A renewed drive to try new things

courtney johnston gained a renewed drive from Webstock:

I went to Webstock expecting more of an ‘applied craft’ approach: this was the problem we faced & here’s how we solved it; this is the opportunity we saw & here’s how we exploited it. What I came out of it with was a renewed drive to try new things, and to find the most efficient, most fluid, most equitable, most success-focused ways of working with people (and to have pity on the Morlocks, of course)

[Via : LibraryTechNZ: Webstock2008: the make-it-happen meta-trend..]

Damian Conway should be required watching everywhere, anytime

Pete McVicar thinks everyone should watch Damian Conway:

The quality of the speakers this year was outstanding, even the speakers who were a little less ‘polished’, totally made up for it in content of their presentation. I really enjoyed every speaker in one shape or another. However, I’ve come to the conclusion out of all that awesomeness, Damian Conway’s should be required watching everywhere, anytime design, development, advertising and/or communications people come together to do anything involving a website until we all get it right. …

[Via : Menace – Wellington based Web designer/developer.]