It’s official! We’re having another pre-Web Directions Port80 meet up, and so far have had RSVP’s from all across our land. The night before the conference, where else would you want to be besides the following great event?

On the eve of Web Directions South 2007, come along for a warm up social networking session with your industry peers. It’s free to drop in, there’ll be some free nibbles and rumours of a bar tab (if we can find a sponsor!).

There’ll be a gang of folk from Port 80 Perth, folks from Adelaide, Canberra and Brisbane, and possibly even some Sydney locals. Lots of attendees to the conference, and a good chance a few speakers will also show.

It’s all kicks off at 6.00pm, September 26th 2007

Quarryman’s Hotel
216 Harris St
(Cnr. Pyrmont Bridge)
Pyrmont NSW 2009

See a map to the venue.

This venue is literally stumbling distance from the WDS07 venue, so here’s a chance to scope out where you’ll be for two days, and get to drink and meet your peers.

If you’ve got any questions, feel free to hit the Port80 forums.

For more information about Port80, see the Port80 website or more about AWIA at the Australian Web Industry Association website.

So, who’s in with me?

Image: Sorrento Beach, WA.

With exactly a month remaining before Web Directions South 2007 starts, I thought I’d have some fun on the fact that there’s always seemingly more cameras than actual people at these conferences, by starting a fun photo meme…

The object of this meme is to browse Flickr for photographic evidence that you’ve been to previous years of Web Directions, and link to as many of these offending images as you can.

The funnier (or dodgier) the photo, the better.

Once you’ve done this, you then need to encourage three others to do the same. How? Well, by linking to their photos of course. Sorry fellow West Coast Bloggers, Myles, Nick and Kay, I hope you’ll play?

Image: Charger Tyre & Sky, Perth Airport.

As many of you may know, my wife Meredith, is not only a prolific blogger and fantastic mother, she also designs jewellery and sells it both in Perth galleries as well as online via Etsy.

Recently, she started going under the moniker of her new label, Captain Oh Captain, and combined her fascination in old sea tales of yesteryear and her joy of creating necklaces and other jewellery.

So this post is a thinly disguised excuse to promote her great work, and link to her site as well as throw a big mention to MOO and their great MOO Minicards (as shown above).

Embrace great design – go forth and buy some great Australian jewellery and then some nifty Moo Minicards!

Image: MOO Minicards for Captain Oh Captain.