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> From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
> Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 26
> Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:53:17 -0800
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> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> January 26, 2007
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> New Releases
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> -ActionScript 3.0 Programming (PDF)
> -The Book of JavaScript, Second Edition
> -Botnets: The Killer Web App
> -Comp TIA RFID+ Study Guide and Practice Exam (RFO-001)
> -CRAFT: Volume 02
> -Cyber Crime Investigations
> -Developers Guide to Web Application Security
> -Eight Great Ways to Get the Most from Your Zune
> -Essential Electronics for Software Folk
> -Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> -Google Web Toolkit for Ajax (PDF)
> -Introduction to Neogeography
> -The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course
> -Physical and Logical Security Convergence: Powered By Enterprise
>  Security Management
> -PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> -Programming Firefox: Rough Cuts Version
> -Rails Cookbook (Book or PDF)
> -Rails for Java Developers
> -Release It!
> -Secure Your Network for Free
> -Software Testing Foundations, Second Edition
> -The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course (PDF)
> -Using Samba, Third Edition
> -Using XForms with Mozilla (PDF)
> -What's New in Windows Vista?
> -Windows Developer Power Tools
> -Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
> -Windows Vista in a Nutshell
> -Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> -MAKE & CRAFT Magazine Subscriptions
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Upcoming Events
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -O'Reilly at ASTD TechKnowledge 2007, Las Vegas, NV--
>  January 31-February 2
> -Geek Cruise Features David Pogue, Deke McClelland, and Eddie
>  Tapp, Eastern Caribbean--February 3-10	
> -O'Reilly at Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre 3.0--Feb 7-11
> -Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for
>  Photographers") ASMP Evening and Next Day Presentations, Philadelphia,
>  PA--February 8-9	
> -O'Reilly at RoR eXchange 2007, London, UK--Feb 9
> -Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at the North Bay Rails User's Group,
>  Sebastopol, CA--February 15
> -Rasmus Lerdorf at the 2007 PHP Conference, London, UK--February 23
> -Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition) 
>  at NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--February 20
> -Emerging Telephony Conference 2007,Burlingame, CA--
>  February 27-March 1
> -Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at SOCOSA, Sebastopol, CA--March 6
> -Peter Morville, "Information Architecture & Search" International
>  Master Class, Sydney, Australia--March 8-9
> -O'Reilly Authors at South by Southwest, Austin, TX--March 9-13
> -O'Reilly at ASTD TechKnowledge 2007, Las Vegas, NV--
>  January 31-February 2
> -O'Reilly at the Photo Marketing Association, 
>  Las Vegas, NV--March 8-11
> -O'Reilly at SD West, Santa Clara, CA--March 20-22, 2007
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Conference News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -New 40% Discount for the 2007 Emerging Telephony Conference
> -Call for Participation for O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> -Call for Participation for O'Reilly Energy Innovation Conference
> -Register for ETech 2007
> -Register for Web 2.0 Expo
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Craftzine Interviews Amy Sedaris, Author of "I Like You: Hospitality
>  Under the Influence"
> -David Pogue (Missing Manual Creator) talks with the Public Libraries
>  Association in the “Podcast from Hell”
> -Publishing for (Sales) Success
> -New Course Featuring AJAX--O'Reilly/University of Illinois
>  Certificate Series
> -Why I Stopped Coding and Why I'd Start Again 
> -Greylisting with PF
> -Compare, Select, and Rate
> -Free Pass for Photoshop World Tech Expo
> -Digital Media Insider Podcast 6: Desktop Music in Japan
> -Macworld 2007: 1984 All Over Again 
> -My Favorite Macworld Product: Indigo
> -The Case for Freeware and Open Source Windows Tools
> -The Five Best and Worst Things About Vista
> -Word 2007 Missing Manual Screencast: Word's Ribbon
> -Build a .NET App for Google Checkout
> -Discovering a Java Application's Security Requirements 
> -Review/Preview: 2006 and 2007 in Java
> -Accessible JavaScript
> -SD West--Free Expo Pass
> -Let's Speculate for 2007
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> New Releases--Books, PDFs, and Rough Cuts
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> ***Access 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596528337
> This fast-paced book teaches you the basics of Access 2007 so you can
> start using the program right away. You'll learn how to design
> databases, maintain them, search for valuable nuggets of information,
> and build attractive forms for quick-and-easy data entry. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528331/>
> 
> 
> ***ActionScript 3.0 Programming (PDF)
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596529236
> This Short Cut employs reusable code examples to demonstrate the basic
> functionality of ActionScript 3.0 in the following topic areas: Packages
