Thanks to the support of Atlassian, Aussie startups turned worldwide success, at the Web Directions Expo this year we have a dedicated startup focussed area, the Atlassian Startup Space. 7 recent startups, with a broad range of products and services relevant to the web industry have been chosen for this year’s space. Agile Bench a […]
The Judges have been hard at work with the higher than ever before standard of this year’s Prize, and have decided on the short list for the 2009 Prize. Last year’s winning designers, Propeller Global, after two grueling rounds of judging have three sites they designed in the short list – Propeller Global, Redlands Spring […]
Late last week, Microsoft announced a new program for web designers and developers, WebSite Spark. Included in the program are Microsoft Web design and development tools, including three licenses of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition, two licenses of Microsoft Expression Web 3 and one license of Microsoft Expression Studio 3 Four processor licenses for […]
WE Rock is a series of events planned for all over the world, and created by Leslie Jensen-Inman, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The first WE Rock event, held in Chattanooga in August was a great success, and Australian Web Week sees WE Rock come to our shores, featuring Leslie, Opera Software’s Chris […]
Do you have a startup with a focus on technology that would interest attendees at Web Directions as potential customers or partners? Thanks to the generous support of startup-turned-huge success, Atlassian here’s your chance to get in front of hundreds of web designers, developers, and decision makers at the brand new Atlassian Startup Space, at […]
Check out these cool little sketch pads from Melbourne based Inventive Labs and Jacky Winter Group. They’ve called them Notepods and they’re perfectly designed for mocking up iPhone Apps. Get yourself a pack of three today!
If you still haven’t quite got round to registering for this year’s bigger (now 4 tracks), even better Web Directions South (now with added Web Week goodness) then here’s an even great incentive – save $100 if you register before midnight Wednesday September 15th, making it just $895 (including GST). Now, you don’t even have […]
This year for Web Directions South we’ve produced a superb conference t shirt with augmented reality superpowers designed by Fail Whale creator Yiying Lu. 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 […]
Seb Chan, one of the web wunderkinds at the PowerHouse Museum, talks about their new site, About NSW a bit of a Frankenstein creation of different data sets mashed together by a sophisticated backend. The project began with an open-ended brief to be a cross-sectorial experiment in producing new interfaces for existing content online. In […]
Opera 10, the latest installment from the long term supporter of a standards based web, Opera Software, was released yesterday. Opera 10 has support for numerous HTML 5 and CSS 3 features, as well as a new look and feel from well known web designer Jon Hicks, and great developer tools in the shape of […]
A final reminder to all Australian Web designers, developers, both individuals and teams. Nominations for this year’s McFarlane prize close tonight at midnight, and to allow the esteemed panel of judges time to assess the nominations, we simply can’t extend that deadline. If you’ve launched, or significantly updated a web site or application between September […]
A huge thanks to all who’ve already signed up to come to what will be the biggest and best Web Directions to date. For those who still haven’t quite decided, or got around to registering, then a quick note to let you know that we’ve extended the discount period ’til September the 14th. So, to […]
This year one very lucky Web Directions South attendee will get to rekindle that warm fuzzy conference glow just six weeks later by heading to Web Directions East in Tokyo, on us, including airfares, accommodation, conference, two workshops, receptions, dinners, parties and more. All you have to do is buy a ticket to Web Directions […]
We are really excited to be able to announce the W3C Track at Web Directions South, hosted and curated by the W3C Australian Office, and supported by CSIRO, home of the Office. Laurent Lefort and others at CSIRO have been working incredibly hard for some time now to put together an amazing track of international […]
this was a masterfully curated event … a brilliant day that educated, entertained, and rekindled some old connections
Ash Donaldson Service & Behaviour Design Director, Tobias
