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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
- WSG and Industry events
- Industry related jobs
If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted
(from any country), please let me know - r...@maxdesign.com.au
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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/2009/04/29/some-links-226/>
Happy 15th Birthday Opera
<http://www.opera.com/>
Opera version history
<http://www.opera.com/docs/history/>
HTML, XHTML, and WML support in Opera Presto 2.1.1
<http://www.opera.com/docs/specs/presto211/html/index.dml>
Coffee Theory
<http://weblog.200ok.com.au/2009/04/coffee-theory.html>
Facebook First Big Site To Really Embrace OpenID
<http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/27/facebook-first-big-site-to-
really-embrace-openid/>
TravBuddy A Social Networking for Travelers
<http://www.socialnetworks10.com/travbuddy-a-social-networking-for-
travelers>
Objects in JavaScript (part II)
<http://dmitry-baranovskiy.tumblr.com/post/100478853/objects-in-
javascript-part-ii>
JavaScript for hackers - Opera Developer Community
<http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-javascript-for-hackers-1/>
Build Your Own Url Shortener For Free!
<http://nethackz.com/build-your-own-url-shortener-for-free/>
CiteDrag
<http://ajaxian.com/archives/citedrag-cool-library-that-groks-the-new-
drag-and-drop-model>
Internet Explorer 8.0: The One Month Review
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/04/27/ie8-review-1/>
Let your links look like links
<http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200904/
let_your_links_look_like_links/>
How To Use Help Elements To Improve Your Designs
<http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/23/help-elements-design-
showcase/>
In Defense of Eye Candy
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/indefenseofeyecandy>
Real Fonts on the Web: An Interview with The Font Bureau's David Berlow
<http://www.alistapart.com/articles/realfontsontheweb>
Link Velocity
<http://anthonymilner.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/link-velocity/>
Donation Usability: Increasing Online Giving to Non-Profits and
Charities
<http://www.useit.com/alertbox/nonprofit-donations.html>
Loop11
<http://www.loop11.com/>
Collapsing margins
<http://www.onderhond.com/blog/work/collapsing-margins-improvement>
Deconstructing Analysis Techniques
<http://johnnyholland.org/magazine/2009/04/deconstructing-analysis-
techniques-pt-2-deconstruction/>
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Future of Web Design London 2009
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Date: 30-Apr-09 - 01-May-09
City: London (UK)
FOWD London is back for 2009! Join the industry's leading and most
talented designers, developers and artists for some inspiration and
practical advice. The goal of this show is to unite, inspire and
equip web designers around the world. We want you to walk away from
FOWD knowing that you're not alone in your battle to create
beautiful, usable and accessible websites and apps.
<http://events.carsonified.com/fowd/2009/london>
JAOO OZ - Sydney
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Date: 5-May-09 to 8-May-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
JAOO returns in May 2009 bringing some of the world's leading minds
in IT and software development, trendsetting authors and industry
researchers to Australia. JAOO is a premier international conference
series focused on engaging the hearts and minds of the software
development community. With over 13 years of experience, JAOO vision
has been steadfast in creating conferences for developers by
developers. As a result, our conferences are vendor neutral events
that focus on what inspires, drives and educates the international
development community.
<http://jaoo.com.au/sydney-2009>
Usability Fundamentals Training Course
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Date: 4-May-09 – 5-May-09
City: Melbourne (Australia)
The training course uses interactive materials and examples to
introduce key concepts of usability. Insight is provided to help you
understand how to convert website visitors into paying customers,
maximising income streams, minimise the likes of Call Centre costs,
and help avoid common design mistakes.
<http://www.usabilityone.com/services/usability-training.php>
Running in-house usability tests (Workshop)
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Date: 5-May-09
City: Melbourne (Australia)
Empowering you and your staff to run usability tests is a cost
effective approach at gathering valuable insights into your users’
behaviour. Usability Testing is a crucial activity to ensure you
develop successful and usable interfaces. In this workshop you will
learn what is involved to set up and run a usability testing project
from start to finish.
<http://www.usabilityone.com/services/usability-testing-workshop.php>
JAOO OZ - Melbourne
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Date: 11-May-09 to 14-May-09
City: Melbourne (Australia)
JAOO returns in May 2009 bringing some of the world's leading minds
in IT and software development, trendsetting authors and industry
researchers to Australia. JAOO is a premier international conference
series focused on engaging the hearts and minds of the software
development community. With over 13 years of experience, JAOO vision
has been steadfast in creating conferences for developers by
developers. As a result, our conferences are vendor neutral events
that focus on what inspires, drives and educates the international
development community.
<http://jaoo.com.au/brisbane-2009>
FullCodePress
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Date: 12-May-09 - 13-May-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
Australia vs New Zealand, live at the CeBIT 09 conference in Sydney,
12-13 May. An Australian web team will take on the CodeBlacks from
New Zealand to build a complete website in 24 hours. Two non-profit
organisations will be selected to receive a complete website at the
end of the 24 hours. Results will be announced at the WebForward
conference at CeBIT, 13 May 2009.
