[vox] [fwd] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 22
Bill Kendrick
nbs at sonic.net
Wed Feb 27 09:50:56 PST 2008
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:07:22 -0800
From: Marsee Henon
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 22
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
February 22, 2008
New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts
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New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts:
* Augmented Reality (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* C# 3.0 Pocket Reference, Second Edition
* CRAFT: Volume 06
* Enterprise Application Development with Flex
* Groovy Recipes (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Second Edition (No Starch)
* iPhone Open Application Development: Rough Cuts Version
* The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Zoo! (No Starch)
* LINQ Pocket Reference
* Rails for PHP Developers (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* ScreenOS Cookbook
* Sound Mixing Tips and Tricks (PC Publishing)
* Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain
World
* Switching to the Mac: The Missing Manual, Leopard Edition
* Take Control of Your iPhone (TidBITS)
* The Ultimate CSS Reference (Hard Cover) (SitePoint)
* Up and Running with Joomla
* Wicked Cool PHP (No Starch)
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O'Reilly Sponsors Code4lib Conference 2008
Feb 25-28, 2008
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Portland, OR
The Code4lib Conference is an outgrowth of a highly successful Access
Hackfest, wrapped into a conference format. The attendees are the folks
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libraries use. Gold sponsorship by TOC Division.
E.A. Vander Veer on WDEV Radio Live
Feb 26, 2008
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual)
will be live on WDEV-AM & FM Radio at 8:05am Central Time on
February 26th, 2008. She will be speaking for 20 minutes on various
topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to
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E.A. Vander Veer on WHAM Rochester New York
Feb 26, 2008
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual)
will be live on WHAM Rochester NY for the Chet & Beth morning show
at 8:30am Central Time on February 26th, 2008. She will be speaking
for 10 minutes on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and
applications. Be sure to tune in!
PHP Conference
Feb 29, 2008
Inmarsat's international headquarters
London, UK
The PHP Conference represents a great opportunity for delegates with a
potential audience that includes web-developers, programmers, open-source
enthusiasts, and business-people. As well as being able to hear about some
of the most interesting current topics within PHP from people at the
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E.A. Vander Veer on the Jan Michkelson Show
Feb 29, 2008
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be
live on the Jan Mickelson Show for WHO-AM in Des Moines at 9:05am Central
Time on February 29th, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on
various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to
tune in!
Barcamp
Mar 1-1, 2008
The MEN Media Headquarters
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It's been in the works for a while now, but it finally got announced:
BarCamp is coming to Manchester! And O'Reilly will be there with all kinds
of goodies. Do come and have a chat.
Sean Duggan Presents a Two-Day Workshop: "Creative Collage
with Adobe Photoshop"
Mar 1-2, 2008
Monteray Adult School
Monteray, CA
This weekend workshop will focus on using Adobe Photoshop CS2
to explore the art of the photographic composite. Explorations
will range from simple collages and blended overlays to
combining two exposures of the same scene to control contrast,
to the creation of surreal, photo-realistic flights of fancy. Sean Duggan
Topics include: masking and knockout techniques; layers and
layer groups; simple collages based on image overlays, blend
modes and opacity; advanced blending options; precision
collage control with layer masks; image transformation tools
including Free Transform and Warp; Using Smart Objects to
preserve flexibility of transformed elements; creating a
photo-realistic collage from different source photos;
multi-exposure composites to control contrast; matching color
and lighting between images.
O'Reilly at SD West
Mar 3-7, 2008
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
Stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 407) to check out our books and say hello.
O'Reilly Beautiful Code Authors at SD West 2008
Mar 3, 2008
Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA
Meet Beautiful Code Authors -- Elliotte Rusty Harold,
Author/Adjunct Professor, Polytechnic University; Michael
Feathers, Senior Trainer/Mentor/Consultant, Object Mentor;
Alberto Savoia, CTO, Agitar Software; Christopher Seiwald, Beautiful Code
CEO, Perforce.
What makes code beautiful? Is it all in the eye of the
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on? How important is it for code to be beautiful? What
trade-offs can or should be made in the name of beauty?
Come hear several authors of the best-selling O'Reilly book
Beautiful Code discuss these and other questions.
O'Reilly WCF Authors at SD West 2008
Mar 3-7, 2008
Santa Clara Convention Center
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Meet Learning WCF Author, Michele Bustamante, Chief Architect, IDesign,
Inc. and Programming WCF Services Author, Juval Lowy, President, IDesign,
Inc.
