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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
- WSG and Industry events
- Industry related jobs
If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any
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GET CONNECTED - LINKED/FACEBOOKED?
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What to connect with other WSG members?
Linkedin WSG group:
http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=54560&sharedKey=13D0DC45E3AF
Facebook WSG group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2410228768
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LINKS FOR LIGHT READING
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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/2008/07/02/some-links-182/>
Should Links Open In New Windows?
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/01/should-links-open-in-new-windows/
Collaborate and Connect with Subversion
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/collaboratewithsubversion
Getting Out of Binding Situations in JavaScript
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/getoutbindingsituations
Portable Social Networks, The Building Blocks Of A Social Web
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/portable_social_networks_building_blocks
_of_a_social_web/
Integrating Social Media into a Web Content Strategy
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/social_media_to_web_content_strategy/
Enterprise CMSes vs. Blog CMSes
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2008/06/enterprise-cmses-vs.blog-
cmses
Make government data freely available
http://egovau.blogspot.com/2008/06/make-government-data-freely-available.htm
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Reduce Bounce Rates: Fight for the Second Click
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/bounce-rates.html
CSS Positioning Properties At-A-Glance Guide
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/properties-glance-guide
FancyZoom 1.1
http://www.cabel.name/2008/02/fancyzoom-10.html
Spam vs. Accessibility
http://www.joedolson.com/articles/2008/06/spam-vs-accessibility/
html vs css pt3/heading headaches
http://www.onderhond.com/blog/onderhond/html-vs-css-pt3-headings
Is Email In Danger?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/is_email_in_danger.php
CSS Nesting Specifics - When CSS Misbehaves
http://css.dzone.com/news/css-nesting-specifics-when-css
SWF searchability FAQ
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flashplayer/articles/swf_searchability.html?devc
on=f1
Improved Flash indexing
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Sydney PHP Group monthly meeting
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Date: 03-Jul-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
The Sydney PHP Group meets every first Thursday of the month, with the
exception of January (holidays).
sydphp.org
Garr Reynold's Presentation Zen
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Date: 04-Jul-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
Presentation Zen (www.presentationzen.com) is the legendary blog
on creating and delivering remarkable presentations. Garr Reynold's
recent book of the same name is now a best-seller, and is being
translated into seven languages. When we found out he was coming to Sydney
for a holiday, we talked him into giving a public presentation. This will be
on 4th of July, and will be the only chance to see him in action in
Australia. Read about the event on Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/jamesr/presentation-zen-comes-to-sydney
Usability week 2008
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Date: 21-Jul-08 to 26-Jul-08
City: Melbourne (Australia)
http://www.nngroup.com/events/melbourne/agenda.html
Web Usability Training Workshop
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Date: 22-Jul-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
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
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Date: 23-Jul-08
City: 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
Web Application Design Training Workshop
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Date: 1-July-08 Canberra (Australia)
Date: 9-Sep-08 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
Interaction Design Training Workshop
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Date: 2-July-08 Canberra (Australia)
Date: 10-Sep-08 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 on the Piste
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Date: 20-Aug-08 to 21-Aug-08
City: Queenstown (New Zealand)
The ultimate conference for rich internet technologies is on again this year
and if you haven't already heard about it, then check out
www.webonthepiste.com and get yourself a ticket ASAP! WOTP is a vendor
neutral conference held in Queenstown, NZ in August 20 - 21st - in the
height of the ski season. With a unique offering of Microsoft and Adobe
playing happily together and showcasing the latest & greatest in
technologies such as Silverlight / WPF, Flash, Flex / AIR, .NET, Coldfusion,
you'll get a big dose of the RIA market in one place. With a heap of
excellent speakers / sessions, a fantastic social agenda and with the
activities that Queenstown offers - your guaranteed to learn a lot and have
fun.
dConstruct 2008 (Brighton, UK)
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Date: 5-Sep-08
City: Brighton (UK)
The hottest ticket in the web design calendar is back for it's fourth
instalment. This year dConstruct will see speakers such as Steven
Johnson, Daniel Burka, Joshua Porter and Jeremy Keith talk about
"Designing the Social Web." Tickets go on sale at 11am BST on the
24th June and usually sell out within a day, so stick a note in your
diary today.
http://2008.dconstruct.org/
Web Directions South 2008
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Date: 25-Sep-08 to 26-Sep-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
This year in over 30 sessions across 3 tracks and 2 days, plus another 2
days of workshops, we cover off front and back end design and development,
mobile design and development, information architecture, user experience and
interaction design, social media and networks, accessibility, Ajax and
Javascript, semantic web, RIAs, web application security, marketing and
advertising online and so much more. With speakers including:
* Jeffrey Veen - renowned UX expert from Wired, Adaptive Path, Google
* Derek Featherstone - leading accessibility expert
* Daniel Burka - interaction designer for Digg
* Jina Bolton - The Art and Science of CSS
* Douglas Crockford - Ajax security expert at Yahoo!, and the world's
leading JavaScript authority
* Jeff Croft - web design and typography guru
* Lynne D Johnson - Senior Editor and Community Director at FastCompany
http://south08.webdirections.org/
Singularity Web Conference
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Date: 24-Oct-08 to 26-Oct-08
City: everywhere
Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world.
