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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/2007/11/13/some-links-150/>
Semantify, and CSS tools based on Blueprint
http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/11/10/semantify-and-css-tools-based-on-
blueprint/
Graceful E-Mail Obfuscation
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/gracefulemailobfuscation
Tips For Creating Great Web Forms
http://css-tricks.com/tips-for-creating-great-web-forms/
CSS Transforms
http://webkit.org/blog/130/css-transforms/
JavaScript Madness: Keyboard Events
http://unixpapa.com/js/key.html
13 Awesome Javascript CSS Menus
http://www.noupe.com/ajax/13-awesome-java-script-css-menu.html
Linkdump on ECMAScript 3/4
http://web-graphics.com/2007/11/01/linkdump-on-ecmascript-34/
Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay's Registration
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/redesigning_ebay_registration/
Planning & Sustaining Wiki-based Collaboration Projects
http://www.pebbleroad.com/article/planning_sustaining_wiki_based_collaborati
on_projects/
Dojo Toolkit
http://dojotoolkit.org/
CS PNG Image fix for IE
http://komodomedia.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/05/css-png-image-fix-for-ie/
The seven rules of Unobtrusive JavaScript
http://icant.co.uk/articles/seven-rules-of-unobtrusive-javascript/
7 usability guidelines for websites on mobile devices
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-usability/mobile-gu
idelines.shtml
Design of a healthcare form - A World Usability Day case study
http://formulate.com.au/articles/design-of-a-healthcare-form
Investing in UX
http://www.uxmag.com/strategy/327/investing-in-ux
OpenSocial
http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/
Scaling drupal - an open-source infrastructure for high-traffic drupal sites
http://www.johnandcailin.com/blog/john/scaling-drupal-open-source-infrastruc
ture-high-traffic-drupal-sites
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Unpacking Social Innovation
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Date: 14-Nov-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Keynote speakers: Martin Stewart-Weeks (Cisco Systems), Justin Glass
(Whitelion), Leavina Reid (Bawrunga Aboriginal Medical Service).
RSVP to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NewTeeVee Live
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Date: 14-Nov-07
Location: San Francisco (USA)
NewTeeVee Live a premier event showcasing the online video industry's
hottest topics, most talented video producers, promising technologies,
leading innovators and top funding executives
http://live.newteevee.com/
Canberra IA Cocktail Hour
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Date: 14-Nov-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Julie Hale, Change Manager extraordinaire, is reporting on her study of
iacanberra.org. Please RSVP to Andrew Boyd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 16-Nov-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Category: Content
This workshop will give you a good overview of the techniques that will make
your web content more effective.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=108
WordCamp Melbourne
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Date: 17-Nov-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Block out Saturday November 17th in your diaries from 12:00PM - 7:00PM and
join us for drinks afterwards.
http://melbourne.wordcamp.org/2007/10/11/wordcamp-melbourne/
@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/
Digital Marketing and Media Summit 2007
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Date: 19-Nov-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Come and hear from industry leaders and visionaries including world-leading
digital creative Nick Law, Chief Creative Officer from R/GA (New York, USA)
discussing: Digital strategy best practice; Channel selection and balance;
Understanding the Australian online media landscape; Digital marketing by
generation and more...
http://www.elitemedia.com.au
IPv6 Summit 2007
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Date: 19-Nov-07 to 21 Nov-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Internet Society of Australia - Internet Protocol 6 in action - real-life
deployment business experience - return on investment
http://www.isoc-au.org.au/ipv6summit/
ColdFusion Camp Australia (CFCAMP)
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Date: 20-Nov-07, 21 Nov-07, 22 Nov-07, 27 Nov-07
City: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth
CFCAMP is a free, mini-conference for coldfusion developers by coldfusion
developers. We're celebrating the release of Coldfusion 8 -- and there is a
lot to celebrate.
http://cfcamp.pbwiki.com/
Vision Australia: Designing for an Accessible Website
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
Category: Accessibility
This workshops provides an introduction to accessibility issues within
Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements, and
an introduction to assessment tools and techniques.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=51
November Canberra WSG meeting
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
NLA Theatre, lower ground floor, National Library of Australia
Debra Wells, OPC IT: Screen reader audit of Australian Government web
Sites. Ruth Ellison, Stamford Interactive: Implementing accessibility in
Government http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=103
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
November IA-Peers Sydney
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Date: 22-Nov-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Eric Scheid on resolving a usability problem
(if only there was a url!!!)
