Yesterday was Australia Day, a day when we celebrate Australia and it people of many cultures, bringing together the different communities. At the end of the day I was enjoying the warm sun on my back and the moist sand of the beach underfoot, when I got to thinking about how you would bring people together in the Web Industry.
Problem is we tend to see the industry as one solid mass. In reality it’s made up on many disjointed community groups.
It’s been a few days now since the release by Chris Wilson on the official Internet Explorer Blog and the subsequent follow up by Eric Meyer and Aaron Gustafson (as requested) showing support for and explaining in detail the introduction of the X-UA-Compatible Meta switch. Now the post to read here is the Microsoft one. That is primary to the whole deal, it explains somewhat why this was done.
Way back when there was Ideas 1, 2 and 3. Well this year to kick of 2008 the WA chapter of the Australian Web Industry Association is presenting Ideas 4.Stepping up at Ideas 4 will be two leading Australian speakers Lisa Herrod, (Sydney sider) webjam organiser web usability and accessibility guru and Rachel Cook, (local Perthite) Founder of Minti and serial entrepreneur (hmm that sounds dangerous).
There is also a bit of a rumour that maybe just maybe there maybe an special international guest as well, you’ll just have to come along to find out won’t you.
I have been playing around with various JavaScript frameworks for a while now, one that has taken my interest of late is JQuery. Hence getting hold of Learning JQuery by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer was to be expected. The book is available as a pdf e-book or in print format. I’m old school, I like the print version. Mainly so I can throw a book down in frustration 
or fall asleep with it and not worry about a laptop crashing to the ground.
Gary Barber
I’m an independent User Experience Consultant.
I design interfaces, build information architectures, HTML prototypes, run workshops on UX design, do user research and conduct usability & accessibility testing and audits.
I can work within your existing team or as an external consultant on a contract or adhoc basis.
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