http://www.gawds.org/ en-us http://www.gawds.org/showlog.php?weblogid=193 You will join a dedicated consultancy team whose work is widely acclaimed. We are ideally looking for someone with an established reputation in the ICT accessibility field, with a focus on new media and web based applications. You will be expected to work as a member of a small team and gain the respect of your peers with minimum supervision, managing a variety of projects delivering web & software audits and accessible web design, speaking at public conferences, delivering training, initiating new work and helping deliver it to the highest standards. This is an opportunity to increase your reputation in this sector whilst gaining huge job satisfaction. You will have an in-depth knowledge of HTML, CSS and the concepts of web accessibility; knowledge of JavaScript and ideally AJAX; an up-to-date knowledge on the range of assistive technology available to people with a disability; a flexible approach and first class presentation skills. The post will be based in an AbilityNet office in the London area and includes the flexibility to work from home. For more information, please visit: Accessibility Posts. http://www.gawds.org/showlog.php?weblogid=192 Hi everyone, Just to say I'm really looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Accessibility 2.0 on the 25th April at City University, London. It promises to be the best accessibility event of the year - in fact it's the only accessibility event dedicated to Web 2.0 so you'd be mad to miss it! We have some fantastic speakers from the industry - Jeremy Keith, Steve Faulkner and Christian Heilmann to name only a few. We even have a pre show podcast to wet your appetite! (transcript available) - It can be downloaded from Web 2.0 Event. Registration finishes at 3pm on Wednesday 23rd April so hurry up and book your place now! For more information about our event and to register please visit: Web 2.0 Event. Thanks, Kath http://www.gawds.org/showlog.php?weblogid=191 Little Blue Plane has been awarded the first ever GAWDS Web Accessibility Award. Congratulations to the site's designer, Helena Boylen! Find out more about the Award and the Little Blue Plane web site in the review: Little Blue Plane gains GAWDS Web Accessibility Award, First Quarter 2008 http://www.gawds.org/showlog.php?weblogid=190 We're now taking votes for the GAWDS award for the first quarter of 2008. The award will be replacing the old Site of the Month feature. A review of the winning site will be written up and published for people to comment on. Get voting now (open until the end of the month). Jon http://www.gawds.org/showlog.php?weblogid=189 I went to this conference last year and enjoyed it immensely. Here is some information about the conference sent to me by Alan White, the organiser. The Highland Fling 2008 - The browser and beyond 3rd April 2008 Symposium Hall, 10 Hill Sqaure Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9DW In the world or modern web development we can no longer consider the browser as the end point of our product which is our content. More and more devices and applications are being released that can access our information and more importantly do not even require a browser to do so. For The Highland Fling 2008 we're bringing into focus how the landscape is changing. API's, desktop apps, ambient devices, mobile and much more are helping us break out of the browser and potentially reaching an entire new audience as a result. How do we embrace this, how do we take our existing skill set and transpose it into new mediums? How do we expand our skill set? What is our skill set going to be? Where is it all going? The Highland Fling 2007 focused on the topic of progressive enhancement which is not only at the very essence of best practice web development but also at the heart of bleeding edge web development. This year I want to focus on where we are going and what the future holds for us all and the information we care so much about. Speakers & Sessions · Paul Boag – Conference Host / Interviewer · Mark Norman Francis – The browser and before · Chris Heilmann - Portable Badges · Simon Willison – TBC · Chris Mills - The Mobile Perspective · Aral Balkan - Bare-naked Flash: Dispelling myths and building bridges · Gareth Rushgrove – A first class web citizen Tickets: £125 UK Highland Fling Website Register Upcoming