From william at knowmad.com  Wed Jan  9 17:41:53 2008
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 20:41:53 -0500
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: User Group Winter Newsletter
Message-ID: <20080110014153.GC12713@knowmad.com>

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> From: Apress Newsletter <newsletters at apress.com>
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:20:13 -0800
> Subject: User Group Winter Newsletter
> 
> Apress User Group Program Newsletter
> December 2007 Issue
> 
> Happy Holidays from everyone at Apress! 
> 
> Please forward or post this newsletter for all group members.
> 
> In this issue:
> 
> Bookpool Sale - .NET titles
> LINQ contest ? Win a Halo 3!
> eBook Deal of the Day
> Upcoming Tradeshows
> Find Apress on Facebook!
> User Group Events Supported by Apress 
> Save a Bundle When you Buy in Bulk
> Recent Apress and friends of ED Books?Hot off the Press
> Forthcoming Titles 
> User Group FAQ
> 
> 
> 
> 1. Bookpool + Apress .NET = 50% off until December 31, 2007
> 
> To celebrate the release of Apress' "must-have-now" .NET 3.5 books, we're offering our extensive line of .NET books at 50% off through Bookpool.
> 
> http://www.bookpool.com/ct/249
>  
> 
> 2. LINQ Contest- Win a Halo 3!
> 
> Apress and LINQDev.com want to see how you?re using LINQ. Enter your best LINQ code sample for a chance to win a copy of Halo 3 Legendary Edition. We're also giving away select bundles of Apress .NET books.
> 
> Visit microsoft.apress.com and click on the Contest tab for more details.
> 
> 3. eBook Deal of the Day
> 
> Have you ever wanted to buy an eBook to learn something new but couldn?t justify it because of the price? We are pleased to offer you the ?eBook Deal of the Day? found at Apress.com. At 12:01 AM PST, we?ll offer a different Apress or friends of ED eBook at only $10 US for a 24-hour period. Check back every day to check out the new deal.
> 
>  
> 
> 
>  
> 4. Upcoming Tradeshows
> 
> If you are attending these shows, please say hello!
> 
> CodeMash v2.0.0.8
> Kalahari Resort, Sandusky, Ohio
> January 10-11, 2008
> 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.
> http://www.codemash.org/
> 
> 
> Macworld Conference & Expo 
> The Moscone Center, San Francisco, California
> Conference: January 14-18
> Expo: January 15-18
> Macworld Conference & Expo? has a lot of both. Learn from some of the most successful leaders in your industry?from movie making to business management?and discover what?s possible with the latest technology and tools. Surround yourself with all the right products and people.
> http://www.macworldexpo.com/
> 
> 
> 5. Apress Now on Facebook
> 
> To stay current and tap into this vibrant community Apress has joined Facebook.  This makes it easier to connect with our authors, friends, and all who love Apress! Join our group today and become a fan, or write on our ?wall?. We will be adding pictures and events to our profile soon. 
> 
> http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5685729635
> 
> 
> 6. User Group Events Recently Supported by Apress
> 
> Thanks again for keeping me informed with links to your user group web sites and event sites.  We love it when you share your photos or even send us some of your user group?s swag! 
> 
> Below is a list of some user group events we?ve proudly supported the past few months.
> 
> Code Camp Buenos Aires 2007
> October 2, 2007
> http://www.microsoft.com/Argentina/CodeCamp/
> 
> Web Beans Presentation by Gavin King at Google?Silicon Valley Web Developer Java User Group and java.net
> October 16, 2007
> https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=5392
> https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/
> 
> Access User Group Seminar
> The Access User Group held its National Seminar at Microsoft headquarters in Reading.  This was a day-long event with five or six presenters and attracts between 80 and 100 paying delegates. This years presentations included: Office 2007 Client Developer Features; Access 2007 and Sharepoint; and Converting SQL from Access to SQL Server.
> November 16th, 2007
> www.ukaug.co.uk
> 
> DBSIG Meeting at Oracle Open World
> This event had over 200 attendees.
> November 11, 2007
> 
> 4th annual Heartland Developers Conference
> HDC is the nation?s largest professional independent .NET user group conference, with an attendance of 550 Developers, DBAs, Architects and Managers from the Midwest region.
> October 17-19, 2007
> http://www.heartlandDC.com
> 
> Charlotte Code Camp ? Greater Charleston .NET User Group
> October 20, 2007
> http://www.sccodecamp.com
> http://www.gcnug.org
> 
> Twin Cities Code Camp
> Next code camp is scheduled to be held on April 5th, 2008.
> October 27, 2007
> http://www.twincitiescodecamp.com
> 
> User Experience Barcamp (UXB): A Night at The Matrix ? Silicon Valley Web Builder
> The barcamp theme is inspired by the movie "A Night At the Museum". Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB) invited attendees to spend a remarkable evening inside the Data Center building "The Matrix" at Hurricane Electric, the World Largest Data Center in 24 hours.
> November 10-11, 2007
> http://svwbbarcamp.eventbrite.com/
> http://www.svwebbuilder.com/page/Event+Calendar
> 
> Enterprise Comet Presentation with Apress Authors Jonas Jacobi and John Fallows at Google - Silicon Valley Web Developer Java User Group and java.net
> November 20, 2007
> https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=5395
> http://groups.google.com/group/sv_gtug/web/tempjugmemberinvite
> https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/
> 
> Jeffrey Palermo?s ?DevTeach 2007? 
