[Aberdeen-pm] Free Books if you Review one. [Fwd: O'Reilly UK - User Group Newsletter Issue 07-05]

Thu May 5 04:58:52 PDT 2005

Points to note.

If you want to review a book, i.e. any book, you get a free copy to keep,
if the review goes on the aberdeen.pm.org site or on our blog.

Send me a list of books!!!!

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Subject: O'Reilly UK - User Group Newsletter Issue 07-05
From:    "Josette Garcia" <Josette at Oreilly.co.uk>
Date:    Thu, May 5, 2005 12:49 pm
To:      "Josette Garcia" <Josette at Oreilly.co.uk>
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Hi Guys

I am a little puzzled -

	1.	You are not asking many review copies (free to the reviewer by the
way) 2.	I am not getting many reviews

Should your members be a little weary of writing reviews I am adding below
some points that might help -
	*	Include the book's title, author(s), publisher, and price.
	*	Create a rating system with your members. Be creative
	*	Be honest.
	*	The length is up to you. Reviews can be short and sweet or long and
detailed. Do what works best for you. *	If you like something in a book,
say what it is and why you like it. If you don't like something in the
book, say what it is and say why you don't like it. Be as specific as you
can--this information is important to other readers. *	If something was
omitted in the book say what it is and why it is important. *	End the
review with an overall summary.
	*	If your members are having trouble writing a review, creating a set of
questions that need to be answered might help them get started. *	Do what
works best for your group.
	*	If you find an error you would like to submit, please go the "Errata"
section on the book page from our online catalogue *	Have Fun!
And now for the Newsletter!

O'Reilly UK User Group Programme
NEWSLETTER
Issue 07-05

===============================================HIGHLIGHTS
==============================================NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND
BEYOND -O'Reilly Radar Blog Launched
-Mapping Hacks Safari Exclusive
-Wired, MAKE, And MacGyver
-Revitalizing the Pay-Per-Call System
-The State of the Dolphin at the MySQL Users Conference 2005
-Trust and Zeal in Open Source Advocacy
-Housecleaning Tips for Tiger
-Mac Mini Eye for the Linux-Windows Guy
-Protect Yourself from WiFi Snoops
-XML DataSource Controls in .NET 2.0
-Five Favorite Features from 5.0
-Adding Custom Buttons to Internet Explorer
-Make Your Own Music Software with Pure Data
-Johnny "Juice" Rosado: Digital Public Enemy
BOOK NEWS
- Books for review
- Coming soon
CONFERENCE NEWS
YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
YOUR NEWS

================================================NEWS FROM O'REILLY AND
BEYOND 
==============================================---------------------
General News
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***O'Reilly Radar Blog Launched
O'Reilly is constantly watching the horizon for emerging technologies and
trends sure to affect you and your business. Featuring links, articles,
and blog entries posted by Tim O'Reilly, Rael Dornfest, Marc Hedlund, and
Nathan Torkington, the group weblog offers a window into the O'Reilly
predictive sense, letting you track what O'Reilly tracks.
<http://radar.oreilly.com/>

Be sure to read the About page for an overview:
<http://radar.oreilly.com/about/>

***"Mapping Hacks" Safari Exclusive
"Mapping Hacks," a collection of one hundred simple techniques for digital
mapmaking, is scheduled for a June release, but your advance purchase
gives you full access to the book's content right now. "Mapping Hacks" is
currently available as a Safari Exclusive, meaning only subscribers to
Safari's e-library can read it before its release. Purchase now and
receive 45 days of free access to the book with no subscription necessary.
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mappinghks/>

***Wired, MAKE, And MacGyver
The evolution of the geek mag.
<http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a4255.asp>

***Revitalizing the Pay-Per-Call System
The 900 number, long associated with porn and psychics, is a technology
that was ahead of its time. Despite its reputation, pay-per-call service
is a proven and practical way to collect micropayments and create a
competitive marketplace for information services. Brian McConnell suggests
that third-party wireless providers use pay-per-call as a means to build
and profit from voice and data services.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2005/04/18/900numbers.html>

