Web Directions

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following an independent senator's decision to join the Greens and Opposition in blocking any legislation required to get the scheme started.

Sadly I don't think this is the last time we'll see such efforts here, or elsewhere - the price of freedom after all being eternal vigilance. " ["post_title"]=> string(57) "Australian "web censorship" scheme "effectively scuttled"" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(53) "australian-web-censorship-scheme-effectively-scuttled" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-27 07:32:35" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 21:32:35" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1648" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "1" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [1]=> object(stdClass)#115 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1646) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 11:12:09" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 01:12:09" ["post_content"]=> string(1323) "Got ideas? Love hanging out with other people who have ideas? Got nothing to do on Saturday March 28? Then get yourself along to Trampoline - a brand new event in Melbourne, which is being organised by Pat Allen, Steve Hopkins and Melina Chan.

Trampoline will be an informal day of sharing ideas...

The goal is to cover subjects that will be appealing across different disciplines. Technical or business-focused, environmental or social, new or old, complex or simple—as long as the ideas are interesting and you find them amazing, they’ll fit right in.

It's a free event, but you do need to register to attend, and it looks like places will be limited, so, get in there now.As an aside, I love the name of this event, but it will definitely always make me think of Homer." ["post_title"]=> string(48) "Announcing Trampoline - Exciting Melbourne Event" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(46) "announcing-trampoline-exciting-melbourne-event" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 11:12:09" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 01:12:09" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1646" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(stdClass)#116 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1643) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-25 13:33:54" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-25 03:33:54" ["post_content"]=> string(911) "Just found this via Seb Chan at Fresh + New(er). Nexus is a little app that takes all your Facebook connections and their connections with each other, and creates a visualisation of this.Here are my constellations.That large galaxy, as you would expect, are people I know through work, then there are a couple of other much smaller galaxies of "friends from life". But I especially love those solitary little souls out there, connected to me only, or those at the outer edges of my universe.It's a really nice visualisation of which people in your network are connected to others in your network - the best I have seen in fact." ["post_title"]=> string(34) "Lovely Facebook data visualisation" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(34) "lovely-facebook-data-visualisation" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-25 13:33:54" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-25 03:33:54" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1643" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "2" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [3]=> object(stdClass)#117 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1638) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 13:25:39" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 03:25:39" ["post_content"]=> string(2151) "Web Directions Roadshow is sponsoring the next Canberra Web Standards Group meeting, on March 18. Get along to the meeting for your chance to win a copy of

• Indi Young - Mental Models
• Andy Clarke - Transcending CSS
• Luke Wroblewski - Web Form Design
• Dan Saffer - Designing for Interaction
• Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag - The Zen of CSS Design

As well as the grand prize of a ticket to one of the Canberra Roadshow Workshops:

• Indi Young - Mental Models
• Andy Clarke - Visual Web Design Masterclass
• Lisa Herrod - Web Usability: A Holistic Approach

The meeting

When: Wednesday, 18 March 2009Time: 2.30 pm - 4.50 pmWhere: NLA Theatre, lower ground floor, National Library of Australia, Parkes Place, ParkesCost: FreePresenters: Stephen Collins on "Public engagement. Public empowerment" and Mark Schenk on "Stories: An unlikely way to find out what's really going on". " ["post_title"]=> string(54) "Canberra Web Standards Group Meeting - More free books" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(52) "canberra-web-standards-group-meeting-more-free-books" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(45) " http://roadshow09.webdirections.org/canberra" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 13:25:39" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 03:25:39" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1638" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [4]=> object(stdClass)#118 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1636) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 13:02:42" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 03:02:42" ["post_content"]=> string(1722) "If you've been thinking about coming to one of the workshops at the Web Directions Roadshow in April, now is the time to seize the day and get your registration in: John brought back a whole bunch of excellent web design and development books from Web Directions North, so we're going to be giving them away with workshop registrations until March 13 (or the books run out, whichever comes in first).The books we have are:

• Indi Young - Mental Models
• Dan Cederholm - Bulletproof Web Design - Second Edition
• Andy Clarke - Transcending CSS
• Luke Wroblewski - Web Form Design
• Dan Saffer - Designing for Interaction
• Dan Saffer - Designing Gestural Interfaces - New!
• Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag - The Zen of CSS Design

