The recordings from the fabulous Webstock 2008 conference in Wellington NZ are now online. I would highly recommend tuning in and learning from these. A few from my favourite list were:

-Kelly Goto: “Getting Unstuck” - This is far beyond techy webness (which is great in itself but you need to understand your audience!) and dabbles in the realm of organisational culture and health. This is a fantastic presentation and will give you a lot to think about around application to your own role and context.

-Amy Hoy: “Usability for Evil” - Again this was all about people. The presentation was focused on principles of human psychology; understanding how we actually function, process information and basic motivations before thinking about anything else, that including what is on a website and how it is designed.

I ended up missing Russell Brown’s presentation, so looking forward to listening to that one as very much in my sphere of interest. Will also be good to catch up on those missed when I had to make a tough choice at the break out sessions!

All Webstock 2008 presentations are available online here