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Like to Jam or just like the Web, then come to Webjam!

Okay so excuse the blog title, but right now I’m all full of excitement due to the fantastic news that Webjam is back!

If you’ve been to one before then you’ll understand my excitement. If not then here’s why you should go: Continue reading Like to Jam or just like the Web, then come to Webjam!…

Web 2.0 Bootcamp (without the tech jargon)

Web Directions is running a number of workshops around the Web Directions South conference in September. Once of the workshops you may be interested for yourself and/or your colleagues and managers is the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp. This is not a day about technology or code, but rather a deep exploration of the latest ideas, best practices, and techniques behind Web 2.0.
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Web Standards Group August meeting (Sydney)

If you are in Sydney around 19th August make sure you go to the Web Standards Group meeting on Tuesday night. There’s a great list of presenters including Tim Lucas who is also presenting at our conference at the end of that week. WSG provides a great way to meet other web professionals, there’s forums and mailing lists that you can join so even if you can’t make the meetups you can participate in discussion. Continue reading Web Standards Group August meeting (Sydney)…

Registrations closing soon, don’t miss out!

Register now so you don’t miss out!

We Believe In Community: 21 - 22 August 2008

2 full days on web technologies, strategies, creativity, and standards. 12 sessions in 2 streams and 6 plenary sessions from some of the leading experts in the field from Industry and Government. Continue reading Registrations closing soon, don’t miss out!…

McFarlane Prize for 2008

The McFarlane Prize recognizes excellence in Australian web design and development in the broadest sense, and is decided by a jury of experts in design, coding, accessibility and usability.

The prize, which was started in 2006 in memory of Australian web and open source pioneer Nigel McFarlane is open to any Australian web developers or development teams, for a site completed between August 1st 2007 and August 31st this year. Continue reading McFarlane Prize for 2008…