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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/2007/10/09/some-links-145/>
Today's Web 3.0 Nonsense Blogstorm
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/web_30_semantic_web_web_20.html
Web Form Design in the Wild, Part I
http://www.uie.com/articles/forms-fairmont-hotel/
Killer web Content examples
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2007/nt-2007-10-01-killer-web-content.htm
PHPform - Create HTML Form in Seconds
http://www.phpform.org/
Client Side Load Balancing for Web 2.0 Applications
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/client_side_load_balancing/
ASL & subtitles together in online media
http://www.stonedeafpilots.com/?p=71
Downloadable Fonts - Safari now supports CSS @font-face rules
http://webkit.org/blog/124/downloadable-fonts/
CSS @ Ten: The Next Big Thing
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cssatten
Weak Ties for Social Problem Solving in Enterprise 2.0
http://www.annezelenka.com/2007/10/weak-ties-for-social-problem-solving-in-e
nterprise-20
Revealed: the brains behind Bugmenot
http://www.smh.com.au/news/web/the-brains-behind-bugmenot/2007/10/08/1191695
798003.html
Roll out your own JavaScript Interfaces
http://www.dustindiaz.com/roll-out-your-own-interface/
Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 3.0 - working draft
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-MathML3-20071005/
Visualizing Wikipedia
http://datamining.typepad.com/data_mining/2007/10/visualizing-wik.html
Rails 1.2.4: Maintenance release
http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/10/5/rails-1-2-4-maintenance-release
Thinking Outside the Web
http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/transcript.cfm?cast_id=21
Ambient Personalization
http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/transcript.cfm?cast_id=22
The ThinkGeek 8-bit Tie
http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/hats-ties/9352/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Sydney Web Standards Group
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Date: 18-Oct-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Jo Kay: "Second Life and moblogging"
Mick Liubinskas: "Web Apps: A Trillion Tiny Transactions".
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=99
Canberra IA Cocktail Hour
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Date: 18-10-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Ruth Ellison: "IA in Government: A Case Study"
Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 19-10-07
City: Hobart (Australia)
These workshops introduce accessibility issues in terms of Australian policy
contexts and internationally recognised requirements. They are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals,
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers, designers
and web contract managers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=52
Pragmatic Web
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Date: 22-10-07 to 23-10-07
City: Tilburg ( The Netherlands)
THE PRAGMATIC WEB CONFERENCE is a unique forum to envision and debate how
the emerging social, semantic, multimedia Web mediates the ways in which we
construct shared meaning.
http://www.pragmaticweb.info/
Interaction Design Training Workshop
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Date: 23 October 2007
City: Sydney NSW
Category: Interaction Design
Understand both interaction design theory and principles as well as human
characteristics and behaviour in order to design usable applications,
intranet and internet sites.
http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/interaction-design.html
Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 23-10-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
These workshops introduce accessibility issues in terms of Australian policy
contexts and internationally recognised requirements. They are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals,
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers, designers
and web contract managers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=63
Step Two Designs: Information Architecture Fundamentals
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Date: 26th October 2007
City: Canberra ACT
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.
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/071026/
Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 30-10-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
These workshops introduce accessibility issues in terms of Australian policy
contexts and internationally recognised requirements. They are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals,
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers, designers
and web contract managers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=62
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/
Email Marketing Summit
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Date: 1-2 November 2007
City: Gold Coast Qld
The summit is designed to bring together Australia's leading email marketers
whilst simultaneously providing a rare opportunity to those new to the
industry to gain a wealth of insights and understanding.
http://www.emsaustralia.com.au/index.html
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin
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Date: 05-Nov-07
City: Berlin (Germany)
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models,
development paradigms and design strategies and connects the European web
community. European designers, developers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers,
product managers and business strategists
http://www.web2expo.com/berlin
Transcending CSS: Modern Techniques For Designing A Beautiful Web
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Date: 15-Nov-07
City: Leicester (UK)
In this full-day session, designer and author of the best-selling
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design Andy Clarke will challenge you
to think differently about creating inspired design for web using meaningful
markup and CSS. The session will be packed full of visual inspiration,
backed up by practical techniques for creating amazing work for the web. If
you are a visual designer looking to advance your CSS skills with new
techniques and technologies, or a technically minded developer who wants to
understand more about working visually, this workshop will take your
knowledge of CSS to the limits of what is currently possible and beyond.
Tickets are still available for £100 which includes refreshments and lunch.
http://www.wfwp.co.uk/workshops/transcendingcss-15112007
@media Ajax
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Date: 19-Nov-07 to 20-Nov-07
City: London (UK)
The Web is undergoing a revolution. Ajax - the technique of passing
data between server and browser without reloading the page - is
leading to faster, richer web applications with a markedly enhanced
user experience. The @media Ajax conference brings together some of
the leading figures in the field to explain how to best exploit this
"magic", from concept and design through to the underlying code.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmediaajax/
DebateIT: It¹s a World Wide Web of Women!
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Sydney
Corner of Phillip & Bridge Street, Sydney
Time: 5.30pm - 7.00pm
Cost: $30 (inc. GST)
Speaker(s): Laurel Papworth, Online Communities Strategist, World
Communities; Samantha Brett, Blogger, ASK SAM; Danielle Lehrer, Founder &
CEO, GoShout Pty Ltd; Liesl Capper, CEO & Co-founder, My Cybertwin; Sara
Goldstein, Co-founder, Mybargainqueen.com
Moderator: Lynne Spender, Consultant, DigiGen
http://www.slatteryit.com.au/events.html
A practical introduction to web accessibility
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: London (UK)
This course is intended for organisations wanting a practical fast track
introduction to web accessibility the key issues and legal and business
cases. Until the 22nd of October you can book with a 10% early bird
discount!
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webintroaccessibility
Rich Media and latest trends in accessibility
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Date: 27-Nov-07
City: London (UK)
This course will introduce you to the key concepts and solutions in making
rich media accessible. It covers Flash and multimedia, including
captioning. Until the 22nd of October you can book with a 10% early bird
discount!
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webrichmedia
OZCHI 2007
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Date: 28-Nov-07 to 30-Nov-07
City: Adelaide (Australia)
OZCHI is Australia and New Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of
human-computer interaction.
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/OZCHI_2007
A very practical guide to testing against WCAG1.0 and WCAG2.0
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Date: 4-Dec-07
City: London (UK)
This course is intended for organisations wanting a practical fast track
guide to an effective audit process, covering WCAG 1.0, 2.0 and other key
areas of accessibility. Until the 22nd of October you can book with a 10%
early bird discount!
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webpracticaltesting
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
Webstock 08
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Dates: 11-02-08 to 15-02-08
City: Wellington (New Zealand)
5 full-on days. 9 hands-on workshops. 19 kick-ass speakers. 24 must-see
presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web
standards, content, community, innovation & inspiration.
http://www.webstock.org.nz
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