<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>O'Reilly UG Newsletter</title>

</head>

<body style= "margin: 0px;
        padding: 10px;
        font-family: Verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
        background-color: #EEE;
        font-size: 11px;
        line-height: 16px;">




<table align="center" width="638" class="smallprint">
  <tr>
    <td>
   <p><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1ztcucagds0f9dgb8m31a6slt6ss7bdcqq089jcc0" style="color: #0000EE; text-decoration: none;">View in browser</a>.
   <br />
        <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/f2f/9z1z8ld027v3rce90onlsc0snj2sfkr77m8g69snatg" style="text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold;color:#0000EE;">Forward this announcement to a friend</a></p>
        </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="638" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="border: 1px solid #CCC;
        background-color: #fff;">
  <tr>
    <td class="ug_head"><img width="640" alt="O'Reilly User Group Newsletter" src="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zu8sm92mtnns86ooi9v65kskueg2via21ek59vlo" height="100"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td style="padding:20px;">
    <!-- a style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href="" -->

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />    

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Hello, </p>


<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">We want to hear from you about this newsletter.  What do you like? What would 
you like to see in future editions? How can we better support your community 
and your role as leader? Send us your thoughts at <a href="mailto:usergroups@oreilly.com?subject=My thoughts on the newsletter" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usergroups@oreilly.com.</a></p>



<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Cheers,</p>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">—Marsee Henon and Jon Johns</p>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">P.S. This week is the annual <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z103au2cdil4ufev47vmuudc4m652eak9rpdl98g" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Velocity Conference</a> in Santa Clara, California. 
You'll be able to live stream the keynotes, and follow all the breaking news on 
twitter at <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zpg5jtd36sholl40o53kv310479qltn21u87p5d0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">@VelocityConf</a> - If you're there come say hi to us (Jon and Marsee) at the O'Reilly booths.</p> 

   
<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Available for Review</h3>

<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2qies8068l4n0knlel8clfmpfre10moo94tekc8"><img vspace="15" width="180" align="right" hspace="15" alt="Communicating Data with Tableau" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920030942/cat.gif" height="236"></a>
  
<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">We're looking for reviewers for the following books & videos. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, goodreads.com, and/or your blog.</p>

  <ul style="list-style-image: url(http://oreilly.com/images/small-bullet.png);">
        
        <li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zpph7iajldt9dmjd0v43sf2dnua20eiblgkk9j0g" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Communicating Data with Tableau</a></li>
        
                <li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z21mnb5s1qm5smlnacctli5hjrv6qe0og1c61d9g" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Full Stack Web Development with Backbone.js</a></li>
        
        <li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zqhb180oju9uggg80v6j73a9g9c998esqdo153mg" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">IPv6 Essentials, 3rd Edition</a></li>

  </ul>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">It's easy for you to get books for your meeting or special events—just email <a href="mailto:usergroups@oreilly.com" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usergroups@oreilly.com</a> and include the words "book request" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your deadline and shipping address. Prefer ebooks? We can send you a free ebook certificate to print out for raffles or book reviewers.</p>

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">New Releases</h3>
                
        <table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                <tr>
                        <td style="padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zsd7gbcgch8ns71e2tbuq30rstpr7c0o1bucnfbo"> <img width="91" hspace="2" alt="The Art of LEGO Design" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/9781593275532/thumb.gif" height="120" border="0"></a></td>

                        <td style="padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zv4uej82regkuslhumf87chk7h5kce6l4gk38gfo">
<img width="91" hspace="2" alt="Using Joomla!, 2nd Edition" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920028123/thumb.gif" height="120" border="0"></a></td>

                        <td style="padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1ztqhoerp9q7m76tum062d6cves8cebgg4hmgohq0">
<img width="100" hspace="2" alt="Test-Driven Development with Python" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920029533/thumb.gif" height="120" border="0"></a></td>

                        <td style="padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zgocttfjntna7pspu41q1oqehe7cv4s1don4ul30">
<img width="91" hspace="2" alt="Solid Conference San Francisco 2014: Complete Video Compilation" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/110000531/thumb.gif" height="120" border="0"></a></td>

                        <td style="padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z064bito58etmns968puobn290qb2mvpq3ru9rp8">
<img width="96" hspace="2" alt="Learning Responsive Web Design" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920029199/thumb.gif" height="120" border="0"></a></td>

