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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
country), please let me know - r...@maxdesign.com.au
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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/2009/01/27/some-links-213/>
List of 10+ usability-conscious link styles done in CSS
<http://fecklessmind.com/2009/01/25/list-of-great-link-styles/>
Communicating with code
<http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/01/communicating-with-code.html>
Captcha cracking in JavaScript with Canvas and neural nets
<http://ajaxian.com/archives/captcha-cracking-in-javascript-with-canvas-and-
neural-nets>
How Can I Validate (X)HTML + ARIA?
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=107>
New CSS Sticky Footer
<http://www.cssstickyfooter.com/>
Microformats, accessibility, HTML 5 (again)
<http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2009/microformats-accessibility-html-5-again/>
Making the new Yahoo! Currency Converter accessible
<http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/01/accessible_converter.html>
10 Outstanding Metaphors in Icon Design - Turbomilk
<http://turbomilk.com/blog/cookbook/icon_design/10_outstanding_icon_metaphor
s/>
compfight - a flickr search tool
<http://compfight.com/>
12 Useful Techniques For Good User Interface Design
<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/19/12-useful-techniques-for-good-us
er-interface-design-in-web-applications/>
A List Apart: Articles: Brighter Horizons for Web Education
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/brighterhorizonsforwebeducation>
Using HTTP Headers to Serve Styles
<http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2009/01/22/using-<http-headers-to-serve-s
tyles/>
Elevate Web Design at the University Level
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/elevatewebdesignattheuniversitylevel>
Investigating the proposed alt attribute recommendations in HTML 5
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/articles/altinhtml5.html>
Change Web Designers Can Believe In
<http://www.viget.com/inspire/change-web-designers-can-believe-in/>
AT/JAWS
<http://wiki.codetalks.org/wiki/index.php/AT/JAWS>
Talklets makes the web talk
<http://www.textic.com/>
My DebugBar
<http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage>
Logo design for Giacom
<http://www.davidairey.com/logo-design-for-giacom/>
Layers - Screen forensics
<http://layersapp.com/>
Is Ruby¹s Popularity Fading?
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/01/22/is-rubys-popularity-fading/>
UI Scraps - user interface designs
<http://uiscraps.tumblr.com/>
My Happy Planet - learn languages with partners around the world
<http://www.myhappyplanet.com/>
Blacklabel CSS
<http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/blacklabel-css-a-design-but-not-quite>
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Web Directions North
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Date: 2-Feb-09 to 7-Feb-09
City: Denver (Canada)
The focus on Web Directions has been, and remains, professional development.
Featuring 8 half day workshops, the brand new full day Ed Directions North,
for those teaching web professionals, and of course a two track, two day
conference, featuring 24 sessions.
<http://north.webdirections.org/>
Interaction 2009 - Vancouver
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Date: 5-Feb-09 to 8-Feb-09
Join several hundred Interaction Designers from around the world as we
address the design of interactive systems of all types: applications (web
and desktop), mobile, consumer electronics, digitally enhanced environments,
and more. Start your year off with stimulating talk, fun parties, and smart
discussions about our growing field.
<http://interaction09.ixda.org/>
Launch48 - 48 hours to launch a web app
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Date: 6-Feb-09 to 8-Feb-09
City: London (UK)
Launch48 is an event for anyone wishing to get involved in a new business
and launch a web app. The event last 48 hours and the participants are
encouraged to work together to find an idea, develop the solution, and
launch the product within 48 hours. There will be a range of people
attending from developers and designers to venture capitalists and
entrepreneurs. The event is open to everyone although positions are
limited.
<http://www.launch48.com>
SMX West
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Date: 10-Feb-09 to 12-Feb-09
City: California (USA)
With over 50 sessions, SMX delivers all of the search engine marketing
topics and trends you need to know to stay ahead of the curve whether
you¹re just getting started or an an SEM expert.
<http://searchmarketingexpo.com/west>
Webstock09
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Date: 16-Feb-09 to 20-Feb-09
City: Wellington (New Zealand)
5 full-on days. 9 hands-on workshops. 26 kick ass speakers. 26 must see
presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web
standards, content, community, innovation and inspiration.
<http://www.webstock.org.nz>
SXSW Interactive 2009
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Date: 13-Mar-09 to 17-Mar-09
he SXSW INTERACTIVE FESTIVAL celebrates the creativity and passion behind
the coolest new media technologies. In addition to panel sessions that cover
everything from web design to bootstrapping to social networks, attendees
make new business connections at the three-day Trade Show & Exhibition.
<http://www.sxsw.com/>
MIX 09
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Date: 18-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09
If you¹re a designer or developer who builds on the web, MIX09 is the place
to learn about products and technologies that help you plan for the future
while addressing today¹s economic challenges. Hear about advances in
technologies like Silverlight, Expression, ASP.NET, Windows 7, and Windows
Azure, and discuss topics like design, user experience, web standards, data
visualization, workflow, and social networks. Learn how to use technology to
increase customer satisfaction and impact the bottom line.
<http://2009.visitmix.com/>
XML Prague 2009
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Date: 21-Mar-09
XML Prague is a conference on XML for developers, markup geeks, information
managers, and students. In its 4th year, XML Prague focuses on emerging
trends in core XML technologies and their application in the real world. XML
Prague conference will take place 21-22 March 2009 at Charles University in
the beautiful city of Prague, Czech Republic.
<http://www.xmlprague.cz/index.html>
3d European eAccessibility Forum
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Date: 30-Mar-09
This 3d European eAccessibility Forum will focus on the application of these
technologies for a better inclusion of people with disabilities at the
workplace. Various situations will be considered, covering different needs
related to training, mobility, access to information, communication.
Concrete cases will be discussed. Solutions will be presented, ranging from
commercial products to research prototypes.
