Web Directions

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Here's some of the posts I found with wrapups, comments, suggestions and thoughts that you might be interested in. There are plenty more out there. And of course, remember the Flickr photos (if you've uploaded some from the conference and related events, just tag them wds07).First up, very popular keynote speaker Scott Berkun posts Why he loves Australia, after his recent trip for WDS07, while his wife Jil also comments about some of the things she enjoyed here.Gary Barber, whose visited several times, recaps his week in sydney for Web directions and more.As mentioned earlier, SitePoint has several interviews with Web Directions speakers and attendees, including Dave Greiner of Freshview, Andy Clarke, and Adrian HolovatyOver at Freshview, the boys talk about their experience of being at the Expo, and a recap of the conferenceSeb Chan, who spoke about some of the fantastic things the PowerHouse Museum is dong, talks abut some of his highightsPeter Gasston has some observations about Chis Wilson's keynote, and Chris replies with some comments about multiple versions of IE on one system.At Semantically Driven (a great way to be) Jenny Clift has some detailed posts about the conferenceIndustry livewire Cheryl Lead, who won the first ticket to the first conference we ever did (then gave it to her now finacee, Scott Gledhill, who spoke this year at the conference) has a detailed wrapup of her thoughts.Nick Hodge, now "professional geek" in the Microsoft Evangelist team has the habit of doing video voxpops with tech folks, which he did at Web Directions SouthWonderful and very popular speaker Lisa Herrod, has some further observations about her presentation and the conferenceSpeaker Justin French has writeups of Scott Berkun's and Mark Pesce's fantastic keynotes.New resident of Norway, where he now works at Opera, Lachlan (HTML5) Hunt has some thoughts on his blog, and proves that when it comes to food, you can't please eveyone ;-) "fancy gourmet food which I don’t like too much" - you are going to love rollmops LauchieAforementioned Scott Gledhill has his own post on his presentationWoowoowoo has a couple of web directions related posts (sory, no "about" page to put a name to the blog :-( )Patrick Kennedy at StepTwo designs has two detailed posts about the conference and his experienceOur fantastic photographer, Morgan Capenter, has a blog post, and loads of photos from the event. Just a note, Morgan also takes loads of photos at events like Madi Gras and Sleaze Ball, so while the page lined it SFW, pages he links to might be less so ;-)Ben Buchanan posted two detailed live blog style posts of notes he took on the fly at the conference, my bad for not linking to them earlier.What have I missed? Please let me know!" 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If you're looking to work at the true cutting edge of social media and the web, this is a fantastic opportunity.The museum is looking to fill two developer roles, one working specifically on the Collections Australia Network (CAN) project, and the other on a new experimental project called About NSW.Both roles involve developing next generation web services for large datasets and have a great deal of scope for creative experimentation. The Collections Australia Network (CAN) role involves the continued development of a national collections database portal as well as cultural tourism site. CAN works across the Australian museums, galleries, libraries and archives sector and there is a huge pool of data waiting to be explored, visualised, and made more useful. CAN runs on a custom CMS built with PHP and PostgreSQL.The About NSW position involves developing cross-government ‘mashups’ - pulling together data from multiple sources using harvesting and scraping methods and APIs, to create new services that mix this government content with museum data. The About NSW project runs on Plone CMS, but has a lot of room for experimental visualisation and mashup work outside of Plone.The museum is a PHP shop but there is scope within these projects for experimentation with Ruby on Rails.Both roles are based on a 35hr working week (rather than the 35 hr day that you might be more used to) and have flexible working conditions. The positions are both temporary positions. The Museum is located in central Sydney, a great place to be with summer approaching.The full position descriptions and application process:

• Collections Australia Network Online Application Developer (Clerk 7/8 - total package up to AU$84,855)
• About NSW Online Application Developer (Clerk 7/8 - total package up to AU$84,855) info at

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Wig meets Web (2.0): harnessing the law to commercialise and protect your IP

• MP3 of presentation - to come
• Presentation slides - to come
• Session description
• About Scott Buchanan and Ben Maguire

Session description

Innovation and development in web 2.0 moves ever faster, the law as slow as always. So how can you best harness the law in commercializing and protecting your intellectual property? Scott tackles some of the thorny issues web content creators face in commercializing and protecting the IP in their content and ventures into the controversial territory of accessing the creative power of customers through user-generated content. Ben draws on his experience advising Virgin companies in a range of industries and countries to explore the practical issues facing businesses trying to protect their IP. He also looks at some of the dilemmas – and possible solutions – for businesses using user-generated content. Both promise not to wear a tie.

