October 20th, 2008
One speaker that we’re very, very excited about is Derek Featherstone. Derek is a well-known name in web accessibility circles and is noted for his inspirational presentations. His opening keynote Journey to the Edge of the Web – which he’s preparing specially for us - is sure to be one of the highlights of the conference, and his workshop Real World Accessibility for Ajax and Web Apps is selling fast.
Gary Barber aka The Man With No Blog interviewed Derek about what people can expect from both his session and the workshop, as well as a few tricky questions about the future of accessibility and web applications.
Taking Accessibility to the Edge with Derek Featherstone
October 19th, 2008
Edge of the Web is the first event of its kind to be held in Western Australia – and we hope it’s the first of many. Web development events in Australia tend to be concentrated in Sydney, but by bringing some of the same inspirational speakers (and some new faces) to WA, we think we can coax some of the eastern states developers to visit our side of the continent. After all, Perth is a fantastic place to visit!
One attendee who is coming from a distance away is Sarah Isaacson. Sarah lives in a small town in regional WA, and is a freelancer with a small child, so she has many very valid excuses not to attend. As her recent post Less than 3 weeks until Edge of the Web! shows however, her belief in the value of web conferences is so strong that she’s pulling out all stops to be in Perth for the event. Good on you Sarah – we can’t wait either!
October 18th, 2008
Microsoft’s Nick Hodge will be speaking at Edge of the Web – and knowing Nick, it’s going to be presentation utterly unlike anything that anyone is expecting.
Bronwen Clune spoke to Nick about his topic - This is not your father’s Microsoft – and more. If you thought MS and open-source don’t go well together, Nick Hodge wants to talk to you!
October 17th, 2008
JavaScript guru Cameron Adams, also known as The Man in Blue, will no doubt be one of the most popular speakers at Edge of the Web – he stole the show at Web Directions South just a few weeks ago when he presented a JavaScript-driven drum machine on the JavaScript Libraries panel.
Miles Burke managed to catch a few rare moments of Cameron’s spare time to ask him some questions about his conference and workshop topic, plus how he manages to juggle so many hats!
Edge of the Web with Cameron Adams
