According to this Kevin Kelly article the number of hyperlinks on the web is fast approaching the number of synapses in a human brain. Lots of implications of this, but it’s comforting that he also points out Just as the One Machine’s hardware is assembled from our myriad devices, its software is written by our […]
Further to my little Friday afternoon rant, BuilderAU has a more detailed and thought out piece on the new Arbitrary TLD issue. Read more at BuilderAU. I still think it is a stupid idea.
Various news outlets are breathlessly reporting that ICANN (the organization responsible for managing internet domain names) will effectively allow any top level domain (TLD) (for example “.com” and “.org” are TLDs). Am I alone in wondering why anyone gives a rat’s? In fact, in thinking that this is a usability disaster waiting to happen? First […]
This is the hard part right? All of us have got the social media bug and can think of dozens of great projects we could implement this afternoon, if only our boss, or client, would go for it. This really clear headed article over at Digital Web, Integrating Social Media into a Web Content Strategy, […]
First of all, check out Australia’s own Patrick Lee who very deftly writes about a few things that a UI developer working in JavaScript and interacting with the DOM can and should do to maintain UI responsiveness, all couched in terms of the three basic thresholds from Robert Miller’s classic1968 paper Response Time in Man-Computer […]
I know I shouldn’t distract all you hard working souls out there with such things, but, I just cried with laughter, and I know you wouldn’t want me to cry alone.
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Time to take stock of your finances and ‘fess it all up to the good people at the ATO. Time to wipe the slate clean and start afresh. And time to get that Web Directions South 08 registration into the 2007/08 budget before the cutoff date. June […]
Christian Heilman has just announced this truly cool event. Scripting Enabled will be a two day conference and workshop held in London with the aim of making the web a more accessible place. Sound like the same-old-same-old? It’s not. The two days will be all about making those in the know about accessibility barriers meet […]
Adaptive Path have very generously made available some extensive video coverage of presentations at MX San Francisco in April. Check out Matt Jones of Dopplr – recent trends in social software, object-centered sociality, the beginnings of social infrastructure (opensocial, xfn, hcard, openID), personal informatics, and approaches for baking social ettiquette into the design Margaret Gould […]
We’re very pleased to announce the addition of local web analytics expert Hurol Inan to the line up for Web Directions South 2008. Web analytics have been used for valuable feedback about marketing campaigns as well as to see which products within your site are holding visitors’ attention best. Hurol is going to be speaking […]
Most of the slides and podcasts we gathered together after Web Directions Government back in May are now available at our site. Check them out below and pass them on to others who weren’t able to make it there on the day. José Manuel Alonso – Improving Government through better use of the Web Robert […]
This year as part of our workshop series run on the days before the conference, for the second year running, we will be hosting a W3C SIG day organised by the Australian office of the W3C. If you want to hear all about new and emerging standards, as well as see hands on demos of […]
As noted, there are still a small number of speaker slots we are filling – hunting down the very best experts we can from around the globe on the subjects we think are of most pressing interest to you. So, we are very excited to be able to announce that Mike (TM) Smith (yes, the […]
All the podcasts and slides available to us from our recent Melbourne event, Web Directions User Experience, are now available online. Andy Budd – Designing the experience curve Robert Hoekman Jr – The essential elements of great web applications Oliver Weidlich – The mobile web user experience Mathew Patterson – Designing for email Jackie Moyes […]
If you are a web developer, particularly with a programming focus, and Sydney is too far for you to come, or your companies training budget doesn’t quite run to international airfares, them you could do a lot worse than check out the recently announced Ajaxian Experience, curated by the fine folks at the Ajaxian blog. […]
[Web Directions] is a delicious mix of things educational, social and mind-blowing. It’s time out from the hurly-burly to step back, get some perspective, and develop new ways forward, fortified with a whole lot of new stuff in your head.
Chris Stephens Technology Director, Mozo
