From timc+perl at divide.net Wed Feb 4 19:39:04 2009 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:39:04 -0700 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 4] Message-ID: <498A5F58.9030504@divide.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, February 4 Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:22:38 -0800 From: Marsee Henon To: timc+pppm+oreilly at divide.net If you cannot read the information below, click here . O'Reilly.com UG Program Newsletter Hi there--- viguy We've been running some really great book excerpts on oreilly.com and will be featuring more. New ones include "Installing the iPhone SDK ," "Choosing an Appropriate Performance Testing Tool ," "Applying Lean to Software Development ," and "The Relational Model Is Much Misunderstood ." Keep track by checking out oreilly.com or better yet, follow us on twitter at twitter.com/oreillymedia where we post them right away. 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Marsee ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In this issue: * O'Reilly UG Program News---Just for User Group Leaders <#ugprogram> * New Releases <#newreleases> * Upcoming Events <#upcoming> * Conferences and Special Events News <#conferencenews> * School of Technology <#school> * News from O'Reilly & Beyond <#news> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ O'Reilly UG Program News---Just for User Group Leaders February 4, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Put Up a Banner Get a Free Book We're looking for user groups to display our discount banners on their web sites. If you send me your group's site with one or more banners, I'll send you the O'Reilly book(s) of your choice. 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Michigan Avenue, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL Gordon Meyer (*Smart Home Hacks *) will present about Mac-based home automation at the Chicago Apple Users Group. * Lesa Snider King at CapMac in Austin * craftzine.com * Feb 10, 2009 * Sherlock's Baker Street Pub Austin, TX Lesa Snider King (*Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual* ) presents "Tips and Tricks from Photoshop CS4" to Capital Macintosh. * Derrick Story at NCMUG * * Feb 17, 2009 * Rohnert Park, CA Author Derrick Story (*The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers* , *The Digital Photography Companion* , and *iPhoto 8: The Missing Manual* ) presents "Photoshop made Easy" at the *North Coast Mac Users Group* . * Dux Raymond Sy presents "7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success" at PMI-WDC * * Feb 19, 2009 * Skyline 6, Suite 800 Falls Church, VA Dux Raymond Sy (SharePoint for Project Management ) will present "7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success" at the Skyline PMI Luncheon. Acquire the practical knowledge of how SharePoint can address common project management challenges such as Inefficient communication among stakeholders, poor document management practices, and undefined project collaboration standards that can compromise project success. * George Reese on Cloud Computing at the UWM Center for Technology Innovation * * Feb 20, 2009 * UWM Lubar School of Business, Lubar Hall, Room N146 Milwaukee, WI George Reese (*Web Architecture and Programming in the Cloud: Rough Cuts Version* ) presents a full day seminar on cloud computing at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's Center for Technology Innovation. Topics covered include an overview of cloud computing technologies, what you need to know when moving into the cloud, security issues, and business continuity issues. * Dux Raymond Sy presents "5 Ways to Enhance SharePoint Site Usability" * * Feb 21-21, 2009 * Microsoft Office: 1290 Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Ave) between W 51st and W 52nd Streets, 6th Flo New York, NY, USA Author Dux Raymond Sy (*SharePoint for Project Management *) will impart proven techniques on how to improve SharePoint usability to increase user adoption in leveraging SharePoint for collaboration. * Marco Casario presents at FITC Amsterdam * craftzine.com * Feb 22-24, 2009 * Felix Meritis, European Centre for Arts and Sciences Amsterdam Author Marco Casario (Adobe AIR 1.5 Cookbook ) will present "Local Persistent Data with AIR and ActionScript 3." Learn how to leverage your file system's access features of the AIR APIs and how to apply advanced tecniques to store data locally. * Nancy Duarte at VizThink '09 * * Feb 22-25, 2009 * Farimont Hotel San Jose, CA Join Nancy Duarte (*slide:ology* ) at VizThink '09--a conference that brings together a broad cross section of the visual thinking community. They're bringing content from each of the visual arts disciplines together to create a unique mix of content. Nancy will be a facilitator, leading and participating in discussions and activities. * Paco Hope at FutureTest 2009 * * Feb 24-25, 2009 * Roosevelt Hotel New York, New York Author Paco Hope (*Web Security Testing Cookbook* ) presents "The Cyber Tester: Blending Human and Machine". The message of this talk is that compelling and competitive testers in today's world are human/machine hybrids who seamlessly leverage tools as never before. * Dave Cross presents an "Introduction to Perl" in the London * * Feb 25, 2009 * Imperial Hotel, Russell Square London, UK Dave Cross (co-author of *Perl Template Toolkit* ) presents a one-day beginners course in Perl. * Jonathan Zdziarski presents "iPhone Forensics" at the Gartner Mobile Summit 2009 * * Feb 25, 2009 * Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers Chicago, IL gartner Jonathan Zdziarski (*iPhone Forensics* and *iPhone SDK Application Development* ) presents "iPhone Forensics: How a Thief can Bypass Security to Steal Personal Information and Corporate Secrets." This workshop will demonstrate some of the techniques used to bypass the security of the iPhone to access the raw disk image, and explains what information can be gleaned from the device. 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