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Open Source
---------------------
***The State of the Dolphin at the MySQL Users Conference 2005 Daniel
Steinberg's report from the 2005 MySQL Users Conference covers David
Axmark and Michael Widenius' "State of the Dolphin" keynote and Michael
Tiemann's keynote.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2005/04/20/dolphinatmySQL.html>

For all the announcements, press coverage, blogs, and photos from the
MySQL Conference, check out our Conference Coverage page:
<http://www.onlamp.com/mysqluc2005/>

***Trust and Zeal in Open Source Advocacy
Advocacy is critical to the spread of open source and free software. Good
advocates build trust in their audiences, explaining how, and if, F/OSS
can help them solve their problems. Jono Bacon explains how to build trust
and avoid overzealous advocacy.
<http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/04/21/advocacy.html>

---------------
Mac
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***Housecleaning Tips for Tiger
Is your Mac ready for a smooth transition to Tiger? Maybe you're in need
of a spring housecleaning anyway. Check out these tidy tips from Derrick
Story, then roll out the red carpet for Mac OS X 10.4.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/26/tiger.html>

***Mac Mini Eye for the Linux-Windows Guy
Todd had no intention of giving up his Linux and Windows boxes to become a
"Mac switcher." But he had heard good things about OS X, so the Mac mini
presented the opportunity for him to become a Mac-tryer. He details his
experiences here.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/04/19/mac_mini.html>

---------------------
Windows/.NET
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***Protect Yourself from WiFi Snoops
You needn't be at the mercy of WiFi snoops. There's a lot you can do to
protect your home or business network, without spending a lot of time or
even any money. Preston Gralla, author of "Windows XP Hacks, 2nd Edition,"
shows you how with step-by-step guides to hiding your network SSID,
filtering out MAC addresses, and using encryption.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/19/WiFiHacks.html>

***XML DataSource Controls in .NET 2.0
With .NET 2.0's XML DataSource control, you can bind to an XML document
just as easily as you bind to tables in a database. If the XML document
you load is hierarchical, the data is exposed hierarchically, which makes
it ideal for mapping an XML document to a TreeView control. Jesse Liberty
explains how the XML DataSource works in ASP.NET.
<http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2005/04/18/liberty.html>

---------------------
Java
---------------------
***Five Favorite Features from 5.0
David Flanagan reviews five of his favorite new Java 5.0 features: the
Callable and Future interfaces, new APIs for varargs and autoboxing, new
ability interfaces, the @Override annotation, and MatchResult. Read to the
end, where David reveals a bonus sixth feature, a new language syntax
supported by Java 5.0 but known to very few. David is the author of "Java
in a Nutshell, 5th Edition."
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/04/20/javaIAN5.html>

***Adding Custom Buttons to Internet Explorer
Have you ever wanted to extend the Internet Explorer toolbar by adding
your own buttons? It's not that tough to do. Mitch Tulloch, author of
"Windows Server Hacks," walks you through it in a few easy steps.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/26/ie_buttons.html>

---------------------
Digital Media
---------------------
***Make Your Own Music Software with Pure Data
With Pd (Pure Data), the graphical music toolkit for Windows, Linux, and
Mac, you can wire up custom music programs no commercial software can
duplicate--for free. Generate and process complex streams of MIDI and
audio for live performance, build your own software synthesizer and
effects, and even process video. Here's how to get started.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/27/pd.html>

***Johnny "Juice" Rosado: Digital Public Enemy
Chuck D right-hand man explains the high-tech (and surprisingly low-tech)
secrets behind the Public Enemy sound, then shares a track from the
group's upcoming album.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/04/20/juice.html>

