[Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 18]

Grant McLean grant at mclean.net.nz
Mon Oct 22 21:19:50 PDT 2007


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> Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, October 18
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:42:05 -0700
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> O'Reilly News for User Group Members
> October 18, 2007
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> 
> ***James Shore Speaks to the Seattle Java User Group--Oct 16
> Seattle, WA
> Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development) will give a
> presentation entitled "Introducing Agile Development to Your
> Organization" to the Seattle Java User Group. In this presentation,
> James will discuss the patterns and trends he's seen in over seven years
> of helping teams adopt agile methods. Learn about the three basic
> approaches to agile adoption (whole-hog, structure-first, and
> technology-first) and their benefits and disadvantages. James will
> describe what you can do to make agile adoption easier, then open the
> floor for discussion of the challenges you face in your organizations.
> <http://www.nimret.org/seajug/space/start/2007-10-02/1>
> 
> 
> ***The Grails eXchange 2007--Oct 17-19
> Barbican Centre, London, UK
> The First International Grails eXchange 2007 is promising to be a great
> event any self-respecting Java web developer cannot afford to miss.
> Packed with presentations on Grails, Groovy, Ajax & Web 2.0 and JEE and
> the core technologies that support the Grails technology stack such as
> JEE, Spring, Hibernate, SiteMesh, Dojo and Quartz. Drop at our booth and
> browse our latest publications.
> <http://www.grails-exchange.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Web 2.0 Summit--Oct 17-19
> San Francisco, CA
> An invite only event, the Web 2.0 Summit brings the intelligence,
> innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together to discuss
> and debate the most critical issues and strategies driving the Internet
> economy now and in the near future.
> <http://www.web2summit.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Eddie Tapp at Maryland PPA--Oct 17
> Columbia, MD
> Author Eddie Tapp (Photoshop Workflow Setups & Practical Color
> Management) is presenting a Photoshop seminar.
> <http://www.marylandppa.com/home.htm>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly at PhotoPlus Expo--Oct 18-20
> Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, NY
> This year's conference will offer over 100 in-depth photography and
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> booth (# 1448) to say hi, and pick up some great new books.
> <http://www.photoplusexpo.com/ppe/index.jsp>
> 
> 
> ***Eddie Tapp at Photo East--Oct 18-20
> New York, NY
> Author Eddie Tapp (Photoshop Workflow Setups and Practical Color
> Management) is presenting a Workflow Seminar. 
> <http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/index.jsp>
> 
> 
> ***Maker Faire 2007 Austin--Oct 20-21
> Travis County Fairgrounds, Austin, TX
> Join us for MAKE magazine's Austin Maker Faire--a hands-on event
> featuring Makers whose science and technology projects will amaze you
> and ignite your imagination. Meet Expert Makers and MAKE contributors,
> hear from O'Reilly's Hacks author, attend DIY Tutorials, explore DIY
> projects and demonstrations, and see the Ultimate Workshop.
> <http://makerfaire.com/>
> 
> 
> ***James Shore Speaks to the Houston Agile Developer Group--Oct 22
> Houston, TX
> Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development) will give a
> presentation entitled "Agile Engineering: No Debt, No Defects" to the
> Houston Agile Developer Group. Agile methods place high demands on
> developers: every iteration--as often as every week--the team must
> deliver working, tested software to their customers. Every iteration,
> the team may be asked to change direction and work on an entirely new
> set of requirements. To meet this challenge, agile engineering practices
> are a must. Join James for a discussion of how Extreme Programming's
> engineering practices mesh together to allow teams to approach the ideal
> of software with no defects and no technical debt. Practices discussed
> include pair programming, ten-minute builds, continuous integration,
> incremental and evolutionary design, test-driven development, and more.
> <http://agilehouston.org/Main/AgileEngineering>
> 
> 
> ***Elliotte Rusty Harold at NYPHP Conference 2007--Oct 23
> New York City, NY
> Author Elliotte Rusty Harold (XML in a Nutshell) will be speaking about
> a plethora of XML related topics at New York PHP Conference 2007. If
> you're working in publishing, including web publishing, you owe it to
> yourself to take a serious look at the available XML databases. This
> high-level talk explains what XML databases are good for and when you
> might choose one over a more traditional solution. You'll learn about
> the different options in both open and closed source XML databases
> including pure XML, hybrid relational-XML, and other models.
