We're at Web Directions South 2013
Day Two
Friday, 2:39pm
How the Internet of Things Changes how we Design
Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino
Alexandra talks about the other side of the web; developing the physical products that the Internet runs on. With a background in Arduino, she covers some of the hurdles, challenge and rewards that you'll face building your device.
Friday, 12:47pm
Connected UX
Aarron Walter
Aarron's talk ends up being the most relevant to what I do day to day at work. A great case study on how Mail Chimp has focused the collection of user data to form information to create wisdom. A process that could benefit any of our clients!
Friday, 11:43am
Creating Good Content for an Imperfect Web
Relly Annett-Baker
Rob's the first one to talk about 'content is king' in 2013. Of course, easier said than dome and usually content writing is still rammed in at the end of the process. Relly uses a couple of examples of how content can be planned from day one to avoid problems in release three.
Friday, 10:27am
Beyond Mobile, Beyond Web
Scott Jensen
The most interesting talk I've heard yet. Scott talks about the smart trash that's coming out under the justification of taking an everyday item, slapping a screen on it and letting you send tweets from your toaster. Scott insists that it's the small problems that need solving, biting off more than you can chew is going to be trouble.
Day One
Thursday, 6:57pm
Barely succeed - it's easier!
Maciej Ceglowski
Maciej closes day one with a pretty interesting talk about his ditest of the startup industry and an interesting view of building paid-for apps over free. His justification:
if people like it, they'll pay for it...
Thursday, 4:15pm
Adobe Edge Reflow in action
Jeff an Jess used afternoon tea to check out Adobe Edge Reflow, Adobe's new tool for WYSIWYG responsive web design. Although at this stage it's limited in fucntionality, e.g. hyperlinks (the foundation of the entire world wide web), it looks like a great tool to quickly mock up responsive concepts and get them infront of users.
Thursday, 3:39pm
Deeper Interaction
Karl Fast
A deep thought provoking talk that left me feeling like my mind has run a marathon. A big insight into the way we think and extend that thinking using computers.
Thursday, 2:44pm
Stiff and Static Sucks
Pasquale D'Silva
An amusing talk about how much animation adds to interactions. Not only how animation helps explain transitions between web pages, but how the wrong animations can confuse and mislead.
Thursday, 12:44pm
Animating Web Content with CSS Transitions, Animations and Transforms
John Allsopp
A great talk on simple practical examples of how to get all important animations to run smoothly and efficiently with just CSS. Jeff was taking photos!
Thursday, 11:38am
The Weight of the Web
David Demaree
David delivers a great introduction and checklist of responsive web design. Where we've come from print, what we've brought with us and what we need to leave behind.
Thursday, 10:08am
People, Not Users
Rachel Binx
Rachel gives a thought provoking opening keynote about the different aspects of your life being expressed through different social networks. Facebook is your old home town trapped in the past so don't prompt people post things they wouldn't take back to their hometown.
Thursday, 8:51am
Opening key note about to start!
We're sitting here at the start of Web Directions South 2013 in the Sydney Convention Centre...
