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This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements
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This email covers:
- Links for light reading
- WSG and Industry events
- Web standards related jobs
If you have an event, resource or relevant job you'd like posted (from any
country), please let me know - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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/2007/05/30/some-links-for-light-reading-126/>
Grade Your Website: 31 Free Online Tests
http://www.avivadirectory.com/free-online-tests/
Evangelizing Outside the Box: Web Standards and Large Companies
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/standardsandcompanies
How to Evaluate Your Website in 30 Seconds
http://www.standardzilla.com/2007/05/15/how-to-evaluate-your-website-in-30-s
econds/
Who Needs Headlines?
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/whoneedsheadlines
Web Design 101: Backgrounds
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_design_101_backgrounds/
Web developers have the power
http://www.gurtle.com/ppov/2007/04/29/web-developers-have-the-power/
Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design
http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_standards_creativity_png/
User Style Sheets Come of Age
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/05/28/user-style-sheets-come-of-age/
Hacking Firefox: The secrets of about:config
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&arti
cleId=9020880
Thumbstrips for Firefox
http://innovation.intuit.com/blog/thumbstrips
7 Ways to Send HUGE Files
http://mashable.com/2007/05/23/7-ways-to-send-huge-files-25x-bigger-than-gma
il/
CODA - one window web development
http://www.panic.com/coda/
Review: RiverDocs Converter
http://www.blether.com/archives/2007/05/review_riverdoc.php
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WSG AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
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Google Developer Day
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Date: 31-May-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
At Google, we want to help developers build better web applications. That's
why we've created APIs and tools to quickly enhance those applications,
integrate with Google products and reach millions of users. That's also why
we're holding Google Developer Day.
http://www.google.com/events/developerday/en_AU/details.html
Canberra WSG meeting
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Date: 31-May-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
John Allsopp (Westciv) on microformats, plus Brian Hardy (Vision Australia)
on the accessibility of PDF files
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=94
WSG Sydney meeting
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Date: 31-May-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
Shane Morris, User Experience Evangelist, Microsoft - "Designers and
developers - learning to get along". Patrick Kennedy, User experience
architect, Step Two Designs - "Intranets - why you should care?"
http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=95
Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 05-Jun-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
Vision Australia is partnering with respected usability and accessibility
expert Dey Alexander to offer unique Writing for the Web workshops. Dey is
co-convenor of the Web Accessibility Network of Australian Universities and
is a regular presenter on useable and accessible web writing to the
education, corporate and government sectors.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=685
Opera Backstage in Poland
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Date: 05-Jun-07
City: Warsaw (Poland)
This is an invitation to the Opera Backstage event inaugurating Opera
Software's presence on the Polish market.
The event is on the 5th of June from 6 to 9PM at the You & Me Bar on Żurawia
Street 6/12. As far as the agenda of our event, we will demo our products,
have a presentation about Opera, Web standards, usability and web
development. The presentations will last at most one hour. The two hours on
either side are for eating, drinking and talking. We will supply food and
drink.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/194278/
What's New, WCAG 2.0, and Current Issues - Shawn Henry, Web Accessibility
Initiative
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Date: 05-Jun-07
City: London (UK)
The RNIB Web Access Team will be host to Shawn Henry, W3C Web Accessibility
Initiative (WAI), and author of "Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility
Throughout Design" who will be presenting on What's New, WCAG 2.0, and
Current Issues.
http://wailondon.eventwax.com/whats-new-wcag-20-and-current-issues---shawn-h
enry-web-accessibility-initiative
Web Accessibility Network for Australian Universities Queensland Forum
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Date: 06-Jun-07
City: Brisbane Qld(Australia)
Speakers: Chris Newman, Chris Frost, Gian Sampson-Wild, Dey Alexander. Raise
awareness within our organisations of the problems encountered by people
with disabilities that affect their use of the web
http://www.wanau.org/forums2007/
WebJam
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Date: 07-Jun-07
City: Sydney NSW (Australia)
If you've done something cool on the web lately, show the rest of us at the
rockingest web event in town. We're looking for 16 presenters to show us
their sharpest recent web work, but they only get three minutes on stage.