> This event is in conjunction with the DevTeach conference in Vancouver, BC.  The host, Jeffrey Palermo, is an industry expert and influential in the developer community.  Party with Palermo is a 4-hour social gathering of conference and community attendees.  
> November 26, 2007
> http://www.devteach.com/
> 
> Apress Author Eldon Alameda Speaks ? Kansas City Ruby User Group
> November 27, 20007
> http://kcrug.org/home
> 
> Memphis/Mid-South Java User Group Event
> November-December 2007
> http://memphisjug.googlepages.com
> 
> 
> A Multimedia (Association) Christmas - Flash in the Peg, The Graphic Designers of Canada, Manitoba Interactive Media Association, International Game Developers Association Film Training Manitoba, and New Media Manitoba
> This event is put together by a number of the new media groups in town, including the local chapter of the International Game Developers Association and the Graphic Designers of Canada
> First week of December 2007
> http://www.flashinthepeg.org
> 
> 
> Christmas Event ? PHP User Group OINK-PUG 
> December 20, 2007
> http://www.oink-pug.org
> 
> 
> 7. Save a Bundle When You Buy in Bulk
> 
> Are you buying books for your user group event or company? The more you order the more you save with our predetermined discounts.
> 
> Bulk discounts apply when you buy 10 or more regular books or eBooks. So buy at least 10 of one title or 10 different Apress quality titles and we'll extend a hefty discount.
> 
> Visit http://apress.com/info/bulksales for more information about bulk eBook purchases and licensing.
> 
> 8. Recent Apress and friends of ED Books?Hot off the Press
> 1-59059-931-4  	Building a Data Warehouse: With Examples in SQL Server  	Rainardi, Vincent  	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-926-8 	Taking Your iPhone to the Max 	Sadun, Erica 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-685-4 	Beginning Spring 2: From Novice to Professional 	Minter, Dave 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-908-X 	Pro JavaScript Design Patterns 	Harmes, Ross 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-923-3 	Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional 	van Vugt, Sander 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-815-6 	Foundation Actionscript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex 	Yard, Todd 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-909-8 	PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Second Edition 	Zandstra, Matt 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-906-3 	Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP 	Zervaas, Quentin 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-837-7 	Mac OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual 	Meyers, Scott 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-897-0 	Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services 	Wightman, Jim 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-877-6 	Foundation Flex for Designers 	Leon, LordAlex 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-896-2 	AdvancED Flex Application Development: Building Rich Media X 	Blank, R 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-894-6 	Foundation Flex for Developers: Data-Driven Applications with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and FDS 	Jacobs, Sas 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-911-X 	Practical Ruby Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer 	Cyll, Topher 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-920-9 	Excel 2007 PivotTables Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach 	Dalgleish, Debra 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-725-7 	The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right 	Holovaty, Adrian 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-939-X 	Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed 	MacDonald, Matthew 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-850-4 	Expert F# 	Syme, Don 	Dec 2007
> 1-59059-655-2 	The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library 	Newton, Keenan 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-876-8 	Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and 3 Developers 	Casario, Marco 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-935-7 	Pro EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: Electronic Document Interchange Solutions 	Beckner, Mark 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-912-8 	Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation 	Jones, Tim 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-913-6 	Pro SharePoint 2007 Development Techniques 	Bruggeman, Nikander 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-905-5 	Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Audio and Video Podcasting, Second Edition 	Geoghegan, Michael 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-904-7 	Beginning JSP?, JSF? and Tomcat Web Development: From Novice to Professional 	Zambon, Giulio 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-789-3 	Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 	Rattz, Jr., Joseph C. 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-903-9 	Practical Apache Struts 2 Web 2.0 Projects 	Roughley, Ian 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-893-8 	Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition 	MacDonald, Matthew 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-910-1 	Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers 	Alapati, Sam R. 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-891-1 	Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition 	MacDonald, Matthew 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-892-X 	Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition 	MacDonald, Matthew 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-907-1 	The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design 	Grannell, Craig 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-884-9 	Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition 	Troelsen, Andrew 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-869-5 	Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional 	Gross, Christian 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-828-8 	Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX 	Pars, Robin 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-873-3 	Accelerated C# 2008 	Nash, Trey 	Nov 2007