Remember, you don't need to pay straight away, but you definitely need to get that registration in as soon as possible to get your free book. Also, the books are on a first come first served basis, so, register today for maximum choice." ["post_title"]=> string(33) "The great roadshow book give away" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(33) "the-great-roadshow-book-give-away" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 13:36:52" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-24 03:36:52" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1636" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [5]=> object(stdClass)#119 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1633) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-20 11:02:36" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-20 01:02:36" ["post_content"]=> string(355) "Amid the current economic uncertainty, one little positive point is that good quality jobs are continuing to be posted at our jobs site, currently at almost one a day. So, if you are looking to employ, or pick up a full time, part time of freelance gig, head over to Jobs.Webdirections and see what's on offer." ["post_title"]=> string(39) "Web Developer Jobs - they are out there" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(37) "web-developer-jobs-they-are-out-there" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-20 11:02:36" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-20 01:02:36" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1633" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [6]=> object(stdClass)#120 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1627) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-18 11:20:38" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-18 01:20:38" ["post_content"]=> string(2231) "We're really happy - if a little overwhelmed! - with the number of suggestions, comments and votes our new Web Directions Forum has already generated in its first 24 hrs.As I said yesterday, the thing we really wanted to make happen with this was a bit of help with problem solving and brain storming, rather than lots of magic robots type suggestions, as you tend to get with surveys and appraisals :). And this is exactly what's been happening, which is great! Take a look at the conversation about coffee, and birds of a feather sessions, so see what I mean.Here's a few things I think could benefit from a bit more ongoing discussion, if you've got a few moments to weigh in.

• How attached are people to the type of conference bags we've traditionally had?
• How much demand would there be for a creche?
• Would people pay for a Birds of a Feather breakfast? How much?
• Any thoughts on how we organise the content of the conference into tracks?

And don't forget, share your ideas and you could win a ticket to the conference you help us build." ["post_title"]=> string(41) "Web Directions Forum - The First 24 Hours" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(39) "web-directions-forum-the-first-24-hours" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(122) "http://www.webdirections.org/blog/announcing-the-web-directions-south-forum/ http://www.webdirections.org/ideas-promotion/" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-18 15:04:26" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-18 05:04:26" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1627" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [7]=> object(stdClass)#121 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1625) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-17 11:01:06" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-17 01:01:06" ["post_content"]=> string(4578) "As of today, we're officially open to your suggestions about any aspect of the conference this year: please come in and take a look around at the brand new Web Directions forum.And the best part is, every month we're going to be giving away a full ticket to the conference to the person who contributes the most ideas, comments and votes - see here for details of how this works. So, while it's ok to make suggestions, comment and votes anonymously, if you create an account and login, you'll be in the running for this pretty cool prize we'll be giving away every month.

Why are we doing this?

Via post conference appraisals, as well as a pre conference survey last year, we've always been interested to hear about ideas for improvement from the people who will be most affected by them. However, while these have turned up numerous really good ideas we have implemented, the conversation has always been a little one way: we put out a call for ideas, people contribute a huge variety of thoughts on speakers and sessions as well as suggestions as to how the show could be run, we sift through the ideas and decide which ones are feasible, and act on them. Really, it's not a conversation at all, and this is why I've always felt a little frustrated by it.See, what comes up in appraisals and surveys are lots of great ideas (which is fantastic!), but very little thought about how these ideas could be executed on given the constraints under which we operate (which is the frustrating part). So, we're kind of hoping that by facilitating a bit of ongoing discussion of the ideas at the forum, ways of making the fantastic ideas work within the constraints will emerge. Really, it's just a simple iterative brain storming process. Take a look at this idea about Birds of a Feather sessions to see what I mean.

What kind of ideas do you want to hear about?

Well, as above, anything is welcome - from an idea about how we could get Tim Berners-Lee to do our opening keynote to a suggestion for what we should have for afternoon tea on the second day. There are no rules at all.

• International speakers. Within our budget we have about 8 to 10 openings here, so, obviously we put a lot of thought into the very best way to spend our money. Any info about people you've seen or heard (of) for yourself much appreciated.
• Local speakers. If you've done something interesting in the last 12 months that you think you could turn into a session that others could take something from, we most certainly want to hear from you. Shrinking violets don't get anyone anywhere, so, put your hand up! Further, if you know any friends or colleagues who you think might need a bit of a prod - dob them in!
• Networking ideas. No matter how great the content is, one of the best things that will come out of coming to Web Directions will always be the people you meet and the ongoing connections you make. What can we do to make sure this happens for as many people as possible?
• How we run the show. Sessions too long or too short? Confused by anything? Please let us know.
• Fun stuff. A conference shouldn't be a dour Stalinist affair. Any ideas that could introduce a bit of levity are most welcome.
• Beyond the conference. Web Directions really is a lot more than just "those 4 days in October". If you've got any thoughts about our web site, how we run our mailing lists, how we deal with post conference resources etc etc, they're welcome here too.

