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News from January 2008

Memories and articles from back in the day

Web Directions Merchandise

Can’t make it to Web Directions North? Heading there, but want to take a little reminder with you? We’ll, now you can get a range of clothing, mugs, mousepads and other gear featuring either the fantastic Happy Webbies bag design for WDN08, or Dave Shea’s fantastic Web Direction … Read more »

Mark Pesce on Stephen Conroy’s proposed Australian net censorship

We were pretty disappointed over these parts to see that an early initiative of the new Australian Labor government was a continuation of the anti-​​technology, muddle headed thinking of the little lamented former Liberal government. The proposed legislation would require ISPs to block a black list of sites prepared by … Read more »

Scott Berkun Podcast and slides now available

The Myths of Innovation, presented by Scott Berkun was one of the most intriguing and challenging presentations of Web Directions South 2007. It’s just a shame a few people missed it as it was on first thing on the Friday morning.

The good news is that the MP3 Scott’s thought provoking … Read more »

Who does these things?

Is it just me, or is there anyone else out there utterly gobsmacked by the fact that in 2008 one can go to the site for one of the country’s leading cultural events only to be blasted by blaring objectionable music that can’t even be turned off properly, at … Read more »