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If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any country), please let me know - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- LINKS FOR LIGHT READING ---------------------------------- This weeks "links for light reading" are also available here: <http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2007/06/12/some-links-128/> E-mail is not a platform for design http://www.zeldman.com/2007/06/08/e-mail-is-not-a-platform-for-design/ Ordering the Link States http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/06/04/ordering-the-link-states/ Google Gears: Enabling Offline Web Applications http://code.google.com/apis/gears/ 25 Ways To Improve Your Site Today http://fadtastic.net/2007/06/10/25-ways-to-improve-your-site-today/ SnookSurvey #2: To Link or Not? http://www.snook.ca/archives/snooksurvey/to_link_or_not/ Accessibility and Screen Reader introduction http://www.last-child.com/accessibility-and-screen-reader-introduction/ Introduction - Free HTML Tutorial http://www.html.net/tutorials/html/introduction.asp Introduction - Free CSS Tutorial http://www.html.net/tutorials/css/introduction.asp Microsoft Surface (warning - Flash intro) http://www.microsoft.com/surface/ The CSS working group is irrelevant http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1181118077&count=1 Ten Tips for Avoiding Google Hell http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=768382&rl=1 Improving Accessibility through Typography http://accessites.org/site/2007/06/improving-accessibility-through-typograph y/ Requirements for website prototypes http://meiert.com/en/blog/20070609/requirements-for-website-prototypes/ Button collection - over 130 web buttons for inspiration http://www.dragnet.se/webbdesign/button_collection.html HTML Entity Character Lookup http://leftlogic.com/lounge/articles/entity-lookup/ ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- Taxonomy and metadata strategies for effective content management --------------- Date: 15-Jun-07 City: Canberra ACT Category: IA A one day masterclass run by Joseph Busch. Taxonomies are a hot topic, but what do they really mean? Joseph Busch is the recognised US expert on taxonomies, and in his first Australian tour he will be presenting real-world approaches and answers http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/josephbusch07/index.html Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 Ausweb07 --------------- Date: 28-Jun-07 City: Coffs Harbour, Qld (Australia) The Thirteenth Australiasian World Wide Web Conference http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/index.html Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops --------------- Date: 28-Jun-07 City: Brisbane Qld Category: Accessibility 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. Perth BarCamp --------------- Date: 30-Jun-07 City: Perth WA Category: BarCamp Perth BarCamp is on! So get your laptops ready, because you will need to being them down to Central TAFE, 140 Royal St, East Perth http://barcamp.org/BarCampPerth Bits & Pixels --------------- Date: 30-Jun-07 City: Newcastle NSW Category: Social A social get together for all web industry professionals and amateurs to discuss all things web over a beer, gin, coffee or whatever you prefer. This is the first Bits & Pixels meet up so the format is completely open and free. Come along and spread the word. http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/197097/ Where collaboration tools fit in --------------- 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 Web Application Design --------------- Date: 16-Jul-07 City: Melbourne Vic Category: Design Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm Interaction design --------------- Date: 17-Jul-07 City: Melbourne Vic Category: Design Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm Web Accessibility Workshop --------------- Date: 18-Jul-07 City: Canberra (Australia) This full-day workshop run by Vision Australia is 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=1653&event=63 Writing for the Web Workshop --------------- Date: 24-July-07 City: Adelaide (Australia) Vision Australia is partnering with respected usability and accessibility expert Dey Alexander to offer a unique Writing for the Web workshop. 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=1653&event=44 Search Engine Bootcamp - Brisbane, July 26th, 2007 --------------- 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/ Web usability --------------- Date: 25-Jul-07 City: Brisbane Qld Category: usability Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_usability.htm Usability evaluation and testing --------------- Date: 26-Jul-07 City: Brisbane Qld Category: usability Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability tests http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/usability_evaluation.htm' Web Application Design --------------- Date: 07-Aug-07 City: Brisbane Qld Category: Design Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm Interaction design --------------- Date: 14-Aug-07 City: Brisbane Qld Category: Undefined Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm WA Web Awards --------------- Date: 17-Aug-07 City: Perth WA Category: Awards The WA Web Awards is an offical event organised by AWIA, the Australian Web Industry Association (formerly Port80 Inc), as a showcase of the outstanding work of West Australian web designers and developers. 2007 will be the third year that the WA Web Awards programme has run. http://www.wawebawards.com.au/ Web Application Design --------------- Date: 23-Aug-07 City: Sydney NSW Category: Design Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm Interaction design --------------- Date: 24-Aug-07 City: Sydney NSW Category: Design Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm Web Application Design --------------- Date: 28-Aug-07 City: Adelaide SA Category: Design Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm Interaction design --------------- Date: 29-Aug-07 City: Adelaide SA Category: Design Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops --------------- 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 Web Application Design --------------- Date: 25-Oct-07 City: Canberra ACT Category: Design Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/web_application_design.htm Interaction design --------------- Date: 26-Oct-07 City: Canberra ACT Category: Design Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web applications, intranet and internet sites. http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/courses/interaction_design.htm d.Construct2007 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 --------------- 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 Apple's 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 Making Links 2007 --------------- Date: 30-Oct-07 City: Sydney NSW Category: Not-for-profit The 4th annual Making Links conference is one of Australia's leading forums for workers in the not-for-profit and community sectors to showcase their work and to explore current and emerging new media and information and communications technology (ICT). This two-day conference has regularly attracted delegates and presenters from many fields including health, environment, education, business, government, philanthropy and human services to discuss their experiences with ICT, multimedia and web technology. http://www.makinglinks.org.au/ OzeWAI 2007 --------------- Date: 05-Dec-07 Category: Undefined Web Adaptability for Inclusion Conference 2007: Web 2.0 accessibility - is it going to be easier? Worldwide, there have been significant steps towards a more inclusive online environment. New applications for improving the accessibility of content and services are adopting revised guidelines from W3C; new quality certification standards have been developed, and interactive accessibility services are emerging. The ISO committee has produced an inventory of needs, responses, and requires input from users and developers. Learn more about Web 2.0 and these developments at OZeWAI 2007. http://www.ozewai.org/2007/index.html ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Job 1: HTML Web Developer (Touchpoint.co.nz, Auckland New Zealand) --------------- $45,000-$55,000 pa The successful candidate will be working with a large team of dedicated developers and a project office to develop web-based online marketing solutions, which are provided as an ASP service to clients. The role is for a Web Developer to implement HTML user interfaces for client specific projects. Touchpoint is at the leading edge of direct marketing in New Zealand and provides products, technologies and applications to marketers within partner agencies and corporate clients. Principal Accountabilities will be: Development of web pages and templates in XHTML, CSS, DHTML, JavaScript, Flash Integration Implementation of client specific interfaces and projects Standard web page development (static), QA and testing QA and testing of new modules with special emphasis on usability and user interface Continual improvement and championing of Touchpoint front-end development to meet and exceed industry standards and best practice Romi Dexter, Service Delivery Group Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 021 314 095 Job 2 Web Tutors Wanted (New Zealand) --------------- Natcoll Design Technology is an NZQA accredited Private Training Establishment with campuses in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. The Christchurch Campus is seeking to appoint tenured full-time and/or part-time tutors for our Diploma of Web Development course. Relevant industry experience is essential. Previous teaching experience will be preferred but not essential. The successful candidate(s) will be experienced in all or some of the following (please indicate which in your letter of application): o PHP and MYSQL o Javascript o Flash o XHTML and CSS o XSLT o XML o RSS o Design and Usability Applicants will need to submit the completed Natcoll application form, CV, referee details and a letter of application. For an information pack (containing a job description, course outline and Natcoll application form) please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or telephone (03) 377 1978. Appointment(s) can be made at any time. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible. Job 3 Junior web designer/front end developer ( London UK) --------------- Are you are familiar with web standards? Interested in producing usable, accessible sites? We are looking for a junior designer/front end developer to work in a relaxed yet challenging environment of standards based web design. The applicant will assist with all aspects of frontend web design including: CSS, coding in semantic and accessible XHTML, HTML newsletters, the occasional Flash banner ad, and design and maintenance of web products. Position Requirements: * Position requires both artistic and technical skills. * Ability to create standards based web sites using XHTML/CSS with a broad understanding of current web and browser-related issues. * Eager to learn. We don't expect you to know everything. We do expect that you'll learn though. * Interested in producing innovative design to increase site productivity, traffic to specific/desired areas, positive user experiences and business results * Experience working with Dreamweaver (BBEdit,Textmate or text editor of your choice) Fireworks, Photoshop and basic Flash. A bit of actionscript & javascript would be great. * Experience with HTML, CSS and very capable of producing cross-browser, cross-platform, modular and reusable code. * Ability to combine creativity with the ability to work with clear planning and to deadlines. * Must show initiative, be reliable, able to take responsibility, and manage your own time. * Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills. * Ability to work supportively with others and help others to achieve their best. About Us eShopworks is a rapidly growing and successful software company. You will be working in a vibrant office environment where developing first class solutions in an enjoyable atmosphere are far more important than a suit and tie. Human skills are very important and you should enjoy working in a team environment, cope well with pressure, and have a genuine enthusiasm for design & IT, together with a "can do" attitude. You will need to manage and prioritise a varied workload and enjoy a customer-focused development role in a constantly changing environment. Our client list ranges from start-ups to blue chips with our focus on providing excellent solutions that fulfil our client¹s business requirements and exceed their expectations. Apply: Send your CV, any examples of your work you¹d like to share with us & details of your availability to Piers Saye at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------- 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 ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************