                        <td style="padding-bottom:5px;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1ztkbfdss5atv2n6ntlb820k3n8ckil56cgv0emug">
<img width="91" hspace="2" alt="Just Hibernate" src="http://akamaicovers.oreilly.com/images/0636920026174/thumb.gif" height="120" border="0"></a></td>

                </tr>
  
        </table>


<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Video Training New Releases</h3>

<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zcfj8o0jmn5gahdtefgb4rpc7pg8ikmbsvaalfu8"><img vspace="15" width="540" align="right" hspace="15" alt="LeanUX" src="http://cdn.oreillystatic.com//oreilly/ug/newsletter/LeanUXvideo.jpg"></a>
  
<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">We're looking for reviewers for the following videos. Consider posting your reviews on Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or your blog.</p>

  <ul style="list-style-image: url(http://oreilly.com/images/small-bullet.png);">
        
                <li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zhqjt5nifirc8hq601demshi5a8sf5oappbt7ukg" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lean UX Workshop</a></li>
        
        <li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zejhckphb53701jp20d6t0a74dmj429pg0dltao0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Build a Strong AngularJS Foundation</a></li>
        
                <li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zvmdu0fgd5s9r4oq5vlld7db95fc219rlml7lnjg" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">An Introduction to d3.js: From Scattered to Scatterplot</a></li>

  </ul>


                    <hr style="background-color: #CCCCCC; clear: both; color: #CCCCCC; width: 100%; height: 1px; margin: 20px 0; border: 0 none;" />
                    


<!-- a style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href=" " -->


<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Spread the word—and earn a commission</h3>
 



<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zbujr8i3t8c6mthku42citsq4mmrmnojl8bakcm0"><img vspace="0" width="105" align="right" hspace="15" alt="BioCoderSpring2014" src="http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/oreilly/images/simon-260-20121204.jpg"></a>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Join the <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zdvcclkohurnen2etnr4s9bud6jthnibrbcjanso" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">O'Reilly Affiliate Program</a> and get paid for helping people find high-quality 
technical content. When you direct a visitor to <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zip04s9sub0fm7t58r7ul4m0ob3210g4vpjt6tk0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">shop.oreilly.com</a> and they make a 
qualified purchase, you'll receive a sales commission of 5% on books, ebooks, and 
videos, and $100 for each qualified conference registration. It's easy to become an 
Affiliate, and it's free. </p>    

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />


<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Stories we're following at O'Reilly</h3>  


<p><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zsc63n0q1hut3lsjnle3fstgc6ptd4kh55o6hlr0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img width="590" alt="Featureengineering" align="top" src="http://cdn.oreillystatic.com//oreilly/ug/newsletter/features-in-ML.jpg" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;"></a></p>

<ul style="list-style-image: url(http://oreilly.com/images/small-bullet.png);">

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zosofgbj395fl4p4s7hadjl3aak4ifmrge9mrbho" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Streamlining Feature Engineering - Researchers and startups are building tools that enable feature discovery.</a>
</li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zqjpjqvt5j5s3cr4tdo62rmji2rme8geqtu0ugig" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Our Radar Blog gets a refresh and we want to hear what you think.</a>
</li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zf15la8h2eflipu1vgoffsqci3r496kh3dngu3t0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">AI's dueling definitions - Why my understanding of AI is different from yours.</a>
</li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zjp8j15b04ajl5poji7tlcaam906sc1evloql308" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Expect no, but fight for yes - At the end of the day, there are no rules, only guidelines.</a>
</li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zu3r9q2c3ja44p686k2jbbmm0jhlrkmbrinou800" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The role of Wi-Fi in the Internet of Things.</a>
</li>



<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zbskqqlao6scvr681sspmf8kiq9l44vlc75h6c98" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Open teaching stacks help us teach at scale.</a>
</li>

</ul>   

<!-- a style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" href=" " -->

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Register for SciPy 2014 (Austin, TX July 6-12)</h3>

<p><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zi0pvhrolvsgh8v60a6j939k1qdnb02or6ffkgvo" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img width="100" alt="SciPy2014" align="left" src="http://cdn.oreillystatic.com//oreilly/ug/newsletter/scipy2014_logo_simple.png" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;"></a></p>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zv1mseqiiv6nrb14u1mjtoe4d7ukdbteu96rcpao" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SciPy 2014</a>, the thirteenth annual Scientific Computing with Python conference, 
will be held July 6-12, 2014 in Austin, Texas. SciPy is a community dedicated 
to the advancement of scientific computing through open source Python software 
for mathematics, science, and engineering. The annual SciPy Conference allows 
participants from all types of organizations to showcase their latest projects, 
learn from skilled users and developers, and collaborate on code development. 
</p>