> <http://www.nyphp.org/content/calendar/view_entry.php?id=113&date=20071023>
> 
> 
> ***Tenni Theurer at The Ajax Experience, Boston--Oct 24-26
> Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA
> Tenni Theurer, manager of the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, will
> be speaking together at The Ajax Experience in Boston October 24-26.
> Through a series of research studies, Yahoo!'s Exceptional Performance
> Team has identified 14 best practices for making web pages faster. Tenni
> will go in-depth on these best practices detailed in Steve Souders new
> book High Performance Web Sites, and also demonstrate a recently
> released tool called YSlow, which was developed as an extension to
> Firebug and analyzes web pages according to the performance best
> practices.
> <http://ajaxexperience.techtarget.com/>
> 
> 
> ***James Shore Speaks to the Portland XP User Group--Oct 24
> Portland, OR
> Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development) will give a
> presentation entitled "Testers and Agile Engineering: Bridging the Gap"
> to the Portland XP User Group. In this presentation, James will share
> lessons learned from several years of helping testers integrate into
> agile teams. Learn how to use testers' specialized skills to prevent
> defects, not just find them. Topics include requirements collaboration
> with Fit, customer reviews, exploratory testing, and working with
> developers who are using test-driven development.
> <http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?PortlandXpUsersGroup>
> 
> 
> ***Adobe Presents Colin Moock's ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground 
>    Up Tour, Oct 27
> San Francisco, CA
> Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0) for a packed day of
> free ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this training will
> leave attendees with new understanding, tips and tricks, pamphlets and
> information to take home, and a discount coupon to purchase Essential
> ActionScript 3.0. This free event is sure to fill up quickly, so
> register early! 
> <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Tenni Theurer at CSDN-Dr.Dobbs Software Development 2.0 
>    Conference--Oct 29-30, 2007
> Jiuhua Resort, Changping District, Beijing
> Tenni Theurer, manager of the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, will
> be speaking at CSDN-Dr.Dobbs Software Development 2.0 Conference in
> Beijing November 29-30. Her talk will highlight the latest research
> results and performance breakthroughs detailed in Steve Souders new book
> High Performance Web Sites, and explore case studies to demonstrate how
> these solutions have accelerated the user experience on Yahoo!'s most
> prominent Web pages.
> <http://sd2china.cn/english/>
> 
> 
> ***James Shore Participates in the JavaRanch Book Forums--Oct 30-Nov 2
> Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development) will be be
> participating in the online JavaRanch "Agile and Other Processes" forum
> Tuesday through Thursday, answering questions and raisin' a ruckus. On
> Friday, four copies of the book will be given to forum participants. 
> <http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BookPromotionsSchedule>
> 
> 
> ***Web 2.0 Expo Berlin--Nov 5-8
> Berlin, Germany
> Web 2.0 Expo Berlin is the conference and tradeshow for the rapidly
> growing ranks of designers and developers, product managers,
> entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, and business strategists who are
> embracing the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies.
> <http://berlin.web2expo.com>
> 
> 
> ***Adobe Presents Colin Moock's ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground 
>    Up Tour--Nov 5, 2007
> Los Angeles, CA
> Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0) for a packed day of
> free ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this training will
> leave attendees with new understanding, tips and tricks, pamphlets and
> information to take home, and a discount coupon to purchase Essential
> ActionScript 3.0. This free event is sure to fill up quickly, so
> register early!
> <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Jesse Liberty at TechEd Barcelona--Nov 5-9
> Barcelona, Spain
> Author Jesse Liberty (Programming C# 3.0 and Programming ASP.NET) will
> be delivering a talk on Microsoft Silverlight.
> <http://www.mseventseurope.com/teched/07/developers/Content/Pages/Default.aspx>
> 
> 
> ***Robert Hoekman, Jr. Speaks at Future of Web Design 2007--Nov 7-8
> Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, New York, New York
> Author Robert Hoekman, Jr. (Flash 8: Project for Learning Animation and
> Interactivity and Flash Out of the Box) will be presenting a workshop on
> "Improving Interface Design" at the Future of Web Design 2007 conference
> in New York City, November 7-8.
> <http://www.futureofwebdesign.com/index.html>
> 
> 
> ***O'Reilly authors speaking at the 2007 DC PHP Conference--Nov 7-9
> Washington, DC
> O'Reilly is a proud sponsor of the 2007 DC PHP Conference. This years
> conference is focussed on Creating Enterprise Level Web Applications
> with PHP. Tracks include PHP Security, Scalability, and the Art of PHP.
> O'Reilly authors Rasmus Lerdorf, Chris Shiflett, David Sklar, and Adam
> Trachtenberg are speaking. For O'Reilly readers only this conference is
> being offered for the discounted rate of $225 for both session days and
> the Friday Tutorials! Click here to take advantage of this offer.
> <http://dcphpconference.com/?q=node/171 >
> 
> 
> ***James Shore Will Be Participating in the Portland QA Special Interest
>    Group's Roundtable Discussion--Nov 8
> Portland, OR
> Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development) will be be
> participating in the Portland QA Special Interest Group's Roundtable
> Discussion on Nov. 8th.
> <https://db.sao.org/calendar2/event_description.htm?eventID=11/8/07>
> 
> 
> ***James Shore Will Be Speaking at the Seattle XP User Group--Nov 8
> Seattle, WA
> Author James Shore (The Art of Agile Development) will be speaking at
> the Seattle XP User Group. His presentation, entitled "Agile
> Engineering: No Debt, No Defects," will address how Extreme
> Programming's engineering practices mesh together to allow teams to
> approach the ideal of software with no defects and no technical debt.
> Practices discussed include pair programming, ten-minute builds,
> continuous integration, incremental and evolutionary design, test-driven
> development, and more.
> <http://www.seattlexp.org/cgi-bin/wiki.cgi?SeattleXpMeetings>
> 
> 
> ***Mikkel Aaland speaking at 6Sight Conference--Nov 8-9
> Monterey, CA
> The top imaging minds in the world return to Monterey, Calif. for the
> seventh successive year to participate in the 6Sight® Future of Imaging
> conference, eager to explore the opportunities and challenges the future
> of imaging holds in store for their businesses. Mikkel Aaland, author of
> Photoshop Lightroom Adventure, is a featured speaker.
> <http://www.pmai.org/index.cfm/ci_id=33544>
> 
> 
> ***Author Steve Feuerstein Gives Seminar on Oracle and PL/SQL Best
>    Practices--Nov 11-15
> San Francisco, CA
> Author Steve Feuerstein (Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, 4th
> Ed. and Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices, 2nd Ed.) will give three separate
> presentations regarding Oracle and PL/SQL Practices during this major
> annual conference sponsored by the Oracle Corporation.
> <http://www.oracle.com/openworld/2007/index.html>
> 
> 
> ***Tom Limoncelli at LISA'07--Nov 11
> Dallas, TX
> Author Tom Limoncelli (Time Management for System Administrators)
> discusses techniques he's developed over the last 15 years including how
> to find time to get projects done, the best way to manage interruptions
> from users, open source tools for tracking requests, and how to turn
> chaos into free time.
> <http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa07/training/tutonefile.html#s7>
> 
> 
> ***Adobe Presents Colin Moock's ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up 
>    Tour--Nov 12
> New York, New York
> Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0) for a packed day of
> free ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this training will
> leave attendees with new understanding, tips and tricks, pamphlets and
> information to take home, and a discount coupon to purchase Essential
> ActionScript 3.0. This free event is sure to fill up quickly, so
> register early!
> <http://www.adobeas3tour.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Eddie Tapp at Samy's Camera--Nov 14
> Los Angeles, CA
> Author Eddie Tapp (Photoshop Workflow Setups and Practical Color
> Management) is presenting a seminar called "Print Master." 
> <http://www.samys.com/>
> 
> 
> ***Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo--Nov 15-16
> Tokyo, Japan
> Web 2.0 EXPO Tokyo is designed to be the major annual Japanese gathering
> of the technical, design, marketing, and business professionals who are
> building the next generation web.
> <http://www.cmptech.jp/web2expo/eng/>
> 
> 
> ***Eddie Tapp at Chicago Area Camera Club--Nov 18
> Chicago, IL
> Author Eddie Tapp (Photoshop Workflow Setups and Practical Color
> Management) is presenting a Photoshop Seminar.
> <http://www.chicameraclubs.org/>
> 
> 
> ***Eddie Tapp at the Software-Cinema Training Camps--Nov 18
> San Francisco, CA
> Author Eddie Tapp (Photoshop Workflow Setups and Practical Color
> Management) is a presenter.
> <http://www.software-cinema.com/>
> 
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> Conference News
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> 
> ***Call for Participation is Open for the 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo--
>   April 15-18, Santa Clara, CA
> Take an active role in shaping the future of MySQL and related open
> source technologies by leading sessions and tutorials at the 2008 MySQL
> Conference & Expo. Visit the Proposals page for more details and to
> submit your ideas. Proposals are due no later than October 30, 2007.