> and Classes; Display Programming; Movie Clips and Buttons; and Basic
> Structures. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actionscript3qr/>
> 
> 
> ***The Book of JavaScript, Second Edition
> Publisher: No Starch Press
> ISBN 10: 1593271069
> "The Book of JavaScript" teaches readers how to add interactivity,
> animation, and other tricks to their web sites with JavaScript. Rather
> than provide a series of cut-and-paste scripts, thau! takes the reader
> through a series of real world JavaScript code with an emphasis on
> understanding. Each chapter focuses on a few important JavaScript
> features, shows how professional web sites incorporate them, and takes
> readers through examples of how they might add those features to their
> own web sites. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271069/>
> 
> 
> ***Botnets: The Killer Web App
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN 10: 1597491357
> As a conscientious system administrator, network administrator, or
> security professional, you've no doubt been frustrated by the lack of
> good usable information about the latest, and most deadly internet
> attack, botnets.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491357/>
> 
> 
> ***Comp TIA RFID+ Study Guide and Practice Exam (RFO-001)
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN 10: 1597491349
> With the rising popularity of RFID technology, there is an increasing
> need for RFID professionals. To help meet this need, CompTIA has just
> introduced the RFID+ certification. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491349/>
> 
> 
> ***CRAFT: Volume 02
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 059651056X
> Volume 02 of CRAFT, the first project-based magazine dedicated to the
> crafting renaissance, is sure to inspire you with its theme of Creative
> Replicas. Clone a designer handbag, needle felt faux fruit, have a
> linoleum block print party, pay homage to your favorite art with a
> fabric repro, spin unusual fibers, and much more! 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/craft07v02/>
> 
> 
> ***Cyber Crime Investigations
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN 10: 1597491330
> This foundational text examines the hard questions; the questions that
> have the power to unite or divide the cyber crime investigative
> community. Moving past current difficulties will allow cyber crime
> investigations to progress to a new evolution. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491330/>
> 
> 
> ***Developers Guide to Web Application Security
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN 10: 159749061X
> This book defines Web application security, why it should be addressed
> earlier in the lifecycle in development and quality assurance, and how
> it differs from other types of Internet security.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/159749061X/>
> 
> 
> ***Eight Great Ways to Get the Most from Your Zune
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596529910
> The Zune is Microsoft's new media player. It does music. It does video.
> It does pictures. In this quick guide, you'll learn the down and dirty
> truth about getting the most from your Zune. No holds barred. No stones
> unturned.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/zune/>
> 
> 
> ***Essential Electronics for Software Folk
> Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
> ISBN 10: 0977616681
> Caleb Tennis explains it all. From a quick look at basic physics
> (including fun with magnets) to electronic circuits, power supplies, and
> networking, you'll see how it all works--and how to make it work for
> you.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0977616681/>
> 
> 
> ***Excel 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596528329
> Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of
> Excel 2007 so you can start using the program right away. You'll quick
> learn to build spreadsheets, add and format information, print reports,
> create charts and graphics, and use basic formulas and functions.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528324/>
> 
> 
> ***Google Web Toolkit for Ajax (PDF)
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596510225
> The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) is a nifty framework that Java programmers
> can use to create Ajax applications. The GWT allows you to create an
> Ajax application in your favorite IDE, such as IntelliJ IDEA or Eclipse,
> using paradigms and mechanisms similar to programming a Java Swing
> application. After you code the application in Java, the GWT's tools
> generate the JavaScript code the application needs.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/ajaxgoogle/>
> 
> 
> ***Introduction to Neogeography (PDF)
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596529953
> Learn what existing and emerging standards such as GeoRSS, KML, and
> Microformats mean; how to add dynamic maps and locations to your web
> site; how to pinpoint the locations of your online visitors; how to
> create genealogical maps and Google Earth animations of your family's
> ancestry; or how to geotag and share your travel photographs.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/neogeography/>
> 
> 
> ***The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596510152
> OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system that is widely regarded
> for its excellent documentation and its fanatical focus on security.
