[Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--November]

Mon Nov 16 18:35:15 PST 2009

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> Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--November
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:05:23 -0800
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> O'Reilly Answers
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> Where 2.0 Online Conference
> An Emphasis on iPhone Sensors
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> By creating a widespread platform that allows for third-party
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> -The Sensors in Your iPhone: Alasdair Allan, University of Exeter and
> Babilim Light Industries
> -Augmented Reality: Andreas Alfare, Mobilizy
> -Location Sensors: Ian Peters-Campbell, Loopt
> -Working with Audio Input: Martin Roth, RJDJ
> -Computer Vision and the iPhone Camera: Jeffrey Powers, Occipital
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> Velocity Online Conference
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> The Velocity Online Conference dives into some of the most important
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> -CouchDB from 10,000 Ft: J Chris Anderson
> -Operations Roundtable: Jesse Robbins, Artur Bergman, Adam Jacob, John
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> Gov 2.0 Online Conference
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> When citizens interact with their government, powerful things can
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> -Utah Department of Public Safety Media Portal: Jeff Nigbur, State of
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> -Digital Diplomacy: Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds: Rita
> King, Dancing Ink Productions
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