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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/2007/11/21/some-links-151/>
How to Size Text in CSS
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/howtosizetextincss
Understanding Web Design
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/understandingwebdesign
Choke Web Development Framework 1.0
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20071113/choke/
Taking the canvas to another dimension
http://my.opera.com/timjoh/blog/2007/11/13/taking-the-canvas-to-another-dime
nsion
Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200711/use_the_label_element_to_make_y
our_html_forms_accessible/
Better Web Forms: Redesigning eBay's Registration
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/redesigning_ebay_registration/
Crappy Personas vs. Robust Personas
http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2007/11/14/crappy-personas-vs-robust-personas
/
Designing for Nonprofits
http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/designing-for51
The AxsJAX Framework for ARIA
http://juicystudio.com/article/axsjax-framework-aria.php
Are You Readable? Find Out with Your Feed
http://techbrew.net/articles/200711/using-feeds-to-discover-human-readabilit
y/
Long vs. Short Articles as Content Strategy
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/content-strategy.html
Facebook¹s Brilliant but Evil design
http://bokardo.com/archives/facebooks-brilliant-but-evil-design/
Interesting Web Browsers You Have Never Heard Of
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/11/21/web-browsers-you-have-never-heard
-of/
Do you have the right personality for running your own business?
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/11/20/do-have-the-right-personality-for-
running-your-own-business/
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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November Canberra WSG meeting
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Date: 21-Nov-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
NLA Theatre, lower ground floor, National Library of Australia
Debra Wells, OPC IT: Screen reader audit of Australian Government web
Sites. Ruth Ellison, Stamford Interactive: Implementing accessibility in
Government http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=103
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
November IA-Peers Sydney
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Date: 22-Nov-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Eric Scheid on resolving a usability problem
(if only there was a url!!!)
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
Effective layout and design - Hiser Group
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City: Canberra (Australia)
date: 27-Nov-07
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.
http://www.hiser.com.au/courses/effective_layout_and_design.html
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
Byteme
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Date: 2-Dec-07 to 9-Dec-07
City: Perth (Australia)
Byte Me! is a Digital Content Festival, featuring a program of screenings,
Show 'n Tells by Industry speakers from around the world, live audiovisual
performances and innovative cross-media events.
http://byteme.net.au/
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
Australian Business Analysis Association - User Group Meeting & Christmas
Drinks
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Date: 04-Dec-07
City: Canberra (Australia)
Please join us for an exciting presentation ³Iterative Prototyping & User
Centred Design² by Matthew Hodgson
http://www.abaa.org.au/
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
Massive 2007
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Date: 4-Dec-07
City: Perth (Australia)
ASSIVE is an annual end of year celebration for all the world's hard working
people in the Digital and Computing related fields.
http://www.perthmassive.net/
Sydney Web Standards Group Meeting
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Date: 5-12-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
Location: Australian Museum
4 x 20 - Geoff Bowers, Craig Sharkie, Lisa Herrod, Steve Baty
Details to follow
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.
Registration opens on Monday 26 November!
Sponsored by:
SMS Management and Technology
Donna Maurer from Maadmob Interaction Design
OPC - Providing Complete End-to-End IT Solutions for Business
Funnelback Internet and enterprise search:
http://webblast.org/canberra/
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.
Registration opens on Monday 26 November!
Sponsored by Red Square - One of Australia's leading Internet agencies,
delivering exceptional user experiences online.
Supported by SitePoint
http://webblast.org/
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
Dojo Toolkit Training
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Date: 6-2-08 to 8-2-08
Location: Sydney (Australia)
Dojo hit 1.0 a couple of weeks ago. It is a great toolkit for building
rich AJAX web apps.
Topics Covered: Dojo Base and Dojo Core, Dijit, DojoX, Dojo Utilities
APIs and development issues discussed include: Ajax, Events, DOM, query, and
behavior, Effects, Data providers and Wire, RPC and JSONP, Custom Dijit
Development, dojo.declare and other advanced JavaScript language constructs
and more! Course runs 3 days, it is $2500USD, you need intermediate or
expert javascript skills and you will need to BYOL (bring your own laptop)
http://www.sitepen.com/training.php?eventId=27
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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JOBS
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Job 1
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ABC Television, Ultimo, Sydney
Temporary Vacancy (December 2007 to November 2008) $68,041 - $74,418 + super
ABC Television is looking for an experienced Online Producer to play a lead
role in developing and distributing interactive content around factual,
documentary and science related television programming. This role requires a
person with online publishing experience, editorial skills, a familiarity
with television production and an interest in emerging platforms. This
position forms part of the new Multiplatform team within ABC TV.
Selection Criteria:
1. Contemporary high-level experience in web production and content
development for new media platforms. A minimum of 3 years experience
producing websites.
2. Demonstrated ability to make a highly creative and innovative
contribution to cross-platform content conception, development and
production.
3. A strong understanding of how audiences engage with, and relate to
television brands, with an emphasis on factual and science related content.
4. Demonstrated high-level knowledge of publishing techniques and tools for
website creation, including the use of content management systems.
5. Experience with video editing and compression tools such as Adobe
Premier, Final Cut Pro, Avid and Pro Tools.
For details see www.abc.net.au/jobs <http://www.abc.net.au/jobs>
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