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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
- WSG and Industry events
- Web standards related jobs (3 jobs this week)
If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any
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LINKS FOR LIGHT READING
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This weeks "links for light reading" are also available here:
<http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2007/02/06/some-links-114/>
X/HTML 5 Versus XHTML 2
http://xhtml.com/en/future/x-html-5-versus-xhtml-2/
Fighting Off Design Stagnation
http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/archive/2007/02/02/fighting_off_design_stagna
tion.php
Signals of Quality
http://www.standardzilla.com/2007/02/04/signals-of-quality/
Our chance to ask Google
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2007/02/03/ask-google/
Speaking out...
http://my.opera.com/chaals/blog/speaking-out?cid=2506923
Tagging Play
http://pewresearch.org/pubs/402/tagging-play
Webb Dialogues: Roger Johansson
http://www.lk9.se/2007/01/06/webb-dialogues-3-roger-johansson-456-berea-stre
et/
The Words of Design: 2007
http://www.dkeithrobinson.com/entry/the_words_of_design_2007/
The Holy Grail of Information Architecture
http://www.graphpaper.com/2007/02-05_the-holy-grail-of-information-architect
ure
Interview with Aaron Wall Author of the Web¹s Most Popular ³SEO Book²
http://www.ewriting.pamil-visions.com/2007/02/05/
Pixels to ems calculator
http://riddle.pl/emcalc/
Tingelets - Bookmarklets for Web Developers
http://www.tingelets.com/
Making a Good Favicon
http://snook.ca/archives/design/making_a_good_favicon/
Stylesheets for Print and Handheld
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000782.html
Why ³Conditional Comments² are bad, repeat: bad (authors view)
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20070201/why-conditional-comments-are-bad-repeat-b
ad/
CSS techniques I use all the time
http://www.christianmontoya.com/2007/02/01/css-techniques-i-use-all-the-time
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Talking with Microsoft about IE.next
http://www.webstandards.org/2007/02/04/talking-with-microsoft-about-ienext/
For your eyes only - How to deal with computer vision syndrome ...
http://www.usernomics.com/news/2007/02/for-your-eyes-only.html
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Web Directions North (Vancouver BC) - 6-10 February
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Hear Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan
Cederholm, Joe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters,
Jeremy Keith and al the other present and future web luminaries, covering
Ajax and Javascript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design
and development, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and
more.
http://north.webdirections.org
Hitwise Australia online performance awards (Sydney) - 8 February
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Join Hitwise in celebrating online excellence for 2006 at the Hitwise
Australian Online Performance Awards. At this year's event, online marketing
executives will enjoy a short awards presentation hosted by James O'Loghlin
from the ABC's The New Inventors, followed by a networking cocktail party.
This is not a night to be missed.
http://www.internetawards.com.au/au_awards/about.php
Geek Meet Gothenburg (Stockholm) - 8 February
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Geek Meet is a meet-up of web developers and other people interested in the
web scene, and it¹s taking place in the wonderful city of Stockholm in
Sweden. It is completely free to attend, and the idea is to get a blog type
friendly ambience, but in real life.
CSS Workshop with Russ Weakley (Singapore) - 8 February
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A one-day CSS workshop with Russ Weakly that will give you a solid
understanding of the basics of CSS, how to create CSS page layouts, how to
structure your CSS files so that they are more efficient, easier to modify
and maintain.
http://www.pebbleroad.com/events/view/css_workshop_with_russ_weakley/
Search Engine Strategies (London) - 13-15 February
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Description: Search Engine Strategies (SES) London is a 3 day, multi-track
conference that specifically addresses search engine marketing and
optimization. This event features presentations and panel discussions from
highly acclaimed industry experts; interactive sessions; intensive
workshops; and updates on the latest search trends and developments for
2007. This is our 8th annual conference and remains the only event with an
in-depth look on the evolution of Web use. So join us at our most highly
anticipated event for 2007.
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sew/london07/index.html
Designing with users (Canberra) 14-15 February
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This 2-day course lets you experience the success of collaborative design
techniques. It explains how to manage the expectations of a variety of
stakeholders, and how to balance business goals and user goals.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/designing_with_users.html
Rich media (London) - 19 February
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Technologies such as Flash, multimedia and AJAX present more complex and
challenging accessibility issues than (X)HTML and CSS.
