With the endorsement of WCAG 2.0 as the standard to be applied to all government websites, the Australian Government is poised to improve the provision of information and services online. It is now more important than ever to ensure your Agency’s investment in its online presence continues to deliver ongoing value while achieving and maintaining [...]
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Accessibility Update for the Australian Government
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NSW eTendering Team receive award for Excellence
One of Gruden’s key clients, the eTendering Team from the NSW Department of Services, Technology and Administration (DSTA), was recently awarded one of the eight DSTA Excellence Awards in the Service Delivery Community category: For individuals or teams that directly support and deliver value to the NSW public highlighting: Exceptional service to the community, in [...]
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Renaissance Art
The Internet continues to change the way we create & consume, but sometimes the new modes are not so new. During the Renaissance portrait painting became popular – commissioned paintings of individuals, groups and families showing them in situ with the intent of capturing the visual appearance of the subject. It first became common among [...]
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Life, below 600px
A nice exploration of what goes on below the fold… Share this on: Facebook Twitter
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Understanding the iPad
There has been a lot written and said about the iPad in the last few days, most of it by techno geeks, and much of it negative. Many people expected a laptop in a tablet form factor and set about listing all the things their laptop had that the iPad didn’t: a camera, USB ports, [...]
Web Directions South 09
October is going to be a huge month for the web in Australia with both the Web Directions South conference and the inaugural Web Week. Web Directions brings together the many disciplines that shape the web – web design, front-end and back-end development, information architecture, interaction design, accessibility, data visualization and much more – and [...]
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Google Wave API Day Sydney
On the 19th June Google held a whole-day developer event at their Pyrmont office to showcase their new Google Wave technology and Gruden were lucky enough to be invited along. The Day As interesting as the technology – was the format used to showcase it. The day started with a couple of short talks introducing [...]
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Gruden sponsors WebDU web technology conference
We’re proud to announce that Gruden will be sponsoring WebDU 2009 for the fourth year running. For those that don’t know WebDU is a conference for anyone at the coal face of web design & development. Bringing together Adobe, Microsoft and Google and a host of local and international speakers – including Gruden’s very own [...]
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Sustainable Accessibility
The following is the transcript of a talk given by Mark Stanton at the recent Accessibility Update for the Australian Government event in Canberra. The event was very well attended so thanks to all who came along. For accessibility to be truly supported, an organisation has to think of it as more than a checklist. [...]