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My designs get real results because I put the user first. This makes my clients very happy people.

"I’ve been amazed at how often those outside the discipline of design assume that what designers do is decoration. Good design is problem solving." Jeffrey Veen

I'm attending the Future of Web Design Conference in New York, 7th - 9th November 2011

Web Directions

Posts related to the Web Directions conference

Web Directions Day 2   October 3, 2006

Andy Clarke’s presentation was a great way to kick of WD Day 2 – he talked about Creating Inspired Design, really pushing creativity for all members of a team, even code developers. How can we use design to convey a deeper meaning about the website? And how can we start to think outside the [...]

Web Directions Day 1   September 28, 2006

Day one of Web Directions conference was awesome! There was a lot of focus on microformats, accessibility and workflow; but here are my favourite points:
Kelly Goto kicked off with a great keynote focussing on understanding your audience and the possibilities of the future (what about one personal avatar and setting across all apps, all [...]

Sydney day 1   September 27, 2006

We caught the first flight to Syndey, landing at 8.05am. After an hour through customs, we got to our awesome hotel (highly recommended!) and hit the town.
The weather here is amazing, it feels like our NZ summer, not too hot not cold. I decided to check out the Rocks, Circular Quay area and Botanical [...]