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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
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/2007/05/22/some-links-125/>
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 - Working Draft 17 May 2007
http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-WCAG20-20070517/
Overview of WCAG 2.0 Documents
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag20
Instructions for Commenting on WCAG 2.0 Documents
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/comments/
ESWAT web project framework
http://eswat.ca/archives/2007/05/03/eswat-web-project-framework/
Formal weirdness
http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/05/15/formal-weirdness/
Activating the Right Layout Mode Using the Doctype Declaration
http://hsivonen.iki.fi/doctype/
Measuring the Success Of a Classification System
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/measuring-the
How Visual Design Can Impact your Bottom Line
http://evolt.org/how-visual-design-can-impact-your-bottom-line
Stand and Deliver
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/standanddeliver
Managing Style and State
http://www.snook.ca/archives/javascript/managing_style_and_state/
Live by the Digg, Die by the Digg
http://bokardo.com/archives/live-by-the-digg-die-by-the-digg/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Search Engine Bootcamp
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Date: 24-May-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
Category: SEO
One day search marketing seminar designed to enhance the skill levels of
anyone already doing either SEO or PPC, 12 topics in total spread over four
sessions
http://www.searchenginebootcamp.com.au/
IA Cocktail Hour
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Date: 24 May
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
Semantic Analysis / Grand Unified Theory / Knowledge Worker 2.0
http://wipa.org.au/events/display.cfm?event_id=23
Max Design - CSS & Accessibility Workshop
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Date: 28-May-07 to 29-May-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
Web designers and developers face a range of challenges in today¹s market.
The days of producing websites for a single browser are gone. Website
accessibility has become a key concern for developers and site owners. This
workshop series will provide solutions to these challenges. If you're
interested in building accessible websites that will work into the future,
this workshop series is for you!
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/workshop2007/
Google Developer Day
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Date: 31-May-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
At Google, we want to help developers build better web applications. That's
why we've created APIs and tools to quickly enhance those applications,
integrate with Google products and reach millions of users. That's also why
we're holding Google Developer Day.
http://www.google.com/events/developerday/en_AU/details.html
Canberra WSG meeting
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Date: 31-May-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
John Allsopp (Westciv) on microformats, plus Brian Hardy (Vision Australia)
on the accessibility of PDF files
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=94
WSG Sydney meeting
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Date: 31-May-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft - "Designers and
developers - learning to get along". Patrick Kennedy, User experience
architect, Step Two Designs - "Intranets - why you should care?"
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=95
Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 05-Jun-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
Vision Australia is partnering with respected usability and accessibility
expert Dey Alexander to offer unique Writing for the Web workshops. Dey is
co-convenor of the Web Accessibility Network of Australian Universities and
is a regular presenter on useable and accessible web writing to the
education, corporate and government sectors.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=685
Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities Queensland Forum
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Date: 06-Jun-07
City: Brisbane Qld(Australia)
Speakers: Chris Newman, Chris Frost, Gian Sampson-Wild, Dey Alexander. Raise
awareness within our organisations of the problems encountered by people
with disabilities that affect their use of the web
http://www.wanau.org/forums2007/
WebJam
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Date: 07-Jun-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
If you've done something cool on the web lately, show the rest of us at the
rockingest web event in town. We're looking for 16 presenters to show us
their sharpest recent web work, but they only get three minutes on stage.
http://webjam.com.au/
Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 19-Jun-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
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=1653&event=48
Search Engine Bootcamp - Auckland
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Date: 21-Jun-07
City: Auckland (New Zealand)
One day search marketing seminar designed to enhance the skill levels of
anyone already doing either SEO or PPC, 12 topics in total spread over four
sessions
http://www.searchenginebootcamp.com.au/index.php/2007/05/17/search-engine-bo
otcamp-auckland-june-21st-2007/
ReMix Australia
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Date: 25-Jun-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
Don't miss this two day event in Melbourne to help you rethink what you can
create for the web and how. Choose from over 20 sessions hosted by leading
industry heavy-weights.
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/remix07/
Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 28-Jun-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
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.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=965
Where collaboration tools fit in
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Date: 03-Jul-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
With the rapid spread of collaboration tools such as SharePoint, the
opportunity for new approaches to intranets and information management are
being explored. More immediately, organisations are confronted with the
fundamental question: where do collaboration tools fit in?