http://webjam.com.au/
Vision Australia: Writing for the Web Workshop
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Date: 19-Jun-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
This practical workshop run by Vision Australia focuses on enhancing the
usability and accessibility of your web content and will teach you how to
communicate effectively with your readers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=48
Search Engine Bootcamp - Auckland
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Date: 21-Jun-07
City: Auckland (New Zealand)
One day search marketing seminar designed to enhance the skill levels of
anyone already doing either SEO or PPC, 12 topics in total spread over four
sessions
http://www.searchenginebootcamp.com.au/index.php/2007/05/17/search-engine-bo
otcamp-auckland-june-21st-2007/
ReMix Australia
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Date: 25-Jun-07
City: Melbourne Vic (Australia)
Don't miss this two day event in Melbourne to help you rethink what you can
create for the web and how. Choose from over 20 sessions hosted by leading
industry heavy-weights.
http://www.microsoft.com/australia/remix07/
Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 28-Jun-07
City: Brisbane Qld (Australia)
These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia, are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers
and web contract managers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=965
Ausweb07
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/index.html
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Date: 28-Jun-07
City: Coffs Harbour, Qld (Australia)
The Thirteenth Australiasian World Wide Web Conference
http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/index.html
Where collaboration tools fit in
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Date: 03-Jul-07
City: Canberra ACT (Australia)
With the rapid spread of collaboration tools such as SharePoint, the
opportunity for new approaches to intranets and information management are
being explored. More immediately, organisations are confronted with the
fundamental question: where do collaboration tools fit in?
http://www.steptwo.com.au/seminars/070703/index.html
Search Engine Bootcamp - Brisbane, July 26th, 2007
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Date: 26-Jul-07
City: Brisbane (Australia)
One day search marketing seminar designed to enhance the skill levels of
anyone already doing either SEO or PPC, 12 topics in total spread over four
sessions
http://www.searchenginebootcamp.com.au/index.php/2006/10/17/search-engine-bo
otcamp-melbourne/
Vision Australia: Web Accessibility Workshops
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Date: 30-Aug-07
City: Perth WA (Australia)
These full-day workshops run by Vision Australia, are targeted at
web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals and
business managers, along with content authors, web programmers and designers
and web contract managers.
http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1042
d.Construct2007
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Date: 7-Sep-07
City: Brighton (UK)
d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing
and building the latest generation of web-based applications.
http://2007.dconstruct.org/
Web Directions South 2007
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Date: 25-Sep-07 to 28-Sep-07
City: Sydney (Australia)
With more than 30 leading experts, including a dozen international stars of
the web industry, across three tracks, Web Directions South will focus on
the key technology and business issues of the web in 2007. This really is
Australia's premier event for the web industry. Speakers for 2007 include
* Andy Clarke - Transcendent CSS
* Aaron Gustafson - Javascript and Ajax
* Brian Fling - designing for the mobile web
* George Oates - user experience design for communities
* Bert Bos - co-creator of CSS on the future of Web Standards
* Rashmi Sinha - online communities
* Adrian Holovaty - making data smart
* Mark Pesce - commons based peer production
plus many more new and old faces to educate and inspire us all once again
this September.
http://www.webdirections.org/
Fundamentos Web 2007
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Date: 3-Oct-07 to 5-Oct-07
City: Asturias (Spain)
On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of CSS, A CONTEST has been called
to change the appearance of "Fundamentos Web 2007" site with novel CSS. The
winner and the two finalists will be chosen, out of the most voted designs,
by a committee made up of W3C Spain staff and chaired by the CSS
co-inventor, Bert Bos. The winner and the finalists can obtain an Apple's
MacBook, a Wii console, lodging for two people in Oviedo for the three days,
and attend the event for free. Designs can be sent until 13th May 2007.
http://www.fundamentosweb.org/2007
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JOBS
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Job 1:
Go4 Multimedia are looking for an project manager to join our web
development team. We are a Melbourne based web design firm with an emphasis
on web standards and accessibility development.
Responsibilities of this role will include:
- Managing a small team of 2 - 4 designers and developers
- Defining and scoping a project with the client
- Suggesting creative solutions to the clients' problems
- Liaising with the client throughout the lifespan of the project
- Managing multiple projects at once
- Delivering projects on time and within budget
The successful applicant will have the following skills and qualifications:
- Excellent communications skills
- Tertiary qualifications
- 2+ years experience in a Project Management role in a web based
environment
- Advanced problem solving skills
- Managed developers and creative teams
- Strong scope management
- Experience in ecommerce applications development
- Excellent time management skills
Please send resumes to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Thanks
Russ
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