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If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any country), please let me know - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- LINKS FOR LIGHT READING ---------------------------------- This weeks "links for light reading" are also available here (for those who click on the links below and find that they are broken): <http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/02/19/some-links-163/> They Shoot Browsers, Don't They? <http://alistapart.com/articles/theyshootbrowsers> Version Targeting: Threat or Menace? <http://alistapart.com/articles/minorthreat> Inside the link/uncovering more bugs <http://www.onderhond.com/blog/onderhond/inner-link-spacing> Wiki markup has no future <http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002764.html#002764> The Trouble With Web 2.0 <http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the-trouble-with-web> 25 Ways To Improve Your Site In 5 Minutes <http://fadtastic.net/2008/02/12/25-ways-to-improve-your-site-in-5-minutes/> 10 best CSS hacks <http://stylizedweb.com/2008/02/14/10-best-css-hacks/> Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 <http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/MindsonFireOpenEducatio nt/45823?time=1203426444> How to design a system that everybody hates <http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-188129.html> Website Optimization Measures, Part II <http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080215/optimization-measures-2/> An update to my my OpenID Shitlist, Hitlist and Wishlist <http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/02/15/an-update-to-my-my-openid-shitlist-hi tlist-and-wishlist/> ECMAScript 4 again <http://web-graphics.com/2008/02/13/es4-ri-m2/> XML is Ten! <http://www.w3.org/News/2008#item20> CSS Filters and IE7 Beta 3 <http://centricle.com/archive/2006/07/IE7b3-css-filters> Create Resizing Thumbnails Using Overflow Property <http://www.cssglobe.com/post/1305/create-resizing-thumbnails-using-overflow -property> ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- Perth Ruby on Rails Oceania Meetup --------------- Date: 20-February-08 City: Perth (Australia) Anyone interested in Ruby on Rails! You don't have to be using it full time, even if your getting started, come along, it's just a chance to have a bit of fun and share knowledge. http://forums.port80.asn.au/showthread.php?p=92188#post92188 A practical introduction to website accessibility --------------- Date: 20-Feb-08 City: London (UK) A practical fast track introduction to web accessibility the key issues and legal and business cases. http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webintroaccessibility Sydney Web Standards Group meeting --------------- Date: 21-Feb-08 City: Sydney (AUS) Presentation 1: Damian Hickey - Online Video: A standard document format for business. Presentation 2: Ben Buchanan - W3C Standards Are Not Enough http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=147 Amazon Web Services. --------------- Dates: 25-Feb-08 City: Melbourne (Australia) Flat Rate Recruitment invites any Melbourne-based passionate technical people (and their friends) to come along and listen to Mike Culver, a Web Services Evangelist from Amazon U.S.A http:// evangelists.wetpaint.com/account/mculver Mike is visiting Australia to spread the word about Amazon Web Services. [EMAIL PROTECTED] HotMobile 2008 --------------- Dates: 25-Feb-08 to 26-Feb-08 City: Napa Valley (USA) The Ninth Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile) continues the series of highly selective, interactive workshops focused on mobile applications, systems, and environments, as well as their underlying state-of-the-art technologies. HotMobile's small workshop format makes it ideal for presenting and discussing new directions or controversial approaches. http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/hotmobile2008/ Writing for the Web Training --------------- Date: 25-Feb-08 Location: London (UK) One day hands-on classroom-based usability testing training course. Learn how to plan, run and analyse your own usability testing sessions. http://www.webcredible.co.uk/writingtraining Web Usability Training --------------- Date: 26-Feb-08 Location: London (UK) One day hands-on classroom-based web usability training course. Learn all about web usability from the best in the business. http://www.webcredible.co.uk/usabilitytraining Web Accessibility Training --------------- Date: 27-Feb-08 Location: London (UK) One day hands-on classroom-based web accessibility training course. Find out all about web accessibility from the industry-leading experts. http://www.webcredible.co.uk/accesstraining Rich media and latest trends in accessibility --------------- Date: 27-Feb-08 City: London (UK) An introduction to the key concepts and solutions in making rich media accessible, including Flash and captioning. A special guest speaker will give an introduction to AJAX. http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webrichmedia Hidden barriers to web accessibility workshop --------------- Date: 27-Feb-08 City: London, England Description An eye-opening half-day course, to teach website designers, developers and programmers how to identify and cure some of the most serious, most common, but least