> <http://en.oreilly.com/mysql2008/public/cfp/2>
> 
> 
> ***Where 2.0 2008 Call for Participation
> O’Reilly Media invites technologists and strategists, CTOs and CIOs,
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> at Where 2.0 2008. Where 2.0 will be held May 12-14, 2008 at the San
> Francisco Airport Marriott in Burlingame, California, US. Proposals are
> due no later than November 26, 2007.
> <http://en.oreilly.com/where2008/public/cfp/5>
> 
> 
> ***Announcing Graphing Social Patterns Conference (GSP)
> The O'Reilly Graphing Social Patterns Conference is happening March 3-4,
> 2008 in San Diego, California. GSP explores the components of building
> and distributing apps for Facebook and other social networking
> platforms. The event is for both business executives and technical
> developers who want to learn more about the Facebook environment, and
> how to reach online communities using social networking platforms and
> applications.
> <http://graphingsocial.com/>
> 
> 
> ***O’Reilly’s inaugural Money:Tech Conference has been announced
> The dates are February 6-7, 2008 in New York City. That’s right, in the
> heart of the financial universe, New York, NY, Money:Tech will raise the
> level of conversation around technology advances in the investment
> industry, and bring together innovators with established players to
> increase adoption and awareness and push the technology forward.
> <http://conferences.oreilly.com/money/>
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> ***Perl Foundation Board of Directors election, New people, New
> Positions
> The Perl Foundation is pleased to announce new appointments to several
> board positions: Bill Odom, previously President, becomes Chairman;
> Richard Dice becomes President; and Jim Brandt becomes Vice President.
> The board elected these new members in an August 2007 vote by the board
> members as mandated by the charter. Kurt DeMaagd will continue to serve
> as Treasurer, and Nat Torkington and Allison Randal will continue to
> serve as directors.
> <http://news.perlfoundation.org/2007/09/perl_foundation_board_of_direc.html>
> 
> 
> ***Day of .NET in Ann Arbor
> This is a one-day conference on all things .NET organized by Great Lakes
> Area .NET User Group , Ann Arbor .NET Developer Group, Northwest Ohio
> .NET User Group, Greater Lansing User Group .NET, and West Michigan .NET
> Users Group. This event is being offered at no cost to anyone interested
> in .NET development, and will take place on October 20, 2007 at
> Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI.
> <http://www.dayofdotnet.org/>
> 
> 
> ***Win a free book at JavaRanch 
> JavaRanch invites authors of books to visit their forums, answer questions,
> and share their knowledge. The promotions always start on Tuesday and
> end on Friday. Some time during the day on Friday, the promotion will
> end and the forum will be combed for qualifying messages since the
> promotion began. From these, four winners will be randomly selected. Be
> sure to check the list of winners which will be posted in the forum on
> Friday. Upcoming books include "Head First SQL" and "The Art of Agile 
> Development."
> <http://faq.javaranch.com/java/BookPromotions>
> 
> 
> ***The 2008 Annual Convention of the APCUG 
> The 2008 Annual Convention of the Association of Personal Computer User
> Groups (APCUG) will be late Thursday afternoon, January 3rd to late
> Sunday morning, January 6th. Come to the annual convention to learn the
> latest in UG management. Activities include Roundtable/Educational
> Sessions, opportunities to meet vendors, Newsletter, Website, and photo
> contest awards, and more.
> <http://www.apcug.net/events/2008/index.htm>
> 
> 
> ***Macworld 2008: Apple User Group Wine and Cheese Reception
> Apple user group leaders and friends from around the world are invited
> to the Apple User Group Wine and Cheese Reception on January 14, from
> 4-7 p.m. at The Westin San Francisco Market Street (formerly The
> Argent). The Apple User Group Advisory Board (UGAB) is proud to bring
> you a user group event at Macworld for the 10th consecutive year. This
> exciting new event will offer vendor interaction, raffles, entertainment
> and some surprise guests. User group members qualify for a 50 percent
> discount by using a special user group member URL available from your
> group's ambassador. Hosted by the Apple User Group Advisory Board (UGAB)
> and UGAB Support Services, this worldwide offer is limited to the first
> 300 registrants.
