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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
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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/2007/02/28/some-links-117/>
Semantic Flash: Slippery When Wet
http://alistapart.com/articles/semanticflash
Where Our Standards Went Wrong
http://alistapart.com/articles/whereourstandardswentwrong
12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards
http://www.mikelevicius.info/?p=11
Jeremy Keith Interview
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/jeremy_keith_2/
Web Standards Creativity
http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590598032
Introducing swfIR
http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2007/02/introducing-swfir
10 Best Practices For Displaying Tag Clouds
http://www.joelamantia.com/blog/archives/tag_clouds/10_best_practices_for_di
splaying_tag_clouds.html
Non hierarchical navigation
http://www.boagworld.com/archives/2007/02/non_hierarchical_navigation.html
Conversation With XHTML 2 Team
http://xhtml.com/en/future/conversation-with-xhtml-2-team/
Conversation With X/HTML 5 Team
http://xhtml.com/en/future/conversation-with-x-html-5-team/
Diverse It Gets
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/23/diverse-it-gets/
Two (and a few more) questions about speaking, conferences, and diversity
http://tantek.com/log/2007/02.html#d23t0724
Diverse Links
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/02/26/diverse-links/
We¹re still looking for those women
http://www.rachelandrew.co.uk/archives/2007/02/26/were-still-looking-for-tho
se-women/
Browser testing CSS and JavaScript
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200702/browser_testing_css_and_javascr
ipt/
KHTML 3.5.6 is the most CSS3-compliant of all
http://www.css3.info/khtml-356-is-the-most-css3-compliant-of-all/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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WebJam (Sydney) - 1 March
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you've done something cool on the web lately, show the rest of us. We're
looking for 16 presenters to show us their sharpest recent web work, but
they only get three minutes. Previous presenters are welcome - if they have
something new to show! Voting is back - winner gets bragging rights and a
yet-to-be-determined prize
http://webjam.com.au/
Search Engine Summit (Sydney) - 1-2 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/
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!
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.
Connection07 (Göteborg) - 27 March
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en dag med fokus på de mest betydelsefulla perspektiven och områdena inom
dagens webb (I have no idea what this says but it looks like a great event!)
http://connection07.se/
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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Web Development Tutor - Wellington, New Zealand
Natcoll is a market leader in graphic design, multimedia and web development
education offering a range of courses in digital technology with campuses in
Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland, New Zealand. The Wellington campus is
seeking a permanent full-time tutor for our Web Development course.
The suitable candidate will have a sound knowledge of:
· Client-side development (XHTML, CSS, Unobtrusive JavaScript, Web
standards)
· Server-side development (Apache, PHP 5, MySQL, XML, RSS, OOP
concepts and an up-to-date knowledge of web industry best practices)
Knowledge of Photoshop, Macromedia Studio 8 including ActionScript 2.0, and
an eye for design and usability would be an advantage.
Applications close at 4pm on 14th March 2007. For a role description and
details of the application process please contact:
Natcoll Design Technology
PO Box 6845
Wellington
Ph (04) 384 9624
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.natcoll.ac.nz <http://www.natcoll.ac.nz>
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Thanks
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