You would expect with the economy in the toilet and the outlook in some quarters looking a little bleak, that there wouldn’t be a lot of education events like conferences going on around the country. Usually one of the first things to go on the old corporate (and freelancers) budget is those expensive junkets *cough* conferences. With people falling back on the more traditional media such as books and free online resources for their professional education requirements.
I love getting parcels in the post, you know they rock up with the postal courier, often weeks to months after you have ordered them, sometimes after they have slipped your mind. So it’s a bit of a nice surprise when they do arrive.
Well the other day a free book, Dan Saffer’s Designing Gestural Interfaces arrived from the Web Directions crew, John and Maxine. Seems they are giving away books for a limited time until March 13th. All you have to do is go register for the Web Directions Roadshow. Easy, eh.
For another year the web industry from across Australia came together at the Sydney Convention Centre for Web Directions South 2008. Expectations where high could John and Maxine pull together another outstanding conference in the epic Web Directions series.
After a successful AWIA Port80 on the evening before where Clever Starfish, radharc, Free Wireless Australia, and Saasu sponsored drinks, It was in a bleary eye state that we descended upon the Sydney Convention Centre. This year I had a mind to attend topics that I didn’t know about, and stretch myself.
So on with the summary of the second day for OZIA 2008. Okay this is a few days late, but better late than never, eh. Day two sees the return of three minute massages, juice bar, real coffee and great speakers after the official and alternative (late) dinners. As with day one I’m not going to summarise it all, but just go over few highlights I had.
Gary Barber
I’m an independent User Experience Consultant.
I design interfaces, build information architectures, prototypes, do UX research and conducting usability & accessibility tests and audits.
I can work within your existing team or as an external consultant on a contract or adhoc basis.
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