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LINKS FOR LIGHT READING
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This weeks "links for light reading" are also available here (for those who
click on the links below and find that they are broken):
<http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/02/05/some-links-161/>
The Principles of Beautiful HTML Email
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/principles-beautiful-html-email>
Attention Profiling Mark-up Language: The open standard for Attention
Metadata
<http://www.apml.org/>
10 ways people find new web apps
<http://www.liubinskas.com/blog/2008/01/21/10-ways-people-find-new-web-apps/
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X-UA-Compatible: let sleeping intranets lie?
<http://weblog.200ok.com.au/2008/01/x-ua-compatible-let-sleeping-intranets.h
tml>
A "just do it" approach to IT projects in Government
<http://www.acidlabs.org/2008/01/30/a-just-do-it-approach-to-it-projects-in-
government/>
AJAX and Screen Readers - Content Access Issues
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/?p=15>
Come on my selector part 2
<http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/css-selectors-pt2>
Companies must listen to the Web 2.0 world
<http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=213886676&rid=-180>
IE7 mystery: The Prophet answers my call
<http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/securifythis/soa/IE7-mystery-The-Prophet-answ
ers-my-call/0,139033343,339285552,00.htm?feed=rss>
Moving the Font Matrix forward
<http://clagnut.com/blog/2092/>
Version Targeting and JavaScript Libraries
<http://allinthehead.com/retro/320/version-targeting-and-javascript-librarie
s>
Skybound Stylizer
<http://www.skybound.ca/stylizer/>
Sub-Pixel Problems in CSS
<http://ejohn.org/blog/sub-pixel-problems-in-css/>
Bring a little order to your CSS
<http://www.diaryofawebsite.com/blog/2008/02/bring-a-little-order-to-your-cs
s/>
Resetting again
<http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/01/15/resetting-again/>
10 Principles Of Effective Web Design
<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-d
esign/>
Australia 2020 Summit
<http://2020summit.org/>
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Dojo Toolkit Training
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Date: 6-Feb-08 to 8-Feb-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
Designing for Web 2.0
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Date: 07-Feb-08
City: Melbourne (Aus)
Ignore the marketing buzz word in the title, this talk is all about what do
recent changes online REALLY mean for the practicing designer. In
particular, I outline a few important trends then explain their impact on
the visual/interaction design of Web services/products. Namely, the trend
from locomotion to manipulation and conversation (how to deal with crowded
shelf space and purely digital services); the trend from sites to content
experiences (how do we design when search, content aggregators, and display
surfaces rule the Web)...
http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?520
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
The Public Knowledge Project: Breaking Down the Barriers to Open Access
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Date: 15-Feb-08
City: Canberra (Australia)
Time: 12.30 to 13.30
Venue: National Library of Australia Library Theatre
This talk is free and open to everyone.
Are you concerned about the spiraling costs of academic journals? Do you
worry that access to critical research information is under threat? This
presentation will describe the work of the Public Knowledge Project, and
discuss some of the steps librarians and others in Canada, Australia, and
other countries around the world are taking to confront the crisis in
scholarly communication, and ensure that readers and authors remain
connected.
Bits & Pixels July '07
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Dates: 16-Feb-08
City: Newcastle (Australia)
A social get together for all web industry professionals and amateurs to
discuss all things web over a beer, coffee or whatever you prefer. This is
the second Bits & Pixels meet up for 2008, and the format is completely open
and free. Come along and spread the word.
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=8526943847
Perth Ruby on Rails Oceania Meetup
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Date: 20-February-08
City: Perth (Australia)
Anyone interested in Ruby on Rails! You don't have to be using it
full time, even if your getting started, come along, it's just a
chance to have a bit of fun and share knowledge.
http://forums.port80.asn.au/showthread.php?p=92188#post92188
A practical introduction to website accessibility
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Date: 20-Feb-08
City: London (UK)
A practical fast track introduction to web accessibility the key issues
and legal and business cases.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webintroaccessibility
Sydney Web Standards Group meeting
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Date: 21-Feb-08
City: Sydney (AUS)
Presentation 1: Damian Hickey - Online Video: A standard document format for
business.
Presentation 2: Ben Buchanan - W3C Standards Are Not Enough
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=147
Amazon Web Services.
