************************************************************** This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements ************************************************************** This email covers: - Links for light reading - WSG and Industry events - Web standards related jobs (1 job this week)
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: <http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2007/02/28/some-links-117/> Semantic Flash: Slippery When Wet http://alistapart.com/articles/semanticflash Where Our Standards Went Wrong http://alistapart.com/articles/whereourstandardswentwrong 12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards http://www.mikelevicius.info/?p=11 Jeremy Keith Interview http://www.digital-web.com/articles/jeremy_keith_2/ Web Standards Creativity http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590598032 Introducing swfIR http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2007/02/introducing-swfir 10 Best Practices For Displaying Tag Clouds http://www.joelamantia.com/blog/archives/tag_clouds/10_best_practices_for_di splaying_tag_clouds.html Non hierarchical navigation http://www.boagworld.com/archives/2007/02/non_hierarchical_navigation.html Conversation With XHTML 2 Team http://xhtml.com/en/future/conversation-with-xhtml-2-team/ Conversation With X/HTML 5 Team http://xhtml.com/en/future/conversation-with-x-html-5-team/ Diverse It Gets http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/23/diverse-it-gets/ Two (and a few more) questions about speaking, conferences, and diversity http://tantek.com/log/2007/02.html#d23t0724 Diverse Links http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/26/diverse-links/ We¹re still looking for those women http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2007/02/26/were-still-looking-for-tho se-women/ Browser testing CSS and JavaScript http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200702/browser_testing_css_and_javascr ipt/ KHTML 3.5.6 is the most CSS3-compliant of all http://www.css3.info/khtml-356-is-the-most-css3-compliant-of-all/ ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- WebJam (Sydney) - 1 March --------------- you've done something cool on the web lately, show the rest of us. We're looking for 16 presenters to show us their sharpest recent web work, but they only get three minutes. Previous presenters are welcome - if they have something new to show! Voting is back - winner gets bragging rights and a yet-to-be-determined prize http://webjam.com.au/ Search Engine Summit (Sydney) - 1-2 March --------------- Coming to Sydney in March 2007, Search Summit is a search marketing conference focusing on both basic training as well as strategy and tactics for industry pros. Take advantage of this opportunity to do some business networking with other Search Industry professionals while picking up practical knowledge to increase your marketing skills. http://www.searchsummit.com.au/ BarCamp (Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney) - 3-4 March --------------- A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. If you want to attend, you are encouraged to give a presentation or a demo of some kind. http://barcamp.org/BarCampAdelaide http://barcamp.org/BarCampMelbourne http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney Update: Sydney is 3 March only - not 4 March! Web Accessibility Workshops (Adelaide) - 8 March --------------- These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia are targeted at web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers and web contract managers. The workshops provide a thorough overview of accessibility issues and how to address them. It covers the World Wide Web Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation and a consideration of assessment tools and techniques. Adelaide Registration Details: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=966 Information architecture: designing intuitive menus (Canberra) - 13 March --------------- This 1-day course gives you a set of tools to design easy-to-use menus. Through a series of case studies and practical exercises you can learn to create and present high-level and lower-level content categories that help users to easily reach content on your site. http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/ia_-_designing_intuitive_menus.html Taming the content beast: Bob Boiko tour --------------- This two-day masterclass by Bob Boiko, author of the "Content Management Bible", will provide proven solutions to the hardest of content management challenges. Out from the US, this will be Bob's only visit to Australia in 2007, so don't miss out! Melbourne (Crowne Plaza): 15-16 March 2007 Canberra (Hyatt Hotel): 19-20 March 2007 Sydney (Mercure Hotel): 22-23 March 2007 Full workshop details: http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/bobboiko07/index.html Web Standards Group (Sydney) - 21 March 2007 --------------- Ted Patrick - more info to follow soon WebDU (Sydney) - 22-23 March --------------- webDU the premier Antipodean Web Technology Conference. Just when you thought we couldnt get any bigger, webDU will now to encompass a larger spectrum of web technologies and will bring you the best of web technologies, ideas and what the future holds. webDU has established itself as the must attend annual event for web developers, designers, managers and students. http://www.webdu.com.au/ Effective layout and design (Canberra) - 27 March --------------- This 1-day course shows you how to implement a range of techniques to ensure your site, web application or GUI application is based on solid design principles. With this approach you can create a design for your site or application that satisfies both business and user goals. http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/effective_layout_and_design.html Web Standards Group (Canberra) - 28 March --------------- First speaker: Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft Topic 1: Designers and developers - learning to get along Shane Morris is a "User Experience Evangelist" at Microsoft. Shane has worked as an interaction designer/information architect/usability specialist since 1991. More about Shane http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/ Second speaker: Craig Errey, Managing Director and psychologist, PTG Global Topic 2: Bridging the gap between requirements and design Craig Errey is the founder and managing director of The Performance Technologies Group (T/A PTG Global). He is a registered psychologist in NSW and has over 10 years of experience in usability and user interface design. Craig leads the R&D function at PTG Global and is responsible for the development of PTG Global¹s core methodologies including XPDesign, Certified Usable, the IT Blueprint and XPDesigner. Connection07 (Göteborg) - 27 March --------------- en dag med fokus på de mest betydelsefulla perspektiven och områdena inom dagens webb (I have no idea what this says but it looks like a great event!) http://connection07.se/ Web Accessibility Workshops ( Sydney) - 28 March 2007 --------------- These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia are targeted at web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers and web contract managers. The workshops provide a thorough overview of accessibility issues and how to address them. It covers the World Wide Web Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation and a consideration of assessment tools and techniques. Sydney Registration Details: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=603 Information Design Conference 2007 - Greenwich, London, UK - 29 & 30 March --------------- The Information Design Association in the UK is pleased to announce that IDC 2007 is now open for registration! The programme will offer a good mix of industry case-studies from design practitioners and their customers, and reports from researchers -- all selected for their relevance to the practical business of making information more usable and easy to understand. http://www.informationdesignassociation.org/idc2007/ ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Web Development Tutor - Wellington, New Zealand Natcoll is a market leader in graphic design, multimedia and web development education offering a range of courses in digital technology with campuses in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand. The Wellington campus is seeking a permanent full-time tutor for our Web Development course. The suitable candidate will have a sound knowledge of: · Client-side development (XHTML, CSS, Unobtrusive JavaScript, Web standards) · Server-side development (Apache, PHP 5, MySQL, XML, RSS, OOP concepts and an up-to-date knowledge of web industry best practices) Knowledge of Photoshop, Macromedia Studio 8 including ActionScript 2.0, and an eye for design and usability would be an advantage. Applications close at 4pm on 14th March 2007. For a role description and details of the application process please contact: Natcoll Design Technology PO Box 6845 Wellington Ph (04) 384 9624 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.natcoll.ac.nz <http://www.natcoll.ac.nz> -------------------- Did I miss an event or job in your city? 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