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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
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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/2008/03/04/some-links-165/>
Microsoft's Interoperability Principles and IE8
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/03/03/microsoft-s-interoperability-pri
nciples-and-ie8.aspx
Meta-change
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/03/03/meta-change/
Microsoft rethinks IE8¹s default behavior
http://www.webstandards.org/2008/03/03/microsoft-rethinks-ie8s-default-behav
ior/
Surprise of the year: IE8 will use Standards mode by default
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200803/surprise_of_the_year_ie8_will_u
se_standards_mode_by_default/
Screen Readers lack emphasis
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=41
On Creativity
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/oncreativity
Design is in the Details
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/designisinthedetails
Interview: Roger & Molly: Webstock New Zealand
http://www.molly.com/2008/02/27/interview-roger-molly-webstock-new-zealand/
WCAG Samurai
http://WCAGSamurai.org/
Things Every Designer Should Know
http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/85/things_every_designer_should_know/
Delivering code/how to avoid conflict
http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/code-delivery
Advanced image management
http://xstandard.com/en/articles/advanced-image-management/
Twelve Things Most Sites Need, Part I and II:
http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/85/twelve_things_most_sites_need_1/
HTML, the Foundation of the Web:
http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/86/html_the_foundation_of_the_web/
Personas and the Role of Design Documentation
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/personas-and-the
Table-Based Layout Is The Next Big Thing
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/02/28/table-based-layout-is-the-next-big
-thing/
Turn Usable Content into Winning Content
http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000267.php
Measuring satisfaction: beyond the usability questionnaire
http://www.userfocus.co.uk/articles/satisfaction.html
48 Unique Ways To Use WordPress
http://performancing.com/blogging-tools/48-unique-ways-use-wordpress
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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A very practical guide to testing against WCAG1.0 and 2.0
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Date: 05-Mar-08
City: London (UK)
A guide to an effective audit process, covering WCAG 1.0, 2.0 and other key
areas of accessibility.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webpracticaltesting
Intranet masterclass
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City: London
Date: 7-Mar-08
Managing the evolution of intranets, Intranet innovation -- critical success
factors, Establishing effective collaboration, Improving intranet search
http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002711.html
South By South West
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Dates: 7-Mar-08 to 11-Mar-08
City: Austin, Texas (USA)
The SXSW Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content
and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary
technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the
brightest personalities of emerging technology.
http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/
Rubinius Sprint in Sydney
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Date: 8-Mar-08 to 9-Mar-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
The Rubinius Sprint/Workshop is a weekend dedicated to learning and
developing Rubinius, the next generation Ruby virtual machine. The spring is
aimed at developers of all levels, the only requirement is that you have a
keen interest to be involved with Rubinius and want to learn more. No
particular experience with Rubinius is necessary however it would be
beneficial if you¹ve spent a bit of time prior to the sprint familiarizing
yourself with the basics of Rubinius itself.
http://redartisan.com/2008/1/31/rubinius-sprint
Carson Workshops: Professional JavaScript and Ajax by Thomas Fuchs
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Date: 26-March-08
City: London (UK)
A one-day practical workshop that will enable you to fully explore Ajax
and JavaScript and to realise the full potential of HTML/CSS-based web
user interfaces. Learn the secrets of giving your sites and web applications
the rich interactivity they deserve. This exclusive workshop by Thomas Fuchs
will provide real-world examples and practical knowledge to enable you to
make the jump to using Ajax and JavaScript.
http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/fuchs/26March2008.html
Website user experience & CSS workshop
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Date: 31-Mar-08 to 1-Apr-08
City: Canberra (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites
layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form
design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/
Website user experience & CSS workshop
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Date: 3-Apr-08 to 4-Apr-08
City: Melbourne (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites
layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form
design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/
Ausweb 08
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Dates: 5-Apr-08 to 9-Apr-08
City: Ballina (Australia)
In April 2008 (5th-9th) the 14th Australasian World Wide Web Conference,
AusWeb08, will again be held at the Ballina Beach Resort.
