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From: Marsee Henon <marsee at oreilly.com>
To: burbach at gwl.de
Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, April 4
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 18:04:43 -0800 (PST)

>
> O'Reilly User Group Program
> Newsletter
> April 4, 2003
>
>
> Please share this information with your members...
>
>
> Highlights This Week:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Book News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Outlook Pocket Guide
> -Mastering Visual Studio .NET
> -.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell
> -Content Syndication with RSS
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Upcoming Events
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact"), SFPCUG, San Francisco, CA
> --April 15
> -JavaRanch Online Author Forum--Apr 15-18
> -PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY--Apr 23-25
> -Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Conference --------------------------------------------------------------- 
>
>
> -
> -Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
> -Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> -O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation
> -Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get a Free Book
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Safari ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -"Go On Safari" winner--Hamster, LinuxChix
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks
> -Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay
> -Cheap IP Takeover
> -What's New in Python 2.3?
> -Top 12 Reasons to Write Unit Tests
> -Inside the Workings of Rotor
> -Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections
> -iMovie 3 and Other New Books
> -A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR
> -A Developer's Perspective on Apple's 12-inch PowerBook
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> News From Your Peers
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> -MUG ONE Special Event with Dave Marra, Oneonta, NY--May 6
> -Peninsula Apple Users Group Celebrates 20 years, Redwood City,
> CA--July 19
>
> ================================================
> Book News
> ================================================
> Review books are available--email me for a copy.
>
> ***Please include the book order number on your requests.
>
> Let me know if you need your books by a certain date.
> Allow at least four weeks for shipping. Send or email me copies of your 
> newsletters and book reviews.
>
> Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase
> directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering.
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>
> ***Group purchases with better discounts are available***
> Please let me know if you are interested.
>
> Press releases are available on our press page:
> http://press.oreilly.com/
>
>
> ***Outlook Pocket Guide
> Order Number: 4443
> This pocket-size reference explains how Outlook works behind the
> scenes, allowing you to more efficiently manage your schedule,
> contacts, and deadlines. The book includes an extensive guide section
> for common tasks and little-known solutions, as well as reference
> tables for keyboard shortcuts, regular expressions, and common file
> locations.  http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/outlookpg/
>
>
> ***Mastering Visual Studio .NET
> Order Number: 3609
> Most developers can perform the basics inside Visual Studio .NET, like
> creating a project, typing some code, compiling, and debugging.
> "Mastering Visual Studio .NET" covers these topics quickly, and then it
> gives intermediate and advanced programmers the kind of depth that's
> really needed: advanced window functionality, macros, advanced
> debugging, add-ins, and so on.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/
>
> Chapter 7, "Integrating Components with Visual Studio .NET," is
> available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/mastvsnet/chapter/index.html
>
>
> ***.NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell
> Order Number: 3382
> ".NET Windows Forms in a Nutshell" offers an accelerated introduction
> to this next generation of rich user-interface development. Experienced
> programmers will find a comprehensive guide to developing Windows
> applications within the .NET Windows Forms platform, along with a
> compact yet complete reference to the .NET Framework Class Library
> (FCL) Windows Forms namespaces and types. The bonus CD-ROM includes an
> add-in that integrates the book's reference directly into the help
> files of Visual Studio .NET.
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/
>
> Chapter 3, "Forms, Containers, and Applications," is available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/netwinformian/chapter/index.html
>
>
> ***Content Syndication with RSS
> Order Number: 3838
> RSS is an XML-based format that allows web developers to describe and
> syndicate web site content. Written for webloggers, developers, and
> programmers who want to offer XML-based feeds of their content, or who
> want to use content that other people are syndicating, this book
> explores and explains metadata interpretation, different forms of
> content syndication, and the increasing use of web services in this
> field. Produce your own RSS feed with this step-by-step guide to
> implementation.  http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/
>
> Chapter 4, "RSS 0.91, 0.92 and 2.0 Really Simple Syndication," is
> available online:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/consynrss/chapter/index.html
>
> ===============================================
> Upcoming Events
> ===============================================
> ***Brian McConnell ("Beyond Contact") at SFPCUG, San Francisco,
> CA--April 15 Author Brian McConnell will discuss the current status of 
> SETI programs
> and his research with the San Francisco PC User's Group.
>
> 7 p.m. meeting; doors open at 6
> Meetings take place in the auditorium of the
> Community College District Office, 33 Gough Street,
> (a half-block south of Market Street) San Francisco, CA.
> www.sfpcug.org
>
>
> ***JavaRanch Online Author Forum--April 15-18 Author Ron Hitchens ("Java 
> NIO") moseys up to the JavaRanch for four
> days, answering questions and responding to Forum topics. On the last
> day, four winners will be randomly selected from all Forum participants
> to win a copy of the book.  http://www.javaranch.com/bookpromo.jsp
>
>
> ***PHPCon East 2003, New York, NY-- April 23-25
> Join O'Reilly author and PHP inventor Rasmus Lerdorf ("PHP Pocket
> Reference") at PHPCon for his opening keynote and session on "PHP Tips
> and Tricks." Also, don't miss "PHP Cookbook" authors Adam Trachtenberg
> and David Sklar for their session, "Taming Large-Scale PHP Projects."