About Scott Buchanan and Ben Maguire

Scott Buchanan is the passionate founder of Buchanan Law and experienced IP, IT and telecommunications lawyer. Scott’s client base spans innovative operators across such sectors as telecommunications, federal government, new and traditional media, pay TV, biotechnology and a diverse range of players in the web services sphere. He regularly advises IT start-ups on the interaction of IP rights in the on-line environment, privacy, telco regulation, e-commerce and is especially interested in working with clients to develop and implement clever IP commercialisation strategies. Scott is also registered by the Australian Institute of Patent & Trade Marks Attorneys to practise as a registered Trade Marks Attorney.

When not running cutting edge legal arguments Scott enjoys running after his two little kids and long distance running generally.

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So, if you are looking for a job over that way, check out their offering." 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I happen to think Adrian is one of the most influential people on the web, with major involvement in Django, Mashups, GreaseMonkey, online journalism, and more.We'll have the podcast of his presentation at the conference soon, but in the meantime, check the interview with SitePoint's Matt Magain." 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The conference is in Sydney, October 30th - 31stThis year the two day conference focuses on the opportunities presented by emerging technology, with a mix of case studies and practical sessions on topics as diverse as multilingual websites, podcasting, web-based advocacy and community-building online.Presenters include Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR), The Inspire Foundation, The Spastic Centre and Greenpeace. Social Networking Strategist Laurel Papworth will also be offering a one day workshop on Monday 29th October. Take a look at what else is on offer at the site.Although the earlybird period officially closes on September 24, delegates to Web Directions can still claim the earlybird discount - just be sure to write "Web Directions" on the registration form which was in your conference satchel." 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In the case of the built environment, it's about complying with building codes. On the web it's about meeting WCAG level A or double A or so one. But it's really about people. And as tough as we might think complying with these criteria is, think about how tough not complying makes other people's lives.This is a moving an powerful story from a woman who found herself confined to a wheel chair after an aircraft accident last year.

I first became aware of this harsh truth when I made a trip to a Perth department store with Michael and my father to buy a birthday present for a friend. I left feeling utterly dejected, in no doubt about my new reality.The store's aisles in the book section, for example,were so narrow there was no way I could manoeuvre the wheelchair around them. In the food department, the counters were so high I could not see over them to the sales staff, and I found myself at eye level with young children holding onto their mothers' skirts.Here I was, an independent 34-year-old woman whose entire adult life thus far had involved many hours in shops buying clothes, make-up, browsing for books and CDs, and now I felt completely shut out of consumer society.

I think keeping in mind stories like these when we address our tasks as developers and designers makes us much better at what we do." 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The fruit of their efforts is now coming online, including video interviews with speakers (currently there are interviews with Adrian Holovaty and Mike Cannon-Brookes), as well as interviews with George Oates, Andy Clarke and others.More to come as well." 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["post_title"]=> string(32) "iPod Touch winner from SitePoint" ["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(32) "ipod-touch-winner-from-sitepoint" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2007-10-08 11:07:08" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-10-08 21:07:08" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(73) "http://westciv.com/webdirections08/blog/ipod-touch-winner-from-sitepoint/" ["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(257) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "2" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2007-10-03 19:37:31" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-10-04 05:37:31" ["post_content"]=> string(468) "Just a quick note for all those who have been emailing us asking after these.As many of them as we can gather together will be posted at the site real soon now. It does take a little time to contact all the speakers and get their slides and notes from them, and to get the podcasts themselves happening.It is our plan to have this done well before the end of next week, and our belief that the results will be worth waiting for.In the meantime, hold your fire :)" ["post_title"]=> string(19) "Slides and podcasts" ["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(19) "slides-and-podcasts" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2007-10-03 19:37:31" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-10-04 05:37:31" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(60) "http://westciv.com/webdirections08/blog/slides-and-podcasts/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "4" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(stdClass)#128 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(256) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2007-10-02 12:34:48" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-10-02 22:34:48" ["post_content"]=> string(2137) "Great supporters of Web Directions, and strong proponents of standards based design, Glass Onion, are looking for a Web Designer/Developer.

Web Designer

Excellent written and communications skillsAble to work Photoshop, Illustrator and FlashKnowledge of standards-based HTML and CSS codingGlass Onion is a Sydney based web design, development, intranet, extranet, search and email marketing company established in 1997.Glass Onion is looking for an experienced Website Designer for our Darlinghurst Sydney office. 

