Wow, those Web Direc­tions peo­ple just don’t stop! Now they’re doing stuff in Mel­bourne too…

Accord­ing to the offi­cial materials:

Take a look at where the web indus­try really is at in 2006, from both a tech­nol­ogy and a busi­ness point of view, at this free event in Mel­bourne on August 10.

Web Direc­tions is excited to announce our first ever Mel­bourne event. Join us for an evening with Ben Bar­ren of gnoos.com.au, who’ll be giv­ing us a run­down on the joys and chal­lenges of man­ag­ing an inter­net startup in Aus­tralia, together with web tech­nol­o­gist John All­sopp, talk­ing about Micro­for­mats, one of the hottest top­ics in web development.

Ben Bar­ren is a funny bloke. I’ve been try­ing to read his blog but it’s tough going — you could win big in buzz­word bingo over there. Inter­est­ing though (and not for the pap­pa­razzi shots). I’m sure it would be an inter­est­ing talk. I swear that dude makes up words.

John All­sopp is an awe­some speaker, as a whole bunch of peo­ple in Perth found out at Port80’s Ideas3 event. And micro­for­mats are cool. Tan­tek says so. And Bill Gates. So it must be true.

So if you’re in Mel­bourne, you should def­i­nitely try to get along.

What: Web Direc­tions presents Ben Bar­ren and John All­sopp
When: 6.00pm for 6.30pm Thurs­day August 10 2006
Where: Bell’s Hotel and Brew­ery, 157 Moray St, CNR with Coven­try, South Mel­bourne
Map: http://www.webdirections.org/2006/07/05/web-directions-presents-ben-barren-of-gnooscomau-in-melbourne-august-10th/
Cost: Free, but please RSVP info@webdirections.org

I won­der if there will be a podcast?