> "The OpenBSD Crash Course" Short Cut will help you get an x86 or
> AMD64/EM64T server, desktop, or network appliance up and running quickly
> with OpenBSD.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/>
> 
> 
> ***Physical and Logical Security Convergence: Powered By Enterprise
> Security Management
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN 10: 1597491225
> While physical and logical security disciplines are disparate, today's
> threats are such that they need to be addressed in tandem. Gone are the
> days when there was little to no communication between the IT and
> physical security staff. Fraud investigation, complex incident analysis,
> remediation, and incident tracking are just a few of the areas where
> synergies between these groups can be leveraged. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491225/>
> 
> 
> ***PowerPoint 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596527381
> This new book, written specifically for this version of the software,
> not only offers the basics of how to create, save, set up, run, and
> print a basic bullets-and-background slideshow, but takes you into the
> world of multimedia, animation, and interactivity. You'll learn how to
> add pictures, sound, video, animated effects, and controls (buttons and
> links) to their slides, along with ways to pull text, spreadsheets, and
> animations created in other programs. You can also create your own
> reusable design templates and learn to automate repetitive tasks with
> macros. Learn how to take advantage of advanced functions (such as
> adding custom background images) that existed in previous PowerPoint
> versions, but were so cleverly hidden that few people ever found them. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527389/>
> 
> 
> ***Programming Firefox: Rough Cuts Version
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596529732
> This is the essential guide to building user interfaces and rich
> internet applications for the Firefox web browser, the Thunderbird email
> client and independent projects using free development tools from the
> Mozilla Foundation.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/programfirefox/>
> 
> 
> ***Rails Cookbook (Book or PDF)
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596527314
> This book is packed with the solutions you need to be proficient
> developer with Rails, the leading framework for building the new
> generation of Web 2.0 applications. Recipes range from the basics, like
> installing Rails and setting up your development environment, to the
> latest techniques, such as developing RESTful web services. Each recipe
> includes a tested solution, plus a discussion of how and why it works. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527310/>
> 
> 
> ***Rails for Java Developers
> Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
> ISBN 10: 097761669X
> In each chapter, we build a series of parallel examples to demonstrate
> some facet of web development. Because the Rails examples sit next to
> Java examples, you can start this book in the middle, or anywhere else
> you want. You can use the Java version of the code, plus the analysis,
> to quickly grok what the Rails version is doing. We have carefully
> cross-referenced and indexed the book to facilitate jumping around as
> you need to.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/097761669X/>
> 
> 
> ***Release It!
> Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
> ISBN 10: 0978739213
> Everything changes after Release 1.0. The consultants leave; key
> developers get reassigned to new projects, and the wild and free
> environment of development gets replaced by change review boards and
> defect reports. And the public starts beating on the system. Your
> application needs to be ready to live in that environment--without you.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0978739213/>
> 
> 
> ***Secure Your Network for Free
> Publisher: Syngress
> ISBN 10: 1597491233
> If you believe that an intrusion detection system, regular vulnerability
> scanning, automated network device inventory, or firewall usage
> statistics are not in the IT budget they are. All of these features and
> many more are available for free.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1597491233/>
> 
> 
> ***Software Testing Foundations, Second Edition
> Publisher: Rocky Nook
> ISBN 10: 1933952083
> This book covers the entry level, the "Foundations Level" and teaches
> the most important methods of software testing. It is designed for
> self-study and provides the necessary knowledge to pass the "Certified
> Tester (Foundations Level)" exam as defined by the ISTQB. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933952083/>
> 
> 
> ***The OpenBSD 4.0 Crash Course (PDF)
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596510152
> OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system that is widely regarded
> for its excellent documentation and its fanatical focus on security.
> "The OpenBSD Crash Course" Short Cut will help you get an x86 or
> AMD64/EM64T server, desktop, or network appliance up and running quickly
> with OpenBSD.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/openbsd4/>
> 
> 
> ***Using Samba, Third Edition
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596007698
> This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially
> adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's
> authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get Samba to serve
> Microsoft Dfs shares? How to share files on Mac OS X? These and a dozen
> other issues of interest to system administrators are covered.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba3/>
> 
> 
> ***Using XForms with Mozilla (PDF)
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596550049
> The XForms technology gives you many advantages over ordinary XHTML
> forms. The XForms technology separates your form's data and presentation
> and submits your data as XML. XForms-aware applications can validate
> your data as you type it and can also submit your data to different
> servers and even store it in files. This tutorial shows you how to use
> Mozilla to start working with XForms.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mozillaxforms/>
> 
> 
> ***What's New in Windows Vista?