Brisbane BarCamp #1
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Date: 24-Nov-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and related
topics. We have room for 200 people, so bring your colleagues. What? A good
opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work with like-minded
individuals. When? 10am-late on 24th November 2007 Where? East Brisbane
Bowls Club (Mowbray Park, Lytton Road) Website? Go to the BarCamp wiki over
at http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrisbane to register.
http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrisbane1
Open Source Developers' Conference
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Date: 26-Nov-07 to 27-Nov-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
The Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 is a conference designed by open
source developers, for developers and business people. It covers numerous
programming languages across a range of operating systems, and related
topics such as business processes, licensing, and strategy. Talks vary from
introductory pieces through to the deeply technical.
26th November - Tutorials
27th - 29th November - Technical program
28th November - Google Conference Dinner
Royal on the Park Hotel
Cnr Alice & Albert Streets
Brisbane CBD
Queensland
http://www.osdc.com.au/
Registrations are open for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2007:
http://www.osdc.com.au/registration/index.html
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
Effective layout and design - Hiser Group
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City: Canberra (Australia)
date: 27-Nov-07
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.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/effective_layout_and_design.html
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
Byteme
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Date: 2-Dec-07 to 9-Dec-07
City: Perth (Australia)
Byte Me! is a Digital Content Festival, featuring a program of screenings,
Show 'n Tells by Industry speakers from around the world, live audiovisual
performances and innovative cross-media events.
http://byteme.net.au/
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
Australian Business Analysis Association - User Group Meeting & Christmas
Drinks
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Date: 04-Dec-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Please join us for an exciting presentation ³Iterative Prototyping & User
Centred Design² by Matthew Hodgson
http://www.abaa.org.au/
OzeWAI 2007
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Date: 05-Dec-07
City: Melbourne (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
Melbourne Web Standards Group Meeting
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Date: 06-Dec-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
James Farmer, former online community manager for theage.com.au and
organiser of the first ever Melbourne WordCamp, will be talking about
blogging tools.
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=102
Massive 2007
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Date: 4-Dec-07
City: Perth (Australia)
ASSIVE is an annual end of year celebration for all the world's hard working
people in the Digital and Computing related fields.
http://www.perthmassive.net/
Sydney Web Standards Group Meeting
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Date: 5-12-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Location: Australian Museum
4 x 20 - Geoff Bowers, Craig Sharkie, Lisa Herrod, Steve Baty
Details to follow
Web-blast07 - Canberra
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Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney's web community - bringing
together web designers, web project managers, interface designers,
information architects and other web professionals.
Registration opens on Monday 26 November!
Sponsored by:
SMS Management and Technology
Donna Maurer from Maadmob Interaction Design
OPC - Providing Complete End-to-End IT Solutions for Business
Funnelback Internet and enterprise search:
http://webblast.org/canberra/
Web-blast07 - Sydney
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Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney's web community - bringing
together web designers, web project managers, interface designers,
information architects and other web professionals.
Registration opens on Monday 26 November!
Sponsored by Red Square - One of Australia's leading Internet agencies,
delivering exceptional user experiences online.
Supported by SitePoint
http://webblast.org/
Techshare India 2008
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Date: 4-Feb-08 to 5-Feb-08
City: New Delhi (India)
Breaking the Barriers is the first ever accessibility
conference-cum-exhibition bringing the entire ecosystem; the government, the
corporates, the NGOs, the disabled, the product companies, and the education
providers under one roof.
http://www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php
Webstock 08
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Dates: 11-Feb-08 to 15-Feb-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
webDU 2008
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Dates: 7-May-08 to 9-May-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
And so it begins -- the sixth Asia-Pacific web developers conference, web
DownUnder 2008!
http://www.webdu.com.au/go/call-for-papers
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JOBS
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Job 1
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Position Title - Web Developer
Location Sydney Office
Position title of supervisor - Communications Manager - Online
Hours - 40
Contract period 12 months
Purpose of Position
This position manages the technical aspects of online communication for
WWF-Australia by maintaining and
enhancing wwf.org.au - its content and underlying infrastructure. It
develops WWF-Australia's online assets
by working with internal staff and external agencies to communicate online
with targeted audiences to assist
WWF-Australia achieve its communication, fundraising and conservation goals.
http://wwf.org.au/about/jobs/web-developer-wwf/
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Thanks
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