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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/2008/04/02/some-links-169/> CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc351024(VS.85).aspx Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 for Developers Standards Highlights Part 2 http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/26/internet-explorer-8-beta-1-for-d evelopers-standards-highlights-part-2.aspx Shorthand css/not only because it is shorter http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/css-shorthands Internet Explorer 8 Doctype and HTTP Header Switching http://dorward.me.uk/www/ie8/ CSS Properties Index http://meiert.com/en/indices/css-properties/ Acid3: Opera hits 100/100, has visual perfection, lacks smoothness, and releases a public build! http://annevankesteren.nl/2008/03/acid3-opera-100 What does Acid3 mean to you and me? http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200804/what_does_acid3_mean_to_you_and _me/ Extreme User Research http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/extreme-user 10 Tips For Your First Email Campaign http://www.digital-web.com/articles/ten_tips_for_email_campaigns/ Captioning sucks! http://captioningsucks.com/ 10 Tips For Your First Email Campaign http://meryl.net/2008/04/01/7-tips-to-a-good-twitter-experience/ The Frog (Image Resizing Demo) http://www.designdetector.com/demos/frog1.html Content Overlay with CSS http://www.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/content_overlay_css/ Ma.gnolia moves to OpenID-only sign ups http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2008/03/30/magnolia-moves-to-openid-only-sign-ups / Blog Comments Still Matter http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/blog_comments_still_matter.php Geoff Bowers on the FarCry Framework http://www.sitepoint.com/article/geoff-bowers-farcry-framework ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- 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/ BarCampSydney3 --------------- Date: 5-Apr-08 to 6-Apr-08 City: Sydney (Australia) BarCamp is an intense community event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to participate. The BarCamp motto is: No spectators, only participants! http://www.barcampsydney.org/ 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 BarCamp Canberra #1 --------------- Date: 19-Apr-08 City: Canberra (Australia) CSIT Building, North Road, Australian National University A BarCamp in the capital? Capital! After a year of trying, we¹ve finally scored a venue and BarCamp Canberra is happening! Here are the details: * Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and related topics. We have room for 60ish people, so bring your colleagues. * What? A good opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work with like-minded individuals. * When? 1000-1700 on Saturday 19 April 2008 * Where? BarCampCanberra will be held at the CSIT Building, North Road, ANU. * Website? The BarCampCanberra blog is located at http://www.barcampcanberra.org/blog Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom --------------- Date: 25-Apr-08 City: London (UK) A one day conference focussing on how developers can make Web 2.0 applications Accessible. Keynote speaker is Jeremy Keith, the day also features slots by Steve Faulkner (developer of the AIS toolbar) and Christian Heilmann. http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2 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 Web Directions User Experience: Melbourne ----------------------------------------- When: May 15 and 16 2008 Where: Melbourne Town Hall Web Directions User Experience is a one day two track conference, plus optional extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and techniques for building great user experiences on the web: interaction design, usability and testing, user research and ethnography, Ajax and Javascript, content, designing for email and mobile and more. http://ux08.webdirections.org/ Web Directions Government: Canberra ----------------------------------- When: May 19 and 20 2008 Where: Old Parliament House, Canberra Web Directions Government is a full day two track conference, plus an optional extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and techniques for meeting the challenges of eGovernment: interaction design and user experience, web standards, usability and accessibility, Government 2.0, Ajax and Javascript, knowledge management, social media and more. http://gov08.webdirections.org/ @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) The latest in web development, tools and techniques catch up, meet up and get inspired! http://www.webdu.com.au/ 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 --------------- Here at Hothouse, I'm looking for any people who love making websites. Specialising in Javascript or XHTML/CSS or both. Both full-time and freelance applicants are welcome. Hothouse is located in St.Leonards, Sydney and I can be contacted on 94323601 or emailed at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Job 2 --------------- Help us to write the SilverStripe book We're looking for a technical writer to work with our core developers to produce a SilverStripe book aimed at web developers. The main reason we're calling out to the community is that the core developers don't individually have the time to tackle a book by themselves. We also expect that by working with someone familiar with book writing, they can bring a whole set of fresh ideas, professionalism, and efficiency to the table. http://silverstripe.com/help-write-SilverStripe-book/ -------------------- 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] **************************************************************