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If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any
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LINKS FOR LIGHT READING
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This weeks "links for light reading" are also available here:
<http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2007/03/14/some-links-119/>
Web Standards: it's about quality, not compliance
http://www.andyrutledge.com/web-standards.php
CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes: Part 1
http://www.punkchip.com/2007/02/css-deprecated-attributes-1/
CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes: Part 2
http://www.punkchip.com/2007/02/css-deprecated-attributes-2/
CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes: Part 3
http://www.punkchip.com/2007/03/css-deprecated-attributes-3/
How to Create an Animated, Sliding, Collapsible DIV with Javascript and CSS
http://www.harrymaugans.com/2007/03/06/how-to-create-an-animated-sliding-col
lapsible-div-with-javascript-and-css/#slideexample
Put Your Best Foot Forward: 19 Gorgeous Website Footers
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/put-your-best-foot-forward
³Valid CSS² and similar claims are unprofessional
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20070309/valid-css-and-similar-claims-are-unprofes
sional/
Presentation Layer Best Practices
http://www.welterlin.com/whitepapers/presentationLayerBestPractices.php
25 Code Snippets for Web Designers (Part 1)
http://tutorialblog.org/25-code-snippets-for-web-designers-part1/
Q&A with Google's chief internet evangelist
http://blogs.smh.com.au/mashup/archives//010255.html
Improving the User Experience with In-page Navigation
http://www.pebbleroad.com/article/improving_the_user_experience_with_in_page
_navigation/
Better Content Management through Information Architecture
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/better-content
Improve your forms using HTML5!
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/improve-your-forms-using-html5/
Wordpress tweaks and addons
http://karmakars.com/links/wordpress-tweaks-and-addons/
Usability in the Movies -- Top 10 Bloopers
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/film-ui-bloopers.html
Working Draft: CSS3 Text
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-css3-text-20070306/
Badger - use Yahoo! Pipes and JS to create Web badges out of any RSS feed
http://kentbrewster.com/badger/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Taming the content beast: Bob Boiko tour
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This two-day masterclass by Bob Boiko, author of the "Content Management
Bible", will provide proven solutions to the hardest of content
management challenges. Out from the US, this will be Bob's only visit to
Australia in 2007, so don't miss out!
Melbourne (Crowne Plaza): 15-16 March 2007
Canberra (Hyatt Hotel): 19-20 March 2007
Sydney (Mercure Hotel): 22-23 March 2007
Full workshop details:
<http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/bobboiko07/index.html>
Web Standards Group (Sydney) - 20 March 2007
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Ted Patrick is a Technical Evangelist for Flex at Adobe Systems. He worked
with Flash since FutureSplash Animator and watched its evolution from
animation to application. Ted also helped Adobe with the development of
ActionScript 3, AVM2, ASC compiler, and Flash Player 9 for some 16 months
prior to Flex 2's release.
Earle Castledine - Winner of this years tightly contested WebJam, Earle is
the inventor of Web Sequins (a technology soon to be sweeping the web) as
well as being one of leading figures in Yahoo Pipes tutorials.
<http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=92>
Marketing Online Government Services (Sydney) - 21-23 Mar 2007
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Strategies to improve the content, delivery and marketing of e-government
This conference will look at ways in which government departments can
improve the marketing of their online services.
<http://www.arkgroupaustralia.com.au/events-marketinggov.htm>
WebDU (Sydney) - 22-23 March
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webDU the premier Antipodean Web Technology Conference. Just when you
thought we couldnt get any bigger, webDU will now to encompass a larger
spectrum of web technologies and will bring you the best of web
technologies, ideas and what the future holds. webDU has established itself
as the must attend annual event for web developers, designers, managers and
students.
http://www.webdu.com.au/
Effective layout and design (Canberra) - 27 March
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This 1-day course shows you how to implement a range of techniques to ensure
your site, web application or GUI application is based on solid design
principles. With this approach you can create a design for your site or
application that satisfies both business and user goals.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/effective_layout_and_design.html
Web Standards Group (Canberra) - 28 March
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First speaker: Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft
Topic 1: Designers and developers - learning to get along
Shane Morris is a "User Experience Evangelist" at Microsoft. Shane has
worked as an interaction designer/information architect/usability specialist
since 1991. More about Shane http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/
Second speaker: Craig Errey, Managing Director and psychologist, PTG Global
Topic 2: Bridging the gap between requirements and design
Craig Errey is the founder and managing director of The Performance
Technologies Group (T/A PTG Global). He is a registered psychologist in NSW
and has over 10 years of experience in usability and user interface design.
Craig leads the R&D function at PTG Global and is responsible for the
development of PTG Global¹s core methodologies including XPDesign, Certified
Usable, the IT Blueprint and XPDesigner.
Connection07 (Göteborg) - 27 March
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en dag med fokus på de mest betydelsefulla perspektiven och områdena inom
dagens webb (I have no idea what this says but it looks like a great event!)
http://connection07.se/
Web Accessibility Workshops (Sydney) - 28 March 2007
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These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers
and web contract managers. The workshops provide a thorough overview of
accessibility issues and how to address them. It covers the World Wide Web
Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation and a
consideration of assessment tools and techniques. Sydney Registration
Details: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=603
Information Design Conference 2007 - Greenwich, London, UK - 29 & 30 March
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The Information Design Association in the UK is pleased to announce that IDC
2007 is now open for registration! The programme will offer a good mix of
industry case-studies from design practitioners and their customers, and
reports from researchers -- all selected for their relevance to the
practical business of making information more usable and easy to understand.
http://www.informationdesignassociation.org/idc2007/
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JOBS
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USABILITY SPECIALIST
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The User Interface Design team at Monash University is looking for a
Usability Specialist. We would appreciate it if you could circulate
this to anyone you feel may be interested. Usability Specialist
Great opportunity to develop your skills in UI testing and design
Leading edge technology
10 month contract
The usability specialist will be engaged in a range of web site
design-related activities including user research, user interface
design, and usability evaluation. This position¹s aim is to produce
highly usable websites. Responsibilities
Conduct research on business and user needs
Design user interfaces
- Create paper-based or interactive prototypes for evaluation
- Develop information architectures
Evaluate user interfaces for usability
- Plan and conduct usability evaluations
- Analyse and report on usability evaluations
- Make design recommendations
Requirements
Tertiary qualification in computing, information management, human
factors, psychology, or related field.
At least two year's experience in a user interface design environment
Experience in user testing of web sites
Experience in developing paper prototypes, wireframes, and card sorting
Familiarity with user-centred design
This is a 9 month contract with a possibility of an extension. For further
information and a copy of the position description, please contact Anthony
Beitz on (03) 9902 0584 or via email on [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
see the advertisement:
http://sssd.adm.monash.edu.au/employ/job.asp?refnumber=G077438&work=&staff=&;
faculty=Information%20Technology%20Services%20Division&keyword=&whichpage=1&
pagesize=5
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