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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 - r...@maxdesign.com.au
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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/2008/12/16/some-links-207/>
WCAG 2.0 is official - but is that all you need to make a site accessible?
<http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/2008/12/11/wcag-2-0-is-now-official-2>
WCAG 2 Test Drive
<http://www.communis.co.uk/blog/2008-12-12-wcag-2-test-drive>
Are You Delivering Accessible Web Content?
<http://www.cmswire.com/cms/web-content/are-you-delivering-accessible-web-co
ntent-003657.php>
Highlighting thumbnails using transparency
<http://www.socialgeek.be/blog/read/highlighting-thumbnails-using-transparen
cy>
CSS Selectors testsuite
<http://www.css3.info/selectors-test/test.html>
Checking Out: Progress Meters
<http://24ways.org/2008/checking-out-progress-meters>
Extending CSS Spriting
<http://www.jennifersemtner.com/css/101/extending-css-spriting/>
CSS Stacked Bar Graphs
<http://www.thewojogroup.com/2008/12/css-stacked-bar-graphs/>
Corporate Blogging: You¹re Doing It Wrong
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/12/corporate-blogging-youre-doing-it
-wrong/>
New Accessibility Features in IE8
<http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/12/10/new-accessibility-features-in-i
e8.aspx>
Google releases Chrome 1.0
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081211-google-anticipates-a-bright-a
nd-shiny-future-for-chrome.html>
Top 10 Consumer Web Apps of 2008
<http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_consumer_apps_2008.php>
Easier Page States for Wireframes
<http://24ways.org/2008/easier-page-states-for-wireframes>
8 Design Mistakes to Avoid
<http://www.uie.com/articles/sign_in_process_reprint/>
Pepsi stirs controversy - but understands social media
<http://www.moltn.com/blog/2008/12/07/pepsi-stirs-controversy-but-understand
s-social-media/>
jQuery.popeye - an inline lightbox alternative
<http://herr-schuessler.de/blog/jquerypopeye-an-inline-lightbox-alternative/
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Opera 10 alpha: Web Fonts, Acid 3 and more
<http://my.opera.com/ODIN/blog/opera-10-alpha-web-fonts-acid3>
4 Easy-to-Use Microformat Tools to Beef Up Your Site
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/12/09/4-easy-to-use-microformat-tools-t
o-beef-up-your-site/>
CSS and XSL-FO
<http://www.antenna.co.jp/AHF/en/>
Six Questions: Eric Meyer on CSS3
<http://sixrevisions.com/interviews/six-questions-eric-meyer-on-css3/>
JavaScript demo for Assembly'05
<http://www.p01.org/releases/Demoscene/files/neja/neja.htm>
50 Extremely Useful And Powerful CSS Tools
<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/12/09/50-really-useful-css-tools/>
Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design
<http://uiaccess.com/accessucd/about.html>
Pegs (Demo of scroll distribution for a single page)
<http://massless.org/pegs/>
Nate Klaiber Book Reviews
<http://www.nkbookreviews.com/>
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<http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/alt-text-when-images-speak>
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Web Adaptability for Inclusion Conference 2009
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Date: 21-Jan-09 to 23-Jan-09
City: Bundoora (Australia)
Worldwide, there have been significant steps towards a more inclusive online
environment. New applications for improving the accessibility of content and
services are adopting revised guidelines from W3C; new quality certification
standards have been developed, and interactive accessibility services are
emerging. The ISO committee has produced an inventory of needs, responses,
and requires input from users and developers. Learn more about Web 2.0 and
these developments at OZeWAI 2009.
<http://www.ozewai.org/2009/index.html>
SIIA Information Industry Summit 2009
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Date: 26-Jan-09
The premier executive forum for leaders of the digital information industry.
This annual Summit of industry leaders is one of the very few forums
providing strategic guidance to the information industry's senior business
leaders, bankers and technologists.
<http://www.siia.net/iis/2009/>
Interaction 2009 - Vancouver
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Date: 5-Feb-09 to 8-Feb-09
Join several hundred Interaction Designers from around the world as we
address the design of interactive systems of all types: applications (web
and desktop), mobile, consumer electronics, digitally enhanced environments,
and more. Start your year off with stimulating talk, fun parties, and smart
discussions about our growing field.
<http://interaction09.ixda.org/>
Web Directions North
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Date: 2-Feb-09 to 7-Feb-09
The focus on Web Directions has been, and remains, professional development.
Featuring 8 half day workshops, the brand new full day Ed Directions North,
for those teaching web professionals, and of course a two track, two day
conference, featuring 24 sessions.
<http://north.webdirections.org/>
Webstock09
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Date: 16-Feb-09 to 20-Feb-09
City: Wellington (New Zealand)
5 full-on days. 9 hands-on workshops. 26 kick ass speakers. 26 must see
presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web
standards, content, community, innovation and inspiration.
<http://www.webstock.org.nz>
SXSW Interactive 2009
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Date: 13-Mar-09 to 17-Mar-09
he SXSW INTERACTIVE FESTIVAL celebrates the creativity and passion behind
the coolest new media technologies. In addition to panel sessions that cover
everything from web design to bootstrapping to social networks, attendees
make new business connections at the three-day Trade Show & Exhibition.
<http://www.sxsw.com/>
MIX 09
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Date: 18-Mar-09 to 20-Mar-09
If you¹re a designer or developer who builds on the web, MIX09 is the place
to learn about products and technologies that help you plan for the future
while addressing today¹s economic challenges. Hear about advances in
technologies like Silverlight, Expression, ASP.NET, Windows 7, and Windows
Azure, and discuss topics like design, user experience, web standards, data
visualization, workflow, and social networks. Learn how to use technology to
increase customer satisfaction and impact the bottom line.
<http://2009.visitmix.com/>
3d European eAccessibility Forum
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Date: 30-Mar-09
This 3d European eAccessibility Forum will focus on the application of these
technologies for a better inclusion of people with disabilities at the
workplace. Various situations will be considered, covering different needs
related to training, mobility, access to information, communication.
Concrete cases will be discussed. Solutions will be presented, ranging from
commercial products to research prototypes.
<http://inova.snv.jussieu.fr/evenements/colloques/mobtel/Description/index_e
n.php>
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JOBS
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resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any country), please let me
know - r...@maxdesign.com.au
Thanks
Russ
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