>
> PHPCon East 2003
> Park Central Hotel 870 Seventh Avenue at 56th Street New York City, New 
> York 10019-4038
> http://php-con.com/
>
>
> ***Linuxfest Northwest 2003, Bellingham, WA--April 26
> Brian Aker ("Running Weblogs with Slash") and Randal Schwartz
> ("Learning Perl, 3rd Edition") will be speaking at Linuxfest Northwest
> 2003, a regional exposition for computer users interested in the Linux
> operating system and other Open Source software. This event is being
> organized by Linux User Groups from Bellingham, Kitsap Peninsula,
> Seattle, and Tacoma, and hosted by BTC. Admission to the event is
> free.
>
> April 26th, 2003,10am to 4pm
> Bellingham Technical College
> 3028 Lindbergh Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225
> For more information:
> http://linuxnorthwest.com
>
> For more events, please see:
> http://events.oreilly.com/
>
> ================================================
> Conference News
> ================================================
> ***Free Amazon Workshop at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference
> This full-day workshop, located at ETech, examines the Amazon platform
> in depth, with a specific focus on web services APIs. Amazon.com
> employees and third party developers share case studies and
> demonstrations. Space is limited (and filling up quickly). Register for
> the workshop by April 14, 2003.
>
> To register, send an email to Linda Holder at lholder at oreilly.com with
> your contact information.
>
> For more info, read the Slashdot article "REST vs. SOAP In Amazon Web
> Services":
> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/03/1942235
>
> For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: 
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
>
>
> ***Registration is open for the 2003 O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> --Portland, OR
> Programmers, developers, strategists, technical staff, and other open
> source votaries from around the world congregate for five days of
> tutorials, conference sessions, and networking of the flesh-and-blood
> variety. Recognizing that open source tools have moved squarely into
> the mainstream, this year's convention focuses on "embracing and
> extending proprietary software."
>
>
> Early Bird Discount--
> User Group members who register before May 23, 2003, get a double
> discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the
> "Early Bird" price.
>
> To register, go to:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2003/create/ord_os03
>
> O'Reilly Open Source Convention
> Portland Marriott Downtown,
> Portland, OR
> July 7-11, 2003
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/
>
>
> ***O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Call for Participation
> System administrators, developers, strategists, technical staff, and
> power users are invited to submit proposals to lead tutorial and
> conference sessions at the second annual O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference.
> Suggested topics include: Scripting Genius, Amazing Applications,
> Ingenious Hacks, and SysAdmin Mac Style, to name a few.
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/
>
> The submission deadline for proposals is May 14, 2003:
> http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2003/create/e_sess
>
>
> ***Put Up an O'Reilly Open Source Convention Banner, Get A Free Book
> We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on
> their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with
> our O'Reilly Open Source Convention banner, I will send
> you the O'Reilly book of your choice.
>
> OSCON Conference Banners:
> http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/oscon2003/
>
> ================================================
> Safari News
> ================================================
> ***"Go On Safari" Tip of the Week Winner--Hamster, LinuxChix
>
> "Make Safari your first port of call when searching the Web for
> technical information. Search engines return an awful lot of junk, but
> a search on Safari has a 100% signal to noise ratio!!"
>
>
> Your group can also participate in this introductory program just for
> user group members. To "Go on Safari," any of your members who sign up
> for our Safari 14-day free trial send comments on their experiences, or
> tips and tricks for how they used Safari  (it only needs to be 2
> sentences long, but it may be longer) to safari_talk at oreilly.com.
>
> Every week someone will be chosen from the tips or comments submitted
> to receive fun stuff from O'Reilly (T-shirts, book bags, or other
> surprises). If a member of your user group is selected, your group
> receives free gifts, too. Whatever the individual member receives, your
> UG will get one, too, to give away at your next meeting, or use however
> you see fit. Recipients--and their comments--will be announced in the
> User Group Newsletter.
>
>
> **Please use this special UG URL to sign up for the 14-day trial**
> http://www.oreilly.com/safari/ug
>
>
> For more information on Safari:
> http://safari.oreilly.com/
>
> ================================================
> News From O'Reilly & Beyond
> ================================================
> ---------------------
> General News
> ---------------------
> ***Sift, Stir, Code: O'Reilly Cookbooks Looking for the right ingredients 
> to solve a programming problem? Look
> no further than O'Reilly Cookbooks. Each cookbook contains hundreds of
> programming recipes presented in a special Problem/Solution/Discussion
> format, and includes hundreds of scripts, programs, and command
> sequences you can use to solve specific dilemmas.