<http://inova.snv.jussieu.fr/evenements/colloques/mobtel/Description/index_e
n.php>
Internet User Experience 2009
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Date: 30-Mar-09 - 03-Apr-09
City: Ann Arbor, Michigan (USA)
The Internet User Experience conference is back for its fifth year! It
features keynotes, technical presentations, and training tutorials designed
for web professionals and stakeholders of all skill levels. Over 24 top
speakers and trainers in web site design and strategy,
usability, content development, search engine marketing, and social media
will fill this program. Also included will be special demonstrations,
exhibitors, and a bookseller.
<http://www.iue2009.com/>
SMX Search Analytics
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Date: 31-Mar-09 to 01-Apr-09
City: Toronto (Canada)
Join us in Toronto for the first SMX Search Analytics conference! This event
is for search engine marketers who want to dive deep on the techniques for
improving ROI of both paid and organic search marketing campaigns. SMX
Search Analytics focuses on the processes and tools that help you maximize
campaign effectiveness.
<http://searchmarketingexpo.com/analytics>
Search Marketing Expo - Sydney
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Date: 02-Apr-09 to 03-Apr-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
Search Marketing Expo returns to Sydney in April 2009 with an action packed
two day event, SMX Sydney¹s 2009 programming will include sessions designed
for all skill levels, from beginners all the way to advanced.
<http://www.searchmarketingexpo.com.au/>
UIE Web App Summit 2009
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Date: 19-Apr-09 to 22 -Apr-09
City: Newport Beach, California (USA)
At the UIE Web App Summit, you'll meet the innovators and world-class
designers behind today's most successful web apps. We've carefully crafted
this four-day Summit to include two days of intensive full-day workshops on
form design, Ajax, RIAs, design deliverables, wireframes, accessibility,
design patterns, and web standards. We round out the conference with two
more days of featured presentations from world-renown experts, to give you
fresh perspectives and new insights on today's web app design challenges.
<http://www.uie.com/events/web_app_summit/2009/>
UX London 2009
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Date: 15-Jun-09 to 17 -Jun-09
City: London, England
UX London is Britain's first major user experience conference,
comprising two days of practical, hands-on workshops, and a day of
inspirational speakers. We have some of the industry's best people on
board, including Don Norman, Peter Merholz, Dan Saffer, LukeW and
Jared Spool, so it's abound to be an amazing event!
<http://uxlondon.com/>
Web Application Design Training Workshop
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Date & city:
24th March Melbourne (Australia)
7th April Sydney (Australia)
5th May Brisbane (Australia)
18th August Adelaide (Australia)
20th Oct Canberra (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web
applications - one day course. 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. Includes usability of Rich Internet Applications and AJAX.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-applications.html>
Interaction Design Training Workshop
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Date & city:
25th March Melbourne (Australia)
8th April Sydney (Australia)
6th May Brisbane (Australia)
20th May Perth (Australia)
19th August Adelaide (Australia)
21st Oct Canberra (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course. 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.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/interaction-design.html>
Web Usability Training Course
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Date & city:
10th March Sydney (Australia)
1st April Brisbane (Australia)
19th May Perth (Australia)
16th June Melbourne (Australia)
28th July Adelaide (Australia)
1st Dec Canberra (Australia)
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.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-usability.html>
Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
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Date & city:
11th March Sydney (Australia)
2nd April Brisbane (Australia)
21st May Perth (Australia)
17th June Melbourne (Australia)
29th July Adelaide (Australia)
2nd Dec Canberra (Australia)
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.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/evaluation-and-testing.html>
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JOBS
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Job 1 - Web Designer / Template Specialist
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Full details here: http://www.itontap.com/employment-opportunities.html
Our Technologies
We host our customer websites exclusively on Joomla 1.5.x, our shopping
cart is Magento and we offer as standard features integration with
SugarCRM, payment gateways and email marketing.
The Role
Our small business customers love the end-to-end systems that we offer and
demand has soared in recent months. Online marketing is a particular focus
at present and, since that all starts with a website, we have a large - and
growing! - backlog of website design work for our clients. As a result of
our growth, we need to add another talented and efficient web designer to
our team.
About You
There are a few essential must-have attributes for the role:
- Experience doing web design with Joomla
- Proven experience at coding professional templates for Joomla Experience
with using Joomla or a similar web Content Management System (CMS)
- Excellent attention to detail - we're not kidding; we must be able to
rely on your accuracy without always checking your work!
- Excellent written English including grammar and spelling - at times
you'll be the "voice" of our companies, and we want our communication to be
consistently clear and precise
Other points to note:
- Any experience building design templates for Magento would be a bonus -
mention this if you have it
- Experience with other open source Content Management Systems such as
Drupal or Mambo would indicate a depth of industry knowledge
- Programming skills are not required for this role, although a working
knowledge of basic PHP will be well regarded as it often makes you
self-sufficient when working with web software
A day in the life...
In this role you're unlikely to be bored! You'll be working with business
clients from many diverse industries and you'll be involved in a wide range
of projects, such as:
Designing new websites from scratch
Setting up shopping carts
Building online portals for customer and affiliate access & reporting
Designing newsletter and email marketing templates
Creating subscriptions websites
Contributing plans, quotations and implementation for end-to-end Internet
marketing solutions
This Role Will Be Appealing If:
You want to learn a broad range of Internet marketing strategies and
technologies . You like the idea of working across different companies in
a variety of industries
You'll enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, with a fast-growing
company (2007 & 2008 BRW Fast 100 lists)
You prefer working with autonomy & collaboration, only minimal direct
supervision
Package: $70k + super
Want to take a closer look at what we're doing and how we operate? Send us
your CV today, address it to care...@itontap.com
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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 - r...@maxdesign.com.au
Thanks
Russ
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