E.A. Vander Veer on the Kathryn Zox Show
Mar 3, 2008
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be
live on the Kathryn Zox Show with WMET-AM Washington at 11:30am Central
Time on March 3rd, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on various
topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
Emerging Technology Conference (ETech)
Mar 4-6, 2008
San Diego, CA
The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) centers on ETech photo
future technologies that truly matter. From robotics, health
care, and space travel to gaming, finance, and art, ETech
explores promising technologies new to the innovation horizon,
and investigates those that have been on the horizon too long.
Jesse Liberty at MIX08
Mar 5-7, 2008
The Venetian
Las Vegas, NV
Author Jesse Liberty (Programming .NET 3.5 and Learning ASP.NET with AJAX)
will be talking about Microsoft Silverlight.
O'Reilly Authors Host Book Readings at SXSW
Mar 7-11, 2008
Austin, TX
O'Reilly authors Steve Souders (High Performance Web Sites), Todd Wilkens
(Subject to Change), Michael Yuan (Nokia Smartphone Hacks) and Thomas Myer
(Lead Generation on the Web) are participating in "Book Readings at the
South by Bookstore" during SXSW 2008.
O'Reilly at SXSW Interactive
Mar 9-11, 2008
Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX SXSW
The SXSW Interactive Festival brings together the world's most
creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators,
and new media entrepreneurs. While you're there, stop by the O'Reilly
booth to say hi, and pick up some great new books.
QCon London 2008
Mar 10-14, 2008
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
London, UK
QCon London 2008 is an Enterprise Software Development Conference,
providing a venue for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in
Java, .Net, Ruby, SOA, Languages of tomorrow, Banking Architectures,
Agile, Scrum and Software Architecture and Design. Come and meet some of
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Derrick Story at Windsor Senior Computer User's Group
Mar 10, 2008
Rohnert Park, CA
Author Derrick Story (The Digital Photography Companion, iPhoto 8: The
Missing Manual, and Digital Photography Hacks) presents "Digital
Photography Tips, Tricks, and Stunts."
O'Reilly at SPE (Society for Photographic Education)
Mar 14-15, 2008
Adam's Mark Hotel
Denver, CO
The Society for Photographic Education is the longest-lived and largest
association devoted to photography and related media as it applies to
education, practice, and scholarship. While you're at the 45th National
Conference, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi, and check out our great
new books.
O'Reilly at PyCon
Mar 14-15, 2008
Chicago, IL PyCon
Look for O'Reilly authors Noah Gift, Van Lindberg, and Brian
Fitzpatrick. Stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi and pick up some
great new books.
Sean Duggan Presents a Week-long Seminar: Creative Photoshop Enhancements
for Photographers
Mar 17-21, 2008
Palm Beach Photographic Centre
Delray Beach, FL
Sean Duggan's (The Creative Digital Darkroom) week-long seminar at the
Palm Beach Photographic Centre combines presentation, artistic discovery,
making photographs and exploring the creative possibilities for image
transformation in the digital darkroom. Prerequisites include Imaging
Overview or equivalent experience.
E.A. Vander Veer on Computer Outlook Radio
Mar 17, 2008
E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be
live on Computer Outlook Radio at 7pm Central Time on March 3rd, 2008. She
will be speaking for an hour on various topics regarding Facebook. Be sure
to tune in!
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Conference News
O'Reilly Web 2.0 Conference Web 2.0 Expo
September 16-19, 2008 in New York, NY
The Call for Participation is now open. Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders
of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs,
marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. O'Reilly and CMP
are seeking the best and brightest in the Web 2.0 universe to show the
world how the next Internet Revolution is being designed and delivered.
To submit a proposal to speak at Web 2.0 Expo, click here.
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O'Reilly ETech Conference Registration for ETech Open
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Body hacking. DIY spectrum. Crowd visualization. Sensor games. ETech 2008
will explore the tech that's influencing how we're seen as individuals and
what affects our perception of the world around us.
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O'Reilly 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Registration is Open 2008 MySQL
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April 14-17, 2008 in Santa Clara, CA
The largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide, the
event reflects MySQL's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The open
atmosphere of the MySQL Conference & Expo helps IT professionals and
community members to create the best database applications, tools, and
software through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials, readily available
MySQL developers, and guru business advice.
