[pm-h] Fw: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly
G. Wade Johnson
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Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly
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Hello,
Alvin Alexander, author of Scala Cookbook, is looking for speaking
opportunities. He's got three talks geared for Java developers, or more
generally, anyone new to Scala: 1) Ten Things Java Developers Should
Know About Scala 2) An Introduction to the Play Framework
3) An Introduction to Scala Actors and Concurrency.
If you're interested in having him speak in person (or maybe a video
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the mean time.
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Valley Programming (valleyprogramming.com)
Cheers,
--Marsee Henon and Jon Johns
PS We're headed to Strata New York and the Business of Software
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might need to give away a few books when we're all done.
Available for Review
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iOS 7 Programming Cookbook
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Strata Rx Conference Boston 2013: Complete Video Compilation
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Canary in the Coalmine: How Social Data Can Prepare Us for Big Data.
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Tuesday, October 22
10:30am PT, 1:30pm ET
Organizations are already feeling the foreshocks of big data with their
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discuss how organizations are addressing the challenges of social
data—technological, organizational and cultural—and what it can teach
us on the road to big data.
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5 Deadly Data Science Sins
Michael Walker According to Michael Walker, founder and president of
the nonprofit Data Science Association, there are 5 data science sins:
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What We're Discussing at O'Reilly This Week
Knowing and Understanding Your Audience
Measuring impact and changing behavior
Laurie Petrycki talks to Laura Klein about the importance of creating
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Damian Conway customizes his favorite editor
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CIOs and the Big Data Challenge (FREE Download)
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Ada Lovelace, an Indirect and Reciprocal Influence
Celebrating women in technology and the curious mind of Ada Lovelace
Amy Jollymore shares her thoughts on Ada Lovelace day
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