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Dates: 25-Feb-08
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Flat Rate Recruitment invites any Melbourne-based passionate technical
people (and their friends) to come along and listen to Mike Culver, a Web
Services Evangelist from Amazon U.S.A http://
evangelists.wetpaint.com/account/mculver Mike is visiting Australia to
spread the word about Amazon Web Services.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HotMobile 2008
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Dates: 25-Feb-08 to 26-Feb-08
City: Napa Valley (USA)
The Ninth Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (HotMobile)
continues the series of highly selective, interactive workshops focused on
mobile applications, systems, and environments, as well as their underlying
state-of-the-art technologies. HotMobile's small workshop format makes it
ideal for presenting and discussing new directions or controversial
approaches.
http://prisms.cs.umass.edu/hotmobile2008/
Writing for the Web Training
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Date: 25-Feb-08
Location: London (UK)
One day hands-on classroom-based usability testing training course. Learn
how to plan, run and analyse your own usability testing sessions.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/writingtraining
Web Usability Training
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Date: 26-Feb-08
Location: London (UK)
One day hands-on classroom-based web usability training course. Learn all
about web usability from the best in the business.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/usabilitytraining
Web Accessibility Training
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Date: 27-Feb-08
Location: London (UK)
One day hands-on classroom-based web accessibility training course. Find out
all about web accessibility from the industry-leading experts.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/accesstraining
Rich media and latest trends in accessibility
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Date: 27-Feb-08
City: London (UK)
An introduction to the key concepts and solutions in making rich media
accessible, including Flash and captioning. A special guest speaker will
give an introduction to AJAX.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webrichmedia
Hidden barriers to web accessibility workshop
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Date: 27-Feb-08
City: London, England
Description An eye-opening half-day course, to teach website designers,
developers and programmers how to identify and cure some of the most
serious, most common, but least obvious accessibility problems on their
web sites.
URL:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/publ
ic_hiddenbarriersworkshop.hcsp
Intermediate CSS Training
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Date: 28-Feb-08
Location: London (UK)
One day hands-on classroom-based intermediate CSS training course. Develop
your CSS skills and become a more confident web developer.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/csstraining-inter
Advanced CSS Training
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Date: 29-Feb-08
Location: London (UK)
One day hands-on classroom-based advanced CSS training course. Discover how
to take CSS to the edge and create cross-browser table-less web pages.
http://www.webcredible.co.uk/csstraining
Transitioning from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0 workshop
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Date: 27-Feb-08
City: London, England
Description A half-day course, introducing the forthcoming guidelines
for web accessibility, the Web Accessibility Content Guidelines 2.0
(WCAG 2.0). It includes useful references to key parts of the WCAG 2.0
guideline documentation, explains how these relate to one another and
suggests a workable strategy for progressively incorporating the new
guidelines into your web sites.
URL:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/publ
ic_transitioning.hcsp
A very practical guide to testing against WCAG1.0 and 2.0
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Date: 05-Mar-08
City: London (UK)
A guide to an effective audit process, covering WCAG 1.0, 2.0 and other key
areas of accessibility.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/webpracticaltesting
Intranet masterclass
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City: London
Date: 7-Mar-08
Managing the evolution of intranets, Intranet innovation -- critical success
factors, Establishing effective collaboration, Improving intranet search
http://www.steptwo.com.au/columntwo/archives/002711.html
South By South West
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Dates: 7-Mar-08 to 11-Mar-08
City: Austin, Texas (USA)
The SXSW Interactive Festival features five days of exciting panel content
and amazing parties. Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary
technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the
brightest personalities of emerging technology.
http://2008.sxsw.com/interactive/
Rubinius Sprint in Sydney
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Date: 8-Mar-08 to 9-Mar-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
The Rubinius Sprint/Workshop is a weekend dedicated to learning and
developing Rubinius, the next generation Ruby virtual machine. The spring is
aimed at developers of all levels, the only requirement is that you have a
keen interest to be involved with Rubinius and want to learn more. No
particular experience with Rubinius is necessary however it would be
beneficial if you¹ve spent a bit of time prior to the sprint familiarizing
yourself with the basics of Rubinius itself.
http://redartisan.com/2008/1/31/rubinius-sprint
Ausweb 08
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Dates: 5-Apr-08 to 9-Apr-08
City: Ballina (Australia)
In April 2008 (5th-9th) the 14th Australasian World Wide Web Conference,
AusWeb08, will again be held at the Ballina Beach Resort.
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/
CHI 2008
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Date: 5-Apr-08 to 10-Apr-08
City: Florence (Italy)
CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and
research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to
innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field,
the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote,
stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities.
http://www.chi2008.org/
Information Architecture Essentials
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Date: 9-Apr-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of
information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and
designing websites and intranets. Key skills such as card sorting will be
taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information
architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080409/
IA Summit
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Date: 10-Apr-08 to 14-Apr-08
City: Miami, Florida (USA)
The Information Architecture Summit is the premier gathering place for those
interested in information architecture. The 2007 IA Summit attracted over
570 attendees, including beginners, experienced IAs, and people from a range
of related fields.
