Wow, what a conference! It’s taken a couple of weeks for it to all sink in. So many great speakers. So many delegates from such diverse backgrounds. Above all else Web Directions South offers a fascinating snap shot of the web industry down under in 2008.
Such a large event could not go off without some inspired organisation from John, Maxine and the rest of the WDS08 crew; well done, it ran like clock work.
If you want to get a sense of the event, check out the photos on Flickr. Or if you are interested in the content there are lots of slides and podcasts online, especially recommended is Jeffery Veen’s Designing our way through data.
The closing night drinks, sponsored by 99Designs and Gruden, were great. The drink tickets ended up being plentiful, the winning design looked great and lots of fun was had handing them out.
There was a moment in the closing keynote that captured the whole vibe of the conference perfectly – when the Twitter backchannel was put front and center to great comic effect. To understand the significance you’ll probably need to check out the keynote itself, or maybe you just had to be there.
Thanks again John & Maxine and thanks to everyone who came!
