From william at knowmad.com Wed Feb 15 22:15:14 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 01:15:14 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] February Perl Mongers Meeting - Thursday, Feb 15th at 7:00pm Message-ID: <20060216061513.GP2138@knowmad.com> Hi Mongers, Well I've been busy getting moved into a new office space so haven't had much time to devote to planning this month's meeting (which is also my excuse for this belated email). So, in lieu of a technical meeting, we'll be holding a social meeting tonite. Come join your fellow programmers at Dish on Thomas St in Plaza-Midwood[1]. For those of you looking forward to a Class::DBI talk, this will definitely be a topic of discussion! Also, if you'd like to stop by and see the new digs for Knowmad Technologies[2], we'll be hanging around the office between 6:00-6:45pm. Drop by and say hello on the way to Dish. Hope to see you this evening, William [1] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1220+Thomas+Ave,+Charlotte,+NC&ll=35.219784,-80.812082&spn=0.015356,0.043259 [2] http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=909+Central+Ave,+Charlotte,+NC&ll=35.222133,-80.812683&spn=0.015356,0.043259 -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com From william at knowmad.com Mon Feb 27 06:50:38 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 09:50:38 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 24 Message-ID: <20060227145038.GF11231@knowmad.com> ----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: Marsee Henon > Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:58:30 -0800 > Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 24 > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders > February 24, 2006 > ================================================================ > -Belong to or Know About a Photography, Video, or Design group? > -RSS Feed Now Available on ug.oreilly.com > -Do You Have Something Newsworthy to Share? > -Put Up an O'Reilly ETech Banner, Get a Free Book > -Put Up a MySQL Users Conference Banner Get a Free Book > -Promotional Material Available > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book Info > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Review Books are Available > Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- > send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on > your request. 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Also, please state any special > requirements (power, connectivity, ventilation, etc.) you may have. > Submit a proposal today: > > > > Important Dates: > > Maker Proposal Due: Midnight (PST) Feb. 27, 2006 > Speaker Notification: March 15, 2006 > Workshop and Presentations Files Due: April 10, 2006 > Faire: April 22-23, 2006 > > > ***Meet Your Fellow Makers > Find and post events, exhibits, and more with Maker events listings: > > > > ***Try a Sample Project from MAKE: > > > > Until next time-- > > Marsee Henon > > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://www.oreilly.com > ================================================================ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com From william at knowmad.com Mon Feb 27 08:39:24 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 11:39:24 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: New Ubuntu and Perl books available from O'Reilly Rough Cuts Message-ID: <20060227163924.GG11507@knowmad.com> Has anyone looked at these titles or belong to Rough Cuts? ----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon ----- > To: william at knowmad.com > From: Marsee Henon > Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 08:36:02 -0800 > Subject: New Ubuntu and Perl books available from O'Reilly Rough Cuts > > Hello, > > Just wanted to let you know about these brand new Rough Cuts titles > available from O'Reilly: > > > Perl Hacks > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perlhks/index.html > > Ubuntu Hacks > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ubuntuhks/index.html > > Ajax Design Patterns > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxdp/index.html > > > Rough Cuts is a new service that gives you early access to content on > cutting-edge technologies months before it's published. Other titles > include "Ajax Hacks," "Flickr Hacks," "Ruby Cookbook," "Ruby on Rails," > and "Java and XML, 3rd Edition." > > For more information, go to: > http://www.oreilly.com/roughcuts/ > > > > Thanks! > > Marsee > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://www.oreilly.com > ================================================================ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com From william at knowmad.com Mon Feb 27 09:29:47 2006 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:29:47 -0500 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: New Ubuntu and Perl books available from O'Reilly Rough Cuts In-Reply-To: References: <20060227163924.GG11507@knowmad.com> Message-ID: <20060227172947.GJ11507@knowmad.com> On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 12:18:45PM -0500, Matthew Lefevre wrote: > Have not done the Rough Cuts program yet. I think there is another > publisher that did this for their AJAX book. Yep, that was Pragmatic Programmers. I know because we bought a copy. One of my employees has been using it though not as much as following mailing lists, etc. I think I'd wait in the future. > I am currently using the prototype.js library with ASP.NET at work > and with PHP at home. Is working so far. That's what we're using for some of our work. It's amazing what they're doing with it. Very nice stuff. > The Ubuntu books sounds interesting. I have been locked out of my > work laptop (WinXP) and have been using Ubuntu 5.10 Live CD all > weekend..... Seems like Linux/GNOME is finally ready as a desktop > replacement.... Well, at least for my requirements its ready. We're moving all our systems here to Ubuntu and doing the same at one of my clients as well. I've been a long fan of Debian and Ubuntu is borrowing its strengths while shoring up its weaknesses (glacial release cycle). > I saw somewhere online this book, > Agile Web Development with Rails : A Pragmatic Guide > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097669400X/002-3285579-0620030?v=glance&n=283155 > was also released under an early access program. Yeah, I'm eyeing that one. I like the PP folks. Might have a client who will be using RR soon. Will let you know. Later, William -- Knowmad Services Inc. http://www.knowmad.com