Recordings of WSG presentations http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Web Standards Group Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:16 +1100 en Web Standards Group Recordings of WSG presentations Web Standards Group Whether you're trying to make money from advertising, subscription or the Google Flip, the value of your product, and your company is normally made up lots of little bits of value. How do you maximise the value, minimise the friction of the transaction, and let the transactions roam free? http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:25 +1100 DE00B340-DD26-97E7-3DE8C119E69626EC Mick Liubinskas Mick Liubinskas Whether you're trying to make money from advertising, subscription or the Google Flip, the value of your product, and your company is normally made up lots of little bits of value. How do you maximise the value, minimise the friction of the transaction, and let the transactions roam free? 20:00 Second Life is an online 3D virtual world developed by San Francisco-based Linden Lab. It provides an immersive environment where users are able to create a digital character or 'avatar' and interact with people from around the world. Second Life also provides a platform for interactions and experiences which allow business, public, education and not-for-profit organisations to connect with their clients and communties in exciting new ways. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:53 +1100 DDE7168C-BBEC-8AB4-8D44EA4F210CB456 Jo Kay Jo Kay Second Life is an online 3D virtual world developed by San Francisco-based Linden Lab. It provides an immersive environment where users are able to create a digital character or 'avatar' and interact with people from around the world. Second Life also provides a platform for interactions and experiences which allow business, public, education and not-for-profit organisations to connect with their clients and communties in exciting new ways. 49:06 Ambient Personalization: Applying what we can learn about a user's (and groups of users) behaviour, to improving their, and by extension everyone's, experience of a site. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:10 +1100 78E36C8B-9B29-1E45-45425A1BEB0650E7 Scott Parsons Scott Parsons Ambient Personalization: Applying what we can learn about a user's (and groups of users) behaviour, to improving their, and by extension everyone's, experience of a site. 29:34 Thinking Outside the Web: How the Entertainment Industry is Integrating All Media and Why http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:58 +1100 78DA4D28-BD85-F86F-AF26592AF1055749 Christy Dena Christy Dena Thinking Outside the Web: How the Entertainment Industry is Integrating All Media and Why 39:29 James talks about appropriate (and inappropriate) uses of Ajax, and advises developers to follow the principles of "accessibility first, then usability, then aesthetics". http://www.brothercake.com/presentations/what_has_ajax_done/ Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:38 +1100 A69442EC-BE30-D74E-DBFFC9EBEFE66BD9 James Edwards (Brothercake) James Edwards (Brothercake) James talks about appropriate (and inappropriate) uses of Ajax, and advises developers to follow the principles of "accessibility first, then usability, then aesthetics". 34:07 Presentation slides Paul Fenwick from Perl Training Australia gives some humorous as well as useful and practical dirty tricks that you can play on an audience, in order to convince them that you are a good presenter. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Sun, 09 Jul 2006 21:48 +1100 5326D40A-F396-5364-D55E5BBF8E28AA02 Paul Fenwick Paul Fenwick Paul Fenwick from Perl Training Australia gives some humorous as well as useful and practical dirty tricks that you can play on an audience, in order to convince them that you are a good presenter. 22:34 Gian Sampson-Wild talked about how WCAG 2 will affect web designers and developers. Gian Sampson-Wild, both Managing Director and Senior Accessibility Specialist at PurpleTop has been working in the accessibility arena since 1998. In 2000 she joined the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and has been active in developing WCAG 2.0 ever since. Gian is also widely known for her Purpletop accessibility tool and for her work with the Commonwealth Games over the last two years. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:52 +1100 973A32F4-027A-C807-0D9E4DF6B1AA4C1D Gian Sampson-Wild Gian Sampson-Wild Gian Sampson-Wild talked about how WCAG 2 will affect web designers and developers. Gian Sampson-Wild, both Managing Director and Senior Accessibility Specialist at PurpleTop has been working in the accessibility arena since 1998. In 2000 she joined the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and has been active in developing WCAG 2.0 ever since. Gian is also widely known for her Purpletop accessibility tool and for her work with the Commonwealth Games over the last two years. 