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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 (for those who click on the links below and find that they are broken): <http://www.maxdesign.com.au/2008/12/02/some-links-205/> UXBookClub <http://uxbookclub.org/> IE 6 mobile standards compliance tests <http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2008/ie-6-mobile-standards-compliance-tests/> Helvetireader <http://helvetireader.com/> Genetic A/B Testing with JavaScript <http://ejohn.org/blog/genetic-ab-testing-with-javascript/> Web content migration: disastrous strategy <http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2008/nt-2008-11-24-content-migration.htm> pretending to be the blind guy <http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/pretending-to-be-the-blind-guy> Processing 1.0 <http://processing.org/> s3Slider jQuery plugin <http://www.serie3.info/s3slider/> Review: 16 User Interface Prototyping Tools <http://www.dexodesign.com/2008/11/07/review-16-user-interface-prototyping-t ools/> Creating standards-compliant web designs with Fireworks CS4 <http://www.adobe.com/devnet/fireworks/articles/standards_compliant_design.h tml> Hacking JavaScript for Fun and Profit: Part II <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/javascript-fun-profit-part-2/> Why We Call Them Participants <http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/why-we-call-them> IE8: What¹s After Beta 2 <http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/11/19/ie8-what-s-after-beta-2.aspx> 50 Beautiful And Creative Portfolio Designs <http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/26/50-beautiful-and-creative-portfo lio-designs/> Rewriting Twitter for web best practices <http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/2008/11/twitter-front-end-rewrite.html> Poll: Do you use access keys? <http://www.robertnyman.com/2008/11/25/poll-do-you-use-access-keys/> The Skinny on Doctypes <http://www.dustindiaz.com/skinny-on-doctypes/> 24 ways - web design and development articles and tutorials for advent <http://24ways.org/> Abandoning elastic design <http://www.socialgeek.be/blog/read/abandoning-elastic-design> All new Campaign Monitor <http://www.campaignmonitor.com/> ---------------------------------- WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS ---------------------------------- WIPA Web Accessibility 2.0 Seminar - Brisbane ------------ Dates: 2-Dec-08 City: Brisbane (Australia) Version 2 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) is about to be released, introducing some changes in the recommendations for website accessibility. WIPA is presenting this afternoon seminar to help the web community understand WCAG 2.0 and prepare sites with improved accessibility. <http://wipa.org.au/event/152> Sydney PHP Group December 2008 Meeting ------------ Dates: 4-Dec-08 City: Sydney (Australia) We¹re very happy to be ending 2008 on a high note with Sebastian Bergmann, long time PHP contributor, presenting PHPUnit. Additionally, we have a venue change this month from CodeGear to Yahoo!7 offices. For more information about this event, please check the meeting page at <http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1366866/> <http://www.sydphp.org/2008/11/17/ending-on-a-high-note-the-december-meeting /> Web-Blast Canberra --------------- Date: 5-Dec-08 City: Canberra (Australia) We're planning to hold WebBlastCanberra08 as follows: Place: SMS Management and Technology, 8 Brindabella Circuit, Brindabella Park (Canberra Airport). Our sponsors so far: SMS Management and Technology, MaadMob, AcidLabs, ParisFirst Partners, Microsoft Expression Studio <http://webblast.org/canberra> Web-Blast Sydney --------------- Date: 5-Dec-08 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. Join a range of Sydney's web communities and celebrate the end of year in style on Friday 5th December, 2008. Still 20 tickets left! <http://webblast.org/> Ozchi 2008 --------------- Date: 8-Dec-08 to 12-Dec-08 City: Cairns (Australia) OZCHI is Australia and New Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of human-computer interaction. As the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA), OZCHI attracts an international community of researchers and practitioners with a wide range of interests, including usability, information architecture, interaction design, human factors and ergonomics, human-computer interaction, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, design, social sciences and management. The long and short papers accepted in the conference will be included in the proceedings of the ACM Digital Library. <http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/OZCHI_2008> Web Adaptability for Inclusion Conference 2009 --------------- Date: 21-Jan-09 to 23-Jan-09 City: Bundoora (Australia) 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 2009. <http://www.ozewai.org/2009/index.html> Webstock09 --------------- Date: 16-Feb-09 to 20-Feb-09 City: Wellington (New Zealand) 5 full-on days. 9 hands-on workshops. 26 kick ass speakers. 26 must see presentations. Truckloads of design, development, user experience, web standards, content, community, innovation and inspiration. <http://www.webstock.org.nz> ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Job 1 --------------- Online Graphic Designer Full Time Opportunity Fixed Term to 28 September 2009 Museum Victoria seeks an experienced and talented web graphic designer to contribute to the creation and delivery of highly creative and innovative online projects. You will have well-developed conceptual skills, a strong awareness of emerging online design trends and web standards, an excellent working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite, experience in HTML and CSS and outstanding communication skills. Applicants should be able to contribute successfully and creatively in a team-based environment. Submission of samples of previously completed projects is required. Key Selection Criteria at <http://museumvictoria.com.au> For more information, contact the Human Resources Department on (03) 8341 7720. Applications to [EMAIL PROTECTED] quoting MV/0102 by 5:00PM Wednesday 10 December 2008. -------------------- Did I miss an event, resource 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] **************************************************************