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/
CHI 2008
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Date: 5-Apr-08 to 10-Apr-08
City: Florence (Italy)
CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and
research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to
innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field,
the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote,
stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities.
http://www.chi2008.org/
Information Architecture Essentials
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Date: 9-Apr-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of
information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and
designing websites and intranets. Key skills such as card sorting will be
taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information
architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080409/
IA Summit
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Date: 10-Apr-08 to 14-Apr-08
City: Miami, Florida (USA)
The Information Architecture Summit is the premier gathering place for those
interested in information architecture. The 2007 IA Summit attracted over
570 attendees, including beginners, experienced IAs, and people from a range
of related fields.
http://www.iasummit.org/2008/
Future of Web Design
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Date: 17-Apr-08
City: London (UK)
Putting the 'design' back into web design, FOWD brings you a packed day
of sessions on the entire design process - from inspiration to build,
project management and evolution. We also have a live Photoshop tennis
session, where top designers create from scratch on the stage.
http://www.futureofwebdesign.com
Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom
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Date: 25-Apr-08
City: London (UK)
A one day conference focussing on how developers can make Web 2.0
applications Accessible. Keynote speaker is Jeremy Keith, the day also
features slots by Steve Faulkner (developer of the AIS toolbar) and
Christian Heilmann.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2
Website user experience & CSS workshop
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Date: 28-Apr-08 to 29-Apr-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites
layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form
design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/
Website user experience & CSS workshop
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Date: 1-May-08 to 2-May-08
City: Brisbane (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites
layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form
design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/
Carson Workshops: Transcending CSS - Styling For A Beautiful Web by Andy
Clarke
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Date: 14-May-08
City: London (UK)
If you are a visual designer looking to advance your CSS skills with new
techniques and technologies, or a technically minded developer who wants
to understand more about working visually, this workshop will take your
knowledge of CSS to the limits of what is currently possible and beyond.
This workshop is not designed for beginners or newcomers to CSS. To get
the most of this workshop you will be an intermediate to advanced user
of CSS and be familiar with meaningful, accessible mark-up.
http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/fuchs/26March2008.html
@media 2008 "CSS Mastery" Workshop
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Date: 21-May-08
City: San Francisco (USA)
Bringing his popular course based on the best-selling book of the same
name to the USA for the first time, CSS expert Andy Budd delivers a
day-long workshop for those looking to push their CSS skills to the limit.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/sanfrancisco/workshop/
@media 2008 (San Francisco)
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Date: 22-May-08 to 23-May-08
City: San Francisco (USA)
Returning to San Francisco after overwhelmingly positive feedback, the
@media 2008 web design and development conference will once again offer
up cutting-edge presentations from some of the industry's finest.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/sanfrancisco/
@media 2008 (London)
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Date: 29-May-08 to 30-May-08
City: London (UK)
Returning for a fourth year, @media 2008 is the latest in a series of
widely renowned and consistently well received conferences for web
design and development professionals.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/london/
webDU 2008
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Dates: 12-Jun-08 to 13-Jun-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
The latest in web development, tools and techniques catch up, meet
up and get inspired!
http://www.webdu.com.au/
Information Architecture Essentials
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Date: 18-Jun-08
City: Brisbane (Australia)
In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of
information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and
designing websites and intranets. Key skills such as card sorting will be
taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information
architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080618/
Web Usability Training Workshop
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Date: 28 Feb 2008 Brisbane
Date: 6 May 2008 Melbourne
Date: 22 July 2008 Sydney
Description: 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.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-usability.html
Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
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Date: 29 Feb 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Date: 7 May 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Date: 23 July 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Description: 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.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/evaluation-and-testing.html
AJAX and User Experience half day course
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Date: 1 May 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Date: 8 May 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Date: 21 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Description: Using AJAX to enhance your online user experience.
The workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of this
increasingly popular technology. We will explore usability and accessibility
issues and common user behaviours with AJAX applications. Finally we will
discuss interaction design guidelines and heuristics for developing user
friendly AJAX designs.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/ajax-usability.html
Interaction Design Training Workshop
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Date: 30 April 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Date: 29 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Date: 2 July 2008 Canberra (Australia)
Date: 10 Sept 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Description: Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites. 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.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/interaction-design.html
Web Application Design Training Workshop
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Date: 29 April 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Date: 28 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Date: 1 July 2008 Canberra (Australia)
Date: 9 Sept 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web
applications. 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.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-applications.html
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JOBS
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Job 1
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Funnelback is an enterprise search engine company based
in Canberra, with clients including the ABC, ASX, and
many government departments and universities.
We currently have an open position in our R&D team:
http://funnelback.com/Company/Software_Engineer_Role.pdf
If you have software engineering skills and are interested
in working on search engine technology then please contact
me by email ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or phone (6229-1713)
for further details.
Job 2
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Intranet Manager
Web Systems Section
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Canberra
$61,095 - $68,116 (plus super)
As part of the Web Systems Section you will be responsible for the
redevelopment, implementation, maintenance and improvement of the
Department¹s Intranet.
To be suitable for the job you would have experience in one or more of the
following:
information architecture and navigation review and design
project management
web analytics and feedback reporting and taking action to drive usage and
enhance content
search engine analysis and optimisation
XHTML and CSS skills together with knowledge of other web software and
tools
responding flexibly to client needs and delivering a high quality output
to clients
Applications need to address the selection criteria available at
http://www.daff.gov.au/about/jobs and close on 16 March 2008.
Contact Cathy Wells on 6272 4871 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more
information.
Job 3
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Web Support Officer
Web Systems Section
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Canberra
$49,222 - $53,446 (plus super)
As a member of the Web Systems Section you will, under general direction:
Assist in managing and maintaining the Department¹s Internet Content
Management System
Liaise with internal and external clients,
Assist in the maintenance and support of various online systems such as
discussion forums and subscription list software,
Manage the Department¹s website reporting process,
Contribute to the ongoing maintenance and improvement of the Department¹s
intranet and internet sites, and
Undertake general administration duties for the Web Systems Section.
Applications need to address the selection criteria available at
http://www.daff.gov.au/about/jobs and close on 16 March 2008.
Contact Geoff Dibley on 6272 4851 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more
information.
Job 4
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Front End Web Developer Guru's Required
A leading financial services organisation is seeking Web Developers with
expert XHTML/CSS /JavaScript skills to develop web interfaces for some of
the highest traffic web sites in Australia.
You will be working in a dynamic and high performance team with a strong
delivery focus.
You will have experience with:
· Minimum 4 years of technical consulting and/or software development
· Expertise in following Web technologies;
o HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS 2.0, XML/XSL, AJAX, J2EE including JSP.
o ASP.NET <http://ASP.NET> and SQL, AJAX or XML-driven flash
o CMS applications
· A broad awareness of current web techniques and technologies.
· Experience in developing interfaces directly from designs. E.g.
Cutting up PSD files and optimising for the web.
· Database management system, preferably Oracle
The following experience or proficiencies are highly regarded, but not
essential:
* Flash and Action Scripting.
* Digital agency experience.
Please email your resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Job 5
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Location: Headquarters in Paris, France
We're looking for a passionate front-end developer. The successful candidate
will work with a large team
of developers and designers dedicated for each project.
You'll be in charge of creating several templates or client side interfaces
for global project as well as
managing current accounts (Thomson, SFR, Renault, Fnac, Marionnaud...) :
* Static web page developments
* AJAX and Web 2.0 Interface development
* Specific templates to match specific CMS
* Flash and other multimedia integrations
* Cross-browser tests
Requirements
* Strong skills and method in (X)HTML, CSS, and JavaScript web standards
* Writing semantic, accessible features and validating markup by hand
(without any WYSIWYG editor)
* 2+ years working in the Web design field
Ideals (one or more)
* Knowledges about WCAG and the french Accessiweb guidelines
* Interested in web standards best practices
* jQuery or Prototype user
* Experience of building templates for Typo3, Drupal or SPIP
For immediate consideration, send a resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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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