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Archive for May, 2008

When all else fails, blame the user

john I took this photo late last year. I can't recall exactly which CD it was, or whether it was software or music. I have a feeling it might have been a game for the Wii? You can tell pretty clearly that the design doesn't work. So, how ...
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Poor form

john Today I've had need not once but twice to use complex form based interfaces from two enormous multinational companies. Each was a spectacularly frustrating experience, and goes to show just how far we are from designing decent web experiences much of the time. In order to salvage at least some ...
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Cubescape - Cameron Adam’s latest masterpiece

john Cameron Adams, known worldwide as "the man in blue", has done it again. His latest masterpiece is cubescape, a javascript tour de force, showing just how rich and interactive javascript based applications can be. It's also fun to play with. So go and marvel at what you can do ...
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Free Event in melbourne this Thursday - a reminder

john Just a reminder of the free event this Thursday in Melbourne, brought to you by Web directions,the Web Standards Group and the W3C Australia Office - featuring Jose Alonso (lead of the W3C's eGovernment initiative) and Richard Ishida, the W3C's internationalization guru - and it's free. Not only that, but ...
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Web Directions UX and Government fast approaching

john Web Directions User Experience, and Government are now fast approaching - UX kicking off Thursday with workshops by Cameron Adams, and Andy Budd, followed by the conference Friday, and then Government Monday, and workshops Tuesday - so a busy week coming up. Some places still available for the conferences, and workshops, ...
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Upload your city

john Here at Web Directions we are big fans of DJ Shadow, one of the world's great DJ/Producers. Quite by accident the other day I came across a project he's doing with Nokia (incidentally this seems like a way better way of spending one's marketing budget than putting ...
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Interesting (South) Night coming up

john Via Stephen Collins I've just come across a fantastic looking great value evening in Sydney on Monday night (May 12th). Billed as "an evening of interestingness", Interesting South is an eclectic assortment of fascinating speakers, covering all manner of stuff - Bus Network design, consciousness in animals, industrial innovation, ...
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Job: Webapp developer for Museum Victoria

john 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 to WDUX and WDGov

john 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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Free Web Directions event Melbourne May 15th

john 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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It’s Feel Good on Friday time again

maxine 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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NSW Government free wifi plan killed off

john 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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