This is a one-way list for WSG Announcements ******************************************** This email covers: - Links for light reading - Events - Jobs
---------------------------------- LINKS FOR LIGHT READING ---------------------------------- CSS Reboot participants far from standards based <http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200606/css_reboot_participants_far_fr om_standardsbased/> Rails Day 2006 <http://www.railsday2006.com/ Notes on JavaScript libraries <http://simon.incutio.com/archive/2006/06/26/libraries> Code Reviews: Write Better Code Overnight <http://www.digital-web.com/articles/code_reviews_write_better_code_overnigh t/> User delight and the guy-from-the-train phenomenon <http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2006/06/user_delight_ an.html> Web Professional¹s Code of Ethics http://www.molly.com/2006/06/27/web-professionals-code-of-ethics/ Guiding Principles for Providing ³Remember Me² Personalization <http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/guiding_princip> Formal Objection to WCAG Claiming to Address Cognitive Limitations <http://juicystudio.com/article/formal-objection-wcag-claiming-address-cogni tive-limitations.php> Max-width in IE Using a CSS Expression <http://tom-lee.blogspot.com/2006/03/max-width-in-ie-using-css-expression.ht ml> 15 Things you can do with Yahoo! UI <http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/javascript/15-things-you-can-do-with-y ahoo-ui> Mobile browser tests http://annevankesteren.nl/2006/06/mobile-test Mobile browser test results http://simon.html5.org/articles/mobile-results AJAX feedback mechanism <http://www.ibegin.com/blog/p_ajax_feedback_mechanism.html> A love song to CSS: <http://www.esanity.co.uk/podcasts/HandsToBoag.mp3> Top ten tips for preventing innovation <http://tynerblain.com/blog/2006/03/06/top-ten-tips-for-preventing-innovatio n/> ---------------------------------- EVENTS ---------------------------------- 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 More: http://muffinresearch.co.uk/wsg/ CSS info night ---------------------------------- Date: Tuesday 18 July Time: 6.30pm Cost: Free Presenters: Russ Weakley - a basic introdution to CSS as well as the fundamentals of markup and separation. Where: Billy Blue Training Center http://www.maxdesign.com.au/workshop-css2006/ Webvisions 2006 ---------------------------------- Date: July 2021, 2006 Where: Oregon Convention Center Join the rockstars of design, user experience and business strategy: Jared Spool, Hillman Curtis, Luke Williams, Kelly Goto and a cavalcade of their fellow visionaries for two 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/ Writing for the Web Workshops ---------------------------------- Date: 27 July 2006 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. Details and registration: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=685 Writing for the Web Workshops ---------------------------------- Workshop dates: 9 August Melbourne, 23 August - Canberra These practical workshops run by Vision Australia focus on enhancing the usability and accessibility of your web content and will teach you how to communicate effectively with your readers. Details and registration: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=685 Web Accessibility Workshops ---------------------------------- Workshop dates: 8 & 9 August - Canberra, 23 August - Perth These one-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. Details and registration: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/ais/webworkshops/ Sydney Web Standards Group August ---------------------------------- Date: Thursday August 17 Time: 6.30pm for 7.00pm Cost: $7 Roger Hudson: Exploring tag clouds - and how users interact with them. Donna Maurer: Web 2.0 applications and some of the traps associated with newer forms of interaction. Where: Australian Museum RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CSS - the next generation in web design Sydney workshops ---------------------------------- Workshop 1: Monday 14 and Tuesday 15 August Workshop 2: Thursday 17 and Friday 18 August Two day CSS workshops - CSS basics to advanced CSS http://www.maxdesign.com.au/workshop-css2006/ D.Construct - September 8 - London ---------------------------------- Date: September 8 Where: London d.Construct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those building the latest generation of web-based applications. The event discusses how new technology is transforming the web from a document delivery system into an application platform. Presenters: Jeffrey Veen, Jeremy Keith, Simon Willison, Paul Hammond, Derek Featherstone, Thomas Vander Wal, Aral Balkan http://2006.dconstruct.org/ 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] Oz-IA Conference & Retreat ---------------------------------- Sep 30th & Oct 1st Sydney, Australia On the last weekend of September 2006 there will be a conference and retreat on information architecture in Sydney, Australia. This is the first such event dedicated to IA in Australia. http://www.oz-ia.org/2006/ The retreat is planned to be a semi-formal series of practical sessions on information architecture and related topics, aimed at practicing IAs and those within the broader industry interested in expanding their knowledge of the theory and practice. Speakers including Mark Bernstein, Thomas Vander Wal, Dan Saffer, Donna Maurer, David Sless, Steve Baty, and James Robertson. http://www.oz-ia.org/2006/presenters.shtml ---------------------------------- JOBS ---------------------------------- CLOSING DATE TOMMORROW!!!!! Navy Systems Command, Command Information Management APS Level 4 $47366-51997, Canberra (No. NAVY/20075) Closing Date: 6/7/2006 Duties: Applicants must quote NAVY/20075. The Navy is seeking an experienced and self motivated person to provide web development support to Navy's Internet Web Manager. You will also have proven experience in the maintenance, content management, and support of an Internet website. A sound understanding and proven skills in hand coded XHTML, CSS and a demonstrated ability in implementing web standards would definitely be an advantage. You must have a proven ability to work in a high performing customer focused team with an appreciation of the Defence integrated service/civilian environment. Note: Selection Documentation is available from http://www.defence.gov.au/dcr/vacancies_act/lastweek/NAVY20075_APS4.pdf . Applicants must provide the names and telephone numbers of two referees as interviews may not be conducted. Information on submitting an application is available from http://www.defence.gov.au/dcr/ads_act/act_howtoapply.cfm Contact: Don McLean (02) 6266 3890 Selection documentation may be obtained from Defence Service Centre - Cooma 1800 000 677 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks Russ **************************************************** The announce list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ ****************************************************
