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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/2008/08/20/some-links-189/>
Raphael JavaScript library
http://raphaeljs.com/
ECMAScript Harmony: New Life for JavaScrip
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/19/ecmascript-harmony-new-life-for-ja
vascript
The SEO Guide to Information Architecture
http://www.audettemedia.com/blog/seo-guide-information-architecture
Designer of 2015 trends
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designer-of-2015-trends
The Site Map: An Information Architecture Cop-Out
http://www.uie.com/articles/Sitemap
People Finder: Searching Without Logic?
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/people-finder
Best Practice for ID and Class Names
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080812/best-practice-ids-and-classes/
Caption-detail/tables and borderline semantics
http://www.onderhond.com/blog/onderhond/caption-detail
CSS 3 image replacement on the ODiN blog
http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2008/css-3-image-replacement-on-the-odin-blog/
A Few Words on HTML/CSS Frameworks
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080805/html-css-frameworks/
Farewell to soft 404s
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/farewell-to-soft-404s.htm
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More on 404
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/08/now-that-weve-bid-farewel
l-to-soft-404s.html
News you can Use
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article4923.asp
Form Elements: 40+ CSS/JS Styling and Functionality Techniques
http://www.noupe.com/css/form-elements-40-cssjs-styling-and-functionality-te
chniques.html
Nine Deadly Startup Diseasesand How to Cure Them
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/nine-deadly-startup-diseases
Blockquote: Then and Now
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/08/12/blockquote-then-and-now/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Web on the Piste
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Date: 21-Aug-08
City: Queenstown (New Zealand)
The ultimate conference for rich internet technologies is on again this year
and if you haven't already heard about it, then check out
www.webonthepiste.com and get yourself a ticket ASAP! WOTP is a vendor
neutral conference held in Queenstown, NZ in August 20 - 21st - in the
height of the ski season. With a unique offering of Microsoft and Adobe
playing happily together and showcasing the latest & greatest in
technologies such as Silverlight / WPF, Flash, Flex / AIR, .NET, Coldfusion,
you'll get a big dose of the RIA market in one place. With a heap of
excellent speakers / sessions, a fantastic social agenda and with the
activities that Queenstown offers - your guaranteed to learn a lot and have
fun.
Local Government Web Network Conference 2008: We Believe in Community
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Date: 21-Aug-08 to 22-Aug-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
2 full days on web technologies, strategies, creativity, and standards. 12
sessions in 2 streams and 6 plenary sessions from some of the leading
experts in the field from Industry and Government. With an impressive
program of topics and a hot list of speakers including:
* Cameron Adams, Russ Weakly, Brian Hardy, Tim Lucas, Lachlan Hardy.
The conference is the first annual conference of the Local Government Web
Network in NSW, the theme and title of the conference is "We Believe in
Community" which is at the heart of what the network aims to achieve. This
conference is open to all tiers of government, the public sector, non-profit
and community groups. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to meet with
your peers and professionals, participate in discussion and debate, and come
away inspired feeling a part of this new web community.
Register for tickets before 1 August: $350.00
Late registrations til 8 August: $400.00
To register your tickets and for more information go to:
http://www.lgwebnetwork.org/
dConstruct 2008 (Brighton, UK)
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Date: 5-Sep-08
City: Brighton (UK)
The hottest ticket in the web design calendar is back for it's fourth
instalment. This year dConstruct will see speakers such as Steven
Johnson, Daniel Burka, Joshua Porter and Jeremy Keith talk about
"Designing the Social Web." Tickets go on sale at 11am BST on the
24th June and usually sell out within a day, so stick a note in your
diary today.
http://2008.dconstruct.org/
Fronteers 2008 conference
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Date: 11-Sep-08
City: Amsterdam
On September 11th and 12th, the Fronteers 2008 conference will take place in
Pakhuis De Zwijger in Amsterdam. This conference, organised for front-end
engineers by front-end engineers, will focus narrowly on CSS and JavaScript.
http://fronteers.nl/congres/2008/english
Oz-IA/2008
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Date: 20-Sep-08 to 21-Sep-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
Oz-IA, Australia's Information Architecture Conference, will be on once
again this year. This is our third year, and it's going to be even bigger.
We will also have full and half day workshops on Thursday 18th and Friday
19th. http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/
We have an immediate call for participation - short or advanced conference
sessions, posters, panels, and workshop facilitators. Deadline: July 25th.
http://www.oz-ia.org/2008/presenters.shtml
Singularity Web Conference
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Date: 24-Oct-08 to 26-Oct-08
City: everywhere
Singularity is the first large-scale online web conference in the world.
On October 24-26, join 100 of the world¹s top web visionaries, developers,
designers, thought leaders, and celebrities for three days of talks at this
seminal web event.
Attend from home or from a real-world local conference hub near you. Catch
up with old friends (you can find them from your existing social networks)
and meet new ones. And you don¹t even have to take time off work.
http://singularity08.com/
Web Directions South 2008
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Date: 25-Sep-08 to 26-Sep-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
This year in over 30 sessions across 3 tracks and 2 days, plus another 2
days of workshops, we cover off front and back end design and development,
mobile design and development, information architecture, user experience and
interaction design, social media and networks, accessibility, Ajax and
Javascript, semantic web, RIAs, web application security, marketing and
advertising online and so much more. With speakers including:
* Jeffrey Veen - renowned UX expert from Wired, Adaptive Path, Google
* Derek Featherstone - leading accessibility expert
* Daniel Burka - interaction designer for Digg
* Jina Bolton - The Art and Science of CSS
* Douglas Crockford - Ajax security expert at Yahoo!, and the world's
leading JavaScript authority
* Jeff Croft - web design and typography guru
* Lynne D Johnson - Senior Editor and Community Director at FastCompany
http://south08.webdirections.org/
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JOBS
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Senior Web Developer
Web Services Section
Medicare Australia
$61,326 - $68,737
Several Positions
Working within the Design and Technical Team in the Web Services Section,
the Senior Web Developer will be responsible for the design, development
and implementation of Medicare Australia¹s corporate internet and intranet.
You will also be responsible for providing expert advice, based on better
web practices and a user centred design methodology, to associated
web-based applications.
Key Accountabilities:
1. Develop and support online information and services for Medicare
Australia.
2. Develop and implement various web-based projects in conjunction with the
Business, Strategy & Development Team.
3. Provide expert technical advice and assistance to develop and implement
user interfaces for websites and applications.
4. Prepare and provide responses for internal and external web channel
related enquiries and feedback.
5. Other duties as directed by the section and team managers.
More information on this position is available at
http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/about/careers/vacancies/nat-office.jsp
and by contacting
Mary-Anne Nayler on 02 6124 6681 or
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applications close on 28 August 2008.
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Thanks
Russ
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