<http://www.fullcodepress.com/>
May Brisbane WSG meeting
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Date: 12-May-09
City: Brisbane (Australia)
Presentation 1: Ivan Herman - Introduction and Applications of
Semantic Web
Presentation 2: Michael(tm) Smith - HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from
history about how to drive the future of the Web
Details to come
May Sydney WSG meeting
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Date: 13-May-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
Presentation 1: Ivan Herman - Introduction and Applications of
Semantic Web
Presentation 2: Michael(tm) Smith - HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from
history about how to drive the future of the Web
Proudly sponsored by UX Australia and the W3C
<http://webstandardsgroup.org/event/169>
May Canberra WSG meeting
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Date: 15-May-09
City: Canberra (Australia)
Presentation 1: Ivan Herman - Introduction and Applications of
Semantic Web
Presentation 2: Michael(tm) Smith - HTML5, XHTML2: Learning from
history about how to drive the future of the Web
Proudly sponsored by UX Australia and the W3C
<http://webstandardsgroup.org/event/168>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 18-May-09 and 19-May-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS
expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
WebVisions
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Dates: 20-May-09 and 22-May-09
City: Portland (USA)
Explore the future of Web design, user experience and business
strategy at the Oregon Convention Center for three days of mind-
melding on what's new in the digital world. Get a glimpse into the
future, along with practical information that you can apply to your
Web site, company and career.
<http://www.webvisionsevent.com/>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 21-May-09 and 22 May-09
City: Canberra (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS
expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
WebDU: Like a Rock Concert for Geeks
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Date: 21-May-09 to 22-May-09
City: Sydney, Australia
WebDU, is back for its 7th year with FIVE tracks including Team UX
and Web Sessions. Split into two tracks, Web Sessions covers the new
IE8, Javascript security, iPhone app development, Google Maps, Yahoo
Pipes, Prototyping, RIA integration and more. Team UX features topics
on design workflow, UI and form design, information architecture and
usability.
Discount code available for WSG members
Tickets are $950 or $795 with the code: WSG09
<www.webdu.com.au>
<http://twitter.com/webdu>
<http://tinyurl.com/rockyourinnergeek>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 25-May-09 and 26 May-09
City: Melbourne (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS
expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
Max Design CSS and Accessibility workshop series - 2009
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Dates: 28-May-09 and 29 May-09
City: Brisbane (Australia)
A hands-on workshop with accessibility expert, Roger Hudson, and CSS
expert,
Russ Weakley:
Day 1: A practical guide to preparing WCAG 2 compliant websites
Day 2: Mastering CSS and XHTML - building elegant websites
<http://maxdesign.com.au/workshop2009/>
UX London 2009
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Date: 15-Jun-09 to 17-Jun-09
City: London, England
UX London is Britain's first major user experience conference,
comprising two days of practical, hands-on workshops, and a day of
inspirational speakers. We have some of the industry's best people on
board, including Don Norman, Peter Merholz, Dan Saffer, LukeW and
Jared Spool, so it's abound to be an amazing event!
<http://uxlondon.com/>
Usability Fundamentals Training Course
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Date: 18-Jun-09 – 19-Jun-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
The training course uses interactive materials and examples to
introduce key concepts of usability. Insight is provided to help you
understand how to convert website visitors into paying customers,
maximising income streams, minimise the likes of Call Centre costs,
and help avoid common design mistakes.
<http://www.usabilityone.com/services/usability-training.php>
Running in-house usability tests (Workshop)
---------------
Date: 19-Jun-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
Empowering you and your staff to run usability tests is a cost
effective approach at gathering valuable insights into your users’
behaviour. Usability Testing is a crucial activity to ensure you
develop successful and usable interfaces. In this workshop you will
learn what is involved to set up and run a usability testing project
from start to finish.
<http://www.usabilityone.com/services/usability-testing-workshop.php>
Carson Workshops
The Whuffie Factor - Using the Power of Social Networks to Build Your
Business - Tara Hunt
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Date: 22-June-09
City: London (UK)
Everyone knows about blogs and social networks such as Facebook and
Twitter. And they've heard about someone who has used them to grow a
huge customer base. Everyone wants to be hands-on, grass roots and
interactive. But what does this mean? And more to the point, how do
you do it?
<http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/tarahunt/index.html>
WE Believe In Community
Date: 20-Aug-09 - 21-Aug-09
City: Sydney (Australia)
A web conference for people working in government and the public
sector. Brought to you by the Local Government Web Network. A full
day conference with a mix of split streams and some awesome plenary
sessions, and a second day of in-depth half day workshops - book
these dates in your diary now if you work on, with, or immerse
yourself in the web in the world of Government and the Public Sector.
Visit: http://conference09.lgwebnetwork.org
UX Australia 2009
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Dates: 25-Aug-09 to 27-Aug-09
City: Canvberra (Australia)
UX Australia 2009 is Australia's premier user experience design
conference, with inspiring and practical presentations, covering a
range of topics about how to design great experiences for people.