Use code "mys08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Early registration discount deadline ends February 26.
Click here to register for the conference.
O'Reilly Web Expo SF Conference Web Expo SF Registration is Open
April 22-25, 2008 in San Francisco, CA
A companion event to the Web 2.0 Summit, Web 2.0 Expo is an expanded,
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O'Reilly Where 2.0 2008 is Open Where 2.0 2008 is Open
May 12-14, 2008 in Burlingame, CA
At the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the
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May 29-June 1, 2008 in Portland, OR
Co-produced by Ruby Central and O'Reilly Media, RailsConf is "the" event
for the growing Rails Community--the largest official gathering
dedicatedto everything Rails. If you're passionate about Rails and what it
helps you achieve--or if you're curious about how Rails can help you
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be.
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News from O'Reilly & Beyond
UG News
it 360Toronto Asterisk Users' Group at IT360.ca
The Toronto Asterisk Users' Group has been working closely with IT360.ca
conference organizers in Toronto and have put together an excellent
Asterisk track. Speakers this year include "Asterisk: The Future of
Telephony" authors Jim Van Meggelen, Leif Madsen, and Jared Smith.
New York Times Spotlights Myths of Innovation
"Epiphany has little to do with either creativity or innovation. Instead,
innovation is a slow process of accretion, building small insight upon
interesting fact upon tried-and-true process" writes Janet Rae-Dupree in
her Sunday New York Times column featuring Scott Berkun's "The Myths of
Innovation."
How to Prevent Windows Vista's 'Green Ribbon of Death'
Here's an excerpt from "Windows Vista Annoyances" at Computerworld.
Installfest for Schools, Four Locations in the SF Bay Area, March 1
Signup and join an installfest in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Mateo, or
Novato, CA and help the local schools at this open source community event.
Leo Leporte's Interview with O'Reilly author Mikkel Aaland
Editor Andy Oram posted several blogs exploring online technical
information and its relation to professional computer books:
* Educating computer users: the need for community/author collaboration
* Two tools we need to improve online information
* Developing an improved online environment for educating computer users
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Articles
ONLamp articleA Look Back at 10 Years of OSI
It's been 10 years since the Open Source Initiative was launched, and what
a 10 years it has been. Open Source has gone from an obscure and radical
concept to a vibrant sector of the software landscape. For the 10th
Anniversary, our faithful newshound Federico Biancuzzi talked to some of
the early pioneers of the OSI (such as Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond)
about where it came from and how it is relevant today.
Aperture 2.0 with Joe Schorr
Aperture 2.0 is faster, easier to use, and produces better images, says
Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager. In this interview with Derrick
Story, Joe explains how Aperture 2.0 meets those lofty claims. This chat
covers a lot of new ground.
Using Xenn for High Availability Clusters
Virtualization is one approach that you can take to implementing clusters.
But you still have to arrange to handle failures in a high-availability
environment. Here's one solution, using Xen.
Developing RESTful Web Services in Perl
REST has become a widely used alternative to protocols such as SOAP,
providing a simpler way to tell your server what you want to do without
all that messy WSDL stuff. In this article, you'll see how to create a
RESTful web service, using Perl.
Music Technology at NAMM 2008
Part 1: America's biggest musical instrument show debuted more high-tech
wonders than ever this year. O'Reilly Digital Media prowled NAMM's five
massive, noisy halls to bring back these high-tech hits.
Part 2: We're back from NAMM 2008 with even more intriguing new gadgets
and gear. Once again, the throbbing halls of America's biggest musical
instrument trade show introduced a torrent of high-tech goodness. From a
$99 Steinway to a truly killer guitar, from audible notation to singing
keys, here's what you'll be playing this year.
Katrin Eismann's Digital Darkroom Magic
Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with
Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the
darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that
evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on
many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.
For more articles, go to: http://www.oreillynet.com/
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Blogs
Community Pricing for Books
Ruby Turns 15 and Other Important Stuff
10 Things Every Parent Should Know About Facebook
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
Where Did the Courier & Helvetica Fonts Go?
O'Reilly Books and the Cuban Internet
Learning Flex From Scratch: Meet the Authors, Meet Flex
Sonar for your Home
For more blogs, go to: http://www.oreillynet.com/blogs/
Until next time-
Marsee Henon
Spreading the knowledge of innovators.O'Reilly.com
O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472
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