The successful applicant will work with a fantastic production team and deliver outstanding projects to Australia’s most recognised brand names. 

We are looking for someone that can breathe new life and direction into the company, as design is a differentiator for us. We need to ensure that we keep pushing forward with our exceptional design capabilities. The person we are looking for should really invigorate the company and add visible value. 

The successful applicant will have the ability to present conceptual designs to clients. 

Have excellent written and communications skills with the capability of assisting the PM and Sales team in articulating the client's design requirements. 

The successful candidate will be capable of working with high level clients, have good attention to detail and would be well versed in Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. Working knowledge of standards-based HTML and CSS coding would be highly regarded. 

The ability to cut up the designs into HTML in order to be handed to our developers will also be highly regarded.If you would like to apply please send your CV to: 
daniel@glassonion.com.auFor more information about our company please visit: www.glassonion.com.au 

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in a leading company and work with some amazing projects.To be eligible to apply for this position you must have an appropriate Australian or New Zealand work visa." 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Just head over to their site and tell them why you love the web by Friday, and you could win one of these fantastic devices (I got one last week. My wife refers to it as the "new baby". They are amazing).SitePoint is also hiring, with positions for a Tech Editor (web technologies area), PHP Developer and Business manager. So, if you are looking for a change, or new challenge head over to SitePoint and take a look." 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["post_title"]=> string(19) "Gilmore’s Law" ["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(12) "gilmores-law" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2007-10-02 12:06:13" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-10-02 22:06:13" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(53) "http://westciv.com/webdirections08/blog/gilmores-law/" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "post" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "3" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } } ["post"]=> object(stdClass)#116 (25) { ["ID"]=> int(295) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "3" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2007-10-14 19:05:49" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2007-10-15 05:05:49" ["post_content"]=> string(4819) "Over at Technorati you'll find about 1000 in bound links to Web Directions - so we aren't quite Engadget, but I think that's pretty cool. Here's some of the posts I found with wrapups, comments, suggestions and thoughts that you might be interested in. There are plenty more out there. And of course, remember the Flickr photos (if you've uploaded some from the conference and related events, just tag them wds07).First up, very popular keynote speaker Scott Berkun posts Why he loves Australia, after his recent trip for WDS07, while his wife Jil also comments about some of the things she enjoyed here.Gary Barber, whose visited several times, recaps his week in sydney for Web directions and more.As mentioned earlier, SitePoint has several interviews with Web Directions speakers and attendees, including Dave Greiner of Freshview, Andy Clarke, and Adrian HolovatyOver at Freshview, the boys talk about their experience of being at the Expo, and a recap of the conferenceSeb Chan, who spoke about some of the fantastic things the PowerHouse Museum is dong, talks abut some of his highightsPeter Gasston has some observations about Chis Wilson's keynote, and Chris replies with some comments about multiple versions of IE on one system.At Semantically Driven (a great way to be) Jenny Clift has some detailed posts about the conferenceIndustry livewire Cheryl Lead, who won the first ticket to the first conference we ever did (then gave it to her now finacee, Scott Gledhill, who spoke this year at the conference) has a detailed wrapup of her thoughts.Nick Hodge, now "professional geek" in the Microsoft Evangelist team has the habit of doing video voxpops with tech folks, which he did at Web Directions SouthWonderful and very popular speaker Lisa Herrod, has some further observations about her presentation and the conferenceSpeaker Justin French has writeups of Scott Berkun's and Mark Pesce's fantastic keynotes.New resident of Norway, where he now works at Opera, Lachlan (HTML5) Hunt has some thoughts on his blog, and proves that when it comes to food, you can't please eveyone ;-) "fancy gourmet food which I don’t like too much" - you are going to love rollmops LauchieAforementioned Scott Gledhill has his own post on his presentationWoowoowoo has a couple of web directions related posts (sory, no "about" page to put a name to the blog :-( )Patrick Kennedy at StepTwo designs has two detailed posts about the conference and his experienceOur fantastic photographer, Morgan Capenter, has a blog post, and loads of photos from the event. Just a note, Morgan also takes loads of photos at events like Madi Gras and Sleaze Ball, so while the page lined it SFW, pages he links to might be less so ;-)Ben Buchanan posted two detailed live blog style posts of notes he took on the fly at the conference, my bad for not linking to them earlier.What have I missed? Please let me know!" 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