From william at knowmad.com Tue Nov 2 11:04:57 2010 From: william at knowmad.com (William McKee) Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:04:57 -0400 Subject: [Charlotte.PM] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Nov Message-ID: <4CD052C9.4050609@knowmad.com> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Nov Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 11:03:00 -0700 From: Marsee Henon & Jon Johns If you cannot read the information below, click here . Forward this annoucement to a friend O'Reilly.com User Group Newsletter Nov 2010 Issue New Releases: *iPod: The Missing Manual, Ninth Edition * By J.D. Biersdorfer *Learning ActionScript 3.0, Second Edition * By Rich Shupe *The Linux Programming Interface * By Michael Kerrisk *Making Software * By Andy Oram , Greg Wilson *Microsoft ADO.NET 4 Step by Step * By Tim Patrick *Microsoft Excel 2010: Data Analysis and Business Modeling: Rough Cuts Version, Third Edition * *Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Plain & Simple * By Johnathan Lightfoot , Chris Beckett *Pragmatic Guide to Git * *QuickBooks 2011: The Missing Manual * By Bonnie Biafore *R Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version * By Paul Teetor More New Releases >> Welcome Hi there, We've launched a new program we'd like you to share with your group members. Please pass along this news: Join the O'Reilly Blogger Review Program . We'll send you ebooks and videos in exchange for your honest reviews. You'll get early access to great books and videos about leading-edge software, technology and social media trends--and have your expert opinions heard as a reviewer. Find all the details here. PyCon, the Python community conference, is doubling down on technical talks this year from across the spectrum. The official deadline for getting your proposal in has passed, but they've agreed to keep the system in "stealth open" until Nov 3 so the people receiving this newsletter can have a chance to submit a proposal. Sign up and go to http://us.pycon.org/2011/speaker/ to submit a proposal for either a talk or a tutorial for PyCon 2011. Google announces Google Code-in , their contest to introduce pre-university students to the many kinds of contributions that make open source software development possible starting Nov 22. They're inviting students worldwide to produce a variety of open source code, documentation, training materials and user experience research. Read the blog post for more info. *O'Reilly webcasts happening soon:* * Hadoop - Tips, Tricks, Optimizations, and Pitfalls , Presented by Ken Goodhope November 23, at 10am PT Check out our Webcast page for on-demand videos of past webcasts and more upcoming live events. Thanks, ---- Marsee Henon and Jon Johns ------------------------------------------------------------------------ User Group Discounts *Get 40% off books* from O'Reilly, Microsoft Press, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books and *50% off ebooks* you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. *Thinking about attending an O'Reilly Conference?* Email usergroups at oreilly.com for the user group discount code. You can see what's coming up here: http://conferences.oreilly.com . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UG leaders only--Put Up a Banner, Get a Free Book We're looking for user groups to display our discount banners on their web sites. If you send us your group's site with one or more banners posted, We'll send you the O'Reilly book(s) of your choice. Choose from the following list of banners: * O'Reilly Strata Conference Banners * 40-50% off Discount Book Banners * O'Reilly Answers * Customizable O'Reilly Book Widgets * O'Reilly School of Technology * User Group Discount Slides (PowerPoint, Keynote, and OpenOffice.org versions) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Upcoming Event Thomas A. Limoncelli *Tom Limoncelli teaches Time Management at Usenix LISA * *When*: Nov 7-12, 2010 *Where*: San Jose Author Tom Limoncelli (*Time Management for System Administrators* ) is teaching tutorials on Time Management, Time Management for Teams (both are half-day tutorials), Datastructures Of The Future (90-minute), and a general Q&A session on Time Management (90-minute). More Upcoming Events >> Spreading the knowledge of innovators. O'Reilly.com You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with O'Reilly Media. If you would like to stop receiving this newsletter please email marsee at oreilly.com with your request. O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707) 827-7000 http://oreilly.com/ | http://ug.oreilly.com/ Forward this announcement: http://post.oreilly.com/f2f/9z1z85ggkmts9l2fode4smfbhgv8usa7mg4ccismrhg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: