[oak perl] Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 25
George Woolley
george at metaart.org
Tue Mar 25 14:46:14 PDT 2008
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, March 25
Date: Tuesday 25 March 2008 12:18
From: "Marsee Henon" <marsee at oreilly.com>
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Hi there,
I'd like to start with a couple of requests for help:
We're looking for Facebook developers to review two manuscripts. One on
FBML (Facebook Markup Language) and the other is a Facebook Cookbook. If
you're interested, send me a note.
We're also looking for middle school contacts who work with technology.
Do you know of anyone who might want to take a look at a new book we're
working on called HackerTeen?
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596516475/index.html>
Here's a video with more information:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5UAq3_GLuU>
And if you're looking for more videos, we have plenty.
Why not show your favorite at your next meeting?
Our recent O'Reilly Webinar, "Writing LINQ Queries with LINQPad" is a
must-view webinar for anyone working in C# 3.0 and Framework 3.5.
<http://downloads.oreilly.com/oreilly/videos/oreilly-linq-webinar.mov>
Tim O'Reilly at ETech: Why I Love Hackers
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFbahNBnBpQ&e>
David Pogue at MacWorld: Leopard Secrets
<http://missingmanuals.com/dpmw08/leopard_secrets.csp>
O'Reilly wins Five Jolt awards at SD West including Best General book
for "Beautiful Code" and Best Web site for radar.oreilly.com:
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/03/and_speaking_of_jolt_awardsand.ht
ml>
Need an expo hall pass for Photoshop World Las Vegas April 3 and 4?
Please share it with your members.
<http://oreilly.com/PSW-TechExPass.pdf>
Here's a recent article on Tim O'Reilly from our local paper,
The Press Democrat
<http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080316/NEWS/803160350/1033/NEWS&temp
late=kart>
--Marsee
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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
March 25, 2008
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***The Photograph (Hard Cover) (Rocky Nook)
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***Allison Randal at LugRadio Live USA 2008
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***Sean Duggan Presents a Hands-on Workshop: "Camera Raw 4 & Adobe Bridge
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<http://www.outreach.hawaii.edu/programs/2008/EVENT-L09441.asp>
***Eric Meyer at MinneWebCon 2008
Apr 14, 2008
McNamara Alumni Center, Twin Cities Campus, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Author Eric Meyer (CSS: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Ed. & CSS Pocket
Reference, 3rd Ed.) will be speaking at MinneWebCon 2008, located at the
University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. This conference will deliver
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***Derrick Story at NCMUG
Apr 15, 2008
Rohnert Park, CA
Author Derrick Story (The Digital Photography Companion, iPhoto 8: The
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***Derrick Story at Northbay Adobe User Group
Apr 28, 2008
Rm 1999 in Bech Hall
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Author Derrick Story (The Digital Photography Companion, iPhoto 8: The
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Raw.
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***2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Registration is Open,
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***LugRadio Live USA 2008 comes to San Francisco
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incredibly unique, social, and fun atmosphere to cover a range of
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within anyone's reach, and if you encourage people to pre-register, you
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Wed 4/2/2008 and the voting deadline to Mon 4/7/2008.
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***LinuxFest Northwest 2008
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California. Online registration is available for Presenters/Speakers.
<http://www.linuxfestnorthwest.org>
***LinuxWorld Now Accepting Applications Birds-of-a-Feather Topics and
.org Projects
If you'd like to lead a BOF discussion, submit an idea for a session by
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***Step by Step: Configuring SSL Under Apache
This is the first in a new series of ONLamp articles you'll be seeing
over the next few months. They aren't breaking news about the hottest
new technologies, they're step by step guides to common but sometimes
complicated procedures you may have to tackle. In the first installment,
Juliet Kemp gives us a checklist that should have your Apache server
running SSL in nothing flat.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2008/03/04/step-by-step-configuring-ssl-u
nder-apache.html>
***Using Zend Studio for PHP Programming
Most programmers are familiar with Eclipse, and PHP programmers are
familiar with Zend Studio. But, like two great tastes that taste good
together, the two have now been combined into a single tool. Learn how
you can use Zend Studio to make your PHP programming more productive.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/php/2008/03/04/using-zend-studio-for-php-program
ming.html>
***Aperture 2 Features 101-103 with Joe Schorr
Apple's web page says, "Aperture 2 delivers over 100 dramatic, new
features." And still there are a few terrific ones they forgot to put on
the list. In this podcast, Derrick Story chats with Joe Schorr, Senior
Product Manager for Aperture, to uncover a few of these hidden gems.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/03/18/aperture-2-f
eatures-101to103.html>
***Reverse Callback Templating
Many programmers know of the two main systems of templating. One embeds
actual source code into the template. The other provides a mini language
with loops, conditionals, and other control structures. There is a third
way -- a reverse callback system. James Robson explains this
best-of-both-worlds approach by demonstrating Perl's Template::Recall
module.
<http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2008/03/14/reverse-callback-templating.html>
***Audio Insights from the 2008 Game Developers Conference
To hear the future of audio, listen to video games. Interactive Audio
expert Kurt Heiden did just that at the Game Developers Conference. He
brings you what the experts at GDC 2008 had to say about the state of
audio in games, and then dives into some of the technology advancements
that are changing the interactive audio landscape.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/digitalmedia/2008/03/13/game-dev-aud
io-insights.html>
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***Windows IT Evangelist Matt Hester interviews Laurel Ackerman about
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<http://blogs.technet.com/matthewms/archive/2008/03/18/matt-on-the-floor-at-s
xsw-learning-about-silverlight-2-and-o-reilly.aspx>
***MAKE Magazine highlighted on NPR: Digital DIY
<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=87815753>
***Head First or Head Rush?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/headfirst/blog/2008/03/head_first_or_head_rush.htm
l#more>
***Julie Lerman blogs about writing her first book for O'Reilly.
<http://www.thedatafarm.com/blog/2008/02/27/OkaySoImWritingABook.aspx>
***Quality Begs for Object-Orientation
<http://beautifulcode.oreillynet.com/2008/02/quality_begs_for_objectorienta_1
.php>
***The Dangers of The Death March Mentality
<http://softwarecraftsmanship.oreilly.com/news/2008/3/5/the-dangers-of-the-de
ath-march-mentality>
***Find Some Serenity on Your Mac
<http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/03/find-some-serenity-on-your-mac
.html>
***Anton Security Tip of the Week #14: More access_log Fun: What Are You
Not GETting?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/sysadmin/blog/2008/03/anton_security_tip_of_the_we
ek_7.html>
***Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup
<http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2008/03/windows_mobile_weekly_roundup
_79.html>
***Pocket These Tips from Derrick Story
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/03/pocket_these_tips_from_derrick.ht
ml>
***Jolting the Industry Again
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/03/jolting_the_industry_again.html>
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Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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