From george at metaart.org Mon Oct 6 12:37:42 2008 From: george at metaart.org (George Woolley) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:37:42 -0700 Subject: [Camelot-pm] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 1 Message-ID: <200810061237.42565.george@metaart.org> ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 1 Date: Wednesday 01 October 2008 16:32 From: "Marsee Henon" ... ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members September 30, 2008 ================================================================ --------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases--Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get 35% off from O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books you purchase directly from O'Reilly. 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Stephen Johnson -- Fine Art Digital Printing Oct?2-5, 2008 Stephen Johnson Photography Studios Pacifica, CA Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for four days of hands-on printing instruction. Noah Gift at PyArkansas Oct?4, 2008 University of Central Arkansas Conway, Arkansas Author Noah Gift (Python For Unix and Linux Systems Administration) will present a 3 hour tutorial on Python For Systems Administration, and sit on a panel discussing the Python Standard Library. Joey Lott at AS3 Apex in St. Louis Oct?4, 2008 ST. Louis, MO Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting Flex, Actionscript, and Flash. Space is limited so please RSVP. Sean Duggan Presents a Week-Long Seminar: "Real World Digital Photography, Session 2" Oct?5-11, 2008 Rockport, ME Sean Duggan's (The Creative Digital Darkroom) week-long seminar is a follow-up to the popular Real World Digital Photography Seesion 1 class. Designed to take up where the previous class left off, this course concentrates on more advanced topics relating to photography with digital SLRs and improving images with Adobe Photoshop. Java Power Tools Bootcamp in Brisbane Oct?6-9, 2008 Brisbane, Australia The Java Power Tools bootcamp is taught by John Ferguson Smart (Java Power Tools). The bootcamp is an intense 4-day hands-on workshop covering some of the best open source tools for Java development on the market. The course takes you on a in-depth guided tour of some of the best open source Java tools, showing how you can use them individually and together to write code better and faster, and have fun while you're doing it! Julia Lerman at SDC Amsterdam Oct?6-7, 2008 Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre Noordwijkerhout , The Netherlands Author Julia Lerman (Programming Entity Framework) presents Introductory and Advanced sessions on Entity Framework at the Software Development Conference 2008 in the Netherlands. Nancy Duarte Presents "The slide:ology Basic Course" Oct?6-6, 2008 Duarte Design Mountain View, CA Author Nancy Duarte (slide:ology) will be giving a full-day seminar jam-packed with design fundamentals, tips and tricks, interactive brainstorming and plenty of great visual examples to deconstruct. The morning will kick off with an inspirational keynote and then delve into content from the book slide:ology. You'll have your head around the concepts at this point, so we'll facilitate interactive exercises that will cement in you a new way of approaching your next presentation. Stephen Johnson -- Fundamentals of Digital Photography: The Basics, and Way Beyond Oct?8-9, 2008 Stephen Johnson Photography Studios Pacifica, CA Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for a workshop that includes the origins of electronic imaging, hardware, input/scanning, digital cameras, and more. FOWA, London Oct?9-10, 2008 London Excel London, UK FOWA London is Europe's biggest Web 2.0 Event with over 3000 of Europe's leading developers, designers and entrepreneurs attending to get Carsonified and discover the latest company, platform and product developments in web applications. Among the speakers, do not miss Kathy Sierra who along with her partner created the Head First Series. Joey Lott at Cleveland Flex User's Group Oct?9, 2008 Cleveland, OH Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting Flex, Actionscript, and Flash. http://www.clefug.com/#app=be07&aec8-selectedIndex=2> Steven Pritchard and Tom Limoncelli at Ohio LinuxFest Oct?10-11, 2008 Greater Columbus Convention Center Columbus, Ohio Author Steven Pritchard (LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell) will be teaching a one-day LPI Certification "cram" class. Author Tom Limoncelli (Time Management