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Save $200 at SPTechCon (Boston, MA Sept 16-19)</h3>

<p><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zcejpm6f1rct8mqbjah5c47tjscsfgc7apu5irf0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><img width="100" alt="SciPy2014" align="right" src="http://cdn.oreillystatic.com//oreilly/ug/newsletter/sptechconlogo.jpg" style="margin: 5px 5px 5px 5px;"></a></p>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z09vl01a5e0mjqp1e46hjtc6180b0mp90aaherto" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">SPTechCon</a>, September 16-19 in Boston, is the world's premier independent event 
for SharePoint. The format includes 70+ technical classes, workshops and breakout 
classes with content geared to IT professionals, business managers and developers.  
It features top Microsoft MVPs, expert MS speakers and solutions from 40+ exhibitors 
(exhibits admission is FREE!).  Receive a $200 discount off either the prevailing 
price of a 4-day or 3-day pass by inserting the code OREILLY when prompted on the 
reg page.  Register early for even more savings! 
</p>

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />


<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">List of great speakers at Distill (San Francisco, CA Aug 7-8)</h3>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Don't miss <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z1pk78agbaptamjp9i7cdj4g50cq7e6ls0g0igb8" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Distill</a>, August 7-8, to discuss ideas with a list of illustrious speakers, 
network with a vibrant group of attendees, and be on the vanguard of web and mobile 
technology development. Keynote speakers include: 
Harper Reed & Dylan Richard, former CTO & Director of Engineering, Obama for America
Ben Huh, Founder & CEO, Cheezburger
Danae Ringelmann, Founder & Chief Development Officer, Indiegogo
Steve Souders, Chief Performance Officer, Fastly.
</p>

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

                   

<h3 style="font-size:13px; line-height:18px; font-weight:bold; color:#990000; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Put Up a Banner & Get a Free Book—Group Leaders Only</h3>

<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">We're looking for groups to display our discount banners on their websites. If you send us your group's site with one or more banners posted, we'll send you the O'Reilly book or video of your choice. Choose from the following list of banners:</p>

<a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zloenr6dpj4obb1jdufnpmfb3marf28c6ho7jh8g">

<img vspace="15" width="210" align="right" hspace="60" alt="Strata" src="http://cdn.oreillystatic.com/community/promote/stratany/stratany2014_210x60_mobile.gif" height="60"></a>


<ul style="list-style-image: url(http://oreilly.com/images/small-bullet.png);">

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zb5m5bho31vsonakv3vnt7irckje2vgmmun7gl9g" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Strata + Hadoop World Banners</a></li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z4u33e4t57jeokal435786vd149jhnsefmoa8ee0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">
OSCON Banners</a></li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z1r1o2u3ci85lvpcm9lpt4df1ln4n3j0igcdi818" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Discount Slides (Powerpoint, Keynote, Open Office)</a></li>

<li style="font-size:11px;color:#303030;line-height: 16px; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z7mgcntr8udu2isrr0dvcorn43ehksm66mc49ht8" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">UG Discount Banners</a></li>


</ul>


<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />
<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;"><a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zk6gn7k1102ulinvvb49rsds929doclbc57998e8"><img width="600" alt="Buy 1 Ebook, Get 1 Free with your user group discount code: DSUG50" src="http://cdn.oreilly.com/oreilly/ug/newsletter/ebooks_learn_more.jpg" height="222" border="0"></a><br/></p>

<hr style="color: #CCC; background-color: #CCC; border: 0; height: 1px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;" />

<br />
<p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">Looking for more? Visit <a href="http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z3k5b62qs7cgrchlajvks309k67irul4709mp5b0" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">oreilly.com</a>.
</p>
<br />

    </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table align="center" width="638" class="smallprint">
  <tr>
    <td><p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with O'Reilly Media.  If you would like to stop receiving these newsletters or announcements from O'Reilly, send an email to: <a href="mailto:usergroups@oreilly.com" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">usergroups@oreilly.com</a></p>
      <p style="font-size:11px; line-height:16px; font-weight:normal; color:#303030; font-family: Verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;">O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 827-7000</p>
    <!-- <p></p> --></td>
  </tr>
</table>


<br clear="all"><div class="ipost-opt-out"><p></p></div></body>
</html>