[vox] [fwd] Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 29
Bill Kendrick
nbs at sonic.net
Fri May 2 19:30:00 PDT 2008
Unedited due to lack of time, sorry for any non-Linuxy content!
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:12:09 -0700
From: "Marsee Henon"
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 29
To: root at lugod.org
In this issue:
* New Releases
* Upcoming Events
* Conference News
* School of Technology
* News from O'Reilly & Beyond
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
April 29, 2008
New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts
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New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts:
* Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
* Big Book of Apple Hacks
* Fine Art Printing for Photographers, Second Edition (Rocky Nook)
* Flex 3 Cookbook Rough Cut
* FXRuby (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* Google Apps Hacks
* Hackerteen
* Harnessing Hibernate
* Illustrated Guide to Home Chemistry Experiments
* Java Power Tools
* Learning Flash Media Server 3
* My New Mac (No Starch)
* MySQL in a Nutshell, Second Edition
* Painting the Web
* Photoshop CS3 Accelerated (Young Jin)
* Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers
* Programming Flex 3 Rough Cut
* Programming Groovy (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
* Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain
World (Hard Cover)
* Take Control of iWeb: iLife '08 (TidBITS)
* Web 2.0 Mashups and Niche Aggregators
* Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide (Hard Cover)
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Upcoming Events
For more events, please see: events.oreilly.com
Harold Davis Hosts a Weekend Workshop on Night Photography
May 2-4, 2008
Berkeley, CA
Author Harold Davis (Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital
Photographers) will be hosting a weekend workshop on night photography in
Berkeley, CA.
Maker Faire 2008
May 3-4, 2008
San Mateo County Fairgrounds
San Mateo, CA
A two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts,
engineering, and science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset.
It's for creative, resourceful people who like to tinker and love to make
things. We call them Makers. For more information, contact Sherry Huss at
sherry @ oreilly.com or see the Maker Faire web site.
Derrick Story at the Stanford/Palo Alto Macintosh User Group
May 5, 2008
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Palo Alto, CA
Author Derrick Story (The Digital Photography Companion, iPhoto 8: The
Missing Manual, and Digital Photography Hacks) presents iPhoto 8.
Please see the SLAC information page for details on access and security at
SLAC.
XTech 2008: The Web on the Move
May 6-9, 2008
Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
Dublin, Ireland
Doug Crockford (JavaScript the Good Parts) Doug Tidwell (XSLT, 2nd Ed),
Eric van der Vlist (XML Schema) and Edd Dumbill (Mono) at XTech. XTech is
the premier European conference for developers, information designers and
managers working with web and standards-based technologies bringing
together the worlds of web development, open source, Web 2.0 and open
standards. The theme for this year's conference is "The Web on the Move."
Pycon Italy
May 9-11, 2008
Viva Hotel Lauru
Florence, Italy
Alex Martelli (Python in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition) will give a talk at
Pycon Italy. This is the second Italian conference organized by a bunch of
Python enthusiasts and held in the beautiful city of Florence. Come and
see our latest publications at the O'Reilly booth.
Where 2.0
May 12-14, 2008
Burlingame, CA
The Where 2.0 Conference provides a unique environment for the business
community to interact with developers who are influencing location-aware
technology. In the O'Reilly tradition, leading trends will be presented
from the most innovative and interesting players in the realm of geospace.
Ignite! Where 2.0
May 12, 2008
SFO Marriott, 1800 Old Bayshore Highway
Burlingame, CA
Come join us for a night of fun as we take time out from Where 2.0 to
present ideas, share crazy projects, and hang out with the geek community.
You must have your Where Badge to enter. For more information, email
ignite @ oreilly.com.
Subject to Change Book Release Event
May 13, 2008
Adaptive Path Offices
363 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA
Join O'Reilly Media & Adaptive Path as we celebrate the release of our new
book Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an
Uncertain World. The event starts at 6 PM for reception and mingling, then
onto a quick presentation, more mingling, and ending with a book signing.
Python Author & Trainer Mark Lutz Leads 3-Day Seminar
May 14-16, 2008
Longmont, Colorado
Python author and trainer Mark Lutz (Learning Python, Programming Python,
and Python Pocket Reference) will be teaching a 3-day Python class.
Dux Raymond Sy at the North Carolina PMI Chapter
May 15, 2008
Sheraton Imperial, Research Triangle Park
Durham, NC
Author Dux Raymond SY (SharePoint for Project Managers) presents
"Enhancing Project Communication and Collaboration with a PMIS."
Dru Lavigne at BSDCan 2008 in Ottawa
May 16-17, 2008
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON
Dru Lavigne (BSD Hacks) will be giving a tutorial on system
administration, as well as manning the registration booth and proctoring
the BSDA exam. Keep an eye out for her!
O'Reilly Authors at WebVisions
May 22-23, 2008
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
David Verba (Subject To Change), Kevin Hoyt (Adobe Integrated Runtime
(AIR) for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide), David McFarland
(Dreamweaver CS3: The Missing Manual), Christopher Schmitt (CSS Cookbook,
Second Edition) are speakers at this year's event.
