Photos: Australia 2004

John and Maxine

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:20:40 -0800

Grabbing a snack in the cafe while preparing the day before the conference started.

Chinta Ria

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:28:18 -0800

The sybmols at the kitchen side of Chinta Ria.

Australian Currency

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 06:02:31 -0800

Australia takes plastic to the extreme -- even their non-credit money is made of plastic. Survives the wash, but melts in the dryer.

Shea at WE04

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:39:13 -0800

Dave warms up and reviews his notes before the kickoff keynote. Dave, if I turn off my flash to capture the lighting of the room, you've gotta keep that head still, brother!

WE04 Auditorium

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:39:41 -0800

The auditorium at UTS used for WE04, as people were just starting to arrive for the first day. And, yes, that's Dave Shea's wife, April, in the front row. What Dave is doing to her is anyone's guess.

WE04 Audience

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 08:55:24 -0800

Everyone waiting for the conference to start on Thursday morning.

Dave's Keynote

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:28:54 -0800

Dave kicks off Web Essentials 2004 with a solid keynote speech.

Speaker shadows

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:51:18 -0800

Joe Clark borrowed my camera (his was temporarily dead due to moisture or something) to capture the speaker. Since he rarely takes pictures of people, he thought the shadows were more interesting. Judging from the shadows of the hair, I think Dave Shea was still on stage.

Afterparty

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:51:34 -0800

Talking to attendees at the drinks session after the first day of the conference. Practicing Merlin's belief that everyone looks better from above (must be how people like Jeff Veen see everyone).

More afterparty

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 18:51:41 -0800

In the photo: Brett Jackson at far left in the slick suit jacket, Cameron Adams (Man in Blue) right next to hiim. Joe Clark in the background. Can't identify or remember the rest.

Top 20 tips

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 13:35:53 -0800

David Woodbridge and Robert Spriggs gave an excellent presentation on accessibility and the things we can do (or not do) to help screen readers and users with disabilities.

Stuart, the Photographer

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:15:18 -0800

During the smackdown (at which I admit my performance was appalling) I tried to walk around the audience and get photos of everyone, but my camera wasn't recharging the flash fast enough. This is one of the shots that came out ok.

Audience I

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:15:24 -0800

Spontaneous shots of the audience during the WWWWW Smackdown at WE04.

Audience II

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:15:36 -0800

Spontaneous shots of the audience during the WWWWW Smackdown at WE04. That's Roger Hudson, one of WE04's presenters, immitating Gene Simmons of KISS. (Sorry, it's a little blurry because I was moving around so much.)

WE04 Wrapup

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 16:37:10 -0800

Peter Firminger closes up the first Web Essentials conference after the smackdown.