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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 (1 job 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/2007/02/15/some-links-115/>
Tutorials on Microformats
http://www.xfront.com/microformats/
Centering text on the longest line
http://clagnut.com/blog/1887/
Multi-Column Layouts Climb Out of the Box
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/multicolumnlayouts
Flash Embedding Cage Match
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashembedcagematch
Avoiding Evil JavaScript
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/02/09/avoiding-evil-javascript/
Graceful Degradation & Progressive Enhancement
http://accessites.org/site/2007/02/graceful-degradation-progressive-enhancem
ent/
New CSS properties in Safari
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200702/new_css_properties_in_safari/
CSS Speech Bubbles
http://www.willmayo.com/2007/02/10/css-speech-bubbles/
Why ³left: -9999px;² is Better For Accessibility Than ³display: none;²
http://www.nickfitz.co.uk/2007/02/14/why-left-9999px-is-better-for-accessibi
lity-than-display-none/
Mini Tabbed Pages
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/menus/mini_tabbed_pages.html
Experience design is not about brands
http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/01/03/experience-design-is-not-about-b
rands/
Vertical Bar Graphs with CSS and PHP
http://www.terrill.ca/design/vertical_bar_graphs/
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE&eurl=
42 cool Australian internet startups (and counting)
http://buggerall.com.au/blog/42-cool-australian-internet-startups-and-counti
ng/
Tips for Writing Nicer Site Badges
http://www.ejeliot.com/blog/80
Ten Design Blogs You MUST Read
http://www.crestock.com/blog/design/ten-design-blogs-you-must-read-31.aspx
WaSP Announces the International Liaison Group (ILG)
http://www.webstandards.org/2007/02/01/wasp-announces-the-international-liai
son-group-ilg/
Why search sucks
http://fastforwardblog.com/2007/02/10/interview-with-james-robertson/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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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
Update: Sydney is 3 March only - not 4 March!
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/
Web Accessibility Workshops (Adelaide) - 8 March
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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. 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. Adelaide Registration
Details: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=966
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
Web Standards Group (Sydney) - 21 March 2007
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Ted Patrick - more info to follow soon
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
Web Standards Group (Canberra) - 28 March
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First speaker: Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft
Topic 1: Designers and developers - learning to get along
Shane Morris is a "User Experience Evangelist" at Microsoft. Shane has
worked as an interaction designer/information architect/usability specialist
since 1991. More about Shane http://blogs.msdn.com/shanemo/
Second speaker: Craig Errey, Managing Director and psychologist, PTG Global
Topic 2: Bridging the gap between requirements and design
Craig Errey is the founder and managing director of The Performance
Technologies Group (T/A PTG Global). He is a registered psychologist in NSW
and has over 10 years of experience in usability and user interface design.
Craig leads the R&D function at PTG Global and is responsible for the
development of PTG Global¹s core methodologies including XPDesign, Certified
Usable, the IT Blueprint and XPDesigner.
Web Accessibility Workshops ( Sydney) - 28 March 2007
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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. 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. Sydney Registration
Details: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=603
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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(Sydney) PHP / CSS / Javascript / HTML / Design
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Amplify, a leading Australian Web Development and Search Marketing firm, is
looking for a new PHP developer with design skills. You must have a range of
skills in PHP, CSS, Javascript and strong standards based HTML coding. A
good eye for design will be a distinct advantage.
Amplify is a fast growing and profitable company that focuses on providing
an integrated approach to developing our clients online business. We combine
solid web development skills with search marketing expertise to achieve our
client's goals. Current projects include clients such as Webjet,
LotsOfHotels.com.au, Hino and Boardroomradio among many others. Amplify also
offers a very generous profit sharing program for all our employees and a
flexible, fun and relaxed atmosphere to work in. For more information about
Amplify please visit our website http://www.amplify.com.au
<http://www.amplify.com.au/> .
Please send your resume AND some examples of your work (including info on
your role in the project) to David Dale, [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 -
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks
Russ
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