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596510314
> Get ready for a quick blast through this significant change to Windows!
> This guide will give you a quick look at many of the most significant
> new features in Vista, Microsoft's first revision of Windows in nearly
> six years.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/newvista/>
> 
> 
> ***Windows Developer Power Tools
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596527543
> This book offers an encyclopedic guide to more than 170 free and open
> source programming tools for those of you who want to extend your
> development environment, write higher quality software, and increase
> productivity. Each article includes a concise guide to implementing the
> tool--you'll be able to get up to speed quickly and use the tools to
> solve problems you face every day in your software development. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527549/>
> 
> 
> ***Windows Vista for Starters: The Missing Manual
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596528264
> Fast-paced and easy to use, this concise book teaches you the basics of
> Windows Vista so you can start using the operating system right away.
> Written by "New York Times" columnist and Missing Manuals creator David
> Pogue, the book covers Vista quickly and clearly so you can navigate the
> desktop, the Media Center, Internet Explorer 7, and much more. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528263/>
> 
> 
> ***Windows Vista in a Nutshell
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596527071
> This unique reference thoroughly documents every important setting and
> feature in Windows Vista, with alphabetical listings for hundreds of
> commands, windows, menus, listboxes, buttons, scrollbars and other
> elements. To help you locate a specific setting, tool, or feature
> quickly, the book is organized into separate references for the user
> interface, file system, networking, hardware, security, mobility,
> multimedia, and command prompt. Also includes a system overview and a
> tour of the basics. 
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527075/>
> 
> 
> ***Word 2007 for Starters: The Missing Manual
> Publisher: O'Reilly
> ISBN 10: 0596528302
> Fast-paced and easy to read, this concise guide teaches you the basics
> of Word 2007 so you can start using the program right away. You'll learn
> how to create documents, format and edit text, share the results, and go
> beyond basic documents to handle graphics, create page layouts, and use
> forms and tables.
> <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596528300/>
> 
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> ***O'Reilly at ASTD TechKnowledge 2007, Las Vegas, NV--January
> 31-February 2
> Stop by the O'Reilly booth (#105) to say hi and learn about our Head
> First Series. Scott Gray will be speaking about the O’Reilly Learning
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> <http://tk07.astd.org/>
> 	
> 
> ***Geek Cruise Features David Pogue, Deke McClelland, and Eddie
>    Tapp, Eastern Caribbean--February 3-10	
> Join authors David Pogue (Missing Manual Series), Deke McClelland ("Adobe
> Photoshop CS2 One-on-One"), and Eddie Tapp ("Practical Color Management")
> on the "PC Paradise Speakers" Geek Cruise.
> <http://www.geekcruises.com/speakers_b/pc01_authors.html>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at Conferencia Internacional de Software Libre 3.0--February 7-11
> Stop by our booth and check out the latest O'Reilly titles at this Free
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> 
> 
> ***Peter Krogh ("The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for
>   Photographers") ASMP Evening and Next Day Presentations, Philadelphia,
>   PA--February 8-9	
> Author Peter Krogh will be teaching the "Get Your DAM Stuff Together"
> track for ASMP's "It's Your Business" Series.
> <http://www.asmp.org/commerce/education/>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at RoR eXchange 2007, London, UK--February 9
> Stop by our booth and check out the latest titles. Event speakers,
> include Chad Fowler ("Rails Recipes:) who'll talk about the latest
> developments of Ruby on Rails.
> <http://www.skillsmatter.com/rorexchange>
> 
> 
> ***Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at the North Bay Rails User's Group,
>    Sebastopol, CA--February 15
> Author Rob Orsini will be the presenter at the first meeting of the
> North Bay Rails User's Group.	
> <http://nbrug.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Rasmus Lerdorf ("Programming PHP, Second Edition") at the 2007 PHP Conference--February 23
> Rasmus Lerdorf will be joined by other key speakers to discuss the state
> of PHP. Don't forget to stop by our booth and check out our latest
> titles.
