New Zealand proved that it had enough interest in the web to host not one but two conferences in as many months. Joining the ranks of Webstock was the first ever Web09. Nearly 200 turned out in Auckland for the two-day event across the 17th and 18th of April about “user experience, design and technology on the internet”. So, did this first-time conference deliver? … »

22-year old David Karp may not yet have the profile of web 2.0 celebrities such as Biz Stone or Kevin Rose, but his keynote at Auckland’s Web09 suggests that it may only be a matter of time. His high speed, high impact talk about what he has learned running mashup blog platform Tumblr – established in 2007 and currently with close to 1 million publishers on it – was well worth the price of the conference ticket. … »