Topic: Web Design
December 6, 2006
Webstock Mini
The Webstock team presents a day of edification and an evening of entertainment for your web-related pleasure and education.
Mark Wednesday 6 December in your diaries for Russ Weakley presenting an all-day CSS workshop and Natasha Hall, Russell Brown and Nat Torkington speaking on a range of wonderous topics. Registrations are now open.
September 26, 2006
Webdirections
Following the success of WE04 and WE05, Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp announce Web Directions 2006. Over two big days of WD06, plus two days of workshops, you'll hear from international speakers: Kelly Goto, Derek Featherstone, Jeremy Keith, Thomas Vander Wal, Andy Clarke and Molly Holzschlag, as well as all the local folk, who have also been doing some pretty exciting things this last year:
* standards based development with (X)HTML, CSS, DOM scripting and AJAX
* the latest design approaches
* web app design and development
* user experience interaction design
* information architecture, including tag clouds and folksonomies
* website and web app accessibility
* workflow and strategy
* RSS and syndication
* designing for mobile devices
* user generated content
* moving your organisation to web standards
WE05 sold out with more than a month to go: if you work with the web, you can't afford to miss this.
October 7, 2005
How cultural contexts affect the design of web sites
Mun Ga Choi
Wellington
Friday 7th October
12.00 PM
http://communication.massey.ac.nz/seminar_series.html
Department of Communication and Journalism
Doctoral Research Seminar Series, Wellington.
Venue: Massey University, Wellington, Wallace Street, 6C01. map
Contact Details: Nicky McInnes
Tel: (04) 801 2794 x6931
September 29, 2005
Web Essentials 2005 (Sydney)
In 2005 Web Essentials goes even further, bringing 7 international speakers who are second to none in their field. We'll be covering the latest developments in web design, development, user experience and accessibility, workflow and strategy, with in depth sessions on CSS, XHTML, emergent semantics, Javascript, AJAX, and much more.
Molly Holzschlag, Eric Meyer, Tantek Çelik, Jeff Veen, Kelly Goto, Douglas Bowman, and Derek Featherstone. You won't see an international lineup like this anywhere else in the world this year.
Website: Web Essentials 2005
September 27, 2005
UPA Auckland - Usable and Findable: Optimising Search Rankings and User Experience with Stephan Spencer
The marriage of search engine optimisation and usability can be a happy one. Granted, just creating a successful user experience can be a challenge. But to also cater to the search engine's algorithms concomitantly - this can seem downright daunting. Many companies, often inadvertently, choose one approach over the other. The goal, elusive as it may seem, is improved search engine rankings ALONG WITH greater accessibility and better overall usability. Get ready for a dose of insight, strategy, process, and well-considered opinion to cure what ails your site.
Join Stephan for an information-packed session covering:
* Wordsmithing approaches
* Benchmarking criteria
* Contextual linking
* Role of keyword analysis
* Optimal site structure
* Wielding the full power of CSS
* Measuring Return On Investment
* Best practices & worst practices
Speaker Bio:
Stephan Spencer, M.Sc. is founder and managing director of Netconcepts (http://www.netconcepts.com), a 10 year-old web agency specialising in search engine optimisation, e-commerce, and website design, as well as email marketing through its gravityMail (http://www.gravitymail.com) division. Netconcepts' clients include such large U.S. corporates as AOL, HSN (Home Shopping Network), Verizon, REI, PETsMART, Kohl's, Sara Lee Direct, The Sharper Image, and WellPoint.
Stephan is a Senior Contributor to MarketingProfs.com, and he has served as a columnist for Unlimited here in N.Z. and for Building Online Business in the U.S. He has contributed to publications such as DM News, Multichannel Merchant, Catalog Age, Marketing Magazine, and Management Magazine. He is co-author of the analyst report "The State of Search Engine Marketing 1.0" published by Catalog Age. Stephan is a sought-after speaker at Internet conferences around the globe - Berlin, London, Toronto, Santiago, Boston, New York, Chicago, L.A., San Francisco, and places in between. He blogs at www.stephanspencer.com.
Register at auckland@upa.org.nz by Sunday 25th September please.
$10 cash at the door. Location details below.
Location: Bank of New Zealand, 3rd floor, 125 Queen Street
Map showing location of building (but we are on the 3rd floor):
Time: 6 pm for drinks and nibbles, 6.30pm talk starts, finishes approx 8pm.
Call Mark McLay on 029 222 00 16 if you have difficulty getting in or arrive after 6.30pm
June 16, 2005
Wellington Web Standards Group Meeting
NZ web guidelines
A representative from the State Services Commission will be talking about the NZ web guidelines and the implications of them becoming mandatory. There'll be lots of opportunity for participation and discussion.
Weta Workshops website
Dave Turnbull and Dan Smith from Chrometoaster will present a case study on the development of the Weta Workshops website
There will be a $10 cover charge per person for the meeting. This is to cover venue hire plus provision of drinks and nibbles for everyone. Can you please pay this at the door on the night.
Can you also please RSVP to wellington@webstandardsgroup.org before the meeting so we know how many to cater for.
Date: Thursday 16th June
Time: 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Venue: National Library Auditorium theatre
Website: Web Standards Group