The Brisbane Web Design Meetup Group

Meet fellow web designers, web developers and web business people near you!

We include people from various disciplines.... - graphics - development - business ...so there are always lots of interesting discussions.

We're now part of the Australia wide "port80" discussion forums of AWIA.

Come along to "port80 Brisbane" meeting to compare tools, languages, and templates; trade advice on careers, rates, and freelancing; and share cool websites. Make valuable contacts as you mingle with new friends!

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Past events

  • Brisbane Web Design October 2011

    Thu, 20 Oct 2011, 07:30 - 09:30 in Brisbane, Australia

    5.30 Doors Open, Networking6.00 Welcome, Talks:UX FundamentalsWarwick Kay @adesignapartThese days all too often a website is developed with either technology, or the client in mind, adding features here, changes layout there.  While the design and development practises may hold up, the overall experience is let down, by not developing the product around the users needs.

  • Brisbane Web Design September 2011

    Thu, 22 Sep 2011, 07:30 - 09:30 in Brisbane, Australia

    5.30 Doors Open, Networking6.00 Welcome, Talks:Creating an online social network using WordPress & BuddyPress  | Bronson QuickThe Edge is a digital culture centre that allows Brisbane's creatives to collaborate to create art, music, electronics, coding and much much more. There is always something interesting happening at The Edge but unfortunately the activity inside the space wasn't being reflected online.

  • BWD May 2011

    Wed, 11 May 2011, 07:30 - 09:30 in Brisbane, Australia

    5.30 Doors Open, Networking6.00 Welcome, Talks:Russ Weakley & Craig Sharkie are in town presenting workshops on CSS & JavaScript and will be speaking to the group.  Talk details will be announced soon.7.50 Wrap-up and notices8.00 Catch up and networking

  • BWD April 2011

    Wed, 20 Apr 2011, 07:30 - 09:30 in Brisbane, Australia

    5.30 Doors Open, Networking6.00 Welcome, Talks:From Proposal to Launch: Designing and Developing for an International BrandSimon Elvery @drzaxA case study on the design and development of a new website for The Coffee Club. We’ll take a look at some of the important design and technical considerations, what decisions were made along the way and why.Forms in HTML5Bruce Morrison @brucemorrison

  • BWD March 2011

    Thu, 17 Mar 2011, 07:30 - 09:30 in Brisbane, Australia

    Schedule:NOTE: venue updated to: Level 15, 333 Ann Street, City. 8/3/2011 - Leon5.30 Doors Open, Networking6.00 Welcome, Talks:Adam Stead: Web Industry Professionals Association (WIPA)Adam will present an overview of the organisation, the services they provide and why you should consider becoming a member.Twitter: @wipa_aus Web: wipa.org.auLeon Poole: Faster, Better, Stronger Websites

  • BWD August 2010 - To be confirmed

    Thu, 19 Aug 2010, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Schedule:7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductions7.25 Talks:Speakers to be confirmed.8.25 Wrap-up and notices8.35 Head to Criterion Tavern for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • BWD July 2010 - CSS3 Extravaganza

    Thu, 15 Jul 2010, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Come along to our July 2010 meetup as we uncover some of CSS3's exciting new properties. (yes, we're talking about RGBa, border radius, gradients, multiple backgrounds, shadows, transitions and more!)A must-attend for anyone interested in front-end web design/development.Schedule:7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductions7.25 Talks:Bronson Quick: "CSS3: What you can use today and how it degrades in browsers

  • June 2010

    Thu, 17 Jun 2010, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Come along and share something. The floor will be open to anyone will to give a short 10-15 minute talk on any topic.7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductionsShort talks8.25 Wrap-up and notices8.35 Head to Milano for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • May 2010

    Thu, 20 May 2010, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Come along and share something. The floor will be open to anyone will to give a short 10-15 minute talk on any topic.7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductionsShort talks8.25 Wrap-up and notices8.35 Head to Milano for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • BWD May 2010 - Special Guest Speakers (WCAG2.0 & CSS3)

    Wed, 12 May 2010, 09:15 - 11:15 in Brisbane, Australia

    Join the Brisbane Web community for a very special May meetup. We are very pleased to have two prominent leaders in their fields address the group.Roger Hudson: "Multimedia accessible alternatives"Using WCAG 2 to deal with captions, transcripts etcRoger's bio: Roger has provided website usability and accessibility services to corporate, government and not-for-profit organizations for more than a decade.

  • April 2010

    Thu, 15 Apr 2010, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Come along and share something. The floor will be open to anyone will to give a short 10-15 minute talk on any topic.7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductionsShort talks8.25 Wrap-up and notices8.35 Head to Milano for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • February 2010

    Thu, 18 Feb 2010, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Come along and share something. The floor will be open to anyone will to give a short 10-15 minute talk on any topic.7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductionsShort talks8.25 Wrap-up and notices8.35 Head to Milano for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • What I learned in 2009 - Redux

    Thu, 10 Dec 2009, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Depending on the success of the short talk format and if we run out of time in Nov we'll repeat the "What I learned in 2009" theme for this meetup. Come along and share something new you learned in 2009. The floor will be open to anyone will to give a short 10-15 minute talk on any topic. 7.00 Doors Open 7.15 Welcome and introductions Short talks 8.25 Wrap-up and notices 8.35 Head to Milano for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • What I learned in 2009

    Thu, 12 Nov 2009, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    Come along and share something new you learned in 2009. The floor will be open to anyone will to give a short 10-15 minute talk on any topic. 7.00 Doors Open 7.15 Welcome and introductions Will update with topics as people respond 8.25 Wrap-up and notices 8.35 Head to Milano for networking over a beer, soft-drink or coffee.

  • Typography for Web Designers

    Thu, 8 Oct 2009, 09:00 - 11:00 in Brisbane, Australia

    7.00 Doors Open 7.15 Welcome and introductions 7.30 Leon Poole - Typography for Web Designers There are many areas of discussion that fall under the Typography umbrella, but in tonights talk we'll be focusing on the web designer/developer perspective. Hopefully we'll cover topics including: Typography, 101 - Setting up your CSS type foundation (font-family stacks, scales and baseline grids etc) Typography, more than just fonts.

  • Social Media

    Thu, 10 Sep 2009, 09:00 - 11:00 in Spring Hill, Australia

    No matter how you look at it, it is obvious that more and more businesses are testing out how effective Twitter can be for business.What is Twitter?[list]*Is it a tool to create new relationships?*Is it a tool for maintaining relationships?*Is it a tool to monitor your brand and your competitors brand?*Is it a tool to create brand awareness?*Is it all of the above?

  • Web Goes Mobile

    Thu, 13 Aug 2009, 09:00 - 11:00 in Spring Hill, Australia

    7.00 Doors Open7.15 Welcome and introductions7.30 Web Goes Mobile: iPhone, Android, the growth of the mobile web and developing for it.The mobile internet cannot be ignored - the growth of smartphones such as iPhone and Android present new opportunities and new challenges for designers, developers and web businessesClive France of Internetics takes a look at the overall picture and ways to embrace the mobile internetmobile internet and mobile application development - www.internetics.net.

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