Web Directions

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Hype and tall tales dominate our knowledge of innovation history, and without awareness of the truth, we are set up to fail as creators, progressives, engineers and designers in our own time. This fun, fast paced, provocative keynote, based on a fresh take from the bestselling book The Myths of Innovation, will dissect the deepest mythologies and the latest misguided hype laden marketing propaganda, revealing the truths about good ideas and progress that anyone can use in their own work.

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I would also like to see more forward-thinking, futuristic talks. I always look forward most to the keynotes, as they help inspire me to push the field forward, rather than being mired in the minutiae of current day techniques and implementation (which I find relatively useless at a conference given that it's far more effective to read about it online).

beside things like:

Speakers covering the web from a 'real' position - there's lots of aspirational and ideal world talk at conferences, the best things I find to take away are those which are attainable, achieveable goals not just shooting for the stars. As always, it's about finding the right mixture.

or this

I would be interested in learning the best practices for freelancers and small shops that help them stay organized, focused, and productive.

beside things like:

I've also felt that the last conference was more targeted towards freelancers and less to those 'professional' developers/ designers who have a lot of internal politics to get through.

it's always amusing and disheartening in equal measure. Ultimately we do the numbers on comments like this and disregard things which seem to be in the minority, or strike compromises when there really does seem to be a collection of polarised opinions on a topic. But it does always give you pause as we're sorry to displease anyone really.Anyone got any thoughts on what's really going on when you get comments like that?" ["post_title"]=> string(96) "Reflections on the first 24 hours of the Web Direction South 2010 "Tell us what you want" survey" ["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(94) "reflections-on-the-first-24-hours-of-the-web-direction-south-2010-tell-us-what-you-want-survey" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2010-02-09 12:04:44" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2010-02-09 02:04:44" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=2372" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "6" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [2]=> object(stdClass)#118 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(2275) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-10-23 10:30:54" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-10-23 00:30:54" ["post_content"]=> string(4593) "Thanks to the tireless efforts of Guy in preparing all the pages and producing all the podcasts, we now have a whole raft of the presentations from WDS09 now available online, so, if you're looking to catch something you missed because you you went to another track, or you couldn't make it to Web Directions at all this year, check the listing below.Many of the speakers have even gone to the trouble of synching the audio with the slides, so it really is a lot like being there on the day: enjoy!There's some great content here - we'd love it if you could help us spread the word about these resources in particular to people who couldn't be there on the day, by blogging about them twittering, or just emailing the link around to all your colleagues.

Keynotes

• Matt Webb - Escalante (podcast only, slides to come)
• Cameron Adams - Making Waves
• Kelly Goto - WorkFLOW

Design track

• Pete Ottery - Designing for Suits
• Donna Spencer - Information Seeking Behaviours
• Christian Crumlish - Designing Social Interfaces
• Jeremy Yuille - The Social Life of Visualisation
• Grant Robinson - Visualising the User Experience
• Luke Stevens - Data Driven Design

Development track

• Ben Galbraith - The State of Developer Tools
• Elliot Jay Stocks - Progressive Enhancement
• Mark Stanton - Best Practices for Speeding up Your Site
• Rob Mitchell & Mike Williams – Test your JavaScript

Business track

• Lachlan Hardy - The Open Web
• Cheryl Gledhill and Scott Gledhill - Beyond SEO
• Suze Ingram - Would You Like Service Design With That?
• Andrew Fisher - Cloud Computing

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• Donna Spencer - Designing for Different Information Seeking Behaviours
• Christian Crumlish - Designing Social Interfaces
• Ben Galbraith - The State of Developer Tools

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Check out the music video to the single Sing Sang Sung - I guarantee it will make your afternoon!And then for our opening and closing credits we took a bit of inspiration from Hollywood and used a song - Blood by Townsville band The Middle East - from soon to be released Australian feature film, Accidents Happen." 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They've called them Notepods and they're perfectly designed for mocking up iPhone Apps.Get yourself a pack of three today!" ["post_title"]=> string(48) "Designing for iPhone? 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But if you're going to dress in magical style with this shirt at the conference, you need to get in there fast because all orders need to be placed by Friday September 18.But what exactly is a "superb conference t shirt with augmented reality superpowers"? Well, it's superb because it's a finest quality American Apparel shirt with a great design created by Yiying. And augmented reality superpowers? Well, maybe do a bit of googling and exploring for yourself if that means nothing to you, and then be prepared to pick up your shirt and wear it on the day.Make sure you check out the awesome t shirt sales site designed by Tim Lucas of Agency Rainford as well. And if you're interested to know how he wove his own little bit of magic, see his excellent tutorial." 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Service design is a new discipline which focuses on understanding what customers want, then designing services which meet their needs. Sound familiar? Web designers have focused on user-centred design for years to create websites and applications that are user friendly.

Service design is well established in Europe and North America and there’s already a handful of Australian businesses offering service design. What is it? Does experience in designing for screen interaction translate to designing services too? Will service design be the next big thing? Suze offers insight by drawing on her years of experience as a UX designer and researcher. She shows how service design might fit into your business in the future, who you might pitch it to, and what sort of skills you might need to deliver service design.

