I’ve been looking through some of the photos* from last week’s Webstock conference in Wellington, and of all things a picture of this year’s Webstock computer carry bag, above, caught my eye (photo by Cle0patra).
This has to be the best one yet, I already have the 2008 and 2009 bags, so here’s hoping [...]

Webstock – whose swish new website is sporting a very avian (dare I say bird themed) look – is on again in 2010, taking place in Wellington from 15 to 19 February.
Speakers include Kevin Rose of Digg, Jessica Jackley founder of Kiva, and Sydney based inventor, writer, and theorist Mark Pesce.

I’ve just spent an hour or so going through some of the many photo collections from last week’s Webstock conference in Wellington. Even though I’m not really much of a web person anymore I will get along to one of the conferences one day… they simply look too good to miss.
Anyway to get a feel [...]

Webstock 2009 kicks off in Wellington today.
And if you haven’t seen it already, check the Webstock 2009 Official Trailer, set to the Mi-Sex tune “Computer Games”.

TypeSHED11 kicks off in Wellington, New Zealand, on 11 February and runs until the 15th:
TypeSHED11 is set to explore the notions and voices of typography – no matter how small or vocal, how grand or local – across the disciplines, of graphic design and advertising, photography, film, literature, architecture, music, the visual arts – and [...]

Webstock 2009 was launched yesterday afternoon at Wellington’s Paramount Theatre.
Featuring workshops and a two day conference, Webstock runs from Monday 16th until Friday 20th February 2009. Here’s the lowdown for those who came in late:
Webstock is a range of web-related events with the aim of improving how websites are built through inspiration, education, insightful analysis [...]

Maybe the real scoop being Webstock is now an annual event, not biennial?
We’re working on the format for Webstock right now, but it’s likely to be similar to this year – workshops and a two day main conference. Our aim is to raise the bar yet again in terms of quality and presentation and we’ve [...]

CodeBlacks vs Silicon Welly
A late sort of mention (an announcement popped up on my Twitter feed last night), but the all conquering CodeBlacks are looking for another win, this time at a halfbaked.com challenge, as they go up against Silicon Welly in an effort to produce the best start up business plan in about 30 [...]

Even though I didn’t make it to this year’s Webstock conference, I still ended up with a Webstock computer bag! Now I just need a decent computer to place in it ;)

Thanks to Ben and the Webstock crew for sending this out :)

Interview with Kelly Goto.
Kelly Goto, a speaker at the upcoming Webstock 2008 conference, discusses her work, and future web trends, in another of the Webstock speaker interviews.
We’re seeing the desktop web migrate to the mobile web, with new devices that are ’sensing’ and interacting with eachother. Apple’s new MacBook Air is a new take on [...]