[Pdx-pm] Fwd: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun4

Tue Jun 5 16:14:31 PDT 2012

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From: Marsee Henon and Jon Johns <usergroups at post.oreilly.com>
Sent: Mon Jun 04 18:01:23 PDT 2012
To: ben.hengst at gmail.com
Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--Jun4

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Hello,

Got your travel plans dialed in for summer? We do! Not only will the the
UG team be headed to TechEd in Orlando, we'll also be attending TechEd
Europe in Amsterdam this month. If you're attending either event, make
sure you let us know.  And have you downloaded the Windows 8 Release
Preview? This week we'd like to offer you a preview of Charles Petzold's
new book "Programming Windows, 6th Edition" in ebook form (the print
version will be out in November this year.) Tell us your oreilly.com
account and we'll give you a copy.

Cheers,

--Marsee Henon & Jon Johns

Available for Review

The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books.
Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or
your blog.

Maintainable JavaScript 
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z4evecu1tucepsh3p0ldth84qg5b6jhp03felhag

Web Workers 
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zsiil2cd9po1d5i78e4ni3ijapobq9buuhm14cvg

Orchard CMS: Up and Running
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zao0gbilctn66u0g3htgh6t7k4us9blaj6ububo8

It's easy for you to request books for your meetings or special
events--just email usergroups at oreilly.com and include the words "book
request" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your due date and
shipping address. Prefer ebooks? We can send you a free ebook
certificate to print out for raffles or book reviewers.

New Releases

WebGL: Up and Running 
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zqg1dg9hgukibotetfmso6t5dagsmc905bgstva0

Create Your Own Photo Book
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z11kkl3e65mvduoq5l8ppjs82o4ie6a3he53dd48

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zfsbhorhodvhrn9fe9v992fomdeoobe8u33epgh0

HLSL and Pixel Shaders for XAML Developers
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1ztdsrdklj21j4ehmi9ofj8t510ov4hu4uev1q06g

Adobe Edge Preview 5: The Missing Manual
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zncmkabd2sg4c3npfkv1nq275kr3n51i0crl3qjg

Programming Computer Vision with Python
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zj4tls3d9cghjd4631tfjppfkktrp1mohletons8

Celebrate World IPv6 Day (June 6)

Are you prepared for IPv6? Major ISPs, hardware vendors, and companies
around the world are gearing up to enable IPv6 in their products and
services by Wednesday, June 6. If you're interested in learning all you
can about the new backbone of the Internet, we'll be celebrating all day
on oreilly.com with deals.

Read about World IPv6 Day. 
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Using Python for Computer Vision Podcast

Computer vision is increasingly being used in everyday technology.
Barcode scanning, augmented reality, and facial recognition are a few
examples you may be familiar with. O'Reilly's Andy Oram interviews Jan
Erik Solem, author of the upcoming book "Programming Computer Vision
with Python," in this recent O'Reilly podcast.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1za08iqnfnjqvl9lt53e6p1g91vmkgm8upnapjcr8

Highlights from the full video interview include:

--The value of Python in computer vision [Discussed at the 0:24 mark]
--Searching for images within images [Discussed at the 2:13 mark]
--Clustering or grouping images [Discussed at the 3:22 mark] 
--Constructing a 3D scene from images [Discussed at the 6:11 mark] 
--Modeling and calibrating a camera [Discussed at the 7:22 mark]

Ignite OSCON CFP is now open

If you have a hack to teach, website to launch, war story to tell, or
other great idea for an Ignite presentation, tell us about it. Ignite
OSCON will take place on Monday evening, July 16. If your Ignite OSCON
talk is accepted, you'll receive a complimentary day pass to OSCON for
Tuesday, July 17, plus a 50% discount if you'd like to upgrade your
pass. If you haven't seen an Ignite talk watch some videos at
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Submit your talk by June 21, 2012. 
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OSCON Awards Taking Nominations (July 19, Portland)

The 8th Annual O'Reilly Open Source Awards will be hosted this July at
OSCON in Portland, OR. The awards recognize individual contributors who
have demonstrated exceptional leadership, creativity, and collaboration
in the development of Open Source Software. We're accepting nominations
for the OSCON Open Source Awards through June 21.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zf5kademibp0dr5436mau3avqli2gs0d0ivhblu8

SharePoint Technology Conference (July 22-25, Boston)

The SharePoint Technology Conference, July 22-25 in Boston, is the
world's premier independent event for Microsoft Office SharePoint. The
format includes 90+ technical classes, workshops, and breakout classes
with content geared to IT professionals, business managers, and
developers.  It features top Microsoft MVPs, dozens of expert MS
speakers, and solutions from 50+ exhibitors (exