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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
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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/2007/08/01/some-links-135/>
88 Miles
http://www.88miles.net/
XRAY
http://westciv.com/xray/
What is Enterprise 2.0?
http://fredcavazza.net/2007/07/27/what-is-enterprise-20/
Microformats: More Meaning from Your Markup
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/microformats-meaning-markup
The best websites are useful and ugly
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2007/nt-2007-07-23-ugly-websites.htm
Is Tagging A Disruptive Innovation?
http://tagsonomy.com/index.php/is-tagging-a-disruptive-innovation/
A Guide to Becoming a Better Writer: 15 Practical Tips
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/communication/a-guide-to-becoming-a-better-
writer-15-practical-tips.html
Top 7 blog mistakes to avoid
http://www.davidairey.com/top-7-blog-mistakes-to-avoid/
Putting the Del.icio.us Lesson into Practice, Part I
http://bokardo.com/archives/putting-the-delicious-lesson-into-practice-part-
i/
What is a Search Engine?
http://altsearchengines.com/2007/07/30/what-is-a-search-engine/
High Scalability - Building bigger, faster, more reliable websites
http://highscalability.com/
Web Designer Wall - Design Trends and Tutorials
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/
Make your presentations stickier: these 3 books can help
http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2007/07/make.html
12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally
http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/07/24/12-ways-to-use-facebook-professionally/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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McFarlane Prize 2007
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Nominations have just opened for the McFarlane Prize for 2007. This prize
for excellence in Australian web design will be awarded to an Australian
designer or team for a site launched or significantly upgraded between
August 1 2006 and July 31 2007. Full details are available at the McFarlane
Prize site, but key dates are as follows:
August 31 - Nominations close
September 22 - Shortlist announced
September 27 - Winner of the McFarlane Prize for 2007 announced
Full details: http://www.mcfarlaneprize.com/
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.
Proudly sponsored by Sydney Web
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=96
Melbourne Web Standards Group meeting
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Date: 02-Aug-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
See the first in a series of mini-debates for Melbourne's web industry.
Come along to see developers and designers alike fight it out in a war
of webby words and wits! There are three short debates planned for the
evening, ranging from the technical to the trivial. Interested in
joining the debate? Contact Matt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Well-spoken women
welcome! Proudly sponsored by SitePoint.
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=98
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
Web Trivia night - Sydney
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Date: 09-Aug-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
Compete with your peers in a world first: a trivia night where all the
questions will focus on the web, tech, and online life. There'll be free
drinks and food and all manner of awesome prizes.
http://www.webdirections.org/2007/07/22/geek-trivia-night/
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
Webjam Perth
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Date: 15-Aug-07
City: Perth WA (Australia)
That's right, the next Webjam event will be held in Perth! There is an
amazing amount of cool web stuff happening in Western Australia and we want
to help them show it off. Webjam will held Wednesday, August 15th, at the
Velvet Lounge in Mt Lawley. It starts at 6pm with presentations kicking off
at 6.30pm
http://webjam.com.au/
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)
It¹s 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. Australian team sponsored by Adobe. Proudly
supported by Red Square, SitePoint and 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
Information Architecture Fundamentals
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Date: 24-Aug-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
One-day workshop run by Patrick Kennedy of Step Two Designs. This
workshop will present an introduction to information architecture
(IA), the core methodology for organising and designing information-rich
websites and intranets. Fundamental principles will be covered, along
with a hands-on exploration of practical techniques. A must for all web
teams.
www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/070824/
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
Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 28-Aug-07
City: Perth WA (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. Focusing on excellent content
writing, this practical workshop complements the Vision Australia Web
Accessibility Workshops.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=49
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
Information Architecture Fundamentals
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Date: 26-Oct-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
One-day workshop run by Patrick Kennedy of Step Two Designs. This
workshop will present an introduction to information architecture
(IA), the core methodology for organising and designing information-rich
websites and intranets. Fundamental principles will be covered, along
with a hands-on exploration of practical techniques. A must for all web
teams.
www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/070824/
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/
Euroia - Europe's Third Information Architecture Summit
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Date: 21-Sep-07 to 22-Sep-07
City: Barcelona (Spain)
EuroIA invites your participation to this premier European event on
Information Architecture. Join us in Barcelona, Spain, September 21-22,
2007, for two incredible days of presentations, panels, and networking with
information architects from across Europe and around the world. This year we
will explore the theme of ³Translating Information Architecture², whether
between languages, within our profession, to our clients, transforming ideas
into practical solutions, or reaching out to other electronic and physical
spaces.
http://www.euroia.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/
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.
Visual designer - Civica
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We're looking for a visual designer with an eye for usability and
accessibility to produce a Visual Style Guide for our web application. Our
product contains many varying transactional and enquiry screens that need to
share a consistent, customisable, business-like appearance. Initially you
will be focusing on a small part of this application, creating an example
which we can use as a template across the whole product.
Our ideal candidate would possess:
- great communication skills
- excellent graphical design skills
- strong CSS knowledge
- awareness of usability and accessibility guidelines
This is a short term contact for somebody in the Newcastle/Sydney area.
If this sounds like you, then send your resume and links to previous work to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Job 2.
Swinburne University, Melbourne
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We are looking for a suitably qualified person (living in Melbourne) to take
a couple of tutorials (face to face) in a subject called Issues in
Electronic Media. The subject details can be viewed at
http://www.swinmc.net/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=HALM206.
<http://www.swinmc.net/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=HALM206>
If you are interested, please send a CV to Lisa Gye at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Classes commence Monday 6th August.
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Thanks
Russ
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