[Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun4

Tue Jun 5 19:48:33 PDT 2012

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From: Marsee Henon and Jon Johns <usergroups at post.oreilly.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 7:00 PM
Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun4

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Hello,

Got your travel plans dialed in for summer? We do! Not only will the the UG
team be headed to TechEd in Orlando, we'll also be attending TechEd Europe
in Amsterdam this month. If you're attending either event, make sure you
let us know. And have you downloaded the Windows 8 Release Preview? This
week we'd like to offer you a preview of Charles Petzold's new book
"Programming
Windows, 6th Edition<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zhc3d0jej8tp1oq0jo2oueqa22t8n8gu5cd39g80>"
in ebook form (the print version will be out in November this year.) Tell
us your oreilly.com account and we'll give you a copy.

—Marsee Henon & Jon Johns

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The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider
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   - Maintainable
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   - Web Workers<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zv4gkf72irq4uhjfds9qorchbjcma170p9o7nnn8>
   - Orchard CMS: Up and
Running<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zb646kmo95vs7pqkbdrl7edkgaq5p4b8ijd6flo8>

It's easy for you to request books for your meetings or special events–just
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subject line. Don't forget to include your due date and shipping address.
Prefer ebooks? We can send you a free ebook certificate to print out for
raffles or book reviewers.

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Using Python for Computer Vision Podcast

Computer vision is increasingly being used in everyday technology. Barcode
scanning, augmented reality, and facial recognition are a few examples you
may be familiar with. O'Reilly's Andy Oram interviews Jan Erik Solem,
author of the upcoming book "Programming Computer Vision with
Python<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zqv3bpk962ahur7el9egtmt9nb3ub945n763u180>,"
in this recent O'Reilly <code>
podcast<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zkle8m85rksgmrga4rdc6ahu28n9t8fvsqtcp5d0>.

Highlights from the full video interview include:

   - The value of Python in computer vision [Discussed at the 0:24 mark]
   - Searching for images within images [Discussed at the 2:13 mark]
   - Clustering or grouping images [Discussed at the 3:22 mark]
   - Constructing a 3D scene from images [Discussed at the 6:11 mark]
   - Modeling and calibrating a camera [Discussed at the 7:22 mark]

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pass. If you haven't seen an Ignite talk watch some videos at
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Submit your talk<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zq0vqdeqll5s36rkojif22d8bfptlbm3olab0r48>by
June 21, 2012.
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OSCON Awards Taking Nominations (July 19, Portland)

The 8th Annual O'Reilly Open Source Awards will be hosted this July at
OSCON in Portland, OR. The awards recognize individual contributors who
have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration in
the development of Open Source Software.
We're accepting
nominations<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zgms9f0hs749hk6rj7is2oobqvpp5bh0qveheta0>for
the OSCON Open Source Awards until June 21.
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SharePoint Technology Conference (July 22-25, Boston)

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   samples for Metro style app development.
   - Read "What's changed for app developers since Consumer
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   on Windows 8 app developer blog for an overview of what's new in Visual
   Studio, the platform, and the De Center.
   - You'll also want to catch the latest Windows Store for Developers
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find out the latest changes to the store in Release Preview.

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