I want to be anonymous!

We've set up an incentive scheme to reward people who we know are going to give us absolutely invaluable feedback here. It kinda makes sense that you need to be logged in if you want to be in the running for this. However, at the same time we really do appreciate that there are times when really good, honest opinions are kinda hard to deliver. So, when you think we need to know "Yes, your bum looks big in this", and you don't want to deal with our tears, it's fine to anonymous :)Very much looking forward to hearing from each and every one of you.John and Maxine " ["post_title"]=> string(41) "Announcing the Web Directions South Forum" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(41) "announcing-the-web-directions-south-forum" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(91) "http://www.webdirections.org/ideas-promotion/ http://www.webdirections.org/ideas-promotion/" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-17 11:01:06" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-17 01:01:06" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1625" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "1" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [8]=> object(stdClass)#122 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1612) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-02-16 15:49:17" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-16 05:49:17" ["post_content"]=> string(564) "During Web Directions North last week, the tired old issue of tables for layout raised its head again, by way of a blog post at Ajaxian.org, referring to a recent rant about this very subject. Nicole Sullivan, who spoke at the conference last week, has posted her own rant on the subject, in the tradition of Douglas Crockford's "JavaScript doesn't suck", entitled "CSS doesn't suck"." 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Each of the workshops is already going to be a memorable day, but taking a home a copy of our beautiful collectable magazine will make it even better.If you didn't get a copy of Scroll Number 1 - which we released during Web Directions South last year, well, it's kind of a tactile experience, as these fans have tried to capture. With it, we want to create something that takes a snapshot of current thinking on all aspects of the web, preserving it in a format that is timeless and maybe even a little luxurious, in something that values the permanent record.We're going to keep you in suspense about the contents of our next issue of Scroll, but be assured that we're very excited about it already and that it will certainly aspire to take what we did with Scroll Number 1 to the next level. So, check out those workshops today and hopefully we'll see you in April.(Don't forget too - there's a loyalty discount code for previous Web Directions attendees - please get in touch if you did not receive your email about this.)" 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See for your self." 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Legend has it that after landing, but before setting off for the interior, he burnt all his ships - as proof to his men, and the indigenous south americans watching, that the conquistadores were "all in". The truth is not quite so clear cut, but this has come to stand as a metaphor for a very effective approach to going into battle (or any other venture) - burning your bridges, and making success (or epic failure) the only options.I wrote about Palm's recently announced Pre, and webOS strategy, which particularly excited us here (and many at Web Directions North, including the Ajaxian duo of Ben Galbriath and Dion Almaer), in particular, the strategy of using HTML, CSS and JavaScript as the way of developing "native" Pre and webOS apps. Palm has clearly gone all in with this strategy, having announced that the PalmOS is no more. Their ships are now burnt. I'm sure there'll be a great deal of disquiet from the many thousands of Palm developers, who over the last decade or more have built thousands of PamOS apps. Palm would seem to have decided that the best chance for success is to harness the millions of web developers out there to build applications for the Pre (and other hinted at webOS devices).No word as yet as to when we might see a release of the Pre, or pre release SDKs for webOS, but we're keeing our eye's peeled." 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Andrea Hill attended Brian's workshop when he gave it in Denver last week, and came away with these 5 salient points you need to consider when deciding between an iPhone native application and a web app optimised for the iPhone. A good taster for how Brian will be approaching what will be a very instructive day." 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following an independent senator's decision to join the Greens and Opposition in blocking any legislation required to get the scheme started.

Sadly I don't think this is the last time we'll see such efforts here, or elsewhere - the price of freedom after all being eternal vigilance. " ["post_title"]=> string(57) "Australian "web censorship" scheme "effectively scuttled"" ["post_category"]=> string(1) "0" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["ping_status"]=> string(4) "open" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(53) "australian-web-censorship-scheme-effectively-scuttled" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-02-27 07:32:35" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-02-26 21:32:35" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1648" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "1" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } ["queried_object"]=> NULL ["queried_object_id"]=> int(0) }