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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 18
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:34:12 -0700
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In this issue:
* O'Reilly UG Program News---Just for User Group Leaders <#ugprogram>
* New Releases <#newreleases>
* Upcoming Events <#upcoming>
* Conference News <#conferencenews>
* School of Technology <#school>
* News from O'Reilly & Beyond <#news>
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Barbican Centre, London
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* Web 2.0 Summit <http://www.web2summit.com/> *
* Oct 17-19, 2007 *
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* Eddie Tapp at Maryland PPA <http://www.marylandppa.com/home.htm> *
* Oct 17, 2007 *
Columbia, MD
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<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoworkflow/index.html> & *Practical
Color Management* <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/colormgmt/>) is
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* O'Reilly at PhotoPlus Expo <http://www.photoplusexpo.com> *
* Oct 18-20, 2007 *
Jacob Javits Convention Center
New York, NY
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design seminars, including several hands-on workshops, taught by
world-renowned experts. You'll find information-packed, idea-generating
sessions at the only conference in the country that's 100% focused on
photography, design & imaging. While you're there, stop by the O'Reilly
booth (# 1448) to say hi, and pick up some great new books.
* Eddie Tapp at Photo East <http://www.pdnonline.com/> *
* Oct 18-20, 2007 *
New York, NY
Author Eddie Tapp (*Photoshop Workflow Setups*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoworkflow/index.html> and *Practical
Color Management* <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/colormgmt/>) is
presenting a Workflow Seminar.
* Maker Faire 2007--Austin <http://makerfaire.com/> *
* Oct 20-21, 2007 *
Travis County Fairgrounds
Austin, TX
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projects and demonstrations, and see the Ultimate Workshop.
* James Shore Speaks to the Houston Agile Developer Group
<http://agilehouston.org/Main/AgileEngineering> *
* Oct 22, 2007 *
Houston, TX
Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>) will give a
presentation entitled "Agile Engineering: No Debt, No Defects" to the
Houston Agile Developer Group. Agile methods place high demands on
developers: every iteration--as often as every week--the team must
deliver working, tested software to their customers. Every iteration,
the team may be asked to change direction and work on an entirely new
set of requirements. To meet this challenge, agile engineering practices
are a must. Join James for a discussion of how Extreme Programming's
engineering practices mesh together to allow teams to approach the ideal
of software with no defects and no technical debt. Practices discussed
include pair programming, ten-minute builds, continuous integration,
incremental and evolutionary design, test-driven development, and more.
* Elliotte Rusty Harold at NYPHP Conference 2007
<http://www.nyphp.org/content/calendar/view_entry.php?id=113&date=20071023>
*
* Oct 23, 2007 *
IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
New York City, NY
Author Elliotte Rusty Harold (XML in a Nutshell
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlnut3/>) will be speaking about a
plethora of XML related topics at New York PHP Conference 2007. If
you're working in publishing, including web publishing, you owe it to
yourself to take a serious look at the available XML databases. This
high-level talk explains what XML databases are good for and when you
might choose one over a more traditional solution. You'll learn about
the different options in both open and closed source XML databases
including pure XML, hybrid relational-XML, and other models.
* Tenni Theurer at The Ajax Experience, Boston
<http://ajaxexperience.techtarget.com/> *
* Oct 24-26, 2007 *
Seaport Hotel
Boston, MA
Tenni Theurer, manager of the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, will
be speaking together at The Ajax Experience in Boston October 24-26.
Through a series of research studies, Yahoo!'s Exceptional Performance
Team has identified 14 best practices for making web pages faster. Tenni
will go in-depth on these best practices detailed in Steve Souders new
book High Performance Web Sites
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529307/>, and also demonstrate a
recently released tool called YSlow, which was developed as an extension
to Firebug and analyzes web pages according to the performance best
practices.
* James Shore Speaks to the Portland XP User Group
<http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PortlandXpUsersGroup> *
* Oct 24, 2007 *
Portland, OR
Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>) will give a
presentation entitled "Testers and Agile Engineering: Bridging the Gap"
to the Portland XP User Group. In this presentation, James will share
lessons learned from several years of helping testers integrate into
agile teams. Learn how to use testers' specialized skills to prevent
defects, not just find them. Topics include requirements collaboration
with Fit, customer reviews, exploratory testing, and working with
developers who are using test-driven development.
* Adobe Presents Colin Moock's /ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up/
Tour <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/> *
* Oct 27, 2007 *
San Francisco, CA
Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>) for a packed day of
*free* ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this training will
leave attendees with new understanding, tips and tricks, pamphlets and
information to take home, and a discount coupon to purchase Essential
ActionScript 3.0 <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>. This
free event is sure to fill up quickly, so register early!
