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- Web standards related jobs
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/2007/07/10/some-links-132/>
Authoring HTML 5 - A Call to Web Professionals
http://www.w3.org/QA/2007/06/html5-call-to-web-professionals.html
Design Questions
http://www.andyrutledge.com/design-questions.php
Interview with Leah Culver: The Making of Pownce
http://immike.net/blog/2007/07/06/interview-with-leah-culver-the-making-of-p
ownce/
Captions for Video with Flash CS3 (Part Two)
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/captions_flash_video_2/
Faceted Feature Analysis
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/faceted-feature
CSS: Using Percentages in Background-Image
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/07/05/css-using-percentages-in-backgroun
d-image/
Lessons on Innovation from Google
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/07/09/LessonsOnInnovationFromGoogle.a
spx
Stupid Things Big Companies Do
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/07/05/StupidThingsBigCompaniesDo.aspx
5 Ways to Optimize AJAX in Ruby on Rails
http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/ajax/5-ways-to-optimize-ajax-in-ruby-on
-rails
Understanding Pseudo-elements
http://snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/understanding_pseudo_elements/
Find the Perfect Colors for Your Website
http://www.vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/find-the-perfect-colors-for-your-w
ebsite/
iPhone Web Site Tester
http://iphonetester.com/
Optimizing Web Applications and Content for iPhone
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/designingcontent.html
Quiet Structure
http://www.andyrutledge.com/quiet-structure.php
Five things all clients want to know
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2007/07/10/five-things-clients/
Top 10 JavaScript String.prototype Extensions
http://www.ivanuzunov.net/top-10-javascript-stringprototype-extensions/
The Hole in the Wall: How Humans Connect No Matter What
http://www.cross-mediaentertainment.com/index.php/2007/06/23/the-hole-in-the
-wall/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Rich media and latest trends in accessibility
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Date: 17-Jul-07
City: London (UK)
An introduction to the key concepts and solutions in making rich media
accessible. Special guest speaker Christian Heilmann will give an
introduction to AJAX.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webrichmedia
Web Accessibility Workshop
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Date: 18-Jul-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
This full-day workshop run by Vision Australia is targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers
and web contract managers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=63
Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 24-July-07
City: Adelaide (Australia)
Vision Australia is partnering with respected usability and accessibility
expert Dey Alexander to offer a unique Writing for the Web workshop. Dey is
co-convenor of the Web Accessibility Network of Australian Universities and
is a regular presenter on useable and accessible web writing to the
education, corporate and government sectors.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=44
A very practical guide to testing against WCAG1.0 and 2.0
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Date: 24-Jul-07
City: London (UK)
A guide to an effective audit process, covering WCAG 1.0, 2.0 and other key
areas of accessibility.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webpracticaltesting
Web usability
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Date: 25-Jul-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_usability.htm
Information architecture: Theory & Practice
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Date: 25-Jul-07 and 26-Jul-07
City: Auckland (New Zealand)
This workshop provides a full day of IA theory & practice. It teaches
fundamental IA concepts and practical skills immediately useful for your
next project.
http://optimalusability.com/services.training.donnamaurer.php
Usability evaluation and testing
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Date: 26-Jul-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/usability_evaluation.htm'
Canberra WSG meeting
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Date: 26-Jul-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Stephen Collins, CEO and founder of acidlabs
Topic 1: Collaboration, innovation, distribution: social computing adoption
benefits for government and business
Matthew Hodgson, SMS Management & Technology
Topic 2: Goldilocks and the three bears: a story about social computing in
government
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=97
Sydney Web Standards Group meeting
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Date: 02-Aug-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Christy Dena - Thinking Outside the Web: How the Entertainment Industry is
Integrating All Media and Why
Scott Parsons - Ambient Personalization: Applying what we can learn about a
user's (and groups of users) behaviour, to improving their, and by extension
everyone's, experience of a site
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=96
Web Application Design
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Date: 07-Aug-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm
Interaction design
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Date: 14-Aug-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm
WA Web Awards
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Date: 17-Aug-07
City: Perth WA (Australia)
The WA Web Awards is an offical event organised by AWIA, the Australian Web
Industry Association (formerly Port80 Inc), as a showcase of the outstanding
work of West Australian web designers and developers. 2007 will be the third
year that the WA Web Awards programme has run.
http://www.wawebawards.com.au/
FullcodePress
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Date: 18-Aug-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
t¹s a geek Olympics! Web teams take each other on to build a complete
website for a non-profit organisation in 24 hours. No excuses, no
extensions, no budget overruns. Proudly sponsored by Google and supported by
Mort Bay Communications.
http://fullcodepress.com/
Web Application Design
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Date: 21-Aug-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm
Interaction design
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Date: 22-Aug-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm
Web Application Design
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Date: 23-Aug-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm
Web on the Piste - The Ultimate Conference for Rich Internet Technologies!
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Date: 22nd-23rd August 2007
City: Crowne Plaza Lake Front Queenstown NZ
Web on the Piste is the ultimate conference for Rich Internet
Technologies (RIA) in Australia & New Zealand. Held in a very cool part
of southern New Zealand called Queenstown, it's aimed squarely at web
developers & designers, business implementers & anyone who is interested
in learning about RIA's and how they can leverage them in today's
market. Included...
- 2 days of WPF, AJAX, FLEX, SPRY, Apollo, Flash
- Server side technologies; ColdFusion, .NET, Java, Silverlight
+more!
- Certified Instructors - classroom setting
- NEW RIA's, games, and campaigns on mobile delivery platforms
- Generation of new business opportunities and added value to
current ones
- Industry leaders as instructors, and a free-for-all round table
discussion each day
- Morning & Afternoon refreshments & lunch!!