> <http://phpconference.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=39>
> 
> 
> ***Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition) 
>    at NCMUG, Rohnert Park, CA--February 20
> Author Derrick Story presents to the North Coast Mac Users Group.
> Derrick will show the latest happenings in photo software for the Mac.
> <http://www.ncmug.org/events.html#february>
> 
> 
> ***Emerging Telephony Conference 2007,Burlingame, CA--
>    February 27-March 1
> ETel brings you the best of what's happening at the cutting edge of the
> entire IP telephony spectrum now, and how new technology is being
> deployed by forward-thinking pioneers.	
> <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etel/>
> 
> 
> ***Rob Orsini ("Rails Cookbook") at SOCOSA, Sebastopol, CA--March 6
> Author Rob Orsini will give an overview of Ruby on Rails at the Sonoma
> County System Administrators March meeting.
> <http://socosa.org/node/200>
> 
> 
> ***Peter Morville, "Information Architecture & Search" International
>    Master Class, Sydney, Australia--March 8-9
> This two-day class from Peter Morville (Information Architecture for the
> World Wide Web, Third Edition and Ambient Findability) covers
> information architecture from top to bottom, explaining how search and
> navigation systems can be designed to support and shape user behaviour.
> <http://www.keyforums.com.au/event_details.aspx?type=masterclasses&id=16>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly Authors at South by Southwest, Austin, TX--March 9-13
> Kathy Sierra ("Head First Series"), Christopher Schmitt ("CSS Cookbook,
> 2nd Edition"), Eric Meyer ("CSS: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition"),
> and Phil Torrone (Makezine.com) will be speaking at SXSW Interactive
> this year.
> <http://2007.sxsw.com/interactive/>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at ah the Photo Marketing Association, 
> Las Vegas, NV--March 8-11
> Stop by the O'Reilly booth (#J244) to say hi, peruse our new titles, and
> meet our expert authors. On hand will be Derrick Story, Mikkel Aaland,
> Eddie Tapp, and more.
> <http://www.pmai.org/pma07/>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at SD West, Santa Clara, CA--March 20-22, 2007	
> Stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 217) to say hi. Check out our books, and
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> ***Craftzine Interviews Amy Sedaris, Author of "I Like You: Hospitality
>    Under the Influence"
> Opening up Amy Sedaris's new book is like going into another world: the
> world of Amy. For anyone who's a fan of her work, from the Comedy
> Central TV show and movie, "Strangers with Candy," to her many comedic
> scene-stealing guest appearances, you know and love Amy's world.
> <http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/01/interview_with_amy_sedaris_aut.html>
> 
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> ***David Pogue (Missing Manual Series Creator) talks with the Public Libraries
>    Association in the “Podcast from Hell”
> Interviewer Andrea Mercado says "This was, hands down, the most
> interesting, humorous, and problem-laden interview I’ve done thus far,
> part funny ha-ha, part funny uh-oh. You too can see why David calls
> this the “podcast from hell.”
> <http://plablog.org/2007/01/interview-with-david-pogue.html>
> 
> 
> ***Publishing For (Sales) Success
> Can eBooks be used for marketing consulting services?
> Dave Hecker gives us his preliminary findings.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/12/23/publishing-for-success/>
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> Open Source
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> ***Why I Stopped Coding and Why I'd Start Again 
> What happens when programming stops being fun? What do you do when
> juggling dependencies and worrying about installation issues takes all
> of the joy out of writing code for other people? You can stop coding...
> or you can try to address the underlying problems. Brian McConnell
> postulates an enhancement of the Python language to make programming as
> fun as it was in the BASIC-in-ROM minicomputer days.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2007/01/18/why-i-stopped-coding.html>
> 
> 
> ***Greylisting With PF 
> Greylisting--delaying mail delivery briefly per the SMTP RFCs--is an
> effective way to reduce the amount of incoming spam. While many
> greylisting solutions require customization of your SMTP server,
> OpenBSD's PF can do it too. Dan Langille shows how to use the powerful
> packet filter to identify and pass legitimate mail, delay and divert
> potential spammers, and throw in some OS fingerprinting to ward off
> certain zombie clients.
