Shift Magazine: on the subject of long running design websites, Shift Japan unveils its October 2007 edition, which features an interview with IdN magazine which in turn marks its 15th anniversary. Another milestone... Come to Web Directions Free, from anywhere in the world! By simply becoming a Web Directions affiliate you could earn free passage to the Web Directions North conference in Canada next year! I ... Read full entry

Just about the first award of any sort that disassociated collected was being named the Coolstop "best of the cool daily pick" way back on 27 June 1999. Created by Joe Jenett in January 1998, the daily pick award, or notation, harks back to a web experience many today would find unfamiliar. It was a time when web designers were the ... Read full entry

[weAREtheIMAGEmakers] issue 12 is online and includes profiles of Ape Seven, Munk Motion , Steve Gourlay, Doug Bartlett and Ben Thomas, plus galleries featuring artwork and photography by Australian creatives! Facebook gets on with business: if you consider playing with Facebook apps business that is... And I guess knowing our stripper name is no laughing matter, and is something we can learn thanks to the efforts of Perth creative ... Read full entry

Five Questions is where I talk to bloggers about their projects and some of the other things they are doing. I ask {Q}uestions, and hopefully get some {A}nswers! [weAREtheIMAGEmakers], or WATIM, is an online publication launched by Sydney web designer and artist Brad Eastman in February 2006. Brad took some time out to tell us about WATIM, and a ... Read full entry

Flash on the Beach: a design conference dedicated especially to Flash is taking place at Brighton in the UK this November. Your chance to see more than 40 of the world's most talented Flash designers, developers and artists! yatzer: "design is to share", presenting the eye pleasing design blog of Greek interior designer and art director Costas Voyatzis. VR freetrade at the Australian INfront ... Read full entry

Does Valid Code Help Your Blog? The mythical benefits of valid code compared with the true benefits of valid code.4 Up-and-Coming Social News, Networking and Bookmarking Sites You Should Know: Kurt presents a run down of a few of the newer social networking sites that are worth learning more about.The Local, Anthony Dever's directory of the Australian blogosphere, or "Aussosphere" returns after a two month break.Cut ... Read full entry

Redirection by Urban Giraffe is an extremely useful Wordpress plugin for anyone with Apache web hosting. I'd been having trouble trying to get my .htaccess file to manage redirects since I migrated to WP, but that's all a thing of the past now, thanks to Redirection! GAS PROJECT '07: a heads up for those in Sydney, this year's event kicks off on 5 September at ... Read full entry

Bargain Shopping alert! I forgot to mention that my sister, Bridget, who lives in Auckland, New Zealand, has recently launched an online bargain shopping guide! In addition to a website featuring sales and bargain alerts, a magazine/guide will also be produced annually. Start writing up those wish lists... The Blogging Cafe: "is a community for bloggers, by bloggers. We discuss all aspects of blogging offering support and community", established ... Read full entry

Wordpress 2.2.2: disassociated.com has just come back online after we installed the latest Wordpress release. I made use of the Maintenance Mode Plugin while doing this upgrade... basically it displays a splash screen indicating your site is temporarily off-line for... maintenance! Very handy :) Jeffrey Zeldman: King of Web Standards: a great article/profile about Mr Web Design himself, Jeffrey Zeldman! 10 Tips on Writing the Living ... Read full entry

There's been some interesting and varied reaction to the recent redesign of ProBlogger, but the sentiment, "hopefully this lifts the overall standard of blog design", especially caught my attention. ProBlogger is considered by many a flagship among blogs, and due to its prominence is probably the first place many new, and aspiring, bloggers look to when seeking inspiration for their own blogging endeavours. The ... Read full entry