55:08 Bruce Maguire, from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) talked about WCAG 2.0 and HREOC. Bruce Maguire is most famous for his role in the court case against SOCOG in 2000. However, Bruce has been involved in the field of information access for people with a print disability for more than 20 years. He has been President of the Round table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Inc., Chair of the Australian Braille Authority, and served on numerous state, national and international committees. Bruce is currently a Policy and Project Officer in the Disability Rights Unit of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, (HREOC), where he has primary responsibility for issues related to information access, such as copyright, access to tertiary materials, telecommunications, and web accessibility. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:33 +1100 9728B5C8-B456-6087-B53B2AA820E53F3F Bruce Maguire Bruce Maguire Bruce Maguire, from the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) talked about WCAG 2.0 and HREOC. Bruce Maguire is most famous for his role in the court case against SOCOG in 2000. However, Bruce has been involved in the field of information access for people with a print disability for more than 20 years. He has been President of the Round table on Information Access for People with Print Disabilities Inc., Chair of the Australian Braille Authority, and served on numerous state, national and international committees. Bruce is currently a Policy and Project Officer in the Disability Rights Unit of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, (HREOC), where he has primary responsibility for issues related to information access, such as copyright, access to tertiary materials, telecommunications, and web accessibility. 49:56 AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) gives web pages the ability to act as desktop applications using invisible data communication and seamless refreshing of individual page elements. This has the potential to either ruin the Web or propel it into a new era. Cameron Adams introduces the technology behind AJAX, explores its pros and cons, and discusses current best practices for its development. Minor microphone problems at the start, but worth persisting with! http://www.themaninblue.com/writing/perspective/2006/04/18/ Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:46 +1100 9624E053-DB31-3BC4-0A5EE50A770A5F7C Cameron Adams Cameron Adams AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) gives web pages the ability to act as desktop applications using invisible data communication and seamless refreshing of individual page elements. This has the potential to either ruin the Web or propel it into a new era. Cameron Adams introduces the technology behind AJAX, explores its pros and cons, and discusses current best practices for its development. Minor microphone problems at the start, but worth persisting with! 55:45 Presentation slides Nick Cowie re-introduces the oft-forgotten button element and demonstrates its role in accessible, cross-browser, stylish forms. http://kay.zombiecoder.com/wsg/wsg2006-03-30-Nick_Cowie.html Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:39 +1100 ADE709E6-CB45-EB0B-DE4A8C95B82A2189 Nick Cowie Nick Cowie Nick Cowie re-introduces the oft-forgotten button element and demonstrates its role in accessible, cross-browser, stylish forms. 21:34 Presentation slides Audio Transcript; S5 Presentation Alex Graham from Cadmium gives a short introduction to what accessibility is and what it means to web developers and web clients. http://kay.zombiecoder.com/wsg/wsg2006-03-30-Alex_Graham.html Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:28 +1100 ADDD351D-073E-835F-2FC38A342C38FFFB Alexandra Graham Alexandra Graham Alex Graham from Cadmium gives a short introduction to what accessibility is and what it means to web developers and web clients. 9:46 Presentation slides Audio Transcript Hurol Inan is a Sydney based web analytics consultant. Hurol is the author of 'Measuring the success of your website' and 'Search analytics: a guide to analyzing and optimizing website search engines'. He teaches web analytics courses both independently and at Sydney University's Continuing Education Centre. Amongst other things, Hurol's presentation to the Canberra WSG will cover: introduction to web analytics, web analytics for government agencies, how to successfully report web analytics findings to senior management and how web analytics can ensure web sites have a good ROI. http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/presentations/canberra/canberra-wsg-meeting-20060302.pdf Sat, 04 Mar 2006 14:25 +1100 C35C593E-F027-E783-09E08B8596238472 Hurol Inan Hurol Inan Hurol Inan is a Sydney based web analytics consultant. Hurol is the author of 'Measuring the success of your website' and 'Search analytics: a guide to analyzing and optimizing website search engines'. He teaches web analytics courses both independently and at Sydney University's Continuing Education Centre. Amongst other things, Hurol's presentation to the Canberra WSG will cover: introduction to web analytics, web analytics for government agencies, how to successfully report web analytics findings to senior management and how web analytics can ensure web sites have a good ROI. 1:02:17 Presentation slides (1.48MB PDF file) Alex Fahey is a Canberra based web site developer and consultant. His presentation to the Canberra WSG will ask and answer the question: who is out there? His presentation will cover: current Australian Internet usage, statistics problems with these statistics, such as browser type spoofing techniques to track visitor usage without using a commercial statistics package, discussion about which technologies we should still support, e.g. should we still support IE4.0? http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/presentations/canberra/wsg_internet_users_jan06.ppt Sat, 04 Mar 2006 13:47 +1100 C3331DB4-05FB-8237-B15E0B3D07C037BB Alex Fahey Alex Fahey Alex Fahey is a Canberra based web site developer and consultant. His presentation to the Canberra WSG will ask and answer the question: who is out there? His presentation will cover: current Australian Internet usage, statistics problems with these statistics, such as browser type spoofing techniques to track visitor usage without using a commercial statistics package, discussion about which technologies we should still support, e.g. should we still support IE4.0? 