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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 (for those who click on the links below and find that they are broken): <http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/04/24/some-links-172/> Creating More Using Less Effort with Ruby on Rails http://alistapart.com/articles/creatingmoreusinglesseffortwithrubyonrails Getting Started with Ruby on Rails http://alistapart.com/articles/gettingstartedwithrubyonrails Benefits of Plain English URLs http://gadgetopia.com/post/6346 Is your (mobile) browser ready for the Web? http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/is_your_mobile_browser_ready_f.html Web Form Design: Modern Solutions and Creative Ideas http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/17/web-form-design-modern-solutions- and-creative-ideas/ Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes http://www.recedinghairline.co.uk/files/c1c3be2fda2b218e858029a4bde7e96c-397 .html Autoscrolling the edit state http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/988-designing-details-autoscrolling-the-e dit-state Introduction to Django: Helping Perfectionists With Deadlines http://www.digital-web.com/articles/intro_to_django_helping_perfectionists_w ith_deadlines/ Managing taxonomies http://userpathways.com/2008/04/03/managing-taxonomies/ No CSS reset http://www.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/no_css_reset/ Why ³Reset² Style Sheets Are Bad http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080419/reset-style-sheets-are-bad/ Bezos On Innovation http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081064880218.htm Hacking slideshare's embed adding a preview and be a lot shorter and readable http://www.wait-till-i.com/2008/04/17/hacking-slideshare-embed/ Usability critical for good mobile security http://www.intergovworld.com/article/63288b960a01040801dd6a670b1d27dc/pg1.ht m Recycle These Pixels: Sustainability and the User Experience http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000280.php Cursed css/how well-behaved are you? http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/cursed-css Web 3.0 through the ages http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_30_through_the_ages.php Live Demos: The SitePoint CSS Reference Goes Interactive http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/04/23/live-demos-the-sitepoint-css-refer ence-goes-interactive/ Tomorrow's Web Design: Popular Design Software Challenge http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/86/design_software_challenge/ And Simple CSS: Creating More Readable Text: http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/86/simple_css_creating_more_readable_text/ Data tables follow-up study http://formulate.com.au/research/data-tables-follow-up/ Inspire UX http://www.inspireux.com/ CushyCMS http://www.cushycms.com ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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/ BarCamp Perth 2.0 ------------------ Date: 10-May-08 City: Perth (Australia) Central TAFE, 140 Royal St, East Perth WA 6004 The Barcamp with MORE Web2.0 When: 900-1700 on Saturday 10 May 2008 More Details: http://barcamp.port80.asn.au/Main/BarCamp2 Who should attend: Anyone interested in the web, technology and related topics. Cost: FREE! Carson Workshops: Transcending CSS - Styling For A Beautiful Web by Andy Clarke --------------- 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 Demystifying web accessibility workshop --------------- Date: 15-May-08 City: London, England A full day course designed to introduce website owners, commissioners, marketing or project managers and designers to the reasons for making websites accessible, including the principles and practices that make this possible. URL: http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/publ ic_introtrain.hcsp Web Directions User Experience: Melbourne ----------------------------------------- When: 15-May-08 to 16-May-08 Where: Melbourne Town Hall Web Directions User Experience is a one day two track conference, plus optional extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and techniques for building great user experiences on the web: interaction design, usability and testing, user research and ethnography, Ajax and Javascript, content, designing for email and mobile and more. http://ux08.webdirections.org/ Web Directions Government: Canberra ----------------------------------- When: 19-May-08 to 20-May-08 Where: Old Parliament House, Canberra Web Directions Government is a full day two track conference, plus an optional extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and techniques for meeting the challenges of eGovernment: interaction design and user experience, web standards, usability and accessibility, Government 2.0, Ajax and Javascript, knowledge management, social media and more. http://gov08.webdirections.org/ The Web and Beyond: Mobility, which is in Amsterdam on 22 May. --------------- Date: 22-May-08 City: Amsterdam The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility takes place on May 22, 2008 at the historic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Web and Beyond is a bi-annual conference on human-computer interaction, powered by CHI Netherlands. http:// www.thewebandbeyond.nl @media 2008 (London) --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Job 1 --------------- Freelance Web Developer HTML, CSS, JavaScript & Flash ColdFusion would be a bonus approx 15-20hrs week email CV to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Job 2 --------------- Company : Elcom Job Title : Senior UX Designer (permanent) We are looking for a Senior UX Designer to work on some of Australia's newest and technically cutting-edge web projects. If you are passionate about and versed in the process of user-centred design and able to create visually compelling, highly usable and accessible web sites then we want you on our team. The successful candidate will be working closely with BA's, visual designers, front-end designers, back-end developers, product engineers to define and improve the user experience across our product suite. You will also be an exceptional visual designer and have proven skills and experience working Content Management systems specifically around the interface theme design and development. The essential skills required for this candidate are: Experience is designing highly usable interfaces, conveying complex operations in a user friendly manner. Experience working with end users for story-boarding, wireframing and information architecture. Degree qualifications in Graphic Arts, Graphic Design, or related fields, or suitable equivalent experience. Desirable skills: XHTML, CSS and Javascript Understanding of Web Standards Flash and Silverlight For further information, or to apply for this role, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------- Did I miss an event, resource or job in your city? 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