This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements ******************************************** This email covers: - Links for light reading - Events - Jobs
---------------------------------- LINKS FOR LIGHT READING ---------------------------------- Site Check > http://uitest.com/en/check/ Sizer, > http://www.brianapps.net/sizer.html What are you Scrutinizing for? > http://www.scrutinizer.phileplanet.com/ Nifty CSS round >http://chronotron.wordpress.com/2006/05/14/nifty-css-rounded-corners-extensive- list/ Making Ajax Work with Screen Readers > http://juicystudio.com/article/making-ajax-work-with-screen-readers.php Levels of HTML knowledge > http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200605/levels_of_html_knowledge/ Your HTML level > http://annevankesteren.nl/2006/06/html-level Levels of Accessibility Knowledge - a send-up of "level of" > http://blog.fawny.org/2006/06/02/niveaux/ CSS Mania World Awards > http://awards.cssmania.com/2006/06/05/css-world-awards-nominations.php Andy Budd - Accessibility interview > http://www.andybudd.com/archives/2006/06/accessibility_interview/index.php A tipping point for microformats > http://www.adactio.com/journal/1141/ Internationalization Primer > http://www.digital-web.com/articles/internationalization_primer/ Front-End Architecture: Browsers > http://www.garrettdimon.com/archives/front-end-architecture-browsers CSS Formatter and Optimiser > http://www.cleancss.com/ Microformats search > http://kitchen.technorati.com/search/ ---------------------------------- EVENTS ---------------------------------- Perth Web Standards Group June ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday 15 June Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: $4 Presenters: Kara O'Halloran presents The Joy and Terror of Implementing Web Standards, and Vicki Berry previews excerpts from one of her TODCON presentations. Where: Edith Cowan University Tavern (Building 12), Mt Lawley Campus. Bradford St, Mt Lawley RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CSS - the next generation in web design ---------------------------------- A free introductory information night on CSS Date: Thursday July 4 Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm start Cost: Free Presenter: Russ Weakley Where: Billy Blue Training Center Level 8, 171 Pacific Hwy North Sydney RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AusWeb'06 W3C SIG Day ---------------------------------- Date: Wednesday, 5 July 2006 Presenters: - Standards for Web services, WSDL 2.0 - Paul Brebner - Semantic Interoperability - Anne Cregan - What is OWL good for? - David Ratcliffe - Semantic Web in Health Care - David Hansen - Web Content & Accessibility 2.0 - Sofia Celic - Web standards adoption in Government - Victor Pawley - Mobile Web Initiative - Dean Jackson - Next Generation Web Applications - Darren Sharp Where: Australis Noosa Lakes Resort, Noosa, Queensland More: http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/aw06/conf/sig.html London Web Standards Group Meetup ---------------------------------- Date: Friday 14 July Time: 7.00pm Cost: £4.50 each Presenters: Christian Heilmann - Maintainable JavaScript and Andy Budd: Who cares about standards? Where: Northampton Square, Islington, Greater London, WC1 >http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Northampton+Square,+Islington,+Greate r+London,+WC1&om=1&ll=51.527237,-0.101935&spn=0.012896,0.043259 More: http://muffinresearch.co.uk/wsg/ Melbourne Web Standards Group August ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday 29 June Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: Free - sponsored by Sitepoint Presenters: Paul Fenwick on Presentation Mind Control. Andrew Arch on building accessible web Where: Centre for Innovation & Technology Commercialisation Level 1, 257 Collins Street Melbourne VIC 3000 RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sydney Web Standards Group October ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday October 19 Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: $7 Presenters: James Robertson and Lisa Miller Where: Australian Museum RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- Web Application developer, Melbourne ---------------------------------- A fun, dynamic company based in Melbourne is searching for an experienced developer to join its fast-growing team. The applicant must have a thorough understanding of object-oriented methodologies, an awareness of industry best practice and design patterns and a flare for dealing with clients. Experience in PHP or Java and a good appreciation of web standards and accessibility are a must. The successful applicant will work from our Melbourne office in Collingwood and will be remunerated in the range $40K - $70K commensurate with experience. Please apply at http://www.sitepoint.com/launch/topjob12 Thanks Russ **************************************************** The announce list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ ****************************************************
