From timc+perl at divide.net Tue May 1 21:10:43 2012 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 22:10:43 -0600 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--May1 In-Reply-To: <1335923125.19275.0.055461@post.oreilly.com> References: <1335923125.19275.0.055461@post.oreilly.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Marsee Henon & Jon Johns* Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2012 Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--May1 ** View in browser. Forward this announcement to a friend [image: Header] Hello, With all this fantastic weather we've been enjoying, it's easy to see why so many great things have started to bloom. Maker Faireis around the corner and events like the Make Hardware Innovation Workshopand D2W have popped up on the radar. The Ceres garden in the back of the O'Reilly Sebastopol campus is taking shape and looking for support. Also, the Greenlight for Girls robotics project just sprouted up in the OSCON Expo halland looks to be the premier event for young aspiring engineers. And remember to get those review book requests in so our UG strike force have plenty of time to process your request. ?Marsee Henon & Jon Johns ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual] The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or your blog. - Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual - JavaScript Step by Step, 2nd Edition - Node Up and Running It?s easy for you to request books for your meetings or special events?just email usergroups at oreilly.com and include the words ?book request? in the 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. ------------------------------ New Releases ------------------------------ D2W (May 16-18, Kansas City) D2W is a workflow conference with sessions including collaboration, HTML5, CSS3, Mobile design, gaming, Wordpress, tons of UX topics, Javascript, PhoneGap, Sencha and SO much more. Speakers include Adobe Evangelists, Lynda.com video authors and more book authors than you can imagine. More info and signup here . ------------------------------ Help support the Ceres Community Garden at O'Reilly The Ceres Community Gardenis the new garden behind O'Reilly where all the food grown goes to meals for people with serious illness, while teen volunteers do the majority of the gardening and cooking. The Ceres garden is a finalist in a grant competition from Deloach Vineyards and with our help they can win funding and publicity in Organic Gardening Magazine. This grant goes to the top five community gardens with the most votes and they need our help getting them so please take a minute and go online to vote for them. Just click on the last picture in the second row here . You can vote everyday until August 6th, so consider adding a reminder to your calendar today. ------------------------------ Greenlight for Girls Greenlight for Girlswill be running a robotics projectin the OSCON Expo Hallfor girls ages 11 to 15. It's open to anyone, not just daughters of OSCON attendees. If you know of a nonprofit organization using open source technologies to support their cause, mission, or community goals, encourage them to apply for a complimentary booth in the Nonprofit Pavilion at OSCON. In addition to the booth space, we'll also provide a 3-Day Pass to OSCON and exposure on oscon.com. Applications are due May 3 . Also, don't forget that the Best Price ends May 3 so register earlyto get the best savings. ------------------------------ PyOhio (July 28-29, Columbus) PyOhiois one of the largest Python conferences in the midwest, and the largest entirely free Python conference anywhere. PyOhio 2012 will take place Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29, 2012 at the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, Open Spaces and Sprints. More info and signup here . ------------------------------ Meet Experts Online: Upcoming Free Webcasts We've got some great webcastscoming up soon that you'll want to tell your members about. 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By the way, you'll want to check out our recent podcasts, if you haven't already. There's some great stuff in there. Speaking of great stuff, have you seen our freely available Open Books? These titles include our Community Pressbooks, written collectively by communities like yours. ?Marsee Henon & Jon Johns ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: PayPal APIs: Up and Running, 2nd Edition] The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or your blog. - PayPal APIs: Up and Running, 2nd Edition - Mobile Design Pattern Gallery, Color Edition - Node: Up and Running It?s easy for you to request books for your meetings or special events?just email usergroups at oreilly.com and include the words ?book request? in the 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. ------------------------------ New Releases ------------------------------ Education Day at Maker Faire Bay Area (May 17, San Mateo) Inspire your students at Education Day, a unique preview of Maker Faire Bay Area. On Thursday, May 17, 2012, students get a sneak peek at some of our exhibits and workshops as Maker Faire is being set up for the weekend. Students meet and interact with selected Makers, participate in activities, and get a glimpse of the setup process. Registrationis required. ------------------------------ Submit a Proposal for the OSCON Open Edu Track We're looking for speakers to lead sessions in OSCON's Open Edu track. We want to hear about the key projects, APIs, open standards, and technological challenges in education technology as it? accelerates the progress of U.S. public schools. Submit your proposalby May 25. ------------------------------ LGBT and Women's Community Meet-ups at Fluent Folks interested in connecting with the LGBTor women'scommunities at Fluent will be happy to know that there will be meet-up events at the conference, Tuesday night and Wednesday night, respectively. Both are open to the public. ------------------------------ O'Reilly Podcasts Have you checked out our podcasts lately? We've got four active shows that include: The *TOC podcast*, which features interviews from the publishing world: - See TOC podcast episodes: http://oreil.ly/tlcH4t - Subscribe through iTunes: http://bit.ly/vB9S3J The *Code podcast* is a far-reaching collection of interviews relevant to developers: - See Code podcast episodes: http://oreil.ly/IeMjW9 - Subscribe through iTunes: http://bit.ly/ITCOt5 The *Velocity podcast* highlights the web operations and performance space: - See Velocity podcast episodes: http://oreil.ly/IqGz8D - Subscribe through iTunes: http://bit.ly/ITHP4U And the *Radar Show* casts a wide net over the people, products and initiatives relevant to O'Reilly: - See Radar Show episodes: http://oreil.ly/wglXnD - Subscribe through iTunes: http://bit.ly/JsuiBi ------------------------------ Velocity in London Call for Speakers If you're a performance design ace, possess legendary coding skills, manage multiple data centers, or respond to crises with the agility of an HTTP acrobat, we want to hear from you. 