Limited number of tickets left - so be quick! Registration is NZ$540
(US$425 / AU$495) per person. Register now at:
http://www.webonthepiste.com/webonthepiste/registration/registration_hom
e.cfm
Interaction design
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Date: 24-Aug-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm
Web Application Design
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Date: 28-Aug-07
City: Adelaide SA (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm
Interaction design
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Date: 29-Aug-07
City: Adelaide SA (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm
Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 30-Aug-07
City: Perth WA (Australia)
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.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1042
Web Application Design
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Date: 25-Oct-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm
Interaction design
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Date: 26-Oct-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm
d.Construct2007
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Date: 7-Sep-07
City: Brighton (UK)
d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing
and building the latest generation of web-based applications.
http://2007.dconstruct.org/
Oz-IA, Australia's Information Architecture Conference & Retreat
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Date: 22-Sep-07 to 23-Sep-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Over the weekend of 22nd/23rd September 2007 there will be a conference on
information architecture in Sydney, Australia. We plan a packed schedule of
speaker presentations, panels, workshops, and inter-session activities.
http://oz-ia.org/2007/
Web Directions South 2007
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Date: 25-Sep-07 to 28-Sep-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of
the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South will focus on
the key technology and business issues of the web in 2007. This really is
Australia's premier event for the web industry.
http://www.webdirections.org/
NOTE:
Dr Nic Williams will be hosting Beginning Ruby on Rails on Tuesday September
25 as part of Web Directions South.
http://www.webdirections.org/program/workshops/#williams
Fundamentos Web 2007
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Date: 3-Oct-07 to 5-Oct-07
City: Asturias (Spain)
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of CSS, A CONTEST has been called
to change the appearance of "Fundamentos Web 2007" site with novel CSS. The
winner and the two finalists will be chosen, out of the most voted designs,
by a committee made up of W3C Spain staff and chaired by the CSS
co-inventor, Bert Bos. The winner and the finalists can obtain an Apple's
MacBook, a Wii console, lodging for two people in Oviedo for the three days,
and attend the event for free. Designs can be sent until 13th May 2007.
http://www.fundamentosweb.org/2007
Making Links 2007
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Date: 30-Oct-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia's leading forums
for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their
work and to explore current and emerging new media and information and
communications technology (ICT). This two-day conference has regularly
attracted delegates and presenters from many fields including health,
environment, education, business, government, philanthropy and human
services to discuss their experiences with ICT, multimedia and web
technology.
http://www.makinglinks.org.au/
OzeWAI 2007
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Date: 05-Dec-07 (Australia)
Web Adaptability for Inclusion Conference 2007:
Web 2.0 accessibility - is it going to be easier?
Worldwide, there have been significant steps towards a more inclusive online
environment. New applications for improving the accessibility of content and
services are adopting revised guidelines from W3C; new quality certification
standards have been developed, and interactive accessibility services are
emerging. The ISO committee has produced an inventory of needs, responses,
and requires input from users and developers. Learn more about Web 2.0 and
these developments at OZeWAI 2007.
http://www.ozewai.org/2007/index.html
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JOBS
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Job 1
EXPERIENCED WEB DEVELOPER/DESIGNER
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- Excellent $$$¹s
- Creative Warehouse location, Surry Hills, Sydney.
- Yearning for a dynamic project with the opportunity to go Global
Project BeamMe¹ is a the brainchild of Known Pty Ltd, an online Branding
and Communications Agency with big plans and big ideas. We have created the
blueprint of a web application that is truly at the cutting edge of the
convergent space between web and mobile technology. With venture capital
backing now finalized, we are looking to recruit the team to make the plans
a reality and be for the right candidate the opportunity to be involved in a
global roll out is on the table. Offices and out posts will be opened in
London and NY and the initial interest in the project has been excellent
from clients in all centres. There are no similar applications on the market
to date and with a launch in 3 months time, this will be and enormously
enjoyable ride for all. Working with the Project Manager, we are looking for
experienced PHP and MySQL developers to be responsible for various parts of
the project build, testing and refinement. Ongoing opportunities with the
company will be available in new product development and
To be considered for the role you will need to possess the following
essentials
- 5+ years commercial web development experience.
- Fluent knowledge of PHP, Javascript, CSS and XHTML
- Excellent knowledge of MySQL design and query writing.
- Solid experience with AJAX and other dynamic methods
- Comfortable with working in both Windows and Linux environments
- Be able to turn photoshop screen shots into fast, efficient and well coded
sites.
Non-essential but favorable skills include:
- Keen general interest of mobile, internet and other new technologies
- Experience with Web to Mobile application development
- Knowledge of mobile phone features and limitations
- Experience with installing and administering linux applications and
scripts,
- Experience with installing and administering of web servers apache, iis
Key will be your ability to work as part of a team and to own project
components and see them through to completion. Big points will be awarded to
web developers/designers demonstrating experience in all things new media.
Know how to Podcast, create Blogs or do you contribute to online
communities? We are looking for people who can see the future of online
communications and have ideas that can generate brilliant and user engaging
solutions.
Interested? Contact Alex on 02 9690 2070 or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Online campaigner, Which?
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£25 - 40,000, based central London
We are looking for a red-hot online campaigner who can combine online
tactical campaigning with strong editorial and project management skills to
continue to build on our campaigns successes.
As campaigns project manager you will be expected to use up-to-the-minute
new media campaigning techniques to gain maximum impact. You'll be
responsible for producing and managing the campaigns website editorial
strategy, ensuring it matches the site's wider editorial strategy and
ensuring online campaigns content is up-to-the-minute and consumer focused.
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Did I miss an event, resource or job in your city? If you have an event,
resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any country), please let me
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Thanks
Russ
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