================================================
BOOK NEWS
================================================

****Latest books available for review
	*	802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/802dot112/>  If you want to deploy your
own wireless network--at home or at the office?you must first understand
the capabilities and risks associated with the 802.11 protocols. And
802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition is the
perfect place to start. This updated edition covers everything you need
to know about integrating wireless technology into your current
infrastructure. *	Access Hacks
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/accesshks/>
	With this valuable guide, experienced users of Microsoft Access can
finally take their database skills to the next level. Access Hacks offers
direct, hands-on tips and tools that help relieve the frustrations of
users struggling to master the program's various complexities. Also ideal
for beginners looking to grasp the fundamentals of this popular database
management program. *	The Art of Project Management
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/artprojectmgmt/>  In The Art of Project
Management, you'll learn from a veteran manager of software and web
development how to plan, manage and lead projects. This personal account
of hard lessons learned over a decade of work in the industry distills
complex concepts and challenges into practical nuggets of useful advice.
Inspiring, funny, honest, and compelling, this is the book you and your
team need to have within arms reach. It will serve you well with your
current work, and on future projects to come. *	Developing Feeds with RSS
and Atom <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/deveoprssatom/>  This
step-by-step guide offers bloggers, web developers, and programmers an
understanding of content syndication and the technologies that make it
possible. It highlights all the new features of RSS 2.0, and offers
complete coverage of its rival technology, Atom. Confidently teaches you
how to produce your own data feeds to syndicate news and blogs. *	Digital
Audio Essentials <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digaudio/>  Join the
digital audio revolution! Whether it's downloading music, ripping CDs,
organizing, finding, and creating higher quality music files, buying
music players and accessories, or constructing a home stereo system,
Digital Audio Essentials helps you do get it done. For music enthusiasts,
digital archivists, amateur musicians, and anyone who likes a good
groove. *	Don't Click on the Blue E!
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/>  For anyone who has grown
disenchanted with Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser, Don't Click
on the Blue E! offers help. It gives non-technical users a convenient
roadmap for switching to a better web browser--Firefox. As the only book
that covers the switch to Firefox, this how-to guide is a must for all
those who want to browse faster, more securely, and more efficiently.
*	iMovie HD & iDVD 5: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/imoviehdtmm/>  For both professional and
amateur moviemakers, David Pogue's witty and entertaining guide not only
details every step of iMovie HD video production--from choosing and using
a digital camcorder to burning the finished work onto DVDs--but provides
a firm grounding in basic film technique so that the quality of a video
won't rely entirely on magic. It's your moviemaking-made-easy guide.
*	Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows One-on-One
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoele3/>  This collection, by
Photoshop expert Deke McClelland, provides valuable tips on creating
great images for print, e-mail, and the Web using Adobe® Photoshop
Elements software. It contains 12 step-by-step lessons on real-world
tasks along with two hours of video tutorials. You don't have to be an
expert, you'll just look like one. If you want to make your images the
best they can be, then Photoshop Elements 3 for Windows One-on-One is for
you. *	Test Driving Linux <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/tdlinux/>
	This detailed step-by-step guide provides both home and business users
with a hassle-free way to investigate this operating system before they
purchase and install a complete Linux distribution. Quickly learn how to
use Linux to perform the tasks you do most: surf the web, send and
receive email, instant message with friends, write letters, create
spreadsheets, and even how to enhance your digitial photos. *	Visual
Basic 2005: A Developer's Notebook
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/vbadn/>  To bring you up to speed with
Visual Basic 2005, this practical book offers nearly 50 hands-on
projects. Each one explores a new feature of the language, with emphasis
on changes that can increase productivity, simplify programming tasks,
and help you add new functionality to your applications. You get the
goods straight from the masters in an informal, code-intensive style.
Part of our new Developer's Notebook series. Visual C# 2005: A
Developer's Notebook <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/visualcadn/>
Microsoft's C# language has attracted millions to .NET. Now, to make
development on this platform quicker and easier, C# 2.0 offers some key
changes as part of the upcoming Visual Studio 2005. The C# 2.0 beta is
already available, and our unique "all lab, no lecture" guide offers 50
hands-on projects to explore each new feature. Learn what C# 2.0 can do
for you now.

