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> From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
> To: jptillman at comcast.net
> Subject: Newsletter From O'Reilly UG Program, June 10
> Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:40:41 -0700
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> O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders
> June 10, 2004
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> -Have a Virtual Book Signing at Your Next Meeting
> -We Still Have Expo Hall Passes for Macworld in Boston July 13-15
> -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get a Free Book
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> Book Info
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> General News
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> ***Have a Virtual Book Signing at Your Next Meeting
> Nitrozac and Snaggy, creators of The Joy of Tech comic and authors of "The
> Best of the Joy of Tech," have created a unique experience for their fans
> that they would like to expand to User Groups. In cases where they are
> unable to appear in person at events, they appear via iChatAV, which
> allows them to talk and interact with fans, and even sign digital
> signatures for their "The Best of the Joy of Tech." If you are interested
> in having this dynamic duo appear via iChatAV at your user group meeting,
> event, or bookstore,  let me know.
> 
> The Joy of Tech comic:
> http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/index.html
> 
> Virtual Book Signing Article:
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/04/13/virtualbooksigning.html
> 
> Samples from a Virtual Book Signing
> http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joystuff/meetandgeek.html
> 
> 
> ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get a Free Book
> We're looking for user groups to display our conference banners on their
> web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with our
> O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send you the book of your
> choice.
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> OSCON Conference Banners:
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> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> June 10, 2004
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> Book News
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> -XML Publishing with AxKit
> -Better, Faster, Lighter Java
> -Degunking Your Mac
> -Office 2003 XML
> -Inside .Mac
> -BSD Hacks
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Upcoming Events
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Bonnie Biafore ("Online Investing Hacks,") NAIC Compufest 2004, St.
> Louis, MO--June 17-20
> -Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks," "Digital Photography Pocket
> Guide, 2nd Ed.")and Ken Milburn ("Digital Photography: Expert 
> Techniques"), NBMA-SFDIG Digital Photo Expo, Mil Valley, CA--June 19
> -Tim O'Reilly, eBay Developers Conference, New Orleans, LA--June 23-24
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Conference News
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> -Attending OSCON? Don't Forget to Sign up for the Tutorials!
> -O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech Boston, MA--June
> 27-July 2
> -An Interview with Derrick Story (Digital Photo Hacker at Large)
> -Paul Graham on Hacking
> -A Survey of DVD Recording Formats
> -Free Exhibit Hall Pass for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, 
> San Francisco, CA
> -How We Wrote "BSD Hacks"
> -Inside Mitch Kapor's World
> -Building a Linux Media PC
> -Basic Guide to Enterprise Application Distribution
> -Inside Contextual Menu Items
> -Troubleshooting Stop Errors
> -SnagIt: The Ultimate Screen Capture Program
> -Improving JSF by Dumping JSP
> -SMS-Powered Applications
> -What's New in Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition?
> -C# Iterators
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News From Your Peers
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Are you Annoyed?
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> Book News
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> New Releases
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> ***XML Publishing with AxKit
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 0596002165
> "XML Publishing with AxKit" presents web programmers with the knowledge
> they need to master AxKit, a mod_perl- and Apache-based XML content
> delivery solution. This book provides detailed information on installing,
> configuring, and deploying AxKit effectively, and it features a thorough
> introduction to XSP, which applies the concepts of Server Pages
> technologies to the XML world. The book also covers integrating AxKit with
> tools such as Template Toolkit, Apache:: Mason, Apache::ASP, and plain
> CGI, and it contains reference sections on configuration directives,
> XpathScript, and XSP. 
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlaxkit/
> 
> Chapter 3, "Your First XML Web Site," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlaxkit/chapter/index.html
> 
> 
> ***Better, Faster, Lighter Java
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 0596006764
> In this latest O'Reilly Java book, the authors argue that the old
> heavyweight architectures, such as WebLogic, JBoss, and WebSphere, are
> unwieldy, complicated, and contribute to slow and buggy application code.
> As an alternative means for building applications, the authors present two
> "lightweight" open source architectures, Hibernate and Spring, that can
> help you create enterprise applications that are easier to maintain,
> write, and debug, and are ultimately much faster.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bfljava/
> 
> The Preface, Chapter 3, "Do One Thing, and Do It Well," and Chapter 10,
> "Extending jPetStore," are available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bfljava/chapter/index.html
> 
> 
> ***Degunking Your Mac 
> Publisher: Paraglyph Press
> ISBN: 1932111948
> For optimum performance of any operating system, you need to maintain your
> computer. And just as cars need regular maintenance, so do Macs. Periodic
> cleaning of the hard drive, file maintenance, application maintenance, and
> email maintenance must be done. This is the first book to provide easy,
> step-by-step information on how to get rid of annoying clutter that can
> gunk up Macs.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1932111948/
> 
> 
> ***Office 2003 XML
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 0596005385
> "Office 2003 XML" explores the relationship between XML and Office 2003,
> examining how the Office suite of products both produce and consume XML.
