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Web Directions South 2011

By Chris Duckett October 12, 2011, 3:17 PM PDT

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WDS 2011: Addy Osmani weilds his lightsaber clicker

WDS 2011: Addy Osmani weilds his lightsaber clicker

ntThe Web Directions South (WDS) conference has kicked off for another year, where participants will discuss HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS and many other web technologies. Coupled with all that will be memes, geekiness and raging against old Internet Explorer versions and mobile browsers.

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ntIn this image, Addy Osmani is discussing scalable JavaScript design patterns and his in development Aura framework.
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Web Directions South 2011

WDS 2011: Dr Anne Galloway delivers the keynote

WDS 2011: Dr Anne Galloway delivers the keynote

ntDr Anne Galloway of Victoria University of Wellington opened the day by discussing an internet of cows, cyborg beetles and distilling Facebook games down to their purest form.

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Web Directions South 2011

WDS 2011: Sydney Design Lab exhibit

WDS 2011: Sydney Design Lab exhibit

ntThroughout the conference centre are exhibits from students in the Sydney Design Lab — this piece is made of a large touchscreen and OpenGL.

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WDS 2011: Vision Australia

WDS 2011: Vision Australia

ntVision Australia provided free accessibility audits for websites, and also had a number of glasses to simulate various visual conditions.

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WDS 2011: facetweetbox

WDS 2011: facetweetbox

ntMeet the facetweetbox. When the conference is liked on Facebook, or someone tweeted with the conference’s hashtag, the logo would quickly light up.

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WDS 2011: John Allsopp, Dao of Web Design meets rainbows and unicorns

WDS 2011: John Allsopp, Dao of Web Design meets rainbows and unicorns

ntNo conference today would be complete without at least one reference to rainbows and unicorns.

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ntHere, John Allsopp is revisiting his Dao of Web Design article from 2000.

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WDS 2011: the bananas always go first

WDS 2011: the bananas always go first

ntIt’s not hard to guess which country is in the middle of a banana shortage.

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WDS 2011: Guitar Hero for domains

WDS 2011: Guitar Hero for domains

ntMore than one stand in the vendor expo decided that Guitar Hero was the way to draw attention to themselves. In this stand, punters would win a free domain registration if they could best the company representative.

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WDS 2011: morning tea

WDS 2011: morning tea

ntThe complimentary coffee was a big hit at morning tea.

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