> 1-59059-929-2 	Getting StartED with Mac OS X Leopard 	Williams, Justin 	Nov 2007
> 
> 9. Forthcoming Titles
> 
> 1-59059-864-4  	Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition  	Balanescu, Emilian  	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-955-1 	Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition 	MacDonald, Matthew 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-862-8 	Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition 	Gilmore, W. Jason 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-934-9 	The Definitive Guide to Pylons 	Gardner, James 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-950-0 	The Essential Guide to Flex 3 	Brown, Charles E 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-895-4 	Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition 	Myatt, Adam 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-940-3 	Pro Windows PowerShell 	Deshev, Hristo 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-941-1 	Practical DWR Web 2.0 Projects 	Zammetti, Frank 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-946-2 	Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 Data Access with LINQ, VB 2008, and ADO.NET: From Novice to Professional 	Foggon, Damien 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-954-3 	Illustrated C# 2008 	Solis, Daniel 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-220-4 	The ANSI Common Lisp Reference Book 	Margolies, Editor, David 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-948-9 	Pro Office Communications Server 2007 	Ricks, Brian 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-737-0 	The Definitive Guide to Apache MyFaces and Facelets 	Wadia, Zubin 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-978-0 	Pulling Strings with Puppet: Automated System Administration Done Right 	Turnbull, James 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-951-9 	Foundations of Popfly: Rapid Mashup Development 	Griffin, Eric 	Feb 2008
> 1-59059-933-0 	Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails 	Berube, David 	Jan 2008
> 1-59059-938-1 	Beginning VB 2008: From Novice to professional 	Gross, Christian 	Jan 2008
> 1-59059-960-8 	Learn to Tango with D 	Bell, Kris 	Jan 2008
> 1-59059-874-1 	Accelerated VB 2008 	Fouch?, Guy 	Jan 2008
> 1-59059-858-X 	Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services 	Yee, Raymond 	Jan 2008
> 1-59059-967-5 	Pro SQL Server 2005 Disaster Recovery 	Luetkehoelter, James 	Jan 2008
> 
> 10. User Group FAQ
> 
> Our links have recently been updated, so please refer to the URLs below for the most recent info.
> 
> I receive a lot of good questions from user group leaders and members. Some of these questions already have built-in answers available on our web site, and here are some of the most common:
> 
> Q: How do I obtain a review copy?
> 
> 	A: E-mail me at cheryl.martinez at apress.com with your UG name and address and what book you?d like to review. I will send it along as quickly as possible. If you need raffle copies, you can e-mail me for those as well. 
> 
> Q: Where would you like us to post online reviews of your books?
> 
> A: Please read the ?Suggestions for Writing Apress (and friends of ED) Book Reviews? page at http://www.apress.com/community/writeareview
> 
> 
> Q: How do I and group members take advantage of the user group book discount?
> 
> A: All group members** of a registered Apress user group may receive a 25% discount to any Apress or friends of ED title when the book is purchased through our distributor, Springer.
> 
> (Place your order with our distributor, Springer, by calling 1-800-SPRINGER. Once you connect with a customer service representative, please mention the discount code, ?APRESSUG? along with the name of your user group.)
> 
> ** We apologize, but at this time, we are unable to offer this discount to user group members located outside of North America, South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
> 
> Q: May I have an Apress logo to post on our group web site?
> 
> A: You may download a logo, size of your choice, here: http://www.apress.com/community/logo
> 
> 
> As always, Please Update Your User Group Info
> 
> Just a quick reminder: if there have been any significant changes to group information, please take a moment to send me updates. This includes a change in e-mail or shipping address (very important!), or a change in group leader or president, book review policy, etc. Please help me keep my records up to date and ensure you get your review copies delivered to the right place. E-mail me at cheryl.martinez at apress.com.
> 
> If you still have questions not answered on the user group page, please contact me at cheryl.martinez at apress.com. Thanks!
> 
> 
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From william at knowmad.com  Wed Jan 16 04:47:47 2008
From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:47:47 -0500
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Thursday Meeting
Message-ID: <20080116124747.GA14418@knowmad.com>

