I was planning to lay low on the conference circuit this year – our business is expanding like a runaway train (what global financial crisis?) and I need to focus all my attention on keeping it on the rails. But, … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Port80
AWIA presents: Ideas4 with Lisa Herrod and Rachel Cook
The first AWIA event of 2008 has been announced – Ideas4 with Lisa Herrod and Rachel Cook. Ideas4 will be held at the Melbourne Hotel in Perth from 7pm on Wednesday the 30th of January. It’s a casual event – … Continue reading
Port80 Sydney
Perth has a long and well-established “Port80” tradition that is by now known around the country (well, in the web industry anyway). The monthly informal pub get-togethers, which have been going since 2002, have been the birthplace of great ideas like the Australian Web Industry Association and … Continue reading
August 28, 2007
by Kay
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Web Directions 2007: the meme
The programme for Web Directions 2007 has been released, and there’s certainly going to be some hard decisions on what to go see. With three streams this year, there’s even more that I will sadly have to miss, seeing as … Continue reading
October 4, 2006
by Kay
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Breakfast with Molly Holzschlag: The new professionalism
Day Two started early again, with breakfast with Molly Holzschlag speaking on the topic of “The new professionalism”. Professionalism (and often, lack there of) is a topic Molly has explored previously on her blog, and in fact a post I … Continue reading
Port80 Sydney goes off
Port80 people doing what they do best: networking and community building. You thought I was going to say drinking, right? We had about 22 people turn up at the Pumphouse in Darling Harbour on Wednesday 27th September. About 10 of … Continue reading
September 15, 2006
by Kay
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Port80 Sydney
Question: where should any self-respecting member of the web industry be on a Wednesday evening? Web Directions is fast approaching and it looks like there will be quite a large Perth contingent crossing the continent for the occasion. Miles has … Continue reading
September 5, 2006
by Kay
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Web Directions t-shirt mania
The Web Directions team have answered the call for conference t-shirts with a twist… … you can order your tshirt and get it delivered before the conference, customised with your own slogan. There’s even a competition with prizes for the … Continue reading