* Tenni Theurer at CSDN-Dr.Dobbs Software Development 2.0 Conference
<http://sd2china.cn/english/> *
* Oct 29-30, 2007 *
Jiuhua Resort
Changping District, Beijing
Tenni Theurer, manager of the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, will
be speaking at CSDN-Dr.Dobbs Software Development 2.0 Conference in
Beijing November 29-30. Her talk will highlight the latest research
results and performance breakthroughs detailed in Steve Souders new book
High Performance Web Sites
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529307/>, and explore case
studies to demonstrate how these solutions have accelerated the user
experience on Yahoo!'s most prominent Web pages.
* James Shore Participates in the JavaRanch Book Forums
<http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BookPromotionsSchedule> *
* Oct 30-Nov 2, 2007 *
Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>) will be be
participating in the online JavaRanch "Agile and Other Processes" forum
Tuesday through Thursday, answering questions and raisin' a ruckus. On
Friday, four copies of the book will be given to forum participants.
* Web 2.0 Expo Berlin <http://berlin.web2expo.com/> *
* Nov 5-8, 2007 *
Berlin, Germany
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin is the conference and tradeshow for the rapidly
growing ranks of designers and developers, product managers,
entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, and business strategists who are
embracing the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies.
* Adobe Presents Colin Moock's /ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up/
Tour <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/> *
* Nov 5, 2007 *
Los Angeles, CA
Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>) for a packed day of
*free* ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this training will
leave attendees with new understanding, tips and tricks, pamphlets and
information to take home, and a discount coupon to purchase Essential
ActionScript 3.0 <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>. This
free event is sure to fill up quickly, so register early!
* Jesse Liberty at TechEd Barcelona
<http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/developers/Content/Pages/Default.aspx>
*
* Nov 5-9, 2007 *
Barcelona, Spain
Author Jesse Liberty (*Programming C# 3.0*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527433/> and *Programming ASP.NET
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet3/>*) will be delivering a
talk on Microsoft Silverlight.
* Robert Hoekman, Jr. Speaks at Future of Web Design 2007
<http://www.futureofwebdesign.com/index.html> *
* Nov 7-8, 2007 *
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
New York, New York
Author Robert Hoekman, Jr. (Flash 8: Project for Learning Animation and
Interactivity <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/flashprojects/> and
Flash Out of the Box <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/flashbox/>) will
be presenting a workshop on "Improving Interface Design" at the Future
of Web Design 2007 conference in New York City, November 7-8.
* O'Reilly authors speaking at the 2007 DC PHP Conference
<http://www.dcphpconference.com/> *
* Nov 7-9, 2007 *
The George Washington University - Cafritz Conference Center
Washington, DC
O'Reilly is a proud sponsor of the 2007 DC PHP Conference. This years
conference is focussed on Creating Enterprise Level Web Applications
with PHP. Tracks include PHP Security, Scalability, and the Art of PHP.
O'Reilly authors Rasmus Lerdorf, Chris Shiflett, David Sklar, and Adam
Trachtenberg are speaking. For O'Reilly readers only this conference is
being offered for the discounted rate of $225 for both session days and
the Friday Tutorials! Click here to take advantage of this offer. For
details, see http://dcphpconference.com/?q=node/171
* James Shore Will Be Participating in the Portland QA Special Interest
Group's Roundtable Discussion
<https://db.sao.org/calendar2/event_description.htm?eventID=11/8/07> *
* Nov 8, 2007 *
Portland, OR
Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>) will be be
participating in the Portland QA Special Interest Group's Roundtable
Discussion on Nov. 8th.
* James Shore Will Be Speaking at the Seattle XP User Group
<http://www.seattlexp.org/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?SeattleXpMeetings> *
* Nov 8, 2007 *
Seattle, WA
Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>) will be speaking at the
Seattle XP User Group. His presentation, entitled "Agile Engineering: No
Debt, No Defects," will address how Extreme Programming's engineering
practices mesh together to allow teams to approach the ideal of software
with no defects and no technical debt. Practices discussed include pair
programming, ten-minute builds, continuous integration, incremental and
evolutionary design, test-driven development, and more.
* Mikkel Aaland speaking at 6Sight Conference
<http://www.pmai.org/index.cfm/ci_id=33544> *
* Nov 8-9, 2007 *
Monterey Conference Center and the Portola Plaza Hotel
Monterey, CA
The top imaging minds in the world return to Monterey, Calif. for the
seventh successive year to participate in the 6Sight® Future of Imaging
conference, eager to explore the opportunities and challenges the future
of imaging holds in store for their businesses. Mikkel Aaland, author of
Photoshop Lightroom Adventure
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100995/>, is a featured speaker.