> Developers will learn how to connect Office to others systems, while power
> users will learn to create and analyze XML documents using familiar Office
> tools. Beginning with an overview of the XML features included in the
> Office 2003 components, this book provides quick and clear guidance to
> anyone who needs to import or export information from Office documents
> into other systems. 
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/officexml/
> 
> Chapter 2, "The WordprocessingML Vocabulary," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/officexml/chapter/index.html
> 
> 
> ***Inside .Mac
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 0596005016
> This handy, quick reference offers a clear overview of the entire .Mac
> package and many of its not-so-obvious features. You'll learn how to set
> up and manage your account quickly and without fuss. Each .Mac service is
> discussed in an objective, no-frills fashion that'll show you how to
> use--and what to expect from--iDisk, web mail, your personal web site, and
> everything else that .Mac offers. 
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/indotmac/
> 
> Chapter 5, "Using Virex," is available free online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/indotmac/chapter/index.html
> 
> 
> ***BSD Hacks
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN: 0596006799
> Looking for a unique set of practical tips, tricks, and tools for
> administrators and power users of BSD systems? From hacks on customizing
> the user environment to networking, securing the system, and optimization,
> "BSD Hacks" takes a creative approach to saving time and accomplishing
> more with fewer resources. If you want more than the average BSD user--to
> explore and experiment, unearth shortcuts, create useful tools--this book
> is a must-have.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/
> 
> Five Sample Hacks are available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/chapter/index.html
> 
> ================================================
> Upcoming Events
> ================================================
> ***For more events, please see:
> http://events.oreilly.com/
> 
> ***Bonnie Biafore ("Online Investing Hacks,") NAIC Compufest 2004, St.
> Louis, MO--June 17-20
> Bonnie speaks at the NAIC Compufest conference, an event focusing on
> computerized investing. Adam Mark Hotel, St. Louis, MO
> http://www.better-investing.org/chapter/stlouis/events/2671
> 
> 
> ***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Hacks," "Digital Photography Pocket
> Guide, 2nd Ed.")and Ken Milburn ("Digital Photography: Expert Techniques"),
> NBMA-SFDIG Digital Photo Expo, Mil Valley, CA--June 19
> North Bay Multimedia Association,  in collaboration with the San Francisco
> Digital Imaging Group, is presenting a day devoted to digital photography.
> O'Reilly will be one of the vendors on hand.
> 12-5 pm, Saturday, June 19
> Mill Valley Community Center, Mill Valley, CA
> Free to NBMA & SFDIG members; $15 for non-members; $10 for students with
> valid ID.
> http://www.nbma.com/events/DPE.html
> 
> 
> ***Tim O'Reilly, eBay Developers Conference, New Orleans, LA--June 23-24
> Tim presents the opening keynote at this annual event for eBay and PayPal
> developers. Tim and eBay founder and chairman Pierre Omidyar will also sit
> down for a "fireside chat" Q&A session during the conference. 
> New Orleans,LA
> http://developer.ebay.com/DevProgram/
> 
> ================================================
> Conference News
> ================================================
> ***Attending OSCON? Don't Forget to Sign up for the Tutorials!
> Check out:
> David Sklar's "Learning PHP"
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5064
> 
> A. Elein Mustain's "Introduction to PostgreSQL"
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5035
> 
> Greg Sabino Mullane's "How to Play Together Nicely: Strategies for DBAs
> and Application Developers"
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5362
> 
> "Geoffrey Young's "Programming the Apache Lifecycle"
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/view/e_sess/5082
> 
> For the complete list of tutorials, go to:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/29/tutorials.html
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly Open Source Convention Early Bird Discount--Ends June 18
> User Group members who register before June 18, 2004 get a double
> discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the
> "Early Bird" price.
> 
> To register, go to:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2004/create/ord_os04
> 
> O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> Portland Marriott Downtown
> Portland, OR
> July 26-30, 2004
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
> 
> ================================================
> News From O'Reilly & Beyond
> ================================================
> ---------------------
> General News
> ---------------------
> ***Visit with O'Reilly Editors at 2004 USENIX Annual Tech,
> Boston, MA--June 27-July 2
> Come visit O'Reilly in the Partner Publisher Suite June 28-30. This
> conference includes: 6 days of training; renowned plenary speakers every
> morning; technical sessions every day; daily SIG sessions; and General and
> Freenix/Open Source refereed papers. Free exhibit & BOF registration
> available online. The early registration discount has been extended to
> June 14th. The conference runs June 27-July 2 in Boston, MA.
> http://www.usenix.org/usenix04/
> 
> 
> ***An Interview with Derrick Story (Digital Photo Hacker at Large) 
> Over the years, photography and the technology behind it have provided
> plenty of material for creative thinkers, making it a natural fit for the
> hacker spirit. In this interview with Derrick Story, O'Reilly's resident
> photo hacker, he talks about the direction of digital imaging, what makes
> it cool, and new ways that you can push the limits of your photography.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/08/photography.html
> 
> 
> ***Paul Graham on Hacking
> Paul Graham is a hacker, painter, and essayist known as much for his
> thoughtful writings on spam, hacking, and Lisp as for creating the Arc
> programming language. In this interview with the O'Reilly Network, Paul
> discusses hacking, creativity, computer science education, and language
> design. Paul is the author of a just-released collection of his essays,
> "Hackers & Painters."
