I’m a little late on this for Australia, but in many parts of the world it is still April 30, so, Happy Fifteenth Birthday Web! If you were a human you would be in the smack in the middle of the very worst part of your spotty, rebellious, confused teenagerhood. And no doubt sqirming with […]
Sadly this event has only just crossed our radars, but if you are in Sydney, and have an interest in news media, the Future of Journalism conference today looks well worth attending. If you are going, please send your reports of the day!
I like this as I do feel it is one step closer to one of the three things that I consider to be the worst three (marketing) scourges on the planet: telemarketing. We all pay (handsomely, thank you Telstra) for the privilege of having a landline. I do not have this landline for the purpose […]
I hope everyone who really really wanted to get along to learn about practical usability testing with Clearleft’s Andy Budd next month in Melbourne has managed to get a ticket, because the news is that this workshop, very popular from the start, has now completely sold out. All of which makes for a great day […]
Via Flowing Data, a fantastic site which explores data visualisation, is this beautiful map of the United States, developed by just one person, Ben Fry. Only, there’s a catch. This map has no topograhical features. It has no geopolitical features. You can see rivers and mountains, but it maps neither. You can identify cities, states, […]
For our myriad Japanese readers, I’ll be doing a number of presentations in Tokyo in June, on microformats, CSS3, and the web beyond the desktop. More details here.
At Web Directions we’ve always had a strong commitment to diversity among our speakers, paying particular attention to ensuring at least a reasonable representation of women speakers. Many conference organisers have lamented the difficulty of finding women speakers, something which Jen Beckman helped address some time ago. Now New Zealander Brenda Wallace has started Geekspeakr, […]
Stephen Collins will be known to many in the web industry in Australia as a consultant, blogger, and big thinker on all things 2.0 Stephen’s also a great community contributor, having been one of the instigators of the recent BarCamp Canberra. He’s also the founder of acidlabs, one of our supporters of Web Directions Government. […]
OK, the purpose of this exercise isn’t really to show you this meme, which you’ve probably seen anyway: Sleeveface. What I’m pondering here, for my own reasons is, why do some memes work and others do not? With about 1300 entries (a lot of them from the same people), I’d hardly say Sleeveface was a […]
There’s no doubt attending a conference is a very big investment of time, money and effort. So, how do you make the most of that investment? Neerav Bhatt has a very detailed post at his blog, looking at the things you can do before, during and after attending an event to get the most from […]
Innovation with Mental Models was one of my favourite presentations from Web Directions North this year. Indi, not to mention the clients she did the work for, was incredibly generous with the detailed description of her mental models approach to user research and product design. Fascinating, candid content presented in a manner which will demystify […]
If full days at Web Directions User Experience isn’t enough for you and you’re hankering for more culture “after hours”, check out the site for the Next Wave Festival, which starts on May 15 and goes through until May 31. Lots and lots of events, exhibitions, installations, performances and so on all over Melbourne. Trés […]
As we all probably know, an important event occurred in Canberra, the nations Capital this weekend just gone. And there was the 20/20 Summit as well. Of course I’m talking about Barcamp Canberra, held at the Australian National University lat Saturday. A fantastic turnout, of 60 or more attendees, and 30 or so presentations, many […]
A number of supporters and exhibitors are coming on board for our upcoming events, and we are very thankful for their support. We still have a number of really great value expo and sponsorship opportunities, so if your company is interested in building connections with leading Australian web professionals in government or the user experience […]
Rich Internet Applications, a term increasingly used for desktop like web applications, or hybrid web applications, developed with technologies like Flash, Silverlight, AIR and others are gaining increasing attention among web designers and developers. If you are interested in learning more about these specific technologies and their use, Adobe and Microsoft are both running events […]
Web Directions South is the must-attend event of the year for anyone serious about web development
Phil Whitehouse General Manager, DT Sydney
