Web Directions

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Chris, currently the co-chair of the W3C's HTML working group, and Platform Architect of the Internet Explorer browser has a long and extraordinary career with the web. He was a developer of Mosaic, the browser which really kickstarted the web as a mainstream medium. As developer for IE3 for Windows, he was the first to implement CSS support in a commercial browser. And he has for many years been associated with the W3C and the development of many of the web standards we take for granted today.In his keynote, Chris will examine the state of the web, some of the problems facing browsers (as Platform Architect of the Internet Explorer browser) and standards (as co-chair of the HTML Working Group) and explore what we need to do together to move the web forward. This is very very timely in the context of the current state of HTML, about which there is a great deal of debate and no little controversy in some quarters. It's a privilege to be able to get the low down from someone so tremendously experienced and deeply involved in making the web what it is today, and in helping shape what it will become.Chris's keynote will close the first day of the conference, leading no doubt to many interesting and important discussions at the reception that follow immediately afterwards." 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Mark is one of the things the web seems to foster so well, a genuine polymath, whose "blog" hyperpeople (I hesitate to call it that because its really a collection of sophisticated essays, but don't let that put you off).On of Mark's principle points of interest is what happens as more people care connected - his focus is the people at the edge of the network, rather than just the devices and services.His latest essay, "Understanding Gilmore’s Law: Telecoms Edition OR, How I Quit Worrying and Learned to be a Commodity" covers a broad landscape, from the how mobile phones have revolutionised the lives of fishermen in one of my "favourite places I've never managed to visit" Kerala in India's south, to why Telstra isn't needed anymore.When you grab a coffee, of take a break today, do yourself a favour and go and take a read.Mark will again be the closing keynote speaker at Web Directions South this year." 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Well, Scott's a local now, though hails from near Vancouver in Canada. Scott's newsigh blog, http://standardzilla.com/ provides no nonsense opinion and idea on using standards in a corporate context, and he's just had a feature article published in Digital Web magazine on corporate standards.At Web Directions South, Scott will be speaking on Search Engine Optimization, in the session "Is SEO Evil?" in our management track." 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You can pay later, but that is the final chance to get the early bird discount.Registrations have been absolutely fantastic so far, for both the conference and the workshops. Speaking of workshops, if you are interested in Andy Clarke's Transcending CSS then don't wait too long. It's selling like hotcakes, as well it should - Andy is one rare combination - an inspiring designer, a very smart developer, and a great communicator. His workshops for Web Directions South 06 and Web Directions North earlier this year were very very well received." 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For now, she's been in the news a fair bit, and has just published an article on testability for the eminent online journal "A list apart"

You’d be forgiven for not recognizing the term "testability", despite its central importance to the W3C’s new Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). There’s little mention of testability in WCAG 2.0 documents—and given the verbosity of the guidelines, the absence of information about testability seems almost purposeful. Indeed, testability is one of WCAG 2.0’s big secrets: while most of the public complaints about WCAG 2.0 have been about technology neutrality, jargon, and the lack of attention to people with cognitive disabilities, the underlying cause behind these issues—testability—has taken a back seat.

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And then a time when the web was an interesting technology. And then Mosaic, the browser which by virtue of (many people would argue) incorporating inline images in web pages kickstarted the web.I think that in the wake of today's announcements from Apple, the iPhone will be the equivalent of Mosaic for the mobile web.Many web developers have been waiting a long time for the fabled mobile web to arrive. From WAP 1.0, we've been anticipating the web we can take everywhere, on mobile phones and similar devices.Yes, mobiles, PSPs, specialized devices like SONY's Mylo can all kinda do the web. But we've been waiting for a critical mass, a solid user base, and above all unified platform to make the promise a good business proposition.A lot of people have been waiting the iPhone with extraordinary enthusiasm. Today Apple made two announcements which I think will have enormous impact on the future of the mobile web.1. Webapps are the way for developers to write apps for the iPhone. 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Since last week's launch there's been a lot of coverage online about the conference (and brisk signups too, thanks very much for those who have signed up already, we are off to a cracking start). One thing that a number of people have mentioned is that Web Directions is a web design and development conference. Which is true - but it's not just that. In the past, while the focus has been very largely on web design and development, it's never been exclusively so. And this year, while keeping a lot of focus on those areas (two of our three tracks are design and development focussed) we've broadened the subject area of the conference again, with a new track focussing on business/strategy/management issues.

Like the rest of our content, it's valuable, expert presented, and guaranteed waffle free. Subjects covered include

• Developing and growing communities using wiki technologies with Wikipedia's Angela Beesley
• Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - what you really need to know, with News Interactive's Scott Gledhill
• Mobile content, services and commerce strategies in Australia with Alex Young and Rob Manson from Mobile Business Australia
• Building and managing great development teams, from the product manager for Google Calendar, Carl Sjogreen
• Managing agile projects within large organisations, with Ben Winter-Giles
• Pragmatic enterprise wiki adoption with Mike Cannon Brookes

Web Directions really is the Australian Web Industry's leading conference, with ground breaking ideas whatever your role or roles within the industry.

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EveryBlock will be a hyperlocal Web site that aggregates an unprecedented depth and breadth of public records, mainstream news sources, photographs, blogs and user-contributed information.

It really is a privilege to have someone as innovative, and fascinating, frankly as revolutionary as Adrian speaking at Web Directions. The fact that he is a fabulously entertaining speaker and really nice guy makes it all the better.If you develop or design for the web, or if you want to see where one of the most innovative thinkers about the web sees it going, Adrian is not to be missed" ["post_title"]=> string(52) "Web Directions Speakers in profile - Adrian Holovaty" ["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(50) "web-directions-speakers-in-profile-adrian-holovaty" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2007-05-29 15:00:03" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-05-30 01:00:03" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(91) "http://westciv.com/webdirections08/blog/web-directions-speakers-in-profile-adrian-holovaty/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } } ["post"]=> object(stdClass)#116 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(245) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2007-09-23 12:48:44" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-09-23 22:48:44" ["post_content"]=> string(355) "Web Directions closing keynote speaker, Mark Pesce is interviewed in depth in today's Sydney Morning Herald.So to get a sense of what he'll be talking about, and the ideas he is kicking around, take a look." ["post_title"]=> string(49) "Mark Pesce in today’s Sydney Morning Herald" ["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(42) "mark-pesce-in-todays-sydney-morning-herald" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2007-09-23 12:48:44" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-09-23 22:48:44" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(83) "http://westciv.com/webdirections08/blog/mark-pesce-in-todays-sydney-morning-herald/" ["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"]=> object(stdClass)#113 (16) { ["term_id"]=> &string(2) "71" ["name"]=> &string(8) "speakers" ["slug"]=> &string(8) "speakers" ["term_group"]=> string(1) "0" ["term_order"]=> string(1) "0" ["term_taxonomy_id"]=> string(2) "71" ["taxonomy"]=> string(8) "category" ["description"]=> &string(0) "" ["parent"]=> &string(1) "0" ["count"]=> &string(2) "10" ["cat_ID"]=> &string(2) "71" ["category_count"]=> &string(2) "10" ["category_description"]=> &string(0) "" ["cat_name"]=> &string(8) "speakers" ["category_nicename"]=> &string(8) "speakers" ["category_parent"]=> &string(1) "0" } ["queried_object_id"]=> int(71) }