This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements ******************************************** This email covers: - Links for light reading - WSG events - Jobs
---------------------------------- LINKS FOR LIGHT READING ---------------------------------- Details on our CSS changes for IE7 <http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/08/22/712830.aspx> New Headaches? <http://mezzoblue.com/archives/2006/08/23/new_headache/> The Changing Face of University Websites <http://www.pebbleroad.com/article/the_changing_face_of_university_websites/ > More W3C Controversy <http://dbaron.org/log/2006-08#e20060818a> Light text on dark background vs. readability <http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_ vs_readability/> Competitive Analysis <http://www.digital-web.com/articles/competitive_analysis/> About Pages <http://meryl.net/2006/08/22/about-pages/> Your About Page Is a Robot <http://alistapart.com/articles/aboutpagerobot> Understanding CSS Specificity <http://www.snook.ca/archives/html_and_css/understanding_c/> Sliced and Diced Sandbags <http://alistapart.com/articles/sandbags> Assuring E-Accessibility: Providing Choices <http://juicystudio.com/article/providing-choices.php> CSS3: what it means, and what it doesn¹t <http://fadtastic.net/2006/08/20/css3-what-it-means-and-what-it-doesnt/> Base Href Tag <http://www.drostdesigns.com/base-href-tag/> Web Forms 2.0: Working Draft <http://www.w3.org/News/2006#item148> A Web 2.0 Tour for the Enterprise <http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/a_web_2_0_tour_> Blogs masquerading as <http://librariesinteract.info/2006/07/26/blog-masquerade/> ---------------------------------- WSG EVENTS ---------------------------------- Brisbane Web Standards Group Meeting August ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday August 31 Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: $5 RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lyn Egas: A blind users experience of the web Michael Rees: The Influence of Ajax on Web 2.0 http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=71 Perth Web Standards Group Meeting August ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday August 31 Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: $4 RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nick Cowie will speak about how to make forms that are accessible AND stylish. He will also present some of his research into accessibility law in Australia. http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=73 Melbourne Web Standards Group Meeting September ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday September 7 Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: Free RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathon Oxer on "Making Things Move" http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/index.cfm?event_id=73 Proudly supported by Sitepoint ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- 1. WEB DESIGN INSTRUCTOR - BOSTON The Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University is looking for a web design instructor in our Waltham MA campus (20 minutes outside of Boston.) We are looking for a working web designer who is passionate about standards based web design, has had "real world" design experience and loves to teach. A typical web design class runs 8:30-4:30 for four days, making this position ideal for a freelancer looking to supplement their income with a teaching position. The ideal candidate knows css & xhtml inside out, knows how to use Dreamweaver 8's standards based code tools and create web graphics with Photoshop CS2. PHP/Javascript and Flash skills helpful. For more information on the position please contact Jeremy Osborn, program director of graphic and web design at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. Web Developer Yahoo! Europe Product Development Team - Location: London UK Link: http://gs.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_yahoo01.asp?newms=jj&id=33344 <http://gs.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_yahoo01.asp?newms=jj&id=33344> 3. Middleweight Producer/Information Architect - Clearleft <http://clearleft.com/jobs/> 4. Web Development Engineer - Technorati <http://technorati.com/about/jobs.html#webdev> Thanks Russ ************************************************************** Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************************************************