<http://www.uxaustralia.com.au/conference-2009>
Carson Workshops
Design Secrets of digg.com's User Interface - Daniel Burka
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Date: 08-Sept-09
City: London (UK)
Web 2.0 is focused on user participation, so how can you promote
interaction on your site? As designers and product people, our focus
is on developing wonderful user experiences where people can come
together to participate in meaningful and useful ways. With social
sites, this is doubly critical as our sites are fundamentally powered
by users interacting with one another. This workshop will focus on
design strategies for lowering the barriers to participation,
adapting to user behavior, promoting positive behaviors, managing
scale, and creating intuitive user experiences.
<http://carsonworkshops.com/2009/danielburka/index.html>
Web Application Design Training Workshop
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Date & city:
24th March – Melbourne (Australia)
7th April – Sydney (Australia)
5th May – Brisbane (Australia)
18th August – Adelaide (Australia)
20th Oct – Canberra (Australia)
Processes and interface design fundamentals for designing usable web
applications - one day course. 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. Includes
usability of Rich Internet Applications and AJAX.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-applications.html>
WCAG 2.0 Training New Zealand
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City: Wellington (New Zealand)
Dates:
Thursday 7th May - WCAG v2.0 Priority 1 Checkpoints (Level A)
Thursday 14th May - WCAG v2.0 Priority 2 Checkpoints (Level AA)
Thursday 28th May - WCAG v2.0 Priority 3 Checkpoints (Level AAA)
Thursday 4th June - WCAG v2.0 Priority 1 Checkpoints (Level A)
Thursday 11th June - WCAG v2.0 Priority 2 Checkpoints (Level AA)
Thursday 18th June - WCAG v2.0 Priority 3 Checkpoints (Level AAA)
Version 2.0 of the New Zealand Government Web Standards was released
in March. A major change is adoption of the W3C's WCAG 2.0 standards.
Accessibility expert Bruce Aylward from W3A will run a series of
training courses for web professionals on complying with the WCAG 2.0
standards at a training lab in Wellington. Each course covers one of
the three WCAG 2.0 priority levels and are practical and hands-on. At
the end of each course participants should be able to design for and
determine compliance with the checkpoints of the relevant priority
level of the WCAG 2.0.
<http://www.w3a.co.nz/contact.htm>
Interaction Design Training Workshop
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Date & city:
25th March – Melbourne (Australia)
8th April – Sydney (Australia)
6th May – Brisbane (Australia)
20th May – Perth (Australia)
19th August – Adelaide (Australia)
21st Oct – Canberra (Australia)
Human characteristics and theoretical principles for usable web
applications, intranet and internet sites - one day course. 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.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/interaction-design.html>
Web Usability Training Course
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Date & city:
10th March –Sydney (Australia)
1st April – Brisbane (Australia)
19th May – Perth (Australia)
16th June – Melbourne (Australia)
28th July – Adelaide (Australia)
1st Dec – Canberra (Australia)
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.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/web-usability.html>
Usability Evaluation & Testing Training Workshop
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Date & city:
11th March – Sydney (Australia)
2nd April – Brisbane (Australia)
21st May – Perth (Australia)
17th June – Melbourne (Australia)
29th July – Adelaide (Australia)
2nd Dec – Canberra (Australia)
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.
<http://www.peakusability.com.au/training/evaluation-and-testing.html>
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JOBS
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Job 1
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Volunteer Drupal specialist
ANTaR is a small non-profit organisation committed to working for
rights, justice and reconciliation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples. We are currently seeking a volunteer Drupal
specialist who will be engaged to maintain the content management
system behind ANTaR’s website (Drupal). Secondary to this, the
volunteer will make periodical backups of the website. The volunteer
will have the choice to determine his or her own working hours,
although we would like the volunteer to be available for at least
three hours each month for a period of at least 6 months. ANTaR will
select a volunteer based on the following selection criteria:
- solid experience in using Drupal for website administration,
including updating versions and modules
- experience in backing up a database using MySQL / PHPMyAdmin
- a proactive approach to improving the ANTaR website (http://
antar.org.au)
- excellent attention to detail
- a strong commitment to Indigenous peoples' rights
For more information and details on how to apply, please see http://
antar.org.au/website_officer_drupal_specialist
Job 2
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Creative Website Manager
The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) is a Sydney-based
statutory authority charged with reviewing commonwealth laws and
related processes at the request of the Federal Attorney-General. The
ALRC seeks a creative website manager to develop and manage a new
dynamic website to enhance communications and improve access to ALRC
activities.
Responsibilities include: strategic development of the ALRC's
website; content creation and editing; producing electronic
newsletters and publications; managing online forums; and ensuring
commonwealth government compliance.
Essential experience includes: website management and publishing;
using the web to consult, educate and inform stakeholders;
understanding current web design principles, user interfaces and
navigation tools; excellent written and editorial skills; and
audiovisual content development for the web.
The successful candidate will be offered a fixed term renewable
contract of three years, with a salary between $70,258 and $79,997,
plus superannuation and other benefits.
Selection criteria and information available from www.alrc.gov.au or
phone (02) 8238 6333.
Applicants must provide a full CV and address the selection criteria.
Applications close 5pm, Monday 18 May 2008. <http://www.alrc.gov.au/
work/positions/index.htm>
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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 - r...@maxdesign.com.au
Thanks
Russ
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