When Apple finally revealed the world’s second worst kept secret (Ricky Martin today revealed the other one – good for you Ricky), I publicly and privately expressed, along with many others, my initial, if not disappointment, at least state of being underwhelmed. Whatever it was, it wasn’t revolutionary (and let’s face it, we’ve come to […]
At Web Directions South last year we announced that we would be commemorating the 2009 McFarlane Prize by producing a beautiful high quality hard cover book containing all 48 of the shortlisted entires. Thanks to a lot of hard work by the good people at Blurb, this book is now available for purchase. I’ve got […]
There have been words out and about regarding the name of our London event for this year, Web Directions @media. To explain a little where that name has come from, the conference this time around is a hybrid as we take over the reins of the highly regarded London event, @media, as run by Vivabit […]
Today at MIX, Microsoft announced the first developer preview version of IE9, a far from finished, but usable look at where IE is headed. Microsoft will update this preview very couple of months or so. There’s a great deal new, and much for us in the web design and development community to be encouraged by, […]
A few years back, Scott Berkun gave one of the most highly regarded presentations we have ever had at a Web Directions event. It was called the Myths of Innovation, and people still buttonhole me to say how great it was, or to bemoan the fact that their lifetime regret will be that they slept […]
Jeopardy champion, fantastic comedian, author, inventor, television writer (credits include CSI and Bones) and much more, Bob Harris came into my life in a way unimaginable only a handful of years ago. My wife was well over due with our first child, and far from contented. She read an article by Bob, I think in […]
A quick note for those web designers and developers out there who’ve not yet taken this year’s “State of the Web” survey – it closes today, so if you have a few minutes, please head along and take it. The survey, follows up on last years and aims to get a snapshot of the technologies […]
A quick note for those thinking about attending @media – we’ve (as has become something of a tradition) extended the super early bird discount of £100 off until March 7th. So, if you’d thought you’d missed out, you’ve got a few more days to register at this pretty amazing price. And (free) places at the […]
Going to #wds18 has given me inspiration to attend more conferences. Meeting tech folks like myself and learning from each other is pretty amazing!
Hinesh Patel Ruby and React Developer