* Author Steve Feuerstein Gives Seminar on Oracle and PL/SQL Best
Practices <http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2007/index.html> *
* Nov 11-15, 2007 *
San Francisco, CA
Author Steve Feuerstein (Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 4th
Ed. <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514044/index.html> and Oracle
PL/SQL Best Practices, 2nd Ed.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514105/index.html>) will give
three separate presentations regarding Oracle and PL/SQL Practices
during this major annual conference sponsored by the Oracle Corporation.
* Tom Limoncelli at LISA'07
<http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa07/training/tutonefile.html#s7> *
* Nov 11, 2007 *
Dallas, TX
Author Tom Limoncelli (*Time Management for System Administrators*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/timemgmt/>) discusses techniques he's
developed over the last 15 years including how to find time to get
projects done, the best way to manage interruptions from users, open
source tools for tracking requests, and how to turn chaos into free time.
* Adobe Presents Colin Moock's /ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up/
Tour <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/> *
* Nov 12, 2007 *
New York, New York
Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>) for a packed day of
*free* ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this training will
leave attendees with new understanding, tips and tricks, pamphlets and
information to take home, and a discount coupon to purchase Essential
ActionScript 3.0 <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>. This
free event is sure to fill up quickly, so register early!
* Eddie Tapp at Samy's Camera <http://www.samys.com> *
* Nov 14, 2007 *
Los Angeles, CA
Author Eddie Tapp (*Photoshop Workflow Setups*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoworkflow/index.html> and *Practical
Color Management* <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/colormgmt/>) is
presenting a seminar called "Print Master."
* Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo <http://www.cmptech.jp/web2expo/eng/> *
* Nov 15-16, 2007 *
Tokyo, Japan
Web 2.0 EXPO Tokyo is designed to be the major annual Japanese gathering
of the technical, design, marketing, and business professionals who are
building the next generation web.
* Eddie Tapp at Chicago Area Camera Club <http://www.ChiCameraClubs.org> *
* Nov 18, 2007 *
Chicago, IL
Author Eddie Tapp (*Photoshop Workflow Setups*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoworkflow/index.html> and *Practical
Color Management* <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/colormgmt/>) is
presenting a Photoshop Seminar.
* Eddie Tapp at the Software-Cinema Training Camps
<http://www.software-cinema.com> *
* Nov 18, 2007 *
San Francisco, CA
Author Eddie Tapp (*Photoshop Workflow Setups*
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoworkflow/index.html> and *Practical
Color Management* <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/colormgmt/>) is a
presenter.
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Francisco Airport Marriott in Burlingame, California, US. Proposals are
due no later than November 26, 2007.
Graphing Social Patterns Conference <http://graphingsocial.com/>
Graphing Social Patterns conference <http://graphingsocial.com/>
March 3-4 in 2008 in San Diego, California
GSP explores the components of building and distributing apps for
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about the Facebook environment, and how to reach online communities
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O'Reilly Money:Tech Conference
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*Perl Foundation Board of Directors election, New people, New Positions*
<http://news.perlfoundation.org/2007/09/perl_foundation_board_of_direc.html>
The Perl Foundation is pleased to announce new appointments to several
board positions: Bill Odom, previously President, becomes Chairman;
Richard Dice becomes President; and Jim Brandt becomes Vice President.
The board elected these new members in an August 2007 vote by the board
members as mandated by the charter. Kurt DeMaagd will continue to serve
as Treasurer, and Nat Torkington and Allison Randal will continue to
serve as directors.
*Day of .NET in Ann Arbor <http://www.dayofdotnet.org/>*
This is a one-day conference on all things .NET organized by Great Lakes
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.NET User Group, Greater Lansing User Group .NET, and West Michigan .NET
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<http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BookPromotions>
JavaRanch invites authors of books to visit their forums, answer
questions, and share their knowledge. The promotions always start on
Tuesday and end on Friday. Some time during the day on Friday, the
promotion will end and the forum will be combed for qualifying messages
since the promotion began. From these, four winners will be randomly
selected. Be sure to check the list of winners which will be posted in
the forum on Friday. Upcoming books include "Head First SQL" and "The
Art of Agile Development."
*The 2008 Annual Convention of the APCUG*
<http://www.apcug.net/events/2008/index.htm>
The 2008 Annual Convention of the Association of Personal Computer User
Groups (APCUG) will be late Thursday afternoon, January 3rd to late
Sunday morning, January 6th. Come to the annual convention to learn the
latest in UG management. Activities include Roundtable/Educational
Sessions, opportunities to meet vendors, Newsletter, Website, and photo
contest awards, and more.