****Coming Soon
?  .NET Gotchas <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netgotchas/>
?  Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/assemblingadn/>  ?  Classic Shell
Scripting <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/shellsrptg/>  ?  Database in
Depth <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/databaseid/>  ?  Designing Embedded
Hardware, 2nd Edition <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dbhardware2/>  ? 
Essential Mac OS X Server Administration
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macxserver/>  ?  Essential SharePoint
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/essentialsp/>  ?  GDB Pocket Reference
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/gdbpr/>
?  Killer Game Programming in Java
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/killergame/>  ?  Learning Java, 3rd
Edition <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnjava3/>  ?  MySQL in a
Nutshell <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mysqlian/>  ?  SSH,The Secure
Shell: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sshtdg2/>

===============================================CONFERENCE NEWS
==============================================***Where 2.0 Conference
Registration Open, San Francisco, CA--June 29-30 Join us at the first
O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference. Location-based services and mapping are
becoming mainstream technologies. Meanwhile, innovative new software makes
it possible to apply the wealth of new data to old business problems. Come
explore the emerging consumer and enterprise ecosystems around
location-aware technologies that increasingly impact the way we work and
play. For more information, go to: <http://conferences.oreilly.com/where/>

User Group members who register before May 31, 2005 get a double discount.
Use code "WHEREUG" when you register, and receive 15% off the early
registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/where2005/create/ord_where>

***EuroOSCON Call for Papers Now Open, Amsterdam, The Netherlands--October
17-20 EuroOSCON 2005, to be held October 17-20 in Amsterdam, will explore
the best and newest open source technologies, with a focus on what's
particularly useful to companies, governments, and non-profits. Session
and tutorial proposals are due by midnight, May 23rd. We're interested in
all aspects of building applications, services, and systems that utilize
the new capabilities of the open source platform.
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/e_sess>

Submit your proposal:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/eurooscon/create/e_sess#form>

===============================================YOUR BOOK REVIEWS
===============================================***Udruzenje Linux
Korisnika reviewed - . Linux Cookbook -
<http://www.linux.org.ba/osvrti/index.php?1=1>
. Linux Device Drivers (3rd) -
<http://www.linux.org.ba/osvrti/index.php?l=2>  . Linux Server Security
(2nd) - <http://www.linux.org.ba/osvrti/index.php?l=4>

***Flash User Group UK reviewed -
Information Architecture for the World Wide Web -
<http://www.flashgroup.net/forum/showthread.php?p=18665>

===============================================YOUR NEWS and more
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***The Scottish ColdFusion User Group will be holding a two day
event, 26/27 May at the University of Edinburgh -
<http://www.scottishcfug.com/?do=event.scotch>

*** Italian Perl Mongers and the Pisa.pm group are proud to announce the
2nd edition of the Italian Perl Workshop, at the Polo Fibonacci, Pisa,
June 23-24, 2005. For more information: on the Web, at the address
<http://www.perlworkshop.it>  <http://www.perl.it/workshop/>

*** J-Spring, Ede, The Netherlands, May 12th 2005. This is the Spring
conference of the NL-JUG. More information can be found on:
<http://www.nljug.org/jspring/>

***The HP User Group - Seminars: Further information from admin at hpug.org
<mailto:admin at hpug.org> "Printing and Imaging - Just Imagine" - 17th May -
Bracknell -
"Best Practices for Managing Your ProLiant Server Environment" - 7th June
- London  "TCP/IP Update":  - 28th June - Reading
"Conference & Expo 2005":  - 30th May to 1st June - Copenhagen

***OxMUG, Oxford Mac User Group usually meets the second Tuesday of the
month in Oxford. Up-to-date details and directions from
<http://www.oxmug.org>

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