren is a funny bloke. I’ve been try­ing to read his blog but it’s tough going — you could win big in buzz­word bingo over there. Interesting though (and not for the pap­pa­razzi shots). I’m sure it would be an inter­est­ing talk. I swear that dude makes up words. John Allsopp is an awe­some speaker, as a whole bunch of peo­ple in Perth found out at Port80’s Ideas3 event. And micro­for­mats are cool. Tantek says so. And Bill Gates. So if you’re in Melbourne, you should def­i­nitely try to get along. What: Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp When: 6.00pm for 6.30pm Thursday August 10 2006 Where: Bell’s Hotel and Brewery, 157 Moray St, CNR with Coventry, South Melbourne Map:http://www.webdirections.org/2006/07/05/web-directions-presents-ben-barren-of-gnooscomau-in-melbourne-august-10^th/ Cost: Free, but please RSVP info@​webdirections.​org I won­der if there will be a podcast? […]

2. • By:TPN:: G’day World » Blog Archive » Ben Barren Live (One Night Only)
   • July 31st, 2006

   […] Ben Barren Live (One Night Only) What: Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp When: 6.00pm for 6.30pm Thursday August 10 2006 Where: Bell’s Hotel and Brewery, 157 Moray St, CNR with Coventry, South Melbourne Map: http://​www​.web​di​rec​tions​.org/​2​0​0​6​/​0​7​/​0​5​/​w​e​b​-​d​i​r​e​c​t​i​o​n​s​-​p​r​e​s​e​n​t​s​-​b​e​n​-​b​a​r​r​e​n​-​o​f​-​g​n​o​o​s​c​o​m​a​u​-​i​n​-​m​e​l​b​o​u​r​n​e​-​a​u​g​u​s​t​-​1​0​th/ Cost: Free, but please RSVP to info@​webdirections.​org […]

3. • By:philmccluskey.com codestream » Blog Archive » Web Directions Melbourne Event
   • August 6th, 2006

   […] For folks in Melbourne on the 10^th of August, Ben Barren will be speak­ing about Gnoos and “the tri­als and tribu­la­tions of set­ting up an Internet Business in 2006″  (actu­ally he’s cur­rently using a reader poll to deter­mine what he’ll be talk­ing about).  John Allsopp will also be there, talk­ing about micro­for­mats.  This fire-​​side chat is a pre­lude to the Web Directions con­fer­ence in Sydney in September. […]

4. • By:knowledge is everywhere :: scientaestubique » Blog Archive » Ben Barren, John Allsopp, a Melbourne gathering and some gnoos
   • August 15th, 2006

   […] A great turnout for the Melbourne event: Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp. There was no pod­cast, but there was plenty of pho­tos, with video yet to come. […]

5. • By:Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp « knowledge is everywhere
   • June 17th, 2007

   […] Web Directions presents Ben Barren and John Allsopp […]

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