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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
- WSG and Industry events
- Web standards related jobs (1 job this week)
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/2007/03/21/some-links-120/>
Text Clouds: A New Form of Tag Cloud?
http://www.joelamantia.com/blog/archives/tag_clouds/text_clouds_a_new_form_o
f_tag_cloud.html
Choosing an Accessible CMS
http://juicystudio.com/article/choosing-an-accessible-cms.php
Redmond, Here I Am
http://www.molly.com/2007/03/17/redmond-here-i-am/
Twittervision and Twitter
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/03/twittervision_a.html
Research Is a Method, Not a Methodology
http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000755.php
Content Analysis Heuristics
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/content-analysis
Best Practices for Stylizing and Customizing Links in CSS
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=696189&rl=1
Web 3.0: When Web Sites Become Web Services
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_30_when_web_sites_become_web_servic
es.php
Small business Websites - How do you get more traffic to your site
http://raveaboutit.blogspot.com/2007/03/small-business-websites-how-do-you-g
et.html
Redesigning the ExpressionEngine Site
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/redesigning_the_expressionengine_site/
What is OpenID Good For?
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=0ff07054-f6fd-4093-915
1-12b9fcbf8938
JavaScript bookmarklet builder
http://daringfireball.net/2007/03/javascript_bookmarklet_builder
Killler PHP - PHP videos for web designers
http://www.killerphp.com/
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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/
Real World Accessibility for Ajax and Web Apps - Austin, Texas May 7, 2007
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An energetic, practical, full-day workshop by top web accessibility expert
Derek Featherstone. We¹ll be examining original research conducted by
Derek¹s company and real-life test cases. You¹ll see assistive technologies
and prototypes of new techniques in action. During this intensive workshop
we¹ll even put a selection of existing web apps through their paces
zeroing in on how well they meet the needs of people with a variety of
disabilities.
http://furtherahead.com/workshops/texas/
CSS & Accessibility Workshop
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Web designers and developers face a range of challenges in today¹s market.
The days of producing websites for a single browser are gone. Website
accessibility has become a key concern for developers and site owners. This
workshop series will provide solutions to these challenges. If you're
interested in building accessible websites that will work into the future,
this workshop series is for you!
Melbourne - Thursday 3, Friday 4 May
Sydney - Monday 14, Tuesday 15 May
Canberra - Monday 21, Tuesday 22 May
Brisbane - Monday 28, Tuesday 29 May
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/workshop2007/
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JOBS
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Web Developer and Designer (Several positions) Medicare Australia (Canberra)
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Medicare Australia are recruiting HTML/CSS experts to join their Web Design
& Technology Team.
The Team is responsible for the design and development of Medicare
Australia¹s internet/intranet websites, they are the agency's leaders in web
standards, usability, accessibility and information architecture.
Specifically, the team provides leadership on technical issues like
cross-browser compatibility, web best practice and techniques to achieve
compliance with Australian Government web standards. The team are ³hands-on²
HTML/CSS developers and perform some graphic design and system
administration services. Strategically, the team will be looking at User
Centred Design (UCD) methodologies and XML technologies.
Skills/Experience/Knowledge:
- Demonstrated experience hand-coding/editing HTML & CSS and a sound
understanding of current and emerging web standards and technologies.
- Sound understanding of usability and accessibility in web development and
design
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, a demonstrated
ability to liaise and negotiate effectively with clients
- Experience in other web technologies (server or client-side) or other
Information Technology roles highly desirable
- Demonstrated initiative, ability to respond flexibly to changing
priorities and deliver to agreed deadlines
- A desire to share knowledge, and a willingness to learn, in a
collaborative Team environment.
Applications close 5th April 2007. Find out more at:
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/about/careers/vacancies/nat_office.shtml
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Thanks
Russ
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