[mdlug] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 11]
Raymond McLaughlin
driveray at ameritech.net
Tue Dec 18 13:49:39 EST 2007
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
December 11, 2007
New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts
The Creative Digital Darkroom
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New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts:
* Visualizing Data: Rough Cuts Version
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596515935/index.html>
* Adobe InDesign CS3 One-on-One
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529765/>
* Advanced Rails <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510329>
* Advanced Rails Recipes <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0978739221>
(/Pragmatic Bookshelf/)
* Apache Cookbook, Second Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529949>
* The Book of PF <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781593271657> (/No
Starch/)
* C# 3.0 Cookbook, Third Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596516109>
* C# 3.0 Design Patterns <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527730>
* The Creative Digital Darkroom
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100476>
* Digital Astrophotography
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781933952161> (/Rocky Nook/)
* Groovy Recipes <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780978739294>
(/Pragmatic Bookshelf/)
* Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Second Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271441> (/No Starch/)
* Head First JavaScript <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527747>
* Head First Software Development
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527358>
* iPhone UK: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596517656>
* Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529529>
* MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 12
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596513887>
* Photoshop CS3 RAW <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510527>
* Programming C# 3.0, Fifth Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527433>
* Prototype and script.aculo.us
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781934356012> (/Pragmatic
Bookshelf/)
* Sound Mixing Tips and Tricks
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781906005047> (/PC Publishing/)
* Take Your Photography to the Next Level
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781933952215> (/Rocky Nook/)
* Windows Vista Annoyances
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527624>
* X Power Tools <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596101954>
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Upcoming Events
For more events, please see: events.oreilly.com
<http://events.oreilly.com/>
* Jesse Liberty at "The Day of Silverlight"
<http://www.onetug.org/dayofsilverlight/> *
* Dec 15, 2007 *
Heathrow, FL
Author Jesse Liberty (*Programming C# 3.0*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527433/> and *Programming ASP.NET
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet3/>*) will be delivering a
talk on Microsoft Silverlight.
* Cannon's Explorer of Light Photographer--Stephen Johnson speaks in San
Jose <http://www.adobe.com/events/main.jsp> * Stephen Johnson on
Digital Photography
* Jan 8, 2008 *
Adobe Systems, Inc., Park Conference Room
321 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA
Photographer and author Stephen Johnson will be discussing his hard won
insights into digital photography. Steve is the author of *Stephen
Johnson on Digital Photography*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/stephenjohnson>.
* O'Reilly Authors at Book Passage <http://www.bookpassage.com/index.php> *
* Jan 13, 2008 *
51 Tamal Vista Blvd
Corte Madera, CA
Ask the Experts Panel Discussion--Derrick Story
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/54>, Mikkel Aaland
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/399>, Harold Davis
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2207>, and Rick Smolan. Leading
Digital Photographers answer all your questions.
* Adobe Presents Colin Moock's /ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up/
Tour <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/> *
* Jan 15, 2008 *
Tokyo, Japan
Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>) for a packed day of
ActionScript 3.0 training. This event is sure to fill up quickly, so
register early!
* O'Reilly at Macworld <http://macworldexpo.com/> * MacWorld
* Jan 15-18, 2008 *
The Moscone Center
San Francisco, CA
Stop by the O'Reilly booth (#S-2218, South Hall) to say hi, peruse our
new titles, and meet our expert authors. On hand will be *David Pogue*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/347>, *Derrick Story*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/54>, *Mikkel Aaland*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/399>, *Deke McClelland*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1367>, *J. D. Biersdorfer*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1116>, *Harold Davis*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2207>, and Lesa Snider-King.
* O'Reilly Authors at San Francisco Apple Store
<http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/> *
* Jan 16, 2008 *
One Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA
Ask the Experts Panel Discussion--Derrick Story
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/54>, Mikkel Aaland
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/399>, Harold Davis
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2207>, and Rick Smolan. Leading
Digital Photographers answer all your questions.
