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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
- Web standards related jobs (2 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/2007/01/24/some-links-112/>
Upcoming CSS3 support in Opera
http://my.opera.com/dstorey/blog/show.dml/701902
Microsoft Breaks HTML Email Rendering in Outlook 2007
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/01/10/microsoft-breaks-html-email-render
ing-in-outlook/
Whitespace
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whitespace
Paper Prototyping
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/paperprototyping
Quick CSS Mockups with Photoshop
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/quickcssmockupswithphotoshop
Usability heuristics for web development teams
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/01/21/usability-heuristics-for-web-devel
opent-teams/
Improving Ajax applications for JAWS users
http://juicystudio.com/article/improving-ajax-applications-for-jaws-users.ph
p
Heuristics for Modern Web Application Development
http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2007/01/heuristics_for_modern_web_applicati
on_development/index.php
Interview with Doug Bowman
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/douglas_bowman2/
Event-Driven Web Application Design
http://yuiblog.com/blog/2007/01/17/event-plan/
Practical, Entry-Level Web Accessibility
http://accessites.org/gbcms_xml/news_page.php?id=32
Quick Guide To Creating RSS Feeds
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=674690&rl=1
Five CSS tricks that repeatedly saved my a**e, why need more?
http://www.wait-till-i.com/index.php?p=385
³nofollow² still considered harmful
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20070106/nofollow-still-considered-harmful/
CSS Superdouche
http://isnoop.net/tools/css.php
CSS Printing Guide
http://erraticwisdom.com/2007/01/22/css-printing-guide
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Writing for the web (Canberra) - 30 January
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This 1-day course helps you discover the differences between writing for the
Internet and writing for print. Through a series of practical exercises you
can learn how to repurpose print documents for the web, and how to write
effective web content from scratch.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/writing_for_the_web.html
Web Standards Group meeting - Melbourne - 1 Feb 1
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James Edwards (Brothercake): "What has Ajax done for us anyway?":
The best bits of Web 2.0 -- social networking, tagging, folksonomies --
are conceptual not technological, and we don't really need Ajax to
implement them. We can build these next-generation apps without
destroying accessibility or riding roughshod through user expectations.
Food and soft drinks on the night are kindly provided by SitePoint.
Details: http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=83
WebDD conference (Reading UK) - 3 February
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The mantra behind the conference is that currently there is no focus on
standards, best practice and general patterns based approaches to web
development and design being pushed particularly strongly in the UK.
http://www.webdd.org.uk/
Introduction to web accessibility (London) 5 February
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Every web manager needs to have a good understanding of the key issues of
web accessibility and the impact it has on their users. They also need to
appreciate the pressing legal and overwhelming business cases.
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk/webintroaccessibility
Writing for the Web Workshop (Melbourne) - 6 February 2007
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Vision Australia is partnering with respected usability and accessibility
expert Dey Alexander to offer a unique Writing for the Web workshop in
Melbourne on 6th February 2007.
Focusing on excellent content writing, this practical workshop complements
the Vision Australia Web Accessibility Workshops.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=608
Web Accessibility Workshops (Melbourne) - 6 February 2007
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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. The workshops provide a thorough overview of accessibility issues
and how to address them. It covers 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/info.aspx?page=574
Web Directions North (Vancouver BC) - 6-10 February
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Hear Kelly Goto, Andy Clarke, Adrian Holovaty, Douglas Bowman, Dan
Cederholm, Joe Clark, Molly Holzschlag, Derek Featherstone, Veerle Pieters,
Jeremy Keith and al the other present and future web luminaries, covering
Ajax and Javascript, CSS, Microformats, mashups, standards based web design
and development, accessibility, web app development, XHTML and HTML and
more.
http://north.webdirections.org
Hitwise Australia online performance awards (Sydney) - 8 February
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Join Hitwise in celebrating online excellence for 2006 at the Hitwise
Australian Online Performance Awards. At this year's event, online marketing
executives will enjoy a short awards presentation hosted by James O'Loghlin
from the ABC's The New Inventors, followed by a networking cocktail party.
This is not a night to be missed.
http://www.internetawards.com.au/au_awards/about.php
Geek Meet Gothenburg (Stockholm) - 8 February
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Geek Meet is a meet-up of web developers and other people interested in the
web scene, and it¹s taking place in the wonderful city of Stockholm in
Sweden. It is completely free to attend, and the idea is to get a blog type
friendly ambience, but in real life.
CSS Workshop with Russ Weakley (Singapore) - 8 February
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A one-day CSS workshop with Russ Weakly that will give you a solid
understanding of the basics of CSS, how to create CSS page layouts, how to
structure your CSS files so that they are more efficient, easier to modify
and maintain.
http://www.pebbleroad.com/events/view/css_workshop_with_russ_weakley/
Search Engine Strategies (London) - 13-15 February
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Description: Search Engine Strategies (SES) London is a 3 day, multi-track
conference that specifically addresses search engine marketing and
optimization. This event features presentations and panel discussions from
highly acclaimed industry experts; interactive sessions; intensive
workshops; and updates on the latest search trends and developments for
2007. This is our 8th annual conference and remains the only event with an
in-depth look on the evolution of Web use. So join us at our most highly
anticipated event for 2007.
http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/sew/london07/index.html
Designing with users (Canberra) 14-15 February
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This 2-day course lets you experience the success of collaborative design
techniques. It explains how to manage the expectations of a variety of
stakeholders, and how to balance business goals and user goals.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/designing_with_users.html
Rich media (London) - 19 February
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Technologies such as Flash, multimedia and AJAX present more complex and
challenging accessibility issues than (X)HTML and CSS.
