Archive for September, 2007

Post OZ-IA 2007 Information Architecture conference in Sydney

I have just gotten back from a jam packed weekend of presentations and drinking in Sydney at the annual Oz-IA conference. Information Architecture is a relatively new industry, however there was a good turn out with people not only coming from Sydney, but also Canberra, Perth, London, New York, New Zealand, and even Canada with [...]

Business of web design – 35 tips from James Archer @ SXSW07

James Archer CEO of Forty Media talked at SXSW07 about his tips on issues affecting web professionals. Here are my notes on the key topics he discussed. You can download the full podcast @ http://2007.sxsw.com/blogs/podcasts.php/2007/06/ Limit your services Find a role model Don’t be flaky to your clients (stay dedicated, and follow through) Document your [...]

OMG the IT Crowd Season Two

If you haven’t heard of the IT Crowd it is a British sitcom which is absolutely hilarious. If you have a bit of technical background you will probably find it more entertaining then the standard viewer, however there is always something that everyone will get a laugh from. I just found out that series two [...]

400 Del.icio.us bookmarks and counting

Last week I hit 400 bookmarks in my Del.icio.us account. For anyone who doesn’t know, Del.icio.us is an online bookmark managing site. I know that sounds really boring and you are thinking why would I possibly need that? But it has absolutely changed the way I work and I would have to say that it [...]

Oz-IA: Info Architecture conference Sydney, 22-23rd Sept

Over the last couple of weeks I have been looking into some of the upcoming conferences on web development, design, usability, information architecture, and well basically anything to do with online technology as part of my quest to learn as much as I can so that I can make the online world we live in [...]