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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
- WSG and Industry events
- Industry related Jobs (1 new jobs this week)
If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any
country), please let me know - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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LINKS FOR LIGHT READING
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This weeks "links for light reading" are also available here:
<http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2006/10/24/some-links-101/>
IE7
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx>
Firefox 2 RC3
<http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/>
Nikita the spider
<http://nikitathespider.com/>
Can Your Website be Your API?
<http://allinthehead.com/retro/301/can-your-website-be-your-api>
7 Habits of a Highly Successful Freelance Web Designer
<http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2006/10/7_habits_of_a_highly_successful_fr
eelance_web_designer/index.php#more>
Folksonomies and Rich Serendipity
<http://www.greenchameleon.com/gc/blog_detail/folksonomies_and_rich_serendip
ity/>
Can WCAG 2.0 be simpler?
<http://evolt.org/can_wcag_2_be_simpler>
The Semantic Code
<http://fadtastic.net/2006/10/19/the-semantic-code/>
Accessible Ajax, A Basic Hijax Example
<http://www.cherny.com/webdev/41/accessible-ajax-a-basic-hijax-example>
Five Simple Steps to designing with colour
<http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five_simple_steps_to_designin
g_with_colour/>
Mobile web design
<http://mobilewebbook.com/>
Fail better
<http://www.scottandrew.com/blog/archives/2006/10/fail_better.html>
A CSS Walkthrough
<http://www.christianmontoya.com/2006/10/22/a-css-walkthrough/>
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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November Web Standards Group meeting (Melbourne) - 2 November
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Lisa Herrod will be presenting a talk entitled "Usability for the
Multi-disciplinary Team". The team from Museum Victoria will be talking
about the design process for their amazing site Caught and Coloured, which
was the recent winner of the prodigious McFarlane Prize for excellence in
Australian Web Design.
Sponsored by Sitepoint, O'Reilly and Access Testing
<http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=77>
Open Standards (Sydney) - 25-27 October
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OASIS Open Standards 2006 is the fourth annual Asia Pacific event where both
management and technical professionals from the business and government
sector can gather to share expertise and promote
open discussion on the latest technologies, applications and services
supporting the global e-Business community.
<http://www.open-standards.com/>
Web Accessibility Workshops
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* Sydney - 2 November
* Canberra - 14 November
These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia, are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers
and web contract managers. These workshops provide a thorough overview of
accessibility issues and how to address them. They cover the World Wide Web
Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation and a
consideration of assessment tools and techniques.
<http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/webworkshops/>
Writing for the Web Workshop (Melbourne) - 2 November
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This practical workshop run by Vision Australia focuses on enhancing the
usability and accessibility of your web content and will teach you how to
communicate effectively with your readers.
<http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=608>
13th Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) Awards
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Enter the best government, science or health category
Entries close Friday 10 November
<http://www.aimia.com.au/awards/>
Building Enterprise Web Apps on a Budget - How We Built Flickr
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Brisbane - Monday, 13th November, 2006
Sydney - Tuesday, 14th November, 2006
Canberra - Thursday, 16th November, 2006
Melbourne - Friday, 17th November, 2006
In this full day tutorial we'll look at how the Flickr team built and scaled
the application quickly from it's real-time environment roots to the
de-facto repository for over 200 million photos it's become.
<http://webworkshops.com.au/flickr>
OZeWAI 2006 (Melbourne) - November 29 and December 1
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Web Adaptability Conference 2006: Are we making the best progress possible?
La Trobe University Melbourne.
Adaptability is about ensuring that everyone who wants to access digital
content can do so if they have appropriate devices and telecommunications.
Currently this is not the case - large Web pages rarely fit on small
hand-held device screens, let alone phone screens, and most interesting
sites are not accessible to people with adaptive technologies because the
resources are not well-formed.
<http://www.ozewai.org/2006/index.html>
Webstock Mini (Wellington) - December 6
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The Webstock team presents a day of edification and an evening of
entertainment for your web-related pleasure and education.
Mark Wednesday 6 December in your diaries for Russ Weakley presenting an
all-day CSS workshop and Natasha Hall, Russell Brown and Nat Torkington
speaking on a range of wonderous topics. Registrations are now open."
<http://webstock.org.nz>
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JOBS
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Fatpublisher seeks a web programmer highly experienced in XHTML/CSS,
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JavaScript, PHP and MySQL. We design and build accessible content managed
(often AJAX enabled) websites that look great. Only apply if you :
- are enthusiastic about programming and the web
- respect and committed to web standards
- are highly experienced in XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL
- are an application programmer with experience in high transaction websites
where performance and security is paramount
- are capable of developing websites such as (or better than) those
currently in our projects portfolio http://www.fatpublisher.com.au/projects
- are prepared to work within programming guidelines
- prepared to work beyond normal working hours on occasion and when the job
needs to get done
- enjoy and look forward to playing an important role in a growing, dynamic
team
Remuneration negotiable. Send resumes or examples of work to
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Web Designer News Interactive - Sydney
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News Interactive is seeking a Senior Web Designer to join our Media Creative
team located in Sydney. We need someone who is truly into all things news
media. You need to get a kick out of design that is beautiful and engaging
but not at the expense of function. We're looking for someone who has
demonstrated experience designing large, commercial, content heavy sites.
You have had at least 3 years experience operating at that level and
genuinely enjoy the large work (complete site designs & redesigns) as well
as the small work (new features, concepts and maintenance).
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] a resume detailing your skills,
achievements, & url's of examples of your work by Wednesday November 1st
with a cover letter telling me a bit about yourself, what your approach to
design is, and why you'd want to work at News Interactive.
Thanks
Russ
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