> <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.html>
> 
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> Digital Media
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> ***Compare, Select, and Rate
> Aperture's powerful sorting tools enable photographers to cull hundreds
> of images quickly. This podcast features Derrick Story and Scott Bourne
> explaining the compare, select, and rating tools, including stacks,
> during a recent workshop at Macworld San Francisco.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/01/19/inside_aperture_podcast-7.html>
> 
> 
> ***Free Pass for Photoshop World Tech Expo
> The Photoshop World Tech Expo is open to the public one day only on
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> sign up for a free Tech Expo pass (valued at $20 per person) beginning
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> 
> ***Digital Media Insider Podcast 6: Desktop Music in Japan
> From Tokyo, David Battino interviews DTM Magazine's Daigo Yokota on the
> state of Japanese music technology, tests Mixmeister's slick podcasting
> software, and explores two cool songs on the DTM DVD.
> <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/01/08/digital-media-insider-podcast-6-desktop-music-in-japan.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***Macworld 2007: 1984 All Over Again 
> Daniel Steinberg reports on the Macworld keynote. From the big iPhone
> announcement and demo to the startling lack of Mac and Leopard news,
> Daniel shares his impressions and provides detailed analysis of the
> year's largest Apple event.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/01/12/macworld-keynote-coverage.html>
> 
> 
> ***My Favorite Macworld Product: Indigo 
> Each year Adam Goldstein likes to search out the cool new products at
> Macworld. This year Adam takes a look at the powerful Indigo home
> automation system.
> <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/01/18/my-favorite-macworld-product-indigo.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Microsoft/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***The Case for Freeware and Open Source Windows Tools
> In "Windows Developer Power Tools," James Avery and Jim Holmes tell you
> about scores of incredibly useful, freely available tools for Windows
> developers. In this article, they tell you about some of their favorite
> ones.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/01/19/the-case-for-freeware-and-open-source-windows-tools.html>
> 
> 
> ***The Five Best and Worst Things About Vista
> After five years, Windows Vista is finally here. What's good and what's
> bad about it? Preston Gralla, author of "Windows Vista in a Nutshell,"
> tells you five things you'll love and five things you'll hate about
> Vista.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/12/19/the-five-best-and-worst-things-about-vista.html>
> 
> For more info on Vista, go to:
> <http://vista.oreilly.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Word 2007 Missing Manual Screencast: Word's Ribbon
> Get a closer look at how the Ribbon is Word 2007 works with
> author Chris Grover ("Word 2007: The Missing Manual").
> <http://examples.oreilly.com/9780596527396/ch00/scast_Word07_ribbon.htm>
> 
> For more examples from this title, go to:
> <http://www.missingmanuals.com/cds/9780596527396/>
> 
> 
> ****Build a .NET App for Google Checkout
> Google Checkout, Google's online payment system, integrates with
> websites such as Buy.com. In this article, Google's Martin Omander
> details Google Checkout's plumbing and shows you how to build a .NET
> application to integrate with it.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/01/09/build-a-net-app-for-google-checkout.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Discovering a Java Application's Security Requirements 
> Java security manager policy files are powerful and flexible, but rather
> grueling and error-prone to write by hand. In this article Mark Petrovic
> employs a novel approach: a development-time SecurityManager that logs
> your applications' calls and builds a suitable policy file.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/01/03/discovering-java-security-requirements.html>
> 
> 
> ***Review/Preview: 2006 and 2007 in Java 
> 2006 will be remembered as the year that Sun open-sourced Java under the
> GPL, that EJB 3.0 finally shipped, and that Google surprised everyone
> with its Google Web Toolkit. But how will history record the results of
> these events? For the 2006 year-ender, ONJava editor Chris Adamson looks
> at the year's events through the lens of how they may play out in 2007.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2006/12/20/2006-onjava-yearender.html>
> 
> 
> ***Accessible JavaScript
> Can developers make their JavaScript-based websites
> accessible to visitors using screenreaders and other
> assistive technology? James Edwards takes a look at
> some basic issues.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/accessible-javascript>
> 
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> 
> ***Let's Speculate for 2007
> Sitepoint blogger Wyatt Barnett makes some gutsy predictions
> about web development in 2007. Chime in with your
> guesses and comments.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/01/01/lets-speculate-for-2007/>
> 
> 
> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee Henon
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