Geoff and the Daemon team have a couple of economy-stimulating initiatives that might be of interest to anyone who would like to come to the WebDU geek rock concert conference next month. From today’s email: Whether it be economic or pandemic, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Conferences
cf.Objective(ANZ) wants to hear from you…
The call for speakers is now on — and the cf.Objective(ANZ) team want to hear not only from potential speakers, but from everyone who is thinking of attending — what (or who) would you like to see? What topics are … Continue reading

February 18, 2009
by Kay
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A dedicated CF conference down under: cf.Objective(ANZ)
It’s no secret I’m a conference junkie. But what has been a closely guarded secret, up until now, is that cf.Objective(), the “enterprise” ColdFusion conference, is coming to Melbourne this year in November. I think it’s cool that there’s enough … Continue reading

October 8, 2008
by Kay
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WebStock – or, more great conferences than you can poke a stick at
I had the pleasure of meeting Mike Brown at Web Directions South the other week. Mike is part of the team that puts on WebStock, the New Zealand web conference. I’ve never been able to attend a WebStock event, although … Continue reading
Kai Koenig on AIR at the Edge of the Web
German ex-pat and current New Zealander Kai Koenig is best known for being a blogger, ColdFusion dude and Flex guru, but in fact, he also has another area of expertise: Adobe AIR. He’s coming to speak and run a workshop at … Continue reading

October 5, 2008
by Kay
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Text sizing and accessibility
I was at Jeff Croft’s session on Elegant Web Typography at Web Directions South when he talked about font sizing. He unwittingly caused a bit of a silent outcry, sending the Twitter back channel crazy, when he mentioned that he … Continue reading

August 21, 2008
by Kay
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Pre-WDS Port80 in Sydney: the tradition continues
Putting on a Port80 get-together the night before Web Directions South in Sydney has become somewhat of a tradition for the Perth Port80 regulars. 2008 is no exception – this time we’re congregating at the Harlequin Inn, which Simon Wright … Continue reading

August 13, 2008
by Kay
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Web Directions session schedule posted
Image by Gary Barber — and yes, that’s me :) Marvellous Maxine has posted the session times for Web Directions South 2008. Good news and bad (for me, anyway) – my session Starting and Running a Successful Web Business is … Continue reading