for System Administrators) will be presenting two tutorials, "Time Management for System Administrators" and "Interviewing and Hiring Great Technical People". Joey Lott at Central PA Adobe User Group & Central PA Flash User Group Oct?10, 2008 Harrisburg, PA Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting "How To Architect Flex Applications." Dru Lavigne at NYCBSDCon in New York City Oct?11-12, 2008 New York City, NY Dru Lavigne (BSD Hacks) will at NYC BSDCon 2008 in Columbia University in New York City. She will be giving a tutorial on system administration as well as proctoring the BSDA exam. Keep an eye out for her! Julia Lerman at DevConnections Oct?11-13, 2008 Mandalay Bay Conference Center Las Vegas, NV Julia Lerman (Programming Entity Framework) will present a full-day Entity Framework pre-conference workshop as well as two sessions during the DevConnections conference. Stephen Johnson -- Yosemite Valley in Autumn Oct?11-14, 2008 Yosemite View Lodge Yosemite, CA Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for a field workshop in Yosemite Valley. Enrollment limited to 12 people. Rick Sammon Leads a Week-Long Photography Workshop in Maine Oct?12-18, 2008 Maine Join Rick Sammon (Face to Face) in Maine as he leads a photography workshop on capturing the seasons. Following a day of shooting, the classes will continue with Photoshop & Lightroom instruction in the digital labs. The class size is limited to 15 participants, so register soon! Julia Lerman presents on Entity Framework at DevReach 2008, Sofia Oct?13-14, 2008 International Exhibition Center Sofia, Bulgaria Julia Lerman (Programming Entity Framework) presents Introductory and Advanced sessions on Entity Framework at the DevReach 2008 Conference. Scott Berkun at User Interface Engineering Oct?14-16, 2008 Cambridge, MA Author Scott Berkun (The Myths of Innovation, Making Things Happen) presents a full day workshop entitled "The Myths of Innovation: How to Lead Breakthrough Projects". Jesse Liberty Presents a Webcast: From DB to Display in the Data-Grid with Silverlight Oct?15, 2008 In this live presentation Silverlight Geek Jesse Liberty (Programming Silverlight 2 and Programming .NET 3.5) will demonstrate how to extract data from a SQL database using LINQ, make it available through a Web Service, and create a Silverlight Application that consumes that data and makes it visible to the user in a vivid and interactive way. Christopher Schmitt at the Web Design and Developer Conference Oct?15-15, 2008 Orlando World Center Marriott Resort Orlando, FL Web Designers feel comfortable with complex digital imaging software such as Photoshop and Illustrator and marking up pages with XHTML CSS. However, to break through a static Web page, today's Web designer needs to work with JavaScript to add interactivity and custom usability enhancements, which can be intimidating for right-brain thinkers. In this session, author Christopher Schmitt (CSS Cookbook, Releasing CSS) covers how JavaScript frameworks like jQuery can save time, hair loss and still add the cool. Douglas Crockford at the Bay Area Functional Programmers Oct?15, 2008 Hi5, 55 2nd Street, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA Author Douglas Crockford (JavaScript: The Good Parts) will be presenting "Functional JavaScript." Nitesh Dhanjani at Microsoft Blue Hat v8 Oct?16-17, 2008 Redmond, WA Nitesh Dhanjani (Network Security Tools) talks about how your online persona and activity can be tracked, correlated and used to influence behavior at Microsoft's Blue Hat Security Conference. Martin Nystrom at Triangle InfoSeCon Oct?16-16, 2008 McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State University Raleigh, NC Author Martin Nystrom (SQL Injection Defenses) and Dave Schwartzburg will present "Monitor the Monitors", based on a chapter from the forthcoming O'Reilly book, "Practical Information Security Monitoring." Dux Raymond Sy at PMI Global Congress North America 2008 Oct?19-19, 2008 Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center Denver, CO Author Dux Raymond Sy, PMP (SharePoint for Project Management) presents "Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success" at the Exhibitor Educational Presentation (EEP) of the PMI Global Congress North America 2008. The 90-minute presentation will showcase the benefits of SharePoint in addressing critical project management challenges in the areas of project communication, document management and project team collaboration. 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