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In appreciation of the ???Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth,?? we???re dedicating this week???s UG newsletter to all things Make. Don???t know what Maker Faire is? The first 3 people who are able to attend and email us back at usergroups at oreilly.com will get a free pair of tickets to Maker Faire Bay Area. ?Marsee Henon & Jon Johns P.S. Celebrate Maker Faire with our ebooks this week at http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/celebrating-maker-faire.do and our new video ???Get Started with Arduino and iOS?? by Alasdair Allan http://shop.oreilly.com/category/deals/alasdair-allan-owo.do ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: Learn to Solder] The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or your blog. - Learning to Solder - Getting Started with Netduino - Fitness for Geeks It's easy for you to request books for your meetings or special events?just email usergroups at oreilly.com and include the words "book request" in the 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. ------------------------------ New Releases ------------------------------ Mini Maker Faire at Fluent Conference Watch for Mini Maker Faireat our Fluent conferencestarting at 12:30pm on Thursday, May 31. The call for participation is now open for makers interested in displaying their projects at this event. We???re particularly interested in anything that is browser based or involves sensors or data visualization, but don???t be shy if you have other projects as well. Apply hereby May 18. ------------------------------ Education Day at Maker Faire Bay Area (May 17, San Mateo) Inspire your students at Education Day, a unique preview of Maker Faire Bay Area. On Thursday, May 17, 2012, students get a sneak peek at some of our exhibits and workshops as Maker Faire is being set up for the weekend. Students meet and interact with selected Makers, participate in activities, and get a glimpse of the setup process. Registrationis required. ------------------------------ Hardware Innovation Workshop (May 15-16, Palo Alto) MAKE magazine will be hosting its Hardware Innovation Workshop, May 15-16 in Palo Alto, CA. Learn how you can benefit from the maker movement and connect with technology innovators, influencers, and thought-leaders at this nascent event. Registernow. ------------------------------ Maker Faire Live Streams This year at Maker Faire we???ll have multiple video streamsbroadcasting LIVE. Choose from the LIVE Fishbowl Camera, where MAKE Magazine editorial staff will be conducting one-on-one interviews with prominent makers as they come off the stage, or the LIVE Roaming Camera, where Brookelynn and Nat follow as many makers as possible during the entire run of the event. ------------------------------ Maker Faire App for iOS and Android Folks interested in getting the most out of Maker Faire Bay Area will want to check out the Maker Faire app. Quickly find Makers and Exhibits, get at-a-glance access to a complete program schedule, including special events, pinpoint your next attraction with search, create a personal schedule, learn the venue and surrounding area with maps, and ???tweet?? , ???like?? , or post to your hearts content with Facebook and Twitter integration. Get it for iOSor Androidtoday. ------------------------------ Maker Faire Program Guide Get a head start with MFBA by downloading the Maker Faire Program Guide. The guide also includes a handy map of the entire event. Download your PDFcopy today. ------------------------------ Brighton Mini Maker Faire (September 8, Brighton, UK) The Brighton Mini Maker Fairewill be making a return to Brighton on September 8, 2012. Everyone involved was truly bowled over by the popularity of last year???s event. We knew we???d need to expand next time. Call for Makers ends June 20, 2012, so please sign up todayto secure your participation in this growing event. ------------------------------ Experience Maker Press Books on Safari Books Online [image: Maker Press] Receive a 10-day free trial and 20% off monthly fees to a Safari Books OnlineLibrary subscription for up to a year. That means unlimited access to more than 21,000 books and videos about technology, digital media, personal development and business from O'Reilly Media, Maker Press, and more than 100 of the world's leading publishers. 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Let us know what you prefer. ?Marsee Henon & Jon Johns ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: Photoshop CS6] The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or your blog. - Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual - Hadoop: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition - The Art of Community, 2nd Edition It's easy for you to request books for your meetings or special events?just email usergroups at oreilly.com and include the words "book request" in the 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. ------------------------------ New Releases ------------------------------ Community Leadership Summit Events Community groups from around the world will be gathering together for two major events this summer. Regardless of your geographic location or area of interest, you'll want to meet with other members of your tribe at either the INETA Community Leadership Summit Meetingin Orlando on June 10 (right before TechEd) or the Community Leadership Summit(right before OSCON) in Portland on July 14-15. ------------------------------ Strata Conference in London Announced We just announced Strata Conference is coming to Londonon October 1-2. If your members are interested in real-world solutions to finance, media, and government data issues, they won't want to miss this essential data-science event. Call for speakers is now open. Submit your proposal by May 24. ------------------------------ Microsoft Press Author Robert Bogue on SharePoint Looking to hear more about SharePoint? Microsoft Press author Robert Bogue is looking for speaking opportunities. Send us an email if your group is interested (usergroups at oreilly.com) ------------------------------ Mobile Web Performance & Optimization Podcast A large chunk of the web is still formatted for larger screens and always-on connections. If you're interested in optimizing your website to meet the demands of the increasing number of mobile users, you'll want to check out the latest Velocity podcastwith Mike Hendrickson. He speaks with Cloud Four founding members Jason Grigsby and Lyza Danger Gardner on mobile web performance. ------------------------------ Experience Safari Books Online Receive a 10-day free trial and 20% off monthly fees to a Safari Books OnlineLibrary subscription for up to a year. That means unlimited access to more than 21,000 books and videos about technology, digital media, personal development and business from O'Reilly Media, Maker Press, and more than 100 of the world's leading publishers. 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