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk/webrichmedia
Web Accessibility Workshops (Brisbane) - 21 February 2007
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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.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=965
Usability evaluation (Canberra) - 27-28 February
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This 2-day course provides you with a range of evaluation techniques to suit
every project.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/usability_evaluation.html
BarCamp (Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney) - 3-4 March
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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
Search Engine Summit (Sydney) - 6-7 March
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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/
Web Accessibility Workshops (Adelaide) - 8 March
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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
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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
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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
WebDU (Sydney) - 22-23 March
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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
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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 Accessibility Workshops ( Sydney) - 28 March 2007
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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
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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/
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JOBS
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1. Technical Trainer - Squiz - Sydney Australia
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As one of Australia¹s largest and most popular content management system
vendors, we need a range of enthusiastic, personable and talented staff that
are willing to help our clients use MySource Matrix to the best effect
across a range of different industries. Our dedicated Training team needs a
new member to provide training courses (both formal and informal) in Web
Standards, CSS, and in the use our content management system.
The ideal candidate will:
Have strong skills in Web Standards, HTML and CSS.
Have excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Have the ability to train clients and other team members about Squiz
products and services
Have a good understanding of web technologies and be fast at learning new
functionality and extensions as they are added to the CMS.
Demonstrate an appreciation of the issues involved in an organisation
adopting a CMS
In this is exciting, multi-dimensional role you will be expected to:
- Conduct formal and informal training in Web Standards and in the use of
our software packages/modules and upgrades.
- Form a relationship with clients and help to proactively plan and manage
their training requirements for Squiz products
- Assist with the creation of training manuals and documentation.
- Provide technical support to internal and external clients and
stakeholders.
You will be expected to work primarily in Sydney but will sometimes be
required to make short interstate trips to our other offices or to work
onsite with our clients. Salary is negotiable based on experience and
relevant technical skills. To apply please visit www.squiz.net/jobs
2. Front End Developer- Squiz - Sydney and Melbourne, Australia
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Squiz is in the business of supporting our clients as they deploy and use
our open source content management system MySource Matrix. As one of the
most popular CMS in Australia we need a range of enthusiastic, personable
and talented staff that are willing to help our clients use MySource Matrix
to the best effect. We are currently looking for Front End Developers for
our Sydney and Melbourne offices.
We are looking for people with:
- Experience in web standards;
- Web design, CSS, and HTML skills;
- Exposure to software configuration and CMS;
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
Pride in the quality of their work
- A great attitude and a real enthusiasm for web work
- A passion for how technology can positively impact businesses.
- The ability to communicate well with clients about the project and Squiz
services.
- The ability to demonstrate how to use CSS and Web Standards to clients and
other employees.
Squiz, and this implementation role in particular, offers a great
opportunity for an "all-rounder" to shine. Capable people have great career
prospects both within and outside of Squiz once they are experienced at
using MySource Matrix. Salary package is negotiable depending on skills and
experience. If you think you are the right person for this role please go to
www.squiz.net/jobs
3. Web Developer, Australia
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Full Time - $61,513 plus Super
The Arts Centre is one of the world's outstanding cultural centres.
Enjoying a prime location in the heart of Melbourne's leisure and
entertainment precinct, it is able to present an exemplary and diverse
showcase of performing arts attractions and entertainment choices.
An exciting opportunity exists in our Information Technology Business Unit
for a front-end Web Developer. The position will develop content, workflow
and integration of web based technologies and services; and work closely
with internal Business Units in order to facilitate their needs.
We have some exciting projects on the go, including the porting of our
website to a new standards-compliant content management system, and
rebuilding of the corporate intranet from scratch, just to mention a couple.
Other accountabilities include Search Engine Optimisation of our websites,
regular reporting and statistical analysis, assist in the implementation and
delivery of partner web projects, and being involved in the overall
direction of the IT team at the Arts Centre.
It is essential that the applicant is knowledgeable in building websites
using xhtml with css-based layouts. Experience with content management
systems and web scripting (ASP / ASP.Net / XML / XSLT) would be highly
advantageous.
For more information, including a position description, please visit:
http://www.theartscentre.net.au/about-us_employment_positions-vacant_detail.
aspx?view=38
Only people with the right to work in Australia may apply for this position.
The Arts Centre is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
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relevant job you'd like posted (from any country), please let me know -
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Thanks
Russ
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