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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/2008/04/08/some-links-170/> Border model/the four dots issue http://www.onderhond.com/blog/onderhond/border-model-inconsistencies Definitive Guide to Maximise Benefits of Conference Attendance http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/definitive-guide-to-maximise-benefits-of-confere nce-attendance The John Slatin Fund Accessibility project http://www.knowbility.org/business/john-slatin/ CSS Naked day http://naked.dustindiaz.com/ Advanced JavaScript Debugging Techniques http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2008/04/03/advanced-javascript-debugging-techniq ues/ The Principles of Project Management http://www.sitepoint.com/article/principles-project-management 10 trends that will define logo design in 2008 http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-08.php Extreme User Research http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/extreme-user We Tried To Warn You, Part 2 http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/we-tried-to-warn-you32 Implementing a syntax-highlighting JavaScript editor in JavaScript http://marijn.haverbeke.nl/codemirror/story.html Most Useful 50 CSS Tips And Tools For Webmasters http://www.emmaalvarez.com/2008/04/most-useful-50-css-tips-and-tools-for.htm l The Highly Extensible CSS Interface http://cameronmoll.com/articles/extensible-css/ Advisory Committee Presents Report on Updated 508 Standards http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=58 Google App Engine: An Early Look http://mashable.com/2008/04/08/google-app-engine/ ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- 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/ UPA Sydney April event - Designing for the User Experience in Agile Development --------------- Date: 10-Apr-08 City: Sydney (Australia) Our April meeting marks the first in our series on developing great user experiences in the context of Agile development. The evening will feature a lively panel discussion with four panelists who vary in their experiences and views, and will include ample time for audience participation. Time: Panel discussion: 6:30 - 7:30pm Drinks starting at 6:00pm and drinks and nibbles also following the panel Location: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Browadway, Lecture Theatre 2.4.10 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/ Open Source in the Enterprise --------------- Date: 15-Apr-08 City: Melbourne (Australia) Learn about the pros and cons of the latest open source software for business and enterprise systems, including new opportunities, licensing and how to save money. Kevin Littlejohn, Director, Obsidian Systems will describe how his company has used open source in the development of their Jet Billing Engine. Chris Fleischmann, Senior Solutions Architect, Sun Microsystems and Luie Matthee Senior Solutions Architect, Redhat will present on their respective company's open source strategies, recent acquisitions and product development. They will also provide examples of business usage of some of their open source offerings. http://www.gener8.com.au/ej1504.asp 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 --------------- Heliocell Web designer and marketer Wellington, New Zealand Heliocell needs an awesome designer to work with our small team on websites and web-based applications. You will be our key client contact, and the face of Heliocell for most marketing, both online and at local networking events. You will... - Be a people person, and be able to foster good relationships with our clients - Have a keen interest in all things web, such as being involved in blogs and online communities - Have experience in designing commercial websites - Experience with design software, such as Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator - Have an appropriate Tertiary qualification - Experience with email newsletters is preferable - Knowledge of user-centred design, usability testing and best practices is preferable Please email Graeme Harre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with your CV and link to your online portfolio or sites you¹ve designed. Job 2 --------------- Heliocell Frontend developer Wellington, New Zealand Heliocell needs a standards aware developer to work with our small team on websites and web-based applications. You will be responsible for implementing all client-side code, AJAX, and CMS installations. You will... - Have experience in building commercial websites and/or online applications - Have experience in (x)HTML, CSS and unobtrusive Javascript - Ensure your code meets web standard best practices and is valid - Have experience with Content Management Systems - Have a working knowledge of design software (e.g. Photoshop) for implementing designs - Knowledge of XSLT is preferable - Experience in building email newsletter templates is preferable Please email Graeme Harre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with your CV and links to sites you¹ve built. Job 3 --------------- RNIB are recruiting for a Web Accessibility Consultant We're looking for another Web Accessibility Consultant to join our busy and growing team. You'll have experience of working in a web-related environment and a familiarity with, and understanding of, the Web Content Accessibility guidelines (WCAG1 and WCAG2) published by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). You'll also have in-depth knowledge of HTML and CSS and will be comfortable discussing finer coding issues with website developers as well as being experienced accessibility specialists with expertise in providing accessibility consultancy services to blue chip organisations. You'll carry out accessibility audits and deliver reports for clients, provide first line support and answer general technical queries about web accessibility, keeping abreast of relevant trends and developments. To find out more and apply (quote 4711) or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or call 020 7391 2363. Info at http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/were-recruiting-web-accessibility-co nsultant/ Closing date: 17 April 2008. Committed to diversity. Reg. Charity No. 226227. Job 4 --------------- Company: SitePoint Job Title: Managing Editor Description: Managing Editor Join a BRW Fast 100 company! Publish world-leading content on web development. Work with web industry leaders from around the globe. Are you passionate about the Web, its capabilities and the projects you¹ve managed? Are you looking for a stable environment with a professional, progressive culture and great potential? SitePoint is a fast-growing online media company and information provider targeting the web professional market. Recognised three years in a row in the BRW Fast100 and Deloitte Technology Fast 50, this is one of Australia¹s fastest growing companies. sitepoint.com is ranked in the top 1000 most visited web sites in the world. The business is run from a fun and friendly, but highly professional office in Collingwood, Melbourne. A team leader with strong project management experience is required to lead SitePoint¹s world-class print publishing team. Specifically, you'll be responsible for: Growing SitePoint¹s publishing business. Estimating and delivering the publishing schedule. Managing internal and external resources to deliver quality publications. Managing SitePoint¹s relationship with its worldwide distributers. Managing physical stock levels and print production. To be successful, you'll have proven experience in project management and team leadership, and you'll be passionate about the Web. You'll have a strong desire to take responsibility and drive business growth. You'll have excellent written communication and interpersonal skills, and the personal integrity and ability to respect confidentiality. An attractive salary and bonus structure will be offered to the successful candidate. This is an ideal opportunity to work for a company that's in a major growth phase with no staff turnover and a world wide network to work with. The world is your oyster! -------------------- Did I miss an event, resource or job in your city? 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