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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/2008/04/08/some-links-170/>
Border model/the four dots issue
http://www.onderhond.com/blog/onderhond/border-model-inconsistencies
Definitive Guide to Maximise Benefits of Conference Attendance
http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/definitive-guide-to-maximise-benefits-of-confere
nce-attendance
The John Slatin Fund Accessibility project
http://www.knowbility.org/business/john-slatin/
CSS Naked day
http://naked.dustindiaz.com/
Advanced JavaScript Debugging Techniques
http://www.sitepen.com/blog/2008/04/03/advanced-javascript-debugging-techniq
ues/
The Principles of Project Management
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/principles-project-management
10 trends that will define logo design in 2008
http://www.logoorange.com/logo-design-08.php
Extreme User Research
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/extreme-user
We Tried To Warn You, Part 2
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/we-tried-to-warn-you32
Implementing a syntax-highlighting JavaScript editor in JavaScript
http://marijn.haverbeke.nl/codemirror/story.html
Most Useful 50 CSS Tips And Tools For Webmasters
http://www.emmaalvarez.com/2008/04/most-useful-50-css-tips-and-tools-for.htm
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The Highly Extensible CSS Interface
http://cameronmoll.com/articles/extensible-css/
Advisory Committee Presents Report on Updated 508 Standards
http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=58
Google App Engine: An Early Look
http://mashable.com/2008/04/08/google-app-engine/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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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/
UPA Sydney April event - Designing for the User Experience in Agile
Development
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Date: 10-Apr-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
Our April meeting marks the first in our series on developing great user
experiences in the context of Agile development. The evening will feature a
lively panel discussion with four panelists who vary in their experiences
and views, and will include ample time for audience participation.
Time: Panel discussion: 6:30 - 7:30pm
Drinks starting at 6:00pm and drinks and nibbles also following the panel
Location: University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Browadway, Lecture
Theatre 2.4.10
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/
Open Source in the Enterprise
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Date: 15-Apr-08
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Learn about the pros and cons of the latest open source software for
business and enterprise systems, including new opportunities, licensing and
how to save money. Kevin Littlejohn, Director, Obsidian Systems will
describe how his company has used open source in the development of their
Jet Billing Engine. Chris Fleischmann, Senior Solutions Architect, Sun
Microsystems and Luie Matthee Senior Solutions Architect, Redhat will
present on their respective company's open source strategies, recent
acquisitions and product development. They will also provide examples of
business usage of some of their open source offerings.
http://www.gener8.com.au/ej1504.asp
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
BarCamp Canberra #1
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Date: 19-Apr-08
City: Canberra (Australia)
CSIT Building, North Road, Australian National University
A BarCamp in the capital? Capital! After a year of trying, we¹ve finally
scored a venue and BarCamp Canberra is happening! Here are the details:
* Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and
related topics. We have room for 60ish people, so bring your colleagues.
* What? A good opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work
with like-minded individuals.
* When? 1000-1700 on Saturday 19 April 2008
* Where? BarCampCanberra will be held at the CSIT Building, North
Road, ANU.
* Website? The BarCampCanberra blog is located at
http://www.barcampcanberra.org/blog
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
Web Directions User Experience: Melbourne
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When: May 15 and 16 2008
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
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When: May 19 and 20 2008
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/
@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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Heliocell
Web designer and marketer
Wellington, New Zealand
Heliocell needs an awesome designer to work with our small team on websites
and web-based applications. You will be our key client contact, and the
face of Heliocell for most marketing, both online and at local networking
events. You will...
- Be a people person, and be able to foster good relationships with our
clients
- Have a keen interest in all things web, such as being involved in blogs
and online communities
- Have experience in designing commercial websites
- Experience with design software, such as Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator
- Have an appropriate Tertiary qualification
- Experience with email newsletters is preferable
- Knowledge of user-centred design, usability testing and best practices is
preferable
Please email Graeme Harre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with your CV and link to
your online portfolio or sites you¹ve designed.
Job 2
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Heliocell
Frontend developer
Wellington, New Zealand
Heliocell needs a standards aware developer to work with our small team on
websites and web-based applications. You will be responsible for
implementing all client-side code, AJAX, and CMS installations. You will...
- Have experience in building commercial websites and/or online applications
- Have experience in (x)HTML, CSS and unobtrusive Javascript
- Ensure your code meets web standard best practices and is valid
- Have experience with Content Management Systems
- Have a working knowledge of design software (e.g. Photoshop) for
implementing designs
- Knowledge of XSLT is preferable
- Experience in building email newsletter templates is preferable
Please email Graeme Harre ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) with your CV and links to
sites you¹ve built.
Job 3
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RNIB are recruiting for a Web Accessibility Consultant
We're looking for another Web Accessibility Consultant to join our busy
and growing team. You'll have experience of working in a web-related
environment and a familiarity with, and understanding of, the Web
Content Accessibility guidelines (WCAG1 and WCAG2) published by the Web
Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
You'll also have in-depth knowledge of HTML and CSS and will be
comfortable discussing finer coding issues with website developers as
well as being experienced accessibility specialists with expertise in
providing accessibility consultancy
services to blue chip organisations. You'll carry out accessibility
audits and deliver reports for clients, provide first line support and
answer general technical queries about web accessibility, keeping
abreast of relevant trends and developments.
To find out more and apply (quote 4711) or email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or call 020 7391 2363. Info at
http://www.rnib.org.uk/wacblog/news/were-recruiting-web-accessibility-co
nsultant/
Closing date: 17 April 2008.
Committed to diversity. Reg. Charity No. 226227.
Job 4
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Company: SitePoint
Job Title: Managing Editor
Description: Managing Editor
Join a BRW Fast 100 company!
Publish world-leading content on web development.
Work with web industry leaders from around the globe.
Are you passionate about the Web, its capabilities and the projects you¹ve
managed? Are you looking for a stable environment with a professional,
progressive culture and great potential?
SitePoint is a fast-growing online media company and information provider
targeting the web professional market. Recognised three years in a row in
the BRW Fast100 and Deloitte Technology Fast 50, this is one of Australia¹s
fastest growing companies. sitepoint.com is ranked in the top 1000 most
visited web sites in the world. The business is run from a fun and friendly,
but highly professional office in Collingwood, Melbourne.
A team leader with strong project management experience is required to lead
SitePoint¹s world-class print publishing team.
Specifically, you'll be responsible for:
Growing SitePoint¹s publishing business.
Estimating and delivering the publishing schedule.
Managing internal and external resources to deliver quality
publications.
Managing SitePoint¹s relationship with its worldwide distributers.
Managing physical stock levels and print production.
To be successful, you'll have proven experience in project management and
team leadership, and you'll be passionate about the Web. You'll have a
strong desire to take responsibility and drive business growth. You'll have
excellent written communication and interpersonal skills, and the personal
integrity and ability to respect confidentiality.
An attractive salary and bonus structure will be offered to the successful
candidate.
This is an ideal opportunity to work for a company that's in a major growth
phase with no staff turnover and a world wide network to work with. The
world is your oyster!
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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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