Australian FullCodePress selection panel announced

Date: 30-Jun-07
Author: Russ Weakley

WIPA are pleased to announce the selection panel for the Australian FullCodePress team. It'll be their job to shortlist three candidates for each position, one of whom will be chosen at random for the Australian team.

The panel are:

Ruby Blessing

Acknowledged as a leading digital strategist and information architect, over the past 12 years, Ruby has created online solutions for more than 250 corporate, institutional and cultural clients. Now, as a Transmedia Evangelist, Ruby specialises in evolving concepts and working media models for advertising, film, television, broadband, branded entertainment, wireless and brand building initiatives that take advantage of the opportunities presenting themselves in the complex, but very exciting digital media landscape.

Donna Maurer

Donna is a freelance information architect, a mentor, writer and trainer. She has designed intranets, websites, complex business applications, design patterns and a content management system. She speaks and teaches at many local and international conferences on information architecture, interaction design and whatever else crosses her mind.

Belinda Lego

Web Manager for NSW Sport and Recreation, Belinda's background includes graphic design, communication and web project management primarily within the government sector. Belinda has a strong interest in corporate identity, content development and is a supporter of web standards.

Lisa Miller

Lisa has been writing content for the Web professionally since 2000. Prior to this she was pursuing a science career in Zoology at the University of NSW. Lisa has worked as a web researcher and content writer for the Australian Museum and as a Project Manager for Red Square.

Russ Weakley

Russ has worked in the design field for over 20 years. He co-chairs the Web Standards Group and has produced a series of widely acclaimed CSS-based tutorials.

Recent WIPA event:

Usability and Eye Tracking Seminar

An afternoon seminar with Dr Peter Brawn and Dr John Eklund on the latest eyetracking technologies and the challenges of ensuring usability during Agile Development.

The seminar was held in Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.

Some of the comments received:

  • "Excellent! Incredibly interesting content"
  • "I found the seminar useful, particularly the eye-tracking content as a tool for improvement in usability and design for the web."
  • "I found it an interesting and economical afternoon (I paid my own registration). The presenters kept my interest all the way along and I'm very glad that I attended."
  • "I found the workshop useful especially the presentation on agile project management and usability."