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This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements
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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 - [email protected]
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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/2009/04/07/some-links-223/>
Accessibility Supported?
<http://www.dingoaccess.com/accessibility/accessibility-supported/>
Four new W3C modules for CSS Level 3
<http://www.css3.info/four-new-w3c-modules/>
Making time safe for historians
<http://www.quirksmode.org/blog/archives/2009/04/making_time_saf.html>
Fixing Reliability Issues in IE8
<http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/04/02/fixing-reliability-issues-in-ie
8.aspx>
Review: Internet Explorer 8
<http://zum.io/2009/04/04/review-internet-explorer-8/>
Fullsize: A New IMG Tag Attribute
<http://www.addfullsize.com/
Does OpenID need to be hard?
<http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2009/04/06/does-openid-need-to-be-hard/>
16 Design Tools for Prototyping and Wireframing
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/tools-prototyping-wireframing/>
CMS Selection - Death to the Features Matrix
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-cms/cms-selection-death-to-the-features-matr
ix-004211.php>
The changing face of usability testing: Optimal Workshop releases free
service called Treejack
<http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/03/31/changing-face-usability-testing-
chalkmark-releases-free-service-called-treejack>
W3C web site redesign in beta send in your feedback
<http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200904/w3c_web_site_redesign_in_beta_
send_in_your_feedback/>
Showcase Of Well-Designed Tabbed Navigation
<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/06/showcase-of-well-designed-tabbed
-navigation/>
Why CSS Needs No Variables
<http://meiert.com/en/blog/20090401/why-css-needs-no-variables/>
Why Facebook will go Fully Asymmetric
<http://bokardo.com/archives/relationship-symmetry-in-social-networks-why-fa
cebook-will-go-fully-asymmetric/>
IE6fixer
<http://www.onderhond.com/tools/ie6fixer>
On url shorteners
<http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners.html>
Mega Menu test
<http://www.projectseven.com/products/tools/accordion2/testing/mega/>
Image-free CSS Tooltip Pointers - A Use for Polygonal CSS?
<http://www.filamentgroup.com/lab/image_free_css_tooltip_pointers_a_use_for_
polygonal_css/>
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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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/>
Ideas 5
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Date: 22-Apr-09
City: Perth (Australia)
The Australian Web Industry Association, together with Web Industry
Professionals Association, present Ideas 5. Version 2 of the Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) has recently been released, introducing
some changes in the recommendations for website accessibility. Ideas5 is an
evening seminar to help the web community understand WCAG 2.0 and prepare
websites with improved accessibility.
Come and join your industry peers as we hear from two experts, Roger Hudson
and Andrew Downie, about the impact of WCAG2, and hear more about
accessibility in PDF's, all whilst mingling with other industry types and
enjoy free canapés and partake in the cash bar.
<http://www.webindustry.asn.au/ideas5/>
Carson Workshops
How to design amazing web app user interfaces - Ryan Singer
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Date: 27-Apr-09
City: London (UK)
In this workshop you will gain insight into all aspects of web UI design
including: coding style, visual factors like color and weight, movement
between screens, and the role of copywriting in interface design. It will
also go outside of interface design to the broader development process, from
feature conception to sketches to implementation.
<http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/ryansinger/index.html>
Future of Web Design London 2009
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Date: 30-Apr-09 - 01-May-09
City: London (UK)
FOWD London is back for 2009! Join the industry's leading and most talented
designers, developers and artists for some inspiration and practical advice.
The goal of this show is to unite, inspire and equip web designers around
the world. We want you to walk away from FOWD knowing that you're not alone
in your battle to create beautiful, usable and accessible websites and apps.
<http://events.carsonified.com/fowd/2009/london>
JAOO OZ - Sydney
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Date: 5-May-09 to 8-May-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
JAOO returns in May 2009 bringing some of the world's leading minds in
IT and software development, trendsetting authors and industry
researchers to Australia. JAOO is a premier international conference
series focused on engaging the hearts and minds of the software
development community. With over 13 years of experience, JAOO vision has
been steadfast in creating conferences for developers by developers. As
a result, our conferences are vendor neutral events that focus on what
inspires, drives and educates the international development community.