RailsConf
May 29-Jun 1, 2008
Co-presented by O'Reilly Media and Ruby Central
Portland, OR
The largest official conference dedicated to everything Ruby on Rails,
RailsConf incorporates keynotes, sessions, and tutorials to arm
participants with the knowledge and skills they need to capitalize on the
wealth of services and opportunities the Rails framework has to offer.
O'Reilly at BookExpo America
May 30-Jun 1, 2008
Los Angeles Convention Center
Los Angeles, CA
Stop by and say hi at our table in the International Rights Center at this
year's event.
David Ascher and Brian King at eLiberatica--The benefits of Open and Free
Technologies
May 30-31, 2008
The World Trade Centre
Bucharest, Romania
Authors David Ascher (Python Cookbook) and Brian King (Creating
Applications with Mozilla) will be talking at eLiberatica. Following the
huge public success of the first eLiberatica in 2007, this conference will
continue in the same tradition: to gather community and business leaders
around the world to talk about the hottest Open and Free Technologies
topics; you will hear from today's experts in various fields of technical
and business practice and become part of an event that is far more than a
simple conference. Come and see our latest publications at the O'Reilly
booth.
Harold Davis at Book Passage in Corte Madera
May 31, 2008
Book Passage
Corte Madera, CA
Author Harold Davis (Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital
Photographers) will be presenting "100 Views of the Golden Gate." He will
present images of the Golden Gate and sign copies of his book.
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Conference News
O'Reilly Where 2.0 2008 is Open Last Chance for Where 2.0 2008
Registration
May 12-14, 2008 in Burlingame, CA
At the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the
boundaries of the location frontier, track the emergence of new business
models and services, and spend time examining new sources of data and the
platforms for collecting them.
Use code "whr08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
O'Reilly Registration for RailsConf 2008 is Open Registration for
RailsConf 2008 is Open
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
create web applications better and faster--this conference is the place to
be.
Use code "rc08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
O'Reilly GSP East Conference Registration for the O'Reilly GSP East
Conference is Open
June 9-11, 2008 in Washington, DC
GSP is the premier conference for developers and marketers building and
distributing apps for MySpace, Facebook, OpenSocial, and other social
networking platforms. Over three days of tutorials, sessions, and
keynotes, participants will explore how to reach online communities using
new and established social networking platforms and applications.
Use code "gspe08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
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O'Reilly Velocity Conference Registration for the O'Reilly Velocity
Conference is Open
June 23-24, 2008 in Burlingame, CA
Velocity is designed to deliver the best information on building and
operating web sites that are fast, reliable, and always up. We're bringing
together people from around the world who are doing the best performance
work, to improve the experience of web users worldwide. Pages will be
faster. Sites will have higher up-time. Companies will achieve more with
less. The next cool startup will be able to more quickly scale to serve a
larger audience, globally. Velocity is the key for crossing over from cool
Web 2.0 features to sustainable web sites.
Use code "vel08usgr" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Early registration discount is available until May 5.
Click here to register for the conference.
Ubuntu Live 2008 Registration for Ubuntu Live is Open
July 21-22, 2008 in Portland, OR
Ubuntu Live is a vibrant and important gathering of IT professionals,
government and business leaders, educators, community leaders, enterprise
and business users. The conference brings together the people who deploy
and manage Ubuntu in organizations, companies offering services and
solutions based on Ubuntu, customers of those services, users of Ubuntu,
and the folks who build Ubuntu and other key open source software.
Use code "ubu08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
registration price. Early registration discount is available until June 2.
Click here to register for the conference.
O'Reilly Open Source Convention 2008 Registration for the O'Reilly Open
Source Convention 2008 is Open
July 21-25, 2008 in Portland, OR
Join over 2,500 open source developers, hackers, experts, IT managers, and
users at OSCON 2008. This year's convention will include 40 tutorials that
go deep into open source technology and over 400 sessions focusing on
Administration, Business, Databases, Emerging Topics, Java, Linux, Mobile,
People, Perl, PHP, Programming, Python, Ruby, Security, Web Applications,
and much more.
Use code "os08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the
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O'Reilly School of Technology
OST O'Reilly School of Technology Courses: UG Members Receive a 30%
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O'Reilly School of Technology has opened its virtual doors with
educational offerings and certification for IT students looking to further
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on all the courses in the following University of Illinois Certificate
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(This discount is not combinable with other offers.)
To redeem, use Promotion Code "ORALL1" good for a 30% discount, in Step #2
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News from O'Reilly & Beyond
UG News
Maker Faire Coming up Soon--May 3 & 4 at the San Mateo Expo Center
"Combining old-fashioned crafters with forward-thinking technorati,
fashionistas, and mad scientists of all stripes, the Maker Faire is a
hands-on celebration of all things DIY brought to life by Make
magazine."--The Onion
Linux Pro Magazine Free Issue Offer
Linux Pro Magazine (known as Linux Magazine outside North America) is
offering a free issue to O'Reilly User Group newsletter readers. In Linux
Pro Magazine you will find the tools, tutorials, and reviews you need to
unlock the secrets of Linux. Each article is focused on delivering the
hands-on information you need in your daily Linux use. As a bonus, each
issue includes a DVD containing a full version of a major Linux
distribution. Sign up for your free copy.
