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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
- Intranet Innovation Awards 2007 (once off announcement)
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/2007/11/06/some-links-149/>
Blasting the Myth of the Fold
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/blasting-the-myth-of16
Extend Firefox 2
http://labs.mozilla.com/contests/extendfirefox/
Alt text and form buttons set as images
http://www.standardzilla.com/2007/11/03/alt-text-and-input-typesubmit/
Deadline First, Plan Second
http://blog.geekmanager.co.uk/2007/10/30/deadline-first-plan-second/
Grid - JavaScript bookmarklet
http://www.sprymedia.co.uk/article/Grid
PHP + CSS Dynamic Text Replacement (P+C DTR)
http://artypapers.com/csshelppile/pcdtr/
CSS Animation
http://webkit.org/blog/138/css-animation/
Friendly URLs
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/05/friendly-urls/
A Brief History of Programming, Part 2
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1080343
3 Great Learning Strategies for Generalists
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20071102/learning-strategies/
Google¹s Social Design Best Practices
http://bokardo.com/archives/googles-social-design-best-practices/
The Social Enterprise - What Works, and What Doesn't
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_social_enterprise.php#more
RSS: Best Design Practices And Icons
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/02/rss-best-design-practices-and-ico
ns/
PVII CSS Q.Tabs
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css/qtabs/index.htm
CSS Express Drop-Down Menus
http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/navigation/auto_hide/index.htm
TIP (image replacement)
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/tip.asp
A "DOM menu" that is Keyboard "friendly".
http://www.tjkdesign.com/articles/keyboard_friendly_dom_menu.asp
Using multiple classes within selectors
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/multiple-classes/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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World Usability Day 2007
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Date: 8-Nov-07
World Usability Day was founded to ensure that the services and products
important to life are easier to access and simpler to use.
http://www.worldusabilityday.org/
Jelly at the Nerf Palace
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Date: 9-Nov-07
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Jelly is casual coworking. We invite people to work from our home for
the day. We provide chairs and sofas, wireless internet, and
interesting people to talk to, collaborate with, and bounce ideas off
of. Cameron Adams, Michael Koukoulis and Tim Lucas have started Sydney's
first Jelly at the Nerf Palace. The next Jelly at the Nerf Palace is
this Friday, November 9 and then every fortnight after that. More
information can be found at:
http://nerfpalace.org/
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Mini BarCamp Sydney
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Date: 11-Nov-07
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Mini Barcamp will be on November 11 between 2pm and 6pm (with possibility of
extension to 7.30pm) at Victoria Park in Camperdown on City Road at
Broadway. The event will be truly "agile" - no need to register, just turn
up on the day! We can use the tent and surrounding grassy areas for
break-outs. It coexists with a futures festival called Live Futures 2020: A
World Without Borders. So look out for the Barcamp marquee. Rock up and put
your name on the board to present.
http://www.barcampsydney.org/
Drupal & Lonely Planet - Sponsored Meetup
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Date: 13-Nov-07
Location: South Melbourne (Australia)
This month's meetup will be sponsored by Lonely Planet - which means I get
to talk about my awesome day job. And yes, by sponsored I mean
free-as-in-beer! Please spread the word and make this a big meet. The second
Tuesday of November is another of those days where the Railway has a cheap
meal and Drupal people mingle. Hope everyone can make it on Tuesday, 13
November 2007 at 6:30. Venue: Railway Pub, South Melbourne, 280 Ferrars
Street at the corner of Ferrars and Bank Streets.
http://groups.drupal.org/node/6821
NewTeeVee Live
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Date: 14-Nov-07
Location: San Francisco (USA)
NewTeeVee Live a premier event showcasing the online video industry's
hottest topics, most talented video producers, promising technologies,
leading innovators and top funding executives
http://live.newteevee.com/
Transcending CSS: Modern Techniques For Designing A Beautiful Web
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Date: 15-Nov-07
City: Leicester (UK)
In this full-day session, designer and author of the best-selling
Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design Andy Clarke will challenge you
to think differently about creating inspired design for web using meaningful
markup and CSS. The session will be packed full of visual inspiration,
backed up by practical techniques for creating amazing work for the web. If
you are a visual designer looking to advance your CSS skills with new
techniques and technologies, or a technically minded developer who wants to
understand more about working visually, this workshop will take your
knowledge of CSS to the limits of what is currently possible and beyond.
Tickets are still available for £100 which includes refreshments and lunch.
http://www.wfwp.co.uk/workshops/transcendingcss-15112007
Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 16-Nov-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Category: Content
This workshop will give you a good overview of the techniques that will make
your web content more effective.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=108
WordCamp Melbourne
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Date: 17-Nov-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Block out Saturday November 17th in your diaries from 12:00PM - 7:00PM and
join us for drinks afterwards.
http://melbourne.wordcamp.org/2007/10/11/wordcamp-melbourne/
@media Ajax
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Date: 19-Nov-07 to 20-Nov-07
City: London (UK)
The Web is undergoing a revolution. Ajax - the technique of passing
data between server and browser without reloading the page - is
leading to faster, richer web applications with a markedly enhanced
user experience. The @media Ajax conference brings together some of
the leading figures in the field to explain how to best exploit this
"magic", from concept and design through to the underlying code.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmediaajax/
Digital Marketing and Media Summit 2007
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Date: 19-Nov-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Come and hear from industry leaders and visionaries including world-leading
digital creative Nick Law, Chief Creative Officer from R/GA (New York, USA)
discussing: Digital strategy best practice; Channel selection and balance;
Understanding the Australian online media landscape; Digital marketing by
generation and more...
http://www.elitemedia.com.au
Vision Australia: Designing for an Accessible Website
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Brisbane Qld
Category: Accessibility
This workshops provides an introduction to accessibility issues within
Australian policy contexts and internationally recognised requirements, and
an introduction to assessment tools and techniques.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=51
DebateIT: It¹s a World Wide Web of Women!
