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Learnosity are looking for Junior to Mid level Web Application Developers x2

Posted At : October 20, 2010 4:36 AM

Learnosity develop cutting edge tools for teachers and educators. Our flagship product Learnosity Voice uses the telephone to enable language students and teachers to interact on a one to one level. Our service:
  • Makes it practical for students to practice Oral and Aural skills
  • Is efficient and effective for teachers, as they can listen to each student individually at a time to suit them
  • Can be used for homework assignments or “High Stakes Assessments”

Learnosity are creating the next generation of language and assessment technology for use in schools and education worldwide. The current product portfolio includes:

  • High availability web based systems
  • Cross platform software (Windows, Mac and Linux)
  • iPhone/Android native applications
  • Telephony/VOIP and SMS applications

We need someone who can:

  • Use Javascript or Actionscript to create great user interfaces
  • Develop highly scalable web applications using ColdFusion, PHP or similar
  • Cut code with the best in the world

You will also need to be:

  • keen to continue learning new technologies
  • able to have a conversation with non technical people
  • enthusiastic and ready to push the boundaries

You'll need:

  • 1-3 years of programming experience
  • Experience in at least one Client side language (Actionscript or Javascript/jQuery)
  • Experience in at least one Server side language (eg PHP, Java, ColdFusion, etc)
  • Understanding of Object Oriented design
  • Understanding of XHTML and CSS

It would be good if you have:

  • A degree in Computer Science, Engineering or similar.
  • been working with open source tools
  • Experience with Adobe AIR or Flex
  • been playing around with iPhone/Android applications
  • experience with some of Linux/VOIP/SIP/Asterisk/Jabber/XMPP

This is a full time role and you will be working in a casual workplace with flexible hours in the Sydney CBD. Salary commensurate with experience.

If this sounds like the job for you, email a covering letter explaining why you'll be great and your resume to mark@learnosity.com - no agencies please.

Good website design resources

Posted At : December 8, 2007 9:34 PM 1 Comments

I normally stay away from the look and feel of websites (as it's not my forte), however, for a current project I need to it and came across these resources:

FreeCSSTemplates.org - Lots of nice CSS templates which are W3C compliant and released under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license. You can use them as you wish or modify them as long as you continue to attribute them to the original author.

Public Domain Photos - A great collection of stock photography that you can use completely free.

Morgue File - Not as morbid as it sounds - some really great photo's here.

Cheers, Mark

Updated: Fixed urls. Updated: Added Morguefile

IE6 and IE7 running side by side

Posted At : June 28, 2007 8:59 PM 2 Comments

I knew it was possible to do, but not this easy.

I've added it here for my own reference IE6 & IE7 side by side.

Also useful link to evolt standalone browsers archive.

Essential for debugging IE6 CSS issues.

Dreamweaver Guru with strong HTML/CSS skills required.

Posted At : May 16, 2007 11:47 PM

Lynch Consulting needs the services of a Dreamweaver Guru for six weeks of well paid work in Sydney CBD.

If you are available right now, have a solid HTML & CSS background and are a whizz with Dreamweaver this is the contract for you.

Please send resumes to mark@lynchconsulting.com.au

Advanced HTML Tables and CSS Tutorial

Posted At : August 18, 2006 9:29 PM

I wrote Advanced HTML Tables and CSS Tutorial many moons ago and it was hosted on my f2o.org site, however I recently noticed that my site had vanished and so I'm reposting the article here as I believe it is still useful as it was getting in the order of 2000 hits a month.

Hope you find it useful and I plan to write that follow up article shortly.

Cheers, Mark