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2004/05/27/paul_graham_interview.html
> 
> 
> ***A Survey of DVD Recording Formats
> Wei-Meng Lee writes of his quest for the right DVD writer to buy. After
> surveying the various DVD recording formats (DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R,
> DVD-RAM, and DVD-RW DL), as well as some of the DVD writers currently
> available on the market, Wei-Meng offers his recommendations. 
> http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/news/dvdwriters_0504.html
> 
> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***Free Exhibit Hall Pass for LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, San Francisco,
> CA--August 3-5
> Register online by July 2, 2004 with PRIORITY CODE: B0601 to receive your
> free Exhibit Hall pass.
> 
> To register, go to:
> http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/register///CC798223
> 
> 
> ***How We Wrote "BSD Hacks"
> Most technical book authors seem to use Microsoft Word to write their
> books, but what if you wanted to use open source tools to write and edit
> your book? chromatic writes about how he and author Dru Lavigne used
> PseudoPOD and Subversion to collaborate, write, edit, and produce
> O'Reilly's latest Hacks book offering, "BSD Hacks."
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2004/06/03/bsdhacks.html
> 
> 
> ***Inside Mitch Kapor's World
> Mitch Kapor has had a huge influence on the software world, being the
> founder of Lotus and a driving force behind 1-2-3. Now his Open Software
> Applications Foundation is working on Chandler, an open source PIM written
> in Python. In this O'Reilly Network interview, Mitch talks about his life
> and career, the OSAF, Chandler, open source, and Python. Mitch will
> present a Developer's Tour of Chandler at this summer's Open Source
> Convention.
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2004/06/03/mitch_kapor_interview.html
> 
> 
> ***Building a Linux Media PC 
> What do DVDs, CDs, TV stations, and video games have in common? Besides
> the fact that they require bulky equipment that takes up precious space in
> your living room, you can play them all on a PC running Linux. John
> Littler introduces the Linux media PC, a media convergence device.
> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/05/27/linux_media_pc.html
> 
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Basic Guide to Enterprise Application Distribution
> Keeping your software updated on your diverse Mac network requires
> attention to detail and perseverance. In this article, Philip Rinehart
> shows you options for tracking installations on your business or
> educational network.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/08/enterprise.html
> 
> 
> ***Inside Contextual Menu Items 
> In the first article, Steven Disbrow describes handy power user tips for
> two-button mousing on Mac OS X. In part two he shows you how to create
> your own CMIs using Xcode.
> 
> Part One:
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/05/28/cm_pt1.html
> 
> Part Two:
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/06/04/cm_pt2.html
> 
> ---------------------
> Windows
> ---------------------
> ***Troubleshooting Stop Errors 
> What to do when the Blue Screen of Death appears? Mitch Tulloch, author of
> "Windows Server Hacks," offers five tips on troubleshooting Stop error
> messages.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/08/stop_errors.html
> 
> 
> ***SnagIt: The Ultimate Screen Capture Program 
> Need to capture screens in Windows? Forget the built-in Print Screen
> feature--it's just about useless. Instead, get SnagIt, the ultimate screen
> capture program.
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/08/snagit.html
> 
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Improving JSF by Dumping JSP 
> JSF is a great technology for complex web application interfaces. But Hans
> Bergsten urges you not to give up on JSF just because the JSP layer is
> flawed; using a custom ViewHandler resolves all of the issues.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/09/jsf.html
> 
> 
> ***SMS-Powered Applications 
> SMS (short message service) is ubiquitous in the small device space, and
> offers a means of sending and receiving messages from even the simplest
> mobile phone. Dejan Bosanac looks at how Java can be made to work with
> SMS.
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2004/06/09/sms.html
> 
> ---------------------
> .NET
> ---------------------
> ***What's New in Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition?
> What's new, what's hot, and what's not in Windows Mobile 2003 Second
> Edition (SE)? Wei-Meng Lee gives you the rundown on everything from
> graphics support to new form factors and dual display modes. Wei-Meng is
> the author of ".NET Compact Framework Pocket Guide."
> http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/06/01/winserver2003.html
> 
> 
> ***C# Iterators 
> If you are creating a class that looks and behaves like a collection, it
> is handy to allow your users to iterate through the members of your
> collection with the foreach statement. This is easier to do in C# 2.0 than
> it is in 1.1. In this new column by Jesse Liberty, he shows you what is
> coming up in .NET 2.0 to make this common task easier.
> http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2004/06/07/liberty.html
> 
> ================================================
> News From Your Peers
> ================================================
> ***Are you Annoyed? 
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> Help O'Reilly page on the UG wiki--we are still looking for submissions.
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> 
> 
> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee
> 
>