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Venue: Lecture Theatre, Museum of Sydney
Corner of Phillip & Bridge Street, Sydney
Time: 5.30pm - 7.00pm
Cost: $30 (inc. GST)
Speaker(s): Laurel Papworth, Online Communities Strategist, World
Communities; Samantha Brett, Blogger, ASK SAM; Danielle Lehrer, Founder &
CEO, GoShout Pty Ltd; Liesl Capper, CEO & Co-founder, My Cybertwin; Sara
Goldstein, Co-founder, Mybargainqueen.com
Moderator: Lynne Spender, Consultant, DigiGen
http://www.slatteryit.com.au/events.html
A practical introduction to web accessibility
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: London (UK)
This course is intended for organisations wanting a practical fast track
introduction to web accessibility the key issues and legal and business
cases. Until the 22nd of October you can book with a 10% early bird
discount!
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webintroaccessibility
Brisbane BarCamp #1
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Date: 24-Nov-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
Who? Anyone who is interested in technology, the Internet and related
topics. We have room for 200 people, so bring your colleagues. What? A good
opportunity to share ideas and projects and to work with like-minded
individuals. When? 10am-late on 24th November 2007 Where? East Brisbane
Bowls Club (Mowbray Park, Lytton Road) Website? Go to the BarCamp wiki over
at http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrisbane to register.
http://barcamp.org/BarCampBrisbane1
Open Source Developers' Conference
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Date: 26-Nov-07 to 27-Nov-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
The Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 is a conference designed by open
source developers, for developers and business people. It covers numerous
programming languages across a range of operating systems, and related
topics such as business processes, licensing, and strategy. Talks vary from
introductory pieces through to the deeply technical.
26th November - Tutorials
27th - 29th November - Technical program
28th November - Google Conference Dinner
Royal on the Park Hotel
Cnr Alice & Albert Streets
Brisbane CBD
Queensland
http://www.osdc.com.au/
Registrations are open for the Open Source Developers' Conference 2007:
http://www.osdc.com.au/registration/index.html
Rich Media and latest trends in accessibility
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Date: 27-Nov-07
City: London (UK)
This course will introduce you to the key concepts and solutions in making
rich media accessible. It covers Flash and multimedia, including
captioning. Until the 22nd of October you can book with a 10% early bird
discount!
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webrichmedia
OZCHI 2007
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Date: 28-Nov-07 to 30-Nov-07
City: Adelaide (Australia)
OZCHI is Australia and New Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of
human-computer interaction.
http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/OZCHI_2007
A very practical guide to testing against WCAG1.0 and WCAG2.0
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Date: 4-Dec-07
City: London (UK)
This course is intended for organisations wanting a practical fast track
guide to an effective audit process, covering WCAG 1.0, 2.0 and other key
areas of accessibility. Until the 22nd of October you can book with a 10%
early bird discount!
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webpracticaltesting
OzeWAI 2007
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Date: 05-Dec-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
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
Melbourne Web Standards Group Meeting
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Date: 06-Dec-07
City: Melbourne (Australia)
James Farmer, former online community manager for theage.com.au and
organiser of the first ever Melbourne WordCamp, will be talking about
blogging tools.
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=102
Web-blast07 - Canberra
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Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney's web community - bringing
together web designers, web project managers, interface designers,
information architects and other web professionals. More details soon
Web-blast07 - Sydney
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Date: 12-Dec-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Web-blast is a huge end-of-year party for Sydney's web community - bringing
together web designers, web project managers, interface designers,
information architects and other web professionals. More details soon
Techshare India 2008
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Date: 4-Feb-08 to 5-Feb-08
City: New Delhi (India)
Breaking the Barriers is the first ever accessibility
conference-cum-exhibition bringing the entire ecosystem; the government, the
corporates, the NGOs, the disabled, the product companies, and the education
providers under one roof.
http://www.barrierbreak.com/techshareindia.php
Webstock 08
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Dates: 11-Feb-08 to 15-Feb-08
City: Wellington (New Zealand)
5 full-on days. 9 hands-on workshops. 19 kick-ass speakers. 24 must-see
presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web
standards, content, community, innovation & inspiration.
http://www.webstock.org.nz
webDU 2008
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Dates: 7-May-08 to 9-May-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
And so it begins -- the sixth Asia-Pacific web developers conference, web
DownUnder 2008!
http://www.webdu.com.au/go/call-for-papers
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INTRANET INNOVATION AWARDS 2007
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The Intranet Innovation Awards are global awards that celebrate new ideas
and innovative approaches to the design and delivery of intranets. The goal
is to find these ideas (whether large or small), and to share them with the
wider community. Find out more:
http://steptwo.com.au/iia/
Intranet Innovations 2007 report
http://steptwo.com.au/products/iia2007/
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Thanks
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