41:46 Presentation slides (832kb PowerPoint presentation) W3C Internationalisation Lead Richard Ishida talks about the different character encoding options available, and how the encoding you choose to use can impact a user's experience of your site in different locales, from a technical and cultural perspective. http://www.w3.org/International/tutorials/tutorial-char-enc/ Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:44 +1100 6C7CC527-9803-9135-869F6FFD9A96CA02 Richard Ishida (W3C) Richard Ishida (W3C) W3C Internationalisation Lead Richard Ishida talks about the different character encoding options available, and how the encoding you choose to use can impact a user's experience of your site in different locales, from a technical and cultural perspective. 42:09 Presentation slides W3C Internationalisation Lead Richard Ishida provides an entertaining and easily digested overview of the internationalisation issues web designers and developers should be thinking of when building sites, including a description of the difference between internationalisation and localisation. http://www.w3.org/2006/Talks/02-i18n-intro.pdf Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:20 +1100 6C6F833B-AF49-4E49-823883518ED70FEF Richard Ishida (W3C) Richard Ishida (W3C) W3C Internationalisation Lead Richard Ishida provides an entertaining and easily digested overview of the internationalisation issues web designers and developers should be thinking of when building sites, including a description of the difference between internationalisation and localisation. 1:15:39 Presentation slides Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley presenting to OzeWAI 2005 at La Trobe University in Melbourne. http://www.usability.com.au/resources/ozewai2005/ Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:39 +1100 7558456F-C8DD-B2A2-C5BB1147ECD857C7 Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley Roger Hudson and Russ Weakley presenting to OzeWAI 2005 at La Trobe University in Melbourne. 1:29:09 Presentation slides Russ Weakley discusses creating round-cornered pull-out quotes using CSS. Presentation to the TAFE Sydney Institute. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:09 +1100 75363E31-A845-3F56-96351A62989DF8E0 Russ Weakley Russ Weakley Russ Weakley discusses creating round-cornered pull-out quotes using CSS. Presentation to the TAFE Sydney Institute. 35:37 Dean Jackson from the W3C talks about Web Standards and the role of the W3C. A PodCast of the WSG Canberra meeting, Friday November 11 2005. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:30 +1100 A3E50BA4-9489-31A8-12DE1A93CB16FBEA Dean Jackson Dean Jackson Dean Jackson from the W3C talks about Web Standards and the role of the W3C. A PodCast of the WSG Canberra meeting, Friday November 11 2005. 43:07 SitePoint.com technical director Kevin Yank explores some of the recent bright, new ideas in Web development that have used an established standard as the basis for something original and exciting. A PodCast of the WSG Melbourne meeting, Thursday November 10 2005. http://www.sitepoint.com/examples/innovation-on-standards/ Wed, 16 Nov 2005 22:00 +1100 98C7F685-DB87-86FC-889AD266C27ED5C9 Kevin Yank Kevin Yank SitePoint.com technical director Kevin Yank explores some of the recent bright, new ideas in Web development that have used an established standard as the basis for something original and exciting. A PodCast of the WSG Melbourne meeting, Thursday November 10 2005. 41:32 Presentation slides Janet Parker from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation talks about ABC Radio National's PodCasting initiative. A PodCast of the WSG Sydney meeting, Thursday November 10 2005. http://webstandardsgroup.org/meetings/presentations/sydney/podcast-radio.pdf Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:20 +1100 A3E50BA4-9489-31A8-12DE1A93CB16FBDA Janet Parker Janet Parker Janet Parker from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation talks about ABC Radio National's PodCasting initiative. A PodCast of the WSG Sydney meeting, Thursday November 10 2005. 1:00:34 Presentation slides (1.7MB PDF) Sound quality is average as this is our first attempt and we used the inbuilt mic of a Powerbook. A PodCast of the WSG Brisbane meeting, Tuesday October 11 2005. http://webstandardsgroup.org/audio/ Fri, 14 Oct 2005 23:10 +1100 A3E50BA4-9489-31A8-12DE1A93CB16FBBB Colin Morris Colin Morris Sound quality is average as this is our first attempt and we used the inbuilt mic of a Powerbook. A PodCast of the WSG Brisbane meeting, Tuesday October 11 2005. 21:11