Being someone who had to google "what is service design?" when Suze first got in touch with me, I'll most certainly be there." ["post_title"]=> string(40) "Would you like service design with that?" ["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) "would-you-like-service-design-with-that" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-08-26 10:35:34" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-26 00:35:34" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=2035" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [11]=> object(stdClass)#127 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(2033) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 14:02:48" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 04:02:48" ["post_content"]=> string(731) "Passionate about web design and development? Been tinkering with different web technologies for some time? Keep up to date with the web industry? Enjoy reading and writing? Then a tech editor role at SitePoint might be just what you're looking for.SitePoint are absolute stalwarts of the Australian web industry, and I can absolutely vouch for the fact you'd be joining a great team of people who are enmeshed in the local web community." ["post_title"]=> string(29) "Wanted: a passionate web geek" ["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(28) "wanted-a-passionate-web-geek" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 14:02:48" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 04:02:48" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=2033" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(stdClass)#128 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(2031) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 12:36:04" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 02:36:04" ["post_content"]=> string(2671) "The final keynote for Web Directions South 2009 has just been announced: be there on the morning of Thursday October 8 to see what we know will be an exciting and inspirational opening keynote from England's own Matt Webb.Matt will be joining an already terrific lineup:

• local hero Cameron Adams talking about Google Wave at the end of day 1
• design ethnographer Kelly Goto explaining WorkFLOW at the start of day 2
• urban informatics consultant Dan Hill giving our closing keynote.

Matt is CEO of the design shop Schulze & Webb, which has a special focus on the social life of stuff. Projects include material prototypes for Nokia, Web strategy for the BBC, and an electronic puppet that brings you closer to your friends. Intrigued? He's going to be speaking on the ever so slightly inscrutable topic of "Escalante".

The long run to the turn of the millennium got us preoccupied with conclusions. The Internet is finally taken for granted. The iPhone is finally ubiquitous computing come true. Let’s think not of ends, but dawns: it’s not that we’re on the home straight of ubicomp, but the beginning of a century of smart matter. It’s not about fixing the Web, but making a springboard for new economies, new ways of creating, and new cultures.

The 21st century is a participatory culture, not a consumerist one. What does it mean when small teams can be responsible for world-size effects, on the same playing field as major corporations and government? We can look at the Web - breaking down publishing and consuming from day zero - for where we might be heading in a world bigger than we can really see, and we can look at design - playful and rational all at once - to help us figure out what to do when we get there.

Check out his recent presentation from Reboot, which is what got us inspired to contact him, follow Matt on Twitter, and see you at 9am on October 8 at Web Directions South :)" ["post_title"]=> string(51) "Matt Webb - Web Directions South 09 opening keynote" ["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(49) "matt-webb-web-directions-south-09-opening-keynote" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(187) "http://south09.webdirections.org/program/keynotes#making-waves http://south09.webdirections.org/program/keynotes#workflow http://south09.webdirections.org/program/keynotes#closing-keynote" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 12:36:04" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-25 02:36:04" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=2031" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [13]=> object(stdClass)#129 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1980) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-08-03 10:58:58" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-03 00:58:58" ["post_content"]=> string(903) "Nominations for the McFarlane Prize for excellence in Australian web design opened over the weekend, on Saturday August 1. If you've been involved in the development of a site over the last 12 months that you think deserves recognition for its adherence to web standards and accessibility, as well as its great usability and visual design, we'd love you to submit it.We're very proud of the prize, the way it has grown over the years, and in particular the way it has provided inspiration to Australian web designers and developers to push for "the things that matter" about the web within their organisation and their projects. Looking forward to some great submissions again this year." ["post_title"]=> string(41) "McFarlane Prize: nominations are now open" ["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(40) "mcfarlane-prize-nominations-are-now-open" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2009-08-03 10:58:58" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-08-03 00:58:58" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(36) "http://www.webdirections.org/?p=1980" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "1" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [14]=> object(stdClass)#130 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(1970) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2009-07-21 10:03:00" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2009-07-21 00:03:00" ["post_content"]=> string(1354) "We were really excited to announce that Cameron Adams will be speaking at Web Directions South this year on his experiences working as part of the Google Wave team. For an extensive preview of Cameron's presentation, check out this interview that's just been published at SitePoint.Speaking about who the team had in mind in designing the product:

Much like a lot of stuff at Google, Google Wave is mostly written to scratch our own itch. Are we missing something that we need? Are we building something that we don’t need? In that sense, we aim for a fairly decent level of technical competency, as they are the early adopters. But we aim for the basics of the interface to be simple enough for less competent users to pick up fairly easily.

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Hype and tall tales dominate our knowledge of innovation history, and without awareness of the truth, we are set up to fail as creators, progressives, engineers and designers in our own time. This fun, fast paced, provocative keynote, based on a fresh take from the bestselling book The Myths of Innovation, will dissect the deepest mythologies and the latest misguided hype laden marketing propaganda, revealing the truths about good ideas and progress that anyone can use in their own work.

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