From timc+perl at divide.net Sat Mar 13 14:12:05 2010 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:12:05 -0700 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] [Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--March] Message-ID: <4B9C0DB5.6010004@divide.net> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--March Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:02:01 -0800 From: Marsee Henon If you cannot read the information below, click here . Forward this annoucement to a friend O'Reilly.com User Group Newsletter Mar 2010 Issue: * Welcome <#1> * Tips for User Group Leaders <#2> * Register Now--Free Upcoming Webcasts and Online Conferences <#3> * 35-45% user group book discount <#4> * UG leaders only--Put Up a Banner, Get a Free Book <#5> * Discount offers from Safari Books Online & The O'Reilly School of Technolgy <#6> New Releases: *97 Things Every Programmer Should Know * By Kevlin Henney *Add Audio and Video to Your Site: The Mini Missing Manual * *Add Interactivity to Your Site: The Mini Missing Manual * *The Art of Assembly Language, Second Edition * By Randall Hyde *Attract Visitors to Your Site: The Mini Missing Manual * *Beginning Mac Programming * By Tim Isted *CLR via C#, Third Edition * By Jeffrey Richter *Creating Keynote Slideshows: The Mini Missing Manual * *Croll & Power's Communilytics Master Class * By Alistair Croll , Sean Power *Developing Large Web Applications * By Kyle Loudon *Effective UI * By Jonathan Anderson , John McRee , Robb Wilson , The EffectiveUI Team *HTML & CSS: The Good Parts * By Ben Henick *jQuery: Novice to Ninja * By Earle Castledine , Craig Sharkie *Layout in Pages '09: The Mini Missing Manual * *Learning iPhone Programming * By Alasdair Allan *Metaprogramming Ruby * By Paolo Perrotta *Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) Administrator's Companion * By Yuri Diogenes , Jim Harrison , Mohit Saxena *Open Government * By Daniel Lathrop , Laurel Ruma *Programming the Mobile Web: Rough Cuts Version * By Maximiliano Firtman *REST in Practice: Rough Cuts Version * *RESTful Web Services Cookbook * *Sharing Keynote Slideshows: The Mini Missing Manual * *Take Control of Screen Sharing in Snow Leopard * *Tap Happy: Rough Cuts Version * *Word Processing in Pages '09: The Mini Missing Manual * *Zen and the Magic of Photography * By Wayne Rowe Stay Connected: O'Reilly on Twitter O'Reilly Authors on Twitter O'Reilly on Facebook O'Reilly on YouTube O'Reilly News & Commentary O'Reilly Answers: How to move lots of files between Google Docs accounts (a batch solution) Begining mySQL for every day work and linking in and out of MS Excel How do I uninstall ghost apps from my Droid? Is there a way to disable the Android Music app without completely uninstalling it? Croll & Power's Communilytics Master Class excerpt: Strangeloop Networks case study More Answers > Welcome Hi there, Here's a slide to promote our UG discount information at your user group meetings. Simply download a PowerPoint or Keynote version of the slide here. If you need a different size or format, let me know. I hope you've noticed our new $9.99 ebook deal of the day on oreilly.com. Check our daily announcements on Twitter , Facebook , and LinkedIn . Or follow our RSS Feed . We're looking for people to write reviews of our new video "Croll & Power's Communilytics Master Class--Social Media Analytics ." I attended this very session. Travel update: I'm headed to Microsoft Mix March 15-17 in Las Vegas. We'll be in the Commons area selling Microsoft Press and O'Reilly Media books. Stop by and say hi. Thanks, --Marsee Henon P.S. Don't forget you can register for the O'Reilly Newsletter and product announcements to keep up to date between user group newsletters. You can pick and choose your lists here . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tips for User Group Leaders * I've just posted the following: "What do you do when you have a speaker that cancels at the last minute?" Please post your answer online. * Are you interested in Live Streaming your meetings? 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