Megan was facing a problem. As Senior Director of Design at 99designs by Vista, she had a budget to find a designer to come to Australia to help with design. “Great!” she thought. What an amazing opportunity to be able to offer someone. Megan assumed designers would jump at the chance of a sponsored visit […]

Amongst his many talents, Martin Splitt is a technical SEO specialist and came to WebExpo to get us up to date with the new evergreen Googleboot. He allows us to get up close and personal with the process of getting your site indexed from start to finish with plenty of tips and actionable information along […]

This was originally posted on medium.com. Kinneret Yifrah is a leading UX writer in her native country of Israel and founder of microcopy studio Nemala. She has also written Microcopy — The Complete Guide of which several thousand copies have sold in over 40 countries worldwide. In the interview, Kinneret reveals the story of her […]

This was originally posted on medium.com. Information architecture and UX guru Peter Morville will give his talk The Architecture of Understanding. You probably know him as the author of “the polar bear book”, which was published last year by O’Reilly Media in a fourth edition as Information Architecture: For The Web And Beyond. Do you […]

This was originally posted on medium.com. As hard as illustrators and photographers may wish, text is still the primary medium of the web. So, until voice-user interfaces become predominant, designers and typographers, like Mark Boulton, will be needed. When web browsers and “surfing” were just starting out, the fonts used could be counted on one […]

This was originally posted on medium.com. Need something to read while you’re on the beach or in the garden? We recommend these seven books written by speakers from WebExpo 2016. 1. Get Ready For CSS Grid Layout, Rachel Andrew Working with CSS and layout elements on the page? Ever asked yourself how something as simple […]

This was originally posted on medium.com. Have you ever started a side job, which ended up taking over your entire professional life in a few years? This is exactly how Rachel Andrew become a great developer. When she had to leave her job at a theater due to her maternal duties, she started earning extra […]

This was originally posted on medium.com. Ladies and gentleman, let’s give a welcome to a bona fide magician. Front-end architect and full-time CSS consulting wizard, Harry Roberts! You might have a scar by your eye, be named Harry, and be a rising star on the web conference scene worldwide. But only Harry Roberts can truly […]