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If you think you’ve got the hang of html emails and a range of advanced email marketing strategies, you may soon be dealing with yesterday’s technology. According to Don Tapscott, the author of Wikinomics and The Digital Technology, Gen Y (that’s the 11 to 30 year old bright sparks) sees email as ‘good for sending a thank you letter to an aunt but not much else’. Pure content website are also destined for the scrap heap as ‘the internet is increasingly about building community, not providing content - it offers a way for people to self-organise to create communities.’ Still for those who are exhausted at the thought of having to catch up with even more new technology, these predictions could well go the same way as the infamous paperless office prediction.

In a proud association, CDW are pleased to announce the launch of the new Twenty10.org.au website.

Twenty 10 is a community based, non profit state-wide organisation. Their mission is to provide and promote opportunities, choices and support to young people (under 26) who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, same-sex attracted and/or gender questioning, their families and communities.

Powered by our sanscode CMS, the twenty10.org.au website is a hub of information and services for young people and their families.

As Twenty10 say, whether you are a young person, a parent or a support worker, we hope you find in this site the information you need. It is great to have you visit.

Yesterday we put the finishing touches to a facelift on one of our largest and most successful web projects, indesignlive.com

With a nip and a tuck, the new face of indesignlive.com brings together a refined front end and a number of backend refinements and enhancements.

New features include site wide comments, an upgraded events calendar and a new section, indesign tv.

The first of a large number of Australian Exhibitions & Conferences (AEC) website to be powered by our sanscode has been launched.

Furnitex.com.au is the home of the annual Furnitex Trade Fair.

Co-located with DECORATION + DESIGN Melbourne return from 16-19 July 2009 where more than 600 key industry manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and suppliers will display the latest and best of Australian furniture & furnishings.

The Fair will also be a key satellite event of the State of Design Festival, incorporating more than 30 design events in & around Melbourne and regional Victoria. Find out more www.stateofdesign.com.au

Developed using our sanscode CMS, the AEC family of websites, to be rolled out over the next few months, will provide AEC with an extensible platform within which to tailor and maintain each of the various event microsites.

Stay tuned for further announcements as new AEC microsites are launched.

Our love of good design has lead us to partner with and sponsor the Victorian Governments, State of Design festival, to be held during July this year.

State of Design Festival is an initiative of the Victorian State Government in Australia and is the public face of the Design Victoria Strategy.

Established in 2004, the Festival has had three editions - 2004, 2006 and 2008. Starting in 2009, the Festival is now an annual event. Australian Exhibitions & Conferences Pty Ltd has the contract to run State of Design Festival for three years. This will be achieved working with Studio Propeller under a joint venture agreement as the State of Design Alliance.

State of Design Festival increases the awareness of the value of design and showcases how design generates innovation, promotes sustainability and adds value to business and society. Festival programs demonstrate and broadly communicate how the Victorian and Australian design profession can improve living conditions, create sustainable development opportunities, and generate new and innovative products and services; in turn, providing economic benefit for the state of Victoria.

The Festival seeks to articulate how design holds the potential to lead the parallel trajectories of business, industry and society towards a common future. By communicating to Australian and international audiences, the Festival promotes a deeper understanding of design capability and value.

The 2009 State of Design Festival will take place in mid - July throughout metropolitan Melbourne, and regional centres around Victoria.

More than 100,000 people are expected to experience one or more of the 75 events across the Festival's four main programs: Design Capital, Design for Everyone, Design:Made & the Premiers Design Awards.

As part of our sponsorship of the 2009 State of Design festival we have just launched the new Festival website: http://www.stateofdesign.com.au which is powered by our sanscode CMS.

With a number of customised modules such as dynamic ticketing, event bookmarking and more, the State of Design website both beautiful and functional.

Kudos to QubeKonstrukt on the design of this great site.

Cyberdesign Works are proud to announce the launch of the new TVS.org.au website. TVS is Sydney's own Community Television Station broadcasting on Channel 31.

Most of TVS's programs are made locally, by and for Sydneysiders, with innovative program styles where creative producers explore new formats and showcase emerging talent. Genuine not-for-profit community based program makers receive free program airtime.

The TVS website, powered by our very own sanscode CMS, inclues a number of innovative features and functions which allow the TVS crew full control of the site.

Custom Features Include Customised Programming catalogue and Program Guide.

The Programming Catalogue allows TVS the ability to upload any and all program profiles with full episode synopsys, images and video.

The Dynamic TV Guide function provides TVs with the ability to rapidly and intuitivly control the online display and timing of the viewing schedule. TVS are also the first Australian TV station to provide free live online streaming.