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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/2008/08/20/some-links-189/> Raphael JavaScript library http://raphaeljs.com/ ECMAScript Harmony: New Life for JavaScrip http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/19/ecmascript-harmony-new-life-for-ja vascript The SEO Guide to Information Architecture http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/seo-guide-information-architecture Designer of 2015 trends http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designer-of-2015-trends The Site Map: An Information Architecture Cop-Out http://www.uie.com/articles/Sitemap People Finder: Searching Without Logic? http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/people-finder Best Practice for ID and Class Names http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080812/best-practice-ids-and-classes/ Caption-detail/tables and borderline semantics http://www.onderhond.com/blog/onderhond/caption-detail CSS 3 image replacement on the ODiN blog http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2008/css-3-image-replacement-on-the-odin-blog/ A Few Words on HTML/CSS Frameworks http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080805/html-css-frameworks/ Farewell to soft 404s http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/farewell-to-soft-404s.htm l More on 404 http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/now-that-weve-bid-farewel l-to-soft-404s.html News you can Use http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article4923.asp Form Elements: 40+ CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques http://www.noupe.com/css/form-elements-40-cssjs-styling-and-functionality-te chniques.html Nine Deadly Startup Diseasesand How to Cure Them http://www.sitepoint.com/article/nine-deadly-startup-diseases Blockquote: Then and Now http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/12/blockquote-then-and-now/ ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- Web on the Piste --------------- Date: 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. Local Government Web Network Conference 2008: We Believe in Community --------------- Date: 21-Aug-08 to 22-Aug-08 City: Sydney (Australia) 2 full days on web technologies, strategies, creativity, and standards. 12 sessions in 2 streams and 6 plenary sessions from some of the leading experts in the field from Industry and Government. With an impressive program of topics and a hot list of speakers including: * Cameron Adams, Russ Weakly, Brian Hardy, Tim Lucas, Lachlan Hardy. The conference is the first annual conference of the Local Government Web Network in NSW, the theme and title of the conference is "We Believe in Community" which is at the heart of what the network aims to achieve. This conference is open to all tiers of government, the public sector, non-profit and community groups. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to meet with your peers and professionals, participate in discussion and debate, and come away inspired feeling a part of this new web community. Register for tickets before 1 August: $350.00 Late registrations til 8 August: $400.00 To register your tickets and for more information go to: http://www.lgwebnetwork.org/ dConstruct 2008 (Brighton, UK) --------------- 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/ Fronteers 2008 conference --------------- Date: 11-Sep-08 City: Amsterdam On September 11th and 12th, the Fronteers 2008 conference will take place in Pakhuis De Zwijger in Amsterdam. This conference, organised for front-end engineers by front-end engineers, will focus narrowly on CSS and JavaScript. http://fronteers.nl/congres/2008/english Oz-IA/2008 --------------- Date: 20-Sep-08 to 21-Sep-08 City: Sydney (Australia) Oz-IA, Australia's Information Architecture Conference, will be on once again this year. This is our third year, and it's going to be even bigger. We will also have full and half day workshops on Thursday 18th and Friday 19th. http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/ We have an immediate call for participation - short or advanced conference sessions, posters, panels, and workshop facilitators. Deadline: July 25th. http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/presenters.shtml Singularity Web Conference --------------- 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/ Web Directions South 2008 --------------- 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/ ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Senior Web Developer Web Services Section Medicare Australia $61,326 - $68,737 Several Positions Working within the Design and Technical Team in the Web Services Section, the Senior Web Developer will be responsible for the design, development and implementation of Medicare Australia¹s corporate internet and intranet. You will also be responsible for providing expert advice, based on better web practices and a user centred design methodology, to associated web-based applications. Key Accountabilities: 1. Develop and support online information and services for Medicare Australia. 2. Develop and implement various web-based projects in conjunction with the Business, Strategy & Development Team. 3. Provide expert technical advice and assistance to develop and implement user interfaces for websites and applications. 4. Prepare and provide responses for internal and external web channel related enquiries and feedback. 5. Other duties as directed by the section and team managers. More information on this position is available at http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/about/careers/vacancies/nat-office.jsp and by contacting Mary-Anne Nayler on 02 6124 6681 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications close on 28 August 2008. -------------------- Did I miss an event, resource or job in your city? 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