* David Pogue at San Francisco Apple Store
<http://www.apple.com/retail/sanfrancisco/> * David Pogue
* Jan 17, 2008 *
One Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA
David Pogue <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/347>--bestselling author,
creator of the *Missing Manual Series* <http://www.missingmanual.com/>,
and NY Times columnist--is coming to the One Stockton Street, San
Francisco Apple Store. Pogue will be sharing his Tips and Tricks for
Leopard.
* Stephen Johnson--Death Valley in Winter: a digital photography field
workshop <http://www.sjphoto.com/digital-photo-wksp-land-dv.html> *
* Jan 19-22, 2008 *
Death Valley, CA
Join Stephen Johnson (*Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/stephenjohnson>) on a trip designed to
be a complete immersion in landscape photography and its digital
evolution. He will discuss technical and aesthetic issues, tapping into
your emotional response to this landscape, working toward images that
are uniquely your own. Enrollment limited to 12.
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Conference News
O'Reilly ETech Conference <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/>
Registration for ETech is now open <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/>
March 3-6, 2008 in San Diego, CA
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.
Use code "et08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early
registration price.Click here
<http://en.oreilly.com/et2008/public/content/register> to register for
the conference.
O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference
<http://www.toccon.com> Registration for TOC is now open
<http://www.toccon.com>
February 11-13, 2008 in New York, NY
Technology is transforming publishing. Are you ready for the future?
This conference is a must attend event for anyone interested in shaping
the future of the business of books.
Use code "toc08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early
registration price. Click here
<http://en.oreilly.com/toc2008/public/content/register> to register for
the conference.
O'Reilly RailsConf 2008 <http://conferences.oreilly.com/rails/>
RailsConf 2008 Call For Participation Ends December 13
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/rails/>
Happening May 29--June 1, 2008 in Portland, OR.
RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community. If
you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieveâ??-or are
curious about how Rails can help you create web frameworks better
and fasterâ??-RailsConf is the place to be.
O'Reilly Velocity Conference <http://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity>
The call for participation for Velocity, the Web Performance and
Operations Conference, is now open.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/velocity>
June 23-24 in Burlingame, CA.
Velocity, a new O'Reilly event happening June 23-24 in Burlingame, CA,
is dedicated to obtaining the crucial skills and knowledge to build web
sites that are fast, scalable, resilient, and highly available. Are you
a web developer, engineer, or technical manager doing outstanding work
to optimize the experience of your users? If so, we want to hear from
you.The submission deadline for all proposals is midnight January 3, 2008.
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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 their careers or to launch one. As an O'Reilly User Group
member, you save on all the courses in the following University of
Illinois Certificate Series:
* Linux/Unix System Administration
* Web Programming
* Open Source Programming
* .NET Programming
* Client-Side Web Programming featuring AJAX
To redeem, use Promotion Code "ORALL1" good for a 30% discount, in Step
#2 of the enrollment process. Each course comes with a free O'Reilly
book and a 7-day money-back guarantee. Register online
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News from O'Reilly & Beyond
UG News
coati *O'Reilly Editor Andy Oram is running a survey about how people
search for information* <http://www.praxagora.com/search_survey/>
The next time you have to search for information on any topic, try
recording your efforts in the form on this page. Easy searches usually
aren't interesting, so Andy is seeking submissions just about searches
that covered three or more documents (besides search engines). Relevant
searches can be done online, using print media, or both--and even other
media such as radio or film. The survey is designed to uncover
techniques that will help communities, authors, and publishers find more
effective ways to offer information.
*New York Technical Community Holiday Party December 13
<http://www.orgcom.info/Holiday/>*
Join many major technical user groups and communities for the second New
York Technical Community Holiday Party for a chance to connect with
colleagues and share experiences with others. Space is limited so
register soon for this free event.
*CodeMash January 10-11 in Sandusky, Ohio* <http://www.codemash.org/>
CodeMash is a unique event that will educate developers on current
practices, methodologies and technology trends in variety of platforms
and development languages such as Java, .NET, Ruby and PHP.