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk/webrichmedia
Web Accessibility Workshops (Brisbane) - 21 February 2007
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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. The workshops provide a thorough overview of accessibility issues
and how to address them. It covers 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/info.aspx?page=965
Usability evaluation (Canberra) - 27-28 February
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This 2-day course provides you with a range of evaluation techniques to suit
every project.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/usability_evaluation.html
BarCamp (Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney) - 3-4 March
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A BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share
and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions,
demos, and interaction from participants. If you want to attend, you are
encouraged to give a presentation or a demo of some kind.
http://barcamp.org/BarCampAdelaide
http://barcamp.org/BarCampMelbourne
http://barcamp.org/BarCampSydney
Search Engine Summit (Sydney) - 6-7 March
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Coming to Sydney in March 2007, Search Summit is a search marketing
conference focusing on both basic training as well as strategy and tactics
for industry pros. Take advantage of this opportunity to do some business
networking with other Search Industry professionals while picking up
practical knowledge to increase your marketing skills.
http://www.searchsummit.com.au/
Information architecture: designing intuitive menus (Canberra) - 13 March
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This 1-day course gives you a set of tools to design easy-to-use menus.
Through a series of case studies and practical exercises you can learn to
create and present high-level and lower-level content categories that help
users to easily reach content on your site.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/ia_-_designing_intuitive_menus.html
Taming the content beast: Bob Boiko tour
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This two-day masterclass by Bob Boiko, author of the "Content Management
Bible", will provide proven solutions to the hardest of content
management challenges. Out from the US, this will be Bob's only visit to
Australia in 2007, so don't miss out!
Melbourne (Crowne Plaza): 15-16 March 2007
Canberra (Hyatt Hotel): 19-20 March 2007
Sydney (Mercure Hotel): 22-23 March 2007
Full workshop details:
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/bobboiko07/index.html
Introduction to PAS78 (London) - 5 March
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An in-depth workshop on the PAS 78 Guide to Good Practice in Commissioning
Accessible Websites.
http://www.abilitynet.co.uk/webpas78
WebDU (Sydney) - 22-23 March
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webDU the premier Antipodean Web Technology Conference. Just when you
thought we couldnt get any bigger, webDU will now to encompass a larger
spectrum of web technologies and will bring you the best of web
technologies, ideas and what the future holds. webDU has established itself
as the must attend annual event for web developers, designers, managers and
students.
http://www.webdu.com.au/
Effective layout and design (Canberra) - 27 March
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This 1-day course shows you how to implement a range of techniques to ensure
your site, web application or GUI application is based on solid design
principles. With this approach you can create a design for your site or
application that satisfies both business and user goals.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/effective_layout_and_design.html
Information Design Conference 2007 - Greenwich, London, UK - 29 & 30 March
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The Information Design Association in the UK is pleased to announce that IDC
2007 is now open for registration! The programme will offer a good mix of
industry case-studies from design practitioners and their customers, and
reports from researchers -- all selected for their relevance to the
practical business of making information more usable and easy to understand.
http://www.informationdesignassociation.org/idc2007/
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JOBS
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1. SilverStripe Support and Communication Role
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SilverStripe is an established web development company based in
Wellington with a reputation for developing next-generation web
applications. We have an exciting opportunity to work in the heart of
our company in a support and communication role. You¹ll be responsible for
ensuring that the more than one hundred websites we support are constantly
running smoothly, and be the main point of contact for our clients in a
support capacity. You¹ll need to be someone who can think on your feet,
make decisions, and work out problems.
The second component of this role will be actively working with our open
source community, answering their questions via email and our support forum.
We'll expect that you can fulfull most of our client requests, and delegate
matters to a team of 14 when appropriate. Key skills you¹ll need to bring to
the party are:
- Solid understanding of web technology in general
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to prioritise, delegate, and manage lots of small tasks each day,
ensuring quality and deadlines are met
- Some knowledge from the following group of: HTML, CSS, Linux
administration, PHP, MySQL
We're hoping to find someone by mid February; the start date is flexible. If
the above sounds exciting, we'd like to hear from you by contacting
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
2. SilverStripe Core Development Team Member
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We¹re an established web development company based in Wellington, New
Zealand with a reputation for developing next-generation web
applications. We¹re looking for an experienced developer who is already
pushing the boundaries of what¹s possible on the web to join going our
growing team. In terms of your technical skills you¹ll have advanced
knowledge of most of these things: JavaScript, PHP, mySQL, HTML, and CSS
In a professional capacity, you¹ll need to have good communication and
time management skills. If you have a demonstrated ability to lead team
meetings and put together functional specifications and quotes, that
would be great. If you have a strong desire to perform those things, and
can explain why, that's cool too. Along with the above, you need to have
demonstrated where you have gone the extra distance to really understand
the client and deliver extraordinary service. We're looking for an eye for
detail and passion to deliver the best!
You¹ll be a key member of our core development team, and will have the
opportunity to work on a large number of innovative projects, including
our open source content management system. Drop us a line if the above rocks
your world. If the above sounds exciting, we'd like to hear from you by
contacting [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Did I miss an event 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 -
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Thanks
Russ
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