<http://jaoo.com.au/sydney-2009>
Carson Workshops
How to Build Great Web Sites in HTML5 and CSS3 - Eric Meyer
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Date: 09-Mar-09
City: London (UK)
This a special one-day workshop where we'll take a quick look at how to set
up your own full-featured web development environment for free. Then we'll
delve into the nuances of selectors, with an eye toward advanced CSS
selectors and how they can make your CSS leaner and meaner than ever. This
will be a look not only at the present state of selector support, but also
its future and how you can jump right into the future today!
<http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/ericmeyer/index.html>
JAOO OZ - Melbourne
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Date: 11-May-09 to 14-May-09
City: Melbourne (Australia)
JAOO returns in May 2009 bringing some of the world's leading minds in
IT and software development, trendsetting authors and industry
researchers to Australia. JAOO is a premier international conference
series focused on engaging the hearts and minds of the software
development community. With over 13 years of experience, JAOO vision has
been steadfast in creating conferences for developers by developers. As
a result, our conferences are vendor neutral events that focus on what
inspires, drives and educates the international development community.
<http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 18-May-09 and 19-May-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 21-May-09 and 22 May-09
City: Canberra (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
WebDU: Like a Rock Concert for Geeks
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Date: 21-May-09 to 22-May-09
City: Sydney, Australia
WebDU, is back for its 7th year with FIVE tracks including Team UX and Web
Sessions. Split into two tracks, Web Sessions covers the new IE8, Javascript
security, iPhone app development, Google Maps, Yahoo Pipes, Prototyping, RIA
integration and more. Team UX features topics on design workflow, UI and
form design, information architecture and usability.
Discount code available for WSG members
Tickets are $950 or $795 with the code: WSG09
<www.webdu.com.au>
<http://twitter.com/webdu>
<http://tinyurl.com/rockyourinnergeek>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 25-May-09 and 26 May-09
City: Melbourne (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 28-May-09 and 29 May-09
City: Brisbane (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
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/>
Carson Workshops
The Whuffie Factor - Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your
Business - Tara Hunt
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Date: 22-June-09
City: London (UK)
Everyone knows about blogs and social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
And they've heard about someone who has used them to grow a huge customer
base. Everyone wants to be hands-on, grass roots and interactive. But what
does this mean? And more to the point, how do you do it?
<http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/tarahunt/index.html>
UX Australia 2009
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Dates: 25-Aug-09 to 27-Aug-09
City: Canvberra (Australia)
UX Australia 2009 is Australia's premier user experience design conference,
with inspiring and practical presentations, covering a range of topics about
how to design great experiences for people.
<http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/conference-2009>
Carson Workshops
Design Secrets of digg.com's User Interface - Daniel Burka
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Date: 08-Sept-09
City: London (UK)
Web 2.0 is focused on user participation, so how can you promote interaction
on your site? As designers and product people, our focus is on developing
wonderful user experiences where people can come together to participate in
meaningful and useful ways. With social sites, this is doubly critical as
our sites are fundamentally powered by users interacting with one another.
This workshop will focus on design strategies for lowering the barriers to
participation, adapting to user behavior, promoting positive behaviors,
managing scale, and creating intuitive user experiences.
<http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/danielburka/index.html>
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
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Title: Project Manager
City: Sydney
Digital Eskimo is currently looking for a Project Manager, two Producers and
a Designer for an eight week contract, starting in early April. The Project
Manager should be an exceptional organiser with close attention to detail
with experience managing digital projects. The Producer role requires an
understanding of information architecture and graphic user interfaces and
experience in creating functional specifications based on annotated
wireframes. The Designer should be mid to senior level digital designer
familiar with the design features of web applications. If you are interested
in applying for any of these roles or have any questions please contact
Duncan Underwood at [email protected] or 02 9212 3366 with your CV. More
about us: www.digitaleskimo.net
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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 - [email protected]
Thanks
Russ
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