http://www.iasummit.org/2008/
@media 2008 "CSS Mastery" Workshop
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Date: 21-May-08
City: San Francisco (USA)
Bringing his popular course based on the best-selling book of the same
name to the USA for the first time, CSS expert Andy Budd delivers a
day-long workshop for those looking to push their CSS skills to the limit.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/sanfrancisco/workshop/
@media 2008 (San Francisco)
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Date: 22-May-08 to 23-May-08
City: San Francisco (USA)
Returning to San Francisco after overwhelmingly positive feedback, the
@media 2008 web design and development conference will once again offer
up cutting-edge presentations from some of the industry's finest.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/sanfrancisco/
@media 2008 (London)
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Date: 29-May-08 to 30-May-08
City: London (UK)
Returning for a fourth year, @media 2008 is the latest in a series of
widely renowned and consistently well received conferences for web
design and development professionals.
http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2008/london/
webDU 2008
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Dates: 12-Jun-08 to 13-Jun-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
Information Architecture Essentials
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Date: 18-Jun-08
City: Brisbane (Australia)
In this one-day workshop, Patrick Kennedy will present the fundamentals of
information architecture (IA), the core methodology for organising and
designing websites and intranets. Key skills such as card sorting will be
taught, and this workshop is designed to build in-house information
architecture skills. A must for all web or intranet teams.
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/080618/
Web Usability Training Workshop
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Date: 28 Feb 2008 Brisbane
Date: 6 May 2008 Melbourne
Date: 22 July 2008 Sydney
Description: Introduction to User Centred Design tools and techniques. As a
result of attending this one day course, participants will have a good
understanding of the value and importance of user centred design and have
the basic skills, knowledge and tools to apply the user centred design
approach to developing usable Internet sites, Intranet sites or web
applications within their own organisation.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-usability.html
Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
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Date: 29 Feb 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Date: 7 May 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Date: 23 July 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Description: Discount evaluation techniques and how to conduct usability
tests. In this one day interactive workshop, learn valuable usability
evaluation and testing methods that you can use to evaluate your
organisation's Internet and Intranet site, web applications and software.
This course will explore the difference between expert reviews and usability
testing and which is better to use and when. We will cover when to usability
test, what to test and how to test.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/evaluation-and-testing.html
AJAX and User Experience half day course
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Date: 1 May 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Date: 8 May 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Date: 21 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Description: Using AJAX to enhance your online user experience.
The workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of this
increasingly popular technology. We will explore usability and accessibility
issues and common user behaviours with AJAX applications. Finally we will
discuss interaction design guidelines and heuristics for developing user
friendly AJAX designs.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/ajax-usability.html
Interaction Design Training Workshop
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Date: 30 April 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Date: 29 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Date: 2 July 2008 Canberra (Australia)
Date: 10 Sept 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Description: Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites. Ever wonder why users don't
behave how you expect? Ever done usability testing or found usability issues
but didn't know how to fix them? This course will provide an insight into
human characteristics and online behaviour based on latest research and
hundreds of usability tests with users, including video footage of usability
test sessions. We will also cover the theory and principles of interaction
design.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/interaction-design.html
Web Application Design Training Workshop
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Date: 29 April 2008 Sydney (Australia)
Date: 28 May 2008 Brisbane (Australia)
Date: 1 July 2008 Canberra (Australia)
Date: 9 Sept 2008 Melbourne (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web
applications. From internet banking, online learning, government
transactional sites to employee phonebooks, online projects increasingly
include elements of web application design. This course will explore the
value and limitations of building a web application and introduce a range of
tools, approaches and interface design principles to ensure that you
understand your audience and design intuitive and usable web applications.
URL: http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-applications.html
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JOBS
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Job 1
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Pre & Post Sales Technical Consultant
Australia's leading search engine company, Funnelback, is searching for
a suitable candidate looking to kick-start their career!
Your role will include:
* Pre and post sales support
* Delivering training sessions
* Hosted search service administration
* Search projects and consultancies
Selection Criteria
* Tertiary qualifications [Essential]
* Strong communication skills (written and oral) [Essential]
* Knowledge of HTML and XML [Essential]
* Knowledge of Web technologies [Essential]
* Experience working in Unix/Linux and Windows environments [Essential]
* A strong desire to learn new skills and solve problems [Essential]
* Ability to program in one or more scripting languages [Highly desirable]
This role is based in Canberra at Funnelback¹s head office in Acton. The
Funnelback offices sit within a hub of innovation and creativity, at the
eastern base of the CSIRO¹s Black Mountain Laboratories in amongst other
high tech businesses involved in the development of ground breaking
technologies. Nearby to the Funnelback offices are the Australian
National Botanic Gardens, the CSIRO Discovery Centre and the Australian
National University. Free parking is available on site.
If you are someone who thrives in an innovative environment and loves to
work with people, then we want to hear from you!
To apply for this position in strict confidence, please submit your
resume and application letter by email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoting
Technical Consultant¹ in the subject line. For more information on this
role please contact Katherina Ng, Team Leader of Products and Services,
on (02) 6229 1716.
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