> http://cookbooks.oreilly.com/
>
>
> ***Daddy, Are We There Yet? A Discussion with Alan Kay
> Daniel Steinberg chats with Alan Kay, the creator of Smalltalk, about
> where computing is today and where it's headed. Alan will deliver a
> keynote at O'Reilly's upcoming Emerging Technology Conference.
> http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/04/03/alan_kay.html
>
> For more info on the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference: 
> http://conferences.oreilly.com/etcon/
>
> ---------------------
> Open Source
> ---------------------
> ***Cheap IP Takeover
> Rob Flickenger offers a scheme for monitoring the health of your server
> using ping, bash, and a simple network utility. This is an example of
> the 100 hacks you'll find in Rob's "Linux Server Hacks."
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2003/04/03/linuxhacks.html
>
> Linux Server Hacks
> Order Number: 4613
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxsvrhack/
>
>
> ***What's New in Python 2.3?
> Will the forthcoming Python 2.3 invalidate what you learn from
> O'Reilly's recently released "Python in a Nutshell?" Is it worth
> upgrading to 2.3, or should you stick to 2.2 as long as possible? This
> article, by Alex Martelli, the author of "Python in a Nutshell,"
> answers these questions with a look at the changes and improvements in
> the new version, including reviews of the new modules 2.3 has to
> offer.  http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/03/27/pythonian.html
>
> Python in a Nutshell
> Order Number: 1886
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonian/index.html
>
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***Top 12 Reasons to Write Unit Tests
> Most programmers don't write tests, which is unfortunate since testing
> improves software quality and design, reduces bugs, and provides
> material for accurate documentation. If those reasons don't convince
> you, here are 12 more, brought to you by Eric M. Burke and Brian M.
> Coyner, coauthors of "Java Extreme Programming Cookbook."
> http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/04/02/javaxpckbk.html
>
> Java Extreme Programming Cookbook
> Order Number: 3870
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jextprockbk/
>
> ---------------------
> .NET
> ---------------------
> ***Inside the Workings of Rotor
> Get under the Shared Source CLI hood in this OET interview with David
> Stutz, a former member of Microsoft's .NET Framework core design team
> and a coauthor of the first book on the inside operations of Rotor,
> O'Reilly's "Shared Source CLI Essentials."
> http://www.oetrends.com/cgi-bin/page_display.cgi?194
>
> Shared Source CLI Essentials
> Order Number: 351X
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sscliess/
>
> ---------------------
> Oracle
> ---------------------
> ***Oracle 9i Release 2 Developments for PL/SQL Collections
> Steven Feuerstein and Bryn Llewellyn explore the extended flexibility
> of the collection syntax, storage, and access in Oracle 9i Release 2,
> which makes it possible to write simpler, more efficient code. Steven
> is a coauthor of "Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition."
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2003/04/01/feuerstein.html
>
> Oracle PL/SQL Programming, 3rd Edition
> Order Number: 3811
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oraclep3/index.html
>
> ---------------------
> Mac
> ---------------------
> ***iMovie 3 and Other New Books
> Author David Pogue talks about a number of upcoming releases that will
> cover everything you need to know about the Apple iLife suite, in the
> latest From David's Desk.  http://missingmanuals.com/david/
>
> ***A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR The concept 
> of digital photography is exciting. But in reality,
> shooting with a typical digicam elicits a raft of frustrations, from
> shutter lag to those miserable optical viewfinders. The Canon EOS 10D
> digital SLR changes all of that. It's a photographic tool that
> distinguishes itself as a capable camera first, then amazes you that it
> uses CompactFlash media instead of film. Here's a photographer's look
> at what might be your next digital camera.
> http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/all_mac_articles
>
>
> ***A Developer's Perspective on Apple's 12-inch PowerBook
> Many of our developers have been eyeing Apple's new 12-inch PowerBook
> as a possible upgrade for their iBooks. Yes, the PowerBook does have a
> G4 processor, but does it pass muster in other areas? Wei Meng Lee made
> the leap and reports on how he landed.
> http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/03/28/powerbook.html
>
> ================================================
> News From Your Peers
> ================================================
>
> ***MUG ONE Special Event with Dave Marra, Oneonta, NY--May 6
> Dave Marra, Apple Senior Systems Engineer, will be presenting to The
> Macintosh User Group of Oneonta, NY on May 6, 2003 at 7:30 PM in Hogdon
> IRC Classroom 4 on the State University at Oneonta campus for an
> exciting evening exploring the amazing new Macintosh hardware and
> software recently released from Apple.  http://www.mugone.com/
>
>
> ***Peninsula Apple Users Group Celebrates 20 years, Redwood City,
> CA--July 19
> All Macintosh enthusiasts are invited to join Saturday, July 19, 2003
> from 11am-3pm at the Red Morton Community Park in Redwood City,
> California.  http://homepage.mac.com/ipaug/20-yrs.html
>
> Please RSVP by July 11 to Audrey Hargis at audreyrwc at aol.com.
>
>
>
> Until next time--
>
> Marsee
>
>
>
>
>
>


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