> <http://acteva.com/go/macworld>
> 
> ---------------------
> Articles
> ---------------------
> ***Maker Faire Austin--Adventures in Time Video
> Baron Von PT and the Brebot travel forward in time to gander the FUTURE
> and the future is Maker Faire Austin-October 20-21, 2007 where brains
> collide!
> <http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/10/the_future_is_maker_faire.html>
> 
> ***Maker Faire's Sherry Huss and Dale Dougherty on Austin's NPR KUT-FM 
> Hear the latest on what will be happening this weekend in Austin.
> <http://kut.org/items/show/10258>
> 
> 
> ***Jim Shore (Art of Agile Development) Coming Soon to a Town Near You
> Jim's got many UG events lined up in Seattle, Portland, Houston, and
> the SF Bay Area. Check out his web site for more info.
> <http://www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Art-of-Agile-Events.html>
> 
> 
> ***Barbara Brundage’s Top 10 Elements Tips 
> Here's a sneek preview from author Barbara Brundage of her upcoming
> book "Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual."
> <http://missingmanuals.com/brundage_pe6_tips.csp>
> 
> 
> ***FileMaker Pro 9: The Missing Manual ScreenCasts
> When reading isn't enough, try a screencast narrated by the authors
> themselves.The latest batch is from Geoff Coffey, author of "Filemaker
> Pro 9: The Missing Manual."
> <http://missingmanuals.com/screencasts.csp>
> 
> 
> ***The Worldwide Lexicon: Adding Collaborative Translation to Your Site 
> The Worldwide Lexicon is an open source project that has recently
> published a suite of collaborative translation tools that enable readers
> to create, edit and share translations to and from almost any human
> language. This article explains how you can use WWL to make your site or
> content accessible in many languages.
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2007/09/27/the-worldwide-lexicon-adding-collaborative-translation-to-your-site.html>
> 
> 
> ***Makers and Crafters, it's time to enter our 2nd annual ghoulishly fun
> Halloween contests! Anyone, anywhere, can enter all or just some of the
> contests. Entering is easy: just upload your photos to the DIY HALLOWEEN
> Flickr photo pool and tag them "DIYHALLOWEEN." Or email them to
> make.magazine at gmail.com, or put them on Instructables in the MAKE group
> with a tag "DIYHALLOWEEN"--and we'll upload them to the Flickr pool. The
> lists of contests includes Hack-o'-Lantern, Costume, Decorations,
> Haunted house and gadgets, Food, and Trick-or-Treat. Have your entries
> in before Sunday, November 4, 2007, at 1:59 pm EST.
> <http://www.craftzine.com/blog/archive/2007/09/diy_halloween_make_crafts_mass.html>
> 
> 
> ***Sitepoint's Ruby on Rails book is now free to Download
> For the next 60 days, Patrick Lenz's Ruby on Rails beginners' book is
> available to download.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/books/rails1/freebook.php>
> 
> 
> ***Learn to Love Complaining Clients
> Who loves client complaints? You should! In this groundbreaking article,
> Brendon explains the true value of client complaints and, with his
> step-by-step guide to complaint resolution, shows you how to make
> complaining clients a part of your competitive edge.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/handling-client-complaints>
> 
> 
> For more articles, go to:
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/>
> 
> ---------------------
> Blogs
> -------------------
> ***Facebook, the Quant Fund Meltdown, and the Techmeme Leaderboard
> <http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/facebook_techmeme_money_tech.html>
> 
> ***Head First Labs: More voices==better books
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/headfirst/blog/2007/10/more_voices_better_books.html>
> 
> ***7 reasons I switched back to PHP after 2 years on Rails
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/ruby/blog/2007/09/7_reasons_i_switched_back_to_p_1.html>
> 
> ***YAPC::Europe 2007 Organization Post-Mortem
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2007/10/yapceurope_2007_organization_p.html>
> 
> ***On the Road to Leopard
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2007/10/on_the_road_to_leopard.html>
> 
> ***Windows Mobile Weekly Roundup
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/windows/blog/2007/10/windows_mobile_weekly_roundup_57.html>
> 
> ***Color Me Accurate
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/10/color_me_accurate_1.html>
> 
> ***A Logical Editing Process
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/10/a_logical_editing_process_1.html>
> 
> ***Does your bad Java code need help? (from Rules and Flow)
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/10/does_your_bad_java_code_need_h.html>
> 
> ***After Struts what?
> <http://www.oreillynet.com/onjava/blog/2007/10/after_struts_what.html>
> 
> 
> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee Henon
> 
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