Adobe Lightroom Adventure continues in Tasmania
In April 2008, a group of internationally renowned photographers traveled
to the end of the world, literally, to the remote island of Tasmania.
Using Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, photographers will upload, sort, keyword,
adjust, and output their Raw images while still working in the field. Read
the stories, see the images, and watch the photographers discuss this
challenging assignment. Mikkel Aaland, project director, will capture the
lessons learned for his book on Adobe Lightroom, scheduled to be published
later this year.
Tourism Tasmania is offering a chance to win a trip for two to Tasmania,
Australia. Read on for the details.
New Publishers on Safari Books Online
We are pleased to announce the introduction of John Wiley & Sons content
to Safari Books Online. With the inclusion of Wiley content, Safari Books
Online is now the only source for online access to the world's top four
technology publishers. Pearson, John Wiley & Sons, O'Reilly Media, and
Microsoft Press represent 85% of the computer books sold at retail in the
U.S., according to Nielsen BookScan.
TECHbash 2008 in Northeastern Pennsylvania on May 10
Join an estimated 300 Developers, IT Professionals, CIO's and Industry
Experts from Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and host-state, Pennsylvania.
This one day event brings together a broad spectrum of Technology
Professionals to network, knowledge share and discuss existing technology
solutions to business challenges, as well as preview prerelease products
on the bleeding edge.
This year, they've expanded to three tracks offering more presentations
and providing more content choices. The event opens with a keynote
presentation by Joe Stagner, Program Manager for Microsoft's Web Tools and
Platform Division.
Getting Started with Dreamweaver and CSS--A One-Day Web Publishing
Workshop from Mogo Seminars Learn everything you need to know about
building compelling websites using Adobe Dreamweaver CS3! Whether you're
totally new to building websites, or migrating from GoLive or a previous
version of Dreamweaver, this fast-paced one-day seminar brings the entire
workflow together-- from design and prototyping through development and
testing--using easy-to-understand examples from a designer's point of
view. Most importantly, you'll learn the key to cool, functional, and
flexible web layouts: CSS - how it works, and how you can use it to your
advantage. Cities and dates are 5/29 Los Angeles, CA, 6/4 New York, NY,
6/17 Washington, DC, 6/24 Chicago, IL, and 6/26 Boston, MA.
Southwest Computer Conference, San Diego, CA--May 30-June 1
This conference is now open to all computer enthusiasts--not only computer
club members. You will have an opportunity to network with other computer
users who have similar interests: share ideas and experiences as well as
solutions to problems. Speak directly to the vendors whose products you
use or want to use. The $60 early-bird registration closes May 1.
MacVoices--Barbara Brundage Discusses Adobe Elements 6 for the Mac
Join Chuck Joiner and Barbara Brundage (Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The
Missing Manual) as they talk about why Elements 6 really does 90% of what
most photographers need, why Layers are and are not important in Elements
6, and why the addition of Curves is such an important addition. Barbara
talks about her favorite features and provides some tips for improving
your photo editing.
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Articles
Why should I upgrade to Office 2008 for Macintosh?
Author Jim Elferdink talks about what's new in Office 2008 for Macintosh.
If you're still using Office 2004, you'll find some great reasons to
upgrade. Jim also fills you in on some cool features that Office for
Windows can't match, and why you may not need to invest in iWork.
Ruport: Business Reporting for Ruby
No one likes developing reporting tools for an application. But without
them, many applications are only half-done. Luckily, Ruby has a great
reporting infrastructure available to build on, and in this article,
you'll learn how to use it.
The iPhone SDK: APIs Apple Didn't Want You to Know About
The iPhone has been a hot item ever since it came out, but running
non-Apple supplied software on it isn't easy. But the secrets to building
a successful toolchain to create iPhone applications can be found right
here.
Step by Step: Using Samba to join a Windows Domain
Samba has made getting Linux and Windows systems talking to each other
much easier than it once was. But there are still some tasks that are more
than a little finicky. One of them is definitely joining a Samba client to
a domain-based Windows network. Luckily, now you'll have a step by step
guide to doing just that.
For more articles, go to: http://www.oreillynet.com/
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Blogs
SpongeBob SquarePants Supports O'Reilly Research Finding
Good Devices Gone Bad
Removing the Remains of the 15-day Trial
Is the Closed Source Inevitable?
My Transition to Using O'Reilly Safari Online Books Service
Making Connections With Hackerteen
Five Steps to Web 2.0
The Best ActionScript Book Ever Written
Unforgettable Tasmania--Leo Laporte reports on the latest Lightroom
Adventure
Looking for a Few Good SysAdmin Problems to Solve in Python
How to Make Applets (and JavaFx) Viable
Web 2.0 Expo SF Launchpad: Six New Startup Stars
Get Info on a Mac Without Logging in
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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