*DIY O'Reilly Gear*
<http://www.qoop.com/photobooks/photofront/pub_store.php?pub_name=oreilly>
Create Your Own Calendar, Shirt, Notebook, Poster...In just three easy
steps you can create one of a kind calendars, greeting cards, keychains,
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shirts, hoodies, and stickers adorned with your favorite O'Reilly animals.
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Articles
Linux Network Cookbook cover image*Top Ten Tips for Linux Network
Admins*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/11/carla_schroders_top_ten_tips_f.html>
Carla Schroder, author of the newly released Linux Networking Cookbook
offers her top ten tips for being a superior Linux network
administrator--great advice regardless of your level of experience.
*Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual Sneak Preview*
<http://missingmanuals.com/pogue/mac_os_x_leopard_tips.csp>
Five Tips and Tricks from David Pogue and an ultratip.
*Programming is Hard, Let's Go Scripting...* <
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2007/12/06/soto-11.html>
Larry Wall's annual State of the Onion describes the state of Perl, the
language and the community. In his 11th address, he discussed the past,
present, and future of scripting languages, including the several
dimensions of design decisions important to the development of Perl 6.
*Building Mashup-Friendly Sites in Rails*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/12/04/building-mashups-in-rails.html>
Mashups have been the hot web technology lately. Rather than try to do
everything yourself, why not present the data that makes your site
special in an easy to consume fashion, and let users design applications
that mix your data in with others. Jack Herrington walks us through an
example showing how to create mashup-friendly using Ruby on Rails.
*An Interview with Toby Segaran*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2007/11/14/an-interview-with-toby-segaran.html>
Toby Segaran is the author of "Programming Collective Intelligence." We
recently spoke to him about his new book and why these kind of machine
learning techniques are so important in the Web 2.0 era.
*Introducing Raven: An Elegant Build for Java*
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/12/05/introducing-raven-an-elegant-build-for-java.html>
Build processes in Java haven't evolved much since the introduction of
Ant or Maven. With the ability to use scripting languages like Groovy
and JRuby on the JVM, the power of a full language can be brought to
bear on the build process. This article discusses Raven, a build system
for Java that uses JRuby.
*Advanced JavaScript III*
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/11/20/advanced-javascript-iii.html>
JavaScript guru Howard Feldman completes his voyage through the world of
JavaScript hacking with this article. This time around, he tackles
dynamic tables, switching out form elements, and putting prompting text
in text boxes.
*Sal Soghoian on Leopard, Automation, and Aperture*
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/11/27/sal-soghoian.html>
Apple's product manager of automation technologies is the same guy who
many of us consider the ultimate AppleScript guru: Sal Soghoian. Even
though Sal and I live only a few hours apart, I had to go all the way to
the Caribbean to chase him down for this podcast interview. It was worth
it. Sal talks about Leopard, automation improvements, and of course, how
this all affects Aperture.
For more articles, go to: *http://www.oreillynet.com/*
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Blogs
Shopping for the geek in your life? Here's help.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/12/shopping_for_the_geek_in_your_1.html>
Bad Math Among eBook Enthusiasts
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/bad_math_ebooks_kindle.html>
Hidden Influences on Software Design
<http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/2007/11/hidden_influences_on_software.php>
Groovy StAX builder
<http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/11/groovy_stax_builder.html>
ETech = Energy + Food Hacking + Arduino + Processing + Worldwide Tech
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/12/etech_energy_fo.html>
Open Source Hardware Gift Guide
<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/12/open_source_hardware_gift.html>
Books for Makers - A gift guide of lost arts and new tech
<http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/12/books_for_makers_a_gift_g.html>
Some geeks just wanna live forever (well, say, 1,000 years or so)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/11/some_geeks_just_wanna_live_for.html>
Naked Light
<http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/12/naked_light.html>
For more blogs, go to: *http://www.oreillynet.com/blogs/*
Until next time—
Marsee Henon <http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/marsee_henon/>
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