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/070703/index.html
Search Engine Bootcamp - Brisbane, July 26th, 2007
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Date: 26-Jul-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
One day search marketing seminar designed to enhance the skill levels of
anyone already doing either SEO or PPC, 12 topics in total spread over four
sessions
http://www.searchenginebootcamp.com.au/index.php/2006/10/17/search-engine-bo
otcamp-melbourne/
Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 30-Aug-07
City: Perth WA (Australia)
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.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1042
d.Construct2007
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Date: 7-Sep-07
City: Brighton (UK)
d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing
and building the latest generation of web-based applications.
http://2007.dconstruct.org/
Web Directions South 2007
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Date: 25-Sep-07 to 28-Sep-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of
the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South will focus on
the key technology and business issues of the web in 2007. This really is
Australia's premier event for the web industry. Speakers for 2007 include
* Andy Clarke - Transcendent CSS
* Aaron Gustafson - Javascript and Ajax
* Brian Fling - designing for the mobile web
* George Oates - user experience design for communities
* Bert Bos - co-creator of CSS on the future of Web Standards
* Rashmi Sinha - online communities
* Adrian Holovaty - making data smart
* Mark Pesce - commons based peer production
plus many more new and old faces to educate and inspire us all once again
this September.
http://www.webdirections.org/
Fundamentos Web 2007
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Date: 3-Oct-07 to 5-Oct-07
City: Asturias (Spain)
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of CSS, A CONTEST has been called
to change the appearance of "Fundamentos Web 2007" site with novel CSS. The
winner and the two finalists will be chosen, out of the most voted designs,
by a committee made up of W3C Spain staff and chaired by the CSS
co-inventor, Bert Bos. The winner and the finalists can obtain an Apple¹s
MacBook, a Wii console, lodging for two people in Oviedo for the three days,
and attend the event for free. Designs can be sent until 13th May 2007.
http://www.fundamentosweb.org/2007
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JOBS
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Job 1:
Web Developer : XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL
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Fatpublisher Web Design
Surry Hills
Fatpublisher seeks a web developer experienced in XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP
and MySQL.
Only apply if you :
- are enthusiastic about programming and the web
- respect and committed to web standards
- are experienced in XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP and MySQL
- 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 and/or examples of work to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please visit our website:
http://www.fatpublisher.com.au
Job 2:
Freelance CSS/website designer
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Freelance CSS/website designer expert wanted for long term business
relation, for immediate and ongoing work. Work will include;
- projects from scratch, cutting graphics, html and css
- fixing up bugs in other projects
Requirements;
- need to be able to create valid cross browser layouts in css
- being able to work remotely, highly motivated and deliver on time
- being able to do graphic design would be a bonus
Please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more details
Job 3:
Web Developer
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Museum Victoria
Salary circa $47 000
Encompassing Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks, the Immigration Museum, the
Royal Exhibition Building and IMAX Theatre, Museum Victoria is an integral
part of Victoria¹s cultural life. We are seeking a talented Web Developer to
join our team for 12 months.
You will have proven ASP.NET programming skills and a solid grasp of
database systems and their use. A thorough understanding of web standards
and their application through XHTML and CSS is also expected.
The primary focus of this role is to participate in Museum Victoria¹s web
redevelopment project, through developing templates and contributing to the
team¹s knowledge base.
Your skills and attributes will address Key Selection Criteria available at:
www.museum.vic.gov.au/about/employment.asp
<http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/about/employment.asp> . If you require further
information, contact Patrick Worsley, Online Publishing Coordinator, on 03
8341 7290.
Address applications to Manager, Human Resources, Museum Victoria, GPO Box
666E, Melbourne, VIC 3001, or submit via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
quoting the position number MV/6406, by Thursday 31st May.
Job 4
HTML/CSS developer - part time
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Location: Surry Hills, Sydney Australia
Start: ASAP
Terms: 2-3 days per week, onsite - potentially leading to a permanent role
Apply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newgency is looking for an HTML/CSS developer - join a fun team of web
designers & developers who are passionate about all things online!!
This role involves producing HTML & CSS driven templates based on designs
supplied by senior design team. You will work along side one other HTML &
CSS developer and be supported by a team of 4 senior developers as well as a
team of Designers. The work will involve producing code for both browser and
email clients. Applicants should be able to hand-code as well as generate
code using software such as Dreamweaver.
Required Skill Sets:
·Methodical attention to detail and appreciation of quality assurance in all
web browsers
· Able to work under the guidance of a senior developer / designer
· Experienced in CSS/HTML layouts and techniques in reducing the amount of
CSS needed to create a site.
· Photoshop and Image Ready production skills
· Experience with creating templates and delivery of electronic direct mail
outs (eDMs)
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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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