On October 24-26, join 100 of the world¹s top web visionaries, developers,
designers, thought leaders, and celebrities for three days of talks at this
seminal web event.
Attend from home or from a real-world local conference hub near you. Catch
up with old friends (you can find them from your existing social networks)
and meet new ones. And you don¹t even have to take time off work.
http://singularity08.com/
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JOBS
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Job 1
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Technical Consultant / Systems Support Engineer
Funnelback Pty Ltd is a leading enterprise search engine company whose
client list
includes the ABC, ASX, Westpac, one third of all Australian universities
and state and
federal governments.
We have a position available for a technical consultant position. You
have the ability to tailor your role to suit your career.
Roles include:
Search projects and consultancies (customer implementations,
integration development, training sessions, search tuning, and others)
Architectural design enhancements and general maintenance of our SaaS
based enterprise search offering
Pre and post sales customer technical support
Product QA
Selection criteria and application procedures are available from:
http://www.funnelback.com/Company/technical_consultant200806.pdf
For more information about this role, please contact: Kat Ng on 02 6229
1716.
Job 2
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3 great jobs @ Gruden
We are looking to take on 3 new staff in the following roles; Senior ASP.NET
Developer, Flash / Flex Developer and System Administrator. Full job ads are
below. All positions are based out of our Sydney CBD office.
If you are interested or know someone who might be please send a CV and
cover letter to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Salaries are commensurate on experience
we can start discussing them once we¹ve seen your CV.
Senior ASP.NET Developer
Gruden is looking for a Senior Developer with experience in the complete
product development lifecycle of ASP.NET applications. The successful
candidate will be required to perform - requirements gathering, application
design, developing code, testing, deployment, maintenance, manage a team of
up to 4 developers and work closely with a dedicated project manager.
Communication and team management are key attributes for this position;
since the selected candidate will be working with business stakeholders to
understand requirements and communicate progress in order to write and
maintain software documentation. Required:
* Minimum three years experience in ASP.NET development
* MCTS certified
* Exceptional written and communication skills
* Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise
* Exceptional knowledge of the Internet industry
* Advanced Microsoft SQL Server
* Excellent understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and web standards
Key Experiences
* Have Successfully designed & developed practical solutions to
technical problems
* Write clear-cut technical documents discussing the solution objectives
and requirements
* Communicate effectively with a variety of people, including clients at
all levels
* Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and manage time effectively
whilst engaged in several projects simultaneously
Flash / Flex Developer
We are looking for a Flash / Flex Developer to scope, develop and implement
technical solutions utilising the latest technologies whilst adhering to the
various industry standards. Advanced Knowledge
* Exceptional written and communication skills
* Excellent organisational skills with ability to prioritise
* Good understanding of ActionScript 1 - 3 and Object Oriented
programming
* Experience working with Flash 9 and Flex 2-3
* Design patterns
* Cairngorm framework
* Understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and web standards
Key Experiences
* Must have a minimum two years experience in Flash/Flex development
* Have Successfully designed & developed practical solutions to
technical problems
* Write clear-cut technical documents discussing the solution objectives
and requirements
* Communicate effectively with a variety of people, including clients at
all levels
* Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and manage time effectively
* Experience with sever side technologies considered a bonus
System Administrator
Gruden is looking for a Permanent full-time System Administrator to support
and develop its IT infrastructure. The position offers a combination of
day-to-day administration and various projects dealing with clients. The
person we are looking for must have excellent verbal and written
communication skills. The role is aimed at the individual who has strong
skills in the following: Essential requirements:
* Minimum 2 years experience working as a System admin
* Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline or equivalent
* Windows 2003 domain administration
* Exchange 2003 administration
* Backup system management
* Helpdesk / Desktop support
* Strong knowledge of networking protocols
* Demonstrable knowledge of Apache webserver, IIS, MySQL, MSSQL
Desirable skills:
* Server Migration experience
* Storage solution experience
* Some experience in programming
* VPN experience
* Atlassian product administration
* Support ticketing experience
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Thanks
Russ
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