obvious accessibility problems on their web sites. URL: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/publ ic_hiddenbarriersworkshop.hcsp Melbourne Web Standards Group Meeting --------------- Date: 28- Feb-08 City: Melbourne (Australia) Presentation: Paul Fenwick on "Starting An Open Source Business" Wouldn't it be great if you could make money by working with the software you love? Wouldn't it be fantastic to be your own boss, working with open source tools on open source projects, and doing it all on a schedule that you decide? http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=149 Intermediate CSS Training --------------- Date: 28-Feb-08 Location: London (UK) One day hands-on classroom-based intermediate CSS training course. Develop your CSS skills and become a more confident web developer. http://www.webcredible.co.uk/csstraining-inter Advanced CSS Training --------------- Date: 29-Feb-08 Location: London (UK) One day hands-on classroom-based advanced CSS training course. Discover how to take CSS to the edge and create cross-browser table-less web pages. http://www.webcredible.co.uk/csstraining Transitioning from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0 workshop --------------- Date: 27-Feb-08 City: London, England Description A half-day course, introducing the forthcoming guidelines for web accessibility, the Web Accessibility Content Guidelines 2.0 (WCAG 2.0). It includes useful references to key parts of the WCAG 2.0 guideline documentation, explains how these relate to one another and suggests a workable strategy for progressively incorporating the new guidelines into your web sites. URL: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/publ ic_transitioning.hcsp A very practical guide to testing against WCAG1.0 and 2.0 --------------- Date: 05-Mar-08 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 Intranet masterclass --------------- City: London Date: 7-Mar-08 Managing the evolution of intranets, Intranet innovation -- critical success factors, Establishing effective collaboration, Improving intranet search http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002711.html South By South West --------------- Dates: 7-Mar-08 to 11-Mar-08 City: Austin, Texas (USA) The SXSW Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology. http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/ Rubinius Sprint in Sydney --------------- Date: 8-Mar-08 to 9-Mar-08 City: Sydney (Australia) The Rubinius Sprint/Workshop is a weekend dedicated to learning and developing Rubinius, the next generation Ruby virtual machine. The spring is aimed at developers of all levels, the only requirement is that you have a keen interest to be involved with Rubinius and want to learn more. No particular experience with Rubinius is necessary however it would be beneficial if you¹ve spent a bit of time prior to the sprint familiarizing yourself with the basics of Rubinius itself. http://redartisan.com/2008/1/31/rubinius-sprint Carson Workshops: Professional JavaScript and Ajax by Thomas Fuchs --------------- Date: 26-March-08 City: London (UK) A one-day practical workshop that will enable you to fully explore Ajax and JavaScript and to realise the full potential of HTML/CSS-based web user interfaces. Learn the secrets of giving your sites and web applications the rich interactivity they deserve. This exclusive workshop by Thomas Fuchs will provide real-world examples and practical knowledge to enable you to make the jump to using Ajax and JavaScript. http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/fuchs/26March2008.html Website user experience & CSS workshop --------------- Date: 31-Mar-08 to 1-Apr-08 City: Canberra (Australia) A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS. http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/ Website user experience & CSS workshop --------------- Date: 3-Apr-08 to 4-Apr-08 City: Melbourne (Australia) A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS. http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/ Ausweb 08 --------------- Dates: 5-Apr-08 to 9-Apr-08 City: Ballina (Australia) In April 2008 (5th-9th) the 14th Australasian World Wide Web Conference, AusWeb08, will again be held at the Ballina Beach Resort. http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/ CHI 2008 --------------- Date: 5-Apr-08 to 10-Apr-08 City: Florence (Italy) CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field, the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote, stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities. http://www.chi2008.org/ Information Architecture Essentials --------------- Date: 9-Apr-08 City: Sydney (Australia) In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets. Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams. http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080409/ IA Summit --------------- Date: 10-Apr-08 to 14-Apr-08 City: Miami, Florida (USA) The Information Architecture Summit is the premier gathering place for those interested in information architecture. The 2007 IA Summit attracted over 570 attendees, including beginners, experienced IAs, and people from a range of related fields. http://www.iasummit.org/2008/ Future of Web Design --------------- Date: 17-Apr-08 City: London (UK) Putting the 'design' back into web design, FOWD brings you a packed day of sessions on the entire design process - from inspiration to build, project management and evolution. We also have a live Photoshop tennis session, where top designers create from scratch on the stage. http://www.futureofwebdesign.com Website user experience & CSS workshop --------------- Date: 28-Apr-08 to 29-Apr-08 City: Sydney (Australia) A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS. http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/ Website user experience & CSS workshop --------------- Date: 1-May-08 to 2-May-08 City: Brisbane (Australia) A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS. http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/ Carson Workshops: Transcending CSS - Styling For A Beautiful Web by Andy Clarke --------------- Date: 14-May-08 City: London (UK) 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. This workshop is not designed for beginners or newcomers to CSS. To get the most of this workshop you will be an intermediate to advanced user of CSS and be familiar with meaningful, accessible mark-up. http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/fuchs/26March2008.html @media 2008 "CSS Mastery" Workshop --------------- Date: 21-May-08 City: San Francisco (USA) Bringing his popular course based on the best-selling book of the same name to the USA for the first time, CSS expert Andy Budd delivers a day-long workshop for those looking to push their CSS skills to the limit. http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/sanfrancisco/workshop/ @media 2008 (San Francisco) --------------- Date: 22-May-08 to 23-May-08 City: San Francisco (USA) Returning to San Francisco after overwhelmingly positive feedback, the @media 2008 web design and development conference will once again offer up cutting-edge presentations from some of the industry's finest. http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/sanfrancisco/ @media 2008 (London) --------------- Date: 29-May-08 to 30-May-08 City: London (UK) Returning for a fourth year, @media 2008 is the latest in a series of widely renowned and consistently well received conferences for web design and development professionals. http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/london/ webDU 2008 --------------- Dates: 12-Jun-08 to 13-Jun-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 Information Architecture Essentials --------------- Date: 18-Jun-08 City: Brisbane (Australia) In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and designing websites and intranets. Key skills such as card sorting will be taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams. http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080618/ Web Usability Training Workshop --------------- Date: 28 Feb 2008 Brisbane Date: 6 May 2008 Melbourne Date: 22 July 2008 Sydney Description: Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques. As a result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web applications within their own organisation. URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-usability.html Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop --------------- Date: 29 Feb 2008 Brisbane (Australia) Date: 7 May 2008 Melbourne (Australia) Date: 23 July 2008 Sydney (Australia) Description: Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests. In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software. This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability test, what to test and how to test. URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/evaluation-and-testing.html AJAX and User Experience half day course --------------- Date: 1 May 2008 Sydney (Australia) Date: 8 May 2008 Melbourne (Australia) Date: 21 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia) Description: Using AJAX to enhance your online user experience. The workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of this increasingly popular technology. We will explore usability and accessibility issues and common user behaviours with AJAX applications. Finally we will discuss interaction design guidelines and heuristics for developing user friendly AJAX designs. URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/ajax-usability.html Interaction Design Training Workshop --------------- Date: 30 April 2008 Sydney (Australia) Date: 29 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia) Date: 2 July 2008 Canberra (Australia) Date: 10 Sept 2008 Melbourne (Australia) Description: Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites. Ever wonder why users don't behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction design. URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/interaction-design.html Web Application Design Training Workshop --------------- Date: 29 April 2008 Sydney (Australia) Date: 28 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia) Date: 1 July 2008 Canberra (Australia) Date: 9 Sept 2008 Melbourne (Australia) Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web applications. From internet banking, online learning, government transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly include elements of web application design. This course will explore the value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications. URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-applications.html ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Job 1 --------------- Senior Web Developer, Morpheum Melbourne, Australia Position overview Morpheum is seeking two full time senior web developers with a minimum of three years web development experience to join a company driven by an inclusive and transparent culture, with amazing clients. You will be part of an exciting team to produce highly usable, accessible and standards compliant web applications and websites. You will be a team player, excellent communicator and have a desire to mentor junior developers in a mature and process-orientated environment. Any web design/development for the government sector will be highly regarded. We see this role as suitable for someone who: * has a strong understanding and working knowledge of W3C standards and semantic design * is passionate and motivated about web standards, usability and accessibility * is capable of writing semantic, CSS, and HTML markup by hand * is committed and takes pride in the quality of their work * likes to keep up to date with web best practice Technology experience Experience in each of the following: * Web design patterns * HTML, XHTML, CSS, (JavaScript experience would be an advantage) * XML, XSLT * Server-side development in ASP, PHP, ASP.NET, C#.NET * SQL Server, SQL and database design * IIS + Windows Server platform * Familiarity with version control and release strategy * Experience with the open source and / or mid to enterprise CMS market an advantage as well as some knowledge in Adobe Photoshop/Fireworks, Flash and Action Scripts would also be an advantage Responsibilities * Undertake work assigned by the Production Manager such that key product development milestones are delivered to the highest possible standards within the agreed time frames * Initiate, plan, execute and control projects to meet requirements and schedules * Lead and drive development projects to successfully implement web sites and web applications * Introduce preventative measures when resolving production problems * Apply knowledge of industry trends and developments to improve service to internal staff and clients * Provide technical assistance and support through mentoring junior team members in appropriate areas to ensure quality * Participate in code and database reviews * Ensure, in consultation with the Production Manager that all relevant skills and knowledge are kept current, with particular focus on standards-based development and accessibility techniques * Assist in implementing internal processes, best-practice methodologies, and building re-usable code libraries * Assist project managers and sales team to create and execute project work plans/timings * Management of own time to deadlines * Execution of all development work in line with Morpheum's Quality Control processes and any industry standard processes adopted by the business, in particular, ensuring websites conform to Morpheum's adopted Accessibility conformance policy * Provide appropriate feedback in relation to the work allocated to facilitate the effective utilisation of the technical team in relation to Morpheum's broader objectives * Other Duties as directed by the Production Manager Capabilities * Have exceptional attention to detail and accuracy and be quality focused * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills * Ability to see and present alternatives * Able to contribute and share knowledge with other members of the development team * Possess a strong work ethic and be responsive to support requests on top of scheduled project tasks * Be an exceptional thinker Expressions of interest, including CV, web address or examples of work are requested to be forwarded by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoting "Senior Web Developer Position" in the subject line. Job 2 --------------- Manager Online Accessibility Consulting - Develop a niche practice - Superb opportunity - National role Vision Australia is a living partnership between people who are blind, sighted or have low vision, with a budget around $75m and 1,100 staff. In enhancing access to information, Vision Australia has established commercial partnerships and works with government, corporations and educational institutions to ensure that their online information and software program interfaces are accessible to those using assistive technology or needing to customise the interface. This role answers to the National Manager Consulting Services and is assisted by a small team. You are skilled in developing accessible websites and internet services, in line with global guidelines and standards. You will be judged on your ability to build relationships with clients who require high level consultancy and training services, and promoting accessible web and software design. Please send a CV (Word format, up to 5 pages) [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or ring Jeremy Wurm on 03 9602 1666, in confidence. www.rustonpoole.com <http://www.rustonpoole.com/> Vision Australia welcomes applications from candidates who are blind or have low vision. -------------------- 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 know - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Russ ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************