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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/2008/04/24/some-links-172/>
Creating More Using Less Effort with Ruby on Rails
http://alistapart.com/articles/creatingmoreusinglesseffortwithrubyonrails
Getting Started with Ruby on Rails
http://alistapart.com/articles/gettingstartedwithrubyonrails
Benefits of Plain English URLs
http://gadgetopia.com/post/6346
Is your (mobile) browser ready for the Web?
http://www.w3.org/QA/2008/04/is_your_mobile_browser_ready_f.html
Web Form Design: Modern Solutions and Creative Ideas
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/04/17/web-form-design-modern-solutions-
and-creative-ideas/
Ten typographic mistakes everyone makes
http://www.recedinghairline.co.uk/files/c1c3be2fda2b218e858029a4bde7e96c-397
.html
Autoscrolling the edit state
http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/988-designing-details-autoscrolling-the-e
dit-state
Introduction to Django: Helping Perfectionists With Deadlines
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/intro_to_django_helping_perfectionists_w
ith_deadlines/
Managing taxonomies
http://userpathways.com/2008/04/03/managing-taxonomies/
No CSS reset
http://www.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/no_css_reset/
Why ³Reset² Style Sheets Are Bad
http://meiert.com/en/blog/20080419/reset-style-sheets-are-bad/
Bezos On Innovation
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_17/b4081064880218.htm
Hacking slideshare's embed adding a preview and be a lot shorter and
readable
http://www.wait-till-i.com/2008/04/17/hacking-slideshare-embed/
Usability critical for good mobile security
http://www.intergovworld.com/article/63288b960a01040801dd6a670b1d27dc/pg1.ht
m
Recycle These Pixels: Sustainability and the User Experience
http://www.uxmatters.com/MT/archives/000280.php
Cursed css/how well-behaved are you?
http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/cursed-css
Web 3.0 through the ages
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_30_through_the_ages.php
Live Demos: The SitePoint CSS Reference Goes Interactive
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/04/23/live-demos-the-sitepoint-css-refer
ence-goes-interactive/
Tomorrow's Web Design: Popular Design Software Challenge
http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/86/design_software_challenge/
And Simple CSS: Creating More Readable Text:
http://www.wpdfd.com/issues/86/simple_css_creating_more_readable_text/
Data tables follow-up study
http://formulate.com.au/research/data-tables-follow-up/
Inspire UX
http://www.inspireux.com/
CushyCMS
http://www.cushycms.com
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Accessibility 2.0: a million flowers bloom
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Date: 25-Apr-08
City: London (UK)
A one day conference focussing on how developers can make Web 2.0
applications Accessible. Keynote speaker is Jeremy Keith, the day also
features slots by Steve Faulkner (developer of the AIS toolbar) and
Christian Heilmann.
http://www.abilitynet.org.uk/accessibility2
Website user experience & CSS workshop
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Date: 28-Apr-08 to 29-Apr-08
City: Sydney (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites
layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form
design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/
Website user experience & CSS workshop
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Date: 1-May-08 to 2-May-08
City: Brisbane (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with user experience expert, Donna Maurer, and CSS
expert, Russ Weakley. Over two full days you will build detailed websites
layouts from the ground up - starting with page layout, navigation and form
design; and ending with clean markup and elegant styling using XHTML/CSS.
http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2008/
BarCamp Perth 2.0
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Date: 10-May-08
City: Perth (Australia)
Central TAFE, 140 Royal St, East Perth WA 6004
The Barcamp with MORE Web2.0
When: 900-1700 on Saturday 10 May 2008
More Details: http://barcamp.port80.asn.au/Main/BarCamp2
Who should attend: Anyone interested in the web, technology and
related topics.
Cost: FREE!
Carson Workshops: Transcending CSS - Styling For A Beautiful Web by Andy
Clarke
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Date: 14-May-08
City: London (UK)
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.
This workshop is not designed for beginners or newcomers to CSS. To get
the most of this workshop you will be an intermediate to advanced user
of CSS and be familiar with meaningful, accessible mark-up.
http://www.carsonworkshops.com/dev/fuchs/26March2008.html
Demystifying web accessibility workshop
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Date: 15-May-08
City: London, England
A full day course designed to introduce website owners, commissioners,
marketing or project managers and designers to the reasons for making
websites accessible, including the principles and practices that make
this possible.
URL:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsite/publ
ic_introtrain.hcsp
Web Directions User Experience: Melbourne
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When: 15-May-08 to 16-May-08
Where: Melbourne Town Hall
Web Directions User Experience is a one day two track conference, plus
optional extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and
techniques for building great user experiences on the web: interaction
design, usability and testing, user research and ethnography, Ajax and
Javascript, content, designing for email and mobile and more.
http://ux08.webdirections.org/
Web Directions Government: Canberra
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When: 19-May-08 to 20-May-08
Where: Old Parliament House, Canberra
Web Directions Government is a full day two track conference, plus an
optional extra day of workshops, focussing on the concepts, technologies and
techniques for meeting the challenges of eGovernment: interaction design and
user experience, web standards, usability and accessibility, Government 2.0,
Ajax and Javascript, knowledge management, social media and more.
http://gov08.webdirections.org/
The Web and Beyond: Mobility, which is in Amsterdam on 22 May.
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Date: 22-May-08
City: Amsterdam
The Web and Beyond 2008: Mobility takes place on May 22, 2008 at the
historic Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Web and Beyond
is a bi-annual conference on human-computer interaction, powered by CHI
Netherlands.
http:// www.thewebandbeyond.nl
@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)
The latest in web development, tools and techniques catch up, meet
up and get inspired!
http://www.webdu.com.au/
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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Freelance Web Developer
HTML, CSS, JavaScript & Flash
ColdFusion would be a bonus
approx 15-20hrs week
email CV to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Job 2
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Company : Elcom
Job Title : Senior UX Designer (permanent)
We are looking for a Senior UX Designer to work on some of Australia's
newest and technically cutting-edge web projects.
If you are passionate about and versed in the process of user-centred
design and able to create visually compelling, highly usable and
accessible web sites then we want you on our team.
The successful candidate will be working closely with BA's, visual
designers, front-end designers, back-end developers, product engineers
to define and improve the user experience across our product suite. You
will also be an exceptional visual designer and have proven skills and
experience working Content Management systems specifically around the
interface theme design and development.
The essential skills required for this candidate are:
Experience is designing highly usable interfaces, conveying complex
operations in a user friendly manner.
Experience working with end users for story-boarding, wireframing and
information architecture.
Degree qualifications in Graphic Arts, Graphic Design, or related
fields, or suitable equivalent experience.
Desirable skills:
XHTML, CSS and Javascript
Understanding of Web Standards
Flash and Silverlight
For further information, or to apply for this role, please email
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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