*Macworld 2008: Apple User Group Wine and Cheese Reception*
<http://acteva.com/go/macworld>
Apple user group leaders and friends from around the world are invited
to the Apple User Group Wine and Cheese Reception on January 14, from
4-7 p.m. at The Westin San Francisco Market Street (formerly The
Argent). The Apple User Group Advisory Board (UGAB) is proud to bring
you a user group event at Macworld for the 10th consecutive year. This
exciting new event will offer vendor interaction, raffles, entertainment
and some surprise guests. User group members qualify for a 50 percent
discount by using a special user group member URL available from your
group's ambassador. Hosted by the Apple User Group Advisory Board (UGAB)
and UGAB Support Services, this worldwide offer is limited to the first
300 registrants.
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Articles
*Maker Faire Austin--Adventures in Time Video*
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/the_future_is_maker_faire.html>
Baron Von PT and the Brebot travel forward in time to gander the FUTURE
and the future is Maker Faire Austin-October 20-21, 2007 where brains
collide!
Maker Faire Austin--Adventures in Time Video
<http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/the_future_is_maker_faire.html>
*Maker Faire's Sherry Huss and Dale Dougherty on Austin's NPR KUT-FM*
<http://kut.org/items/show/10258>
Hear the latest on what will be happening this weekend in Austin.
*Jim Shore (Art of Agile Development) Coming Soon to a Town Near You*
<http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Art-of-Agile-Events.html>
Jim's got many UG events lined up in Seattle, Portland, Houston, and the
SF Bay Area. Check out his web site for more info.
*FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual ScreenCasts*
<http://missingmanuals.com/screencasts.csp>
When reading isn't enough, try a screencast narrated by the authors
themselves.The latest batch is from Geoff Coffey, author of "Filemaker
Pro 9: The Missing Manual."
*The Worldwide Lexicon: Adding Collaborative Translation to Your Site*
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2007/09/27/the-worldwide-lexicon-adding-collaborative-translation-to-your-site.html>
The Worldwide Lexicon is an open source project that has recently
published a suite of collaborative translation tools that enable readers
to create, edit and share translations to and from almost any human
language. This article explains how you can use WWL to make your site or
content accessible in many languages.
*Makers and Crafters, it's time to enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun
Halloween contests!*
<http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/09/diy_halloween_make_crafts_mass.html>
Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter all or just some of the
contests. Entering is easy: just upload your photos to the DIY HALLOWEEN
Flickr photo pool and tag them "DIYHALLOWEEN." Or email them to
make.magazine at gmail.com <mailto:%22make.magazine at gmail.com%22>, or put
them on Instructables in the MAKE group with a tag "DIYHALLOWEEN"--and
we'll upload them to the Flickr pool. The lists of contests includes
Hack-o'-Lantern, Costume, Decorations, Haunted house and gadgets, Food,
and Trick-or-Treat. Have your entries in before Sunday, November 4,
2007, at 1:59 pm EST.
*Sitepoint's Ruby on Rails book is now free to Download*
<http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails1/freebook.php>
For the next 60 days, Patrick Lenz's Ruby on Rails beginners' book is
available to download.
*Learn to Love Complaining Clients*
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/handling-client-complaints>
Who loves client complaints? You should! In this groundbreaking article,
Brendon explains the true value of client complaints and, with his
step-by-step guide to complaint resolution, shows you how to make
complaining clients a part of your competitive edge.
For more articles, go to: *http://www.oreillynet.com/*
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Blogs
Facebook, the Quant Fund Meltdown, and the Techmeme Leaderboard
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/facebook_techmeme_money_tech.html>
Head First Labs: More voices==better books
<http://www.oreillynet.com/headfirst/blog/2007/10/more_voices_better_books.html>
7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails
<http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2007/09/7_reasons_i_switched_back_to_p_1.html>
YAPC::Europe 2007 Organization Post-Mortem
<http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/10/yapceurope_2007_organization_p.html>
On the Road to Leopard
<http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/10/on_the_road_to_leopard.html>
Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup
<http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2007/10/windows_mobile_weekly_roundup_57.html>
Color Me Accurate
<http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/10/color_me_accurate_1.html>
A Logical Editing Process
<http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/10/a_logical_editing_process_1.html>
Does your bad Java code need help? (from Rules and Flow)
<http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/10/does_your_bad_java_code_need_h.html>
After Struts what?
<http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/10/after_struts_what.html>
Until next time---
Marsee Henon <http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/marsee_henon/>
Spreading the knowledge of innovators.
<http://www.oreilly.com/>O'Reilly.com <http://www.oreilly.com>
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