Mongers,

Despite repeated attempts, I have not been able to make contact with
CPCC to reserve a room for this month's meeting. The talks we had
planned on Subversion and SVK will therefore be pushed to February. Is
anyone up for getting drinks on Thursday? The Philosopher's Stone @ 7pm.


William

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From mike.walker at napkindrawing.com  Wed Jan 16 06:14:34 2008
From: mike.walker at napkindrawing.com (Mike Walker)
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:14:34 -0500
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Thursday Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20080116124747.GA14418@knowmad.com>
References: <20080116124747.GA14418@knowmad.com>
Message-ID: <478E114A.6030706@napkindrawing.com>

I am!

William McKee wrote:
> Mongers,
>
> Despite repeated attempts, I have not been able to make contact with
> CPCC to reserve a room for this month's meeting. The talks we had
> planned on Subversion and SVK will therefore be pushed to February. Is
> anyone up for getting drinks on Thursday? The Philosopher's Stone @ 7pm.
>
>
> William
>
>   


From mike.walker at napkindrawing.com  Thu Jan 17 16:13:10 2008
From: mike.walker at napkindrawing.com (Mike Walker)
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:13:10 -0500
Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Thursday Meeting
In-Reply-To: <20080116124747.GA14418@knowmad.com>
References: <20080116124747.GA14418@knowmad.com>
Message-ID: <510D26F0-773E-4495-8F5F-8D78452D9149@napkindrawing.com>

Well, I'm here if anyone else wants to grab a beer / watch me eat.



On Jan 16, 2008, at 7:47 AM, William McKee <william at knowmad.com> wrote:

> Mongers,
>
> Despite repeated attempts, I have not been able to make contact with
> CPCC to reserve a room for this month's meeting. The talks we had
> planned on Subversion and SVK will therefore be pushed to February. Is
> anyone up for getting drinks on Thursday? The Philosopher's Stone @  
> 7pm.
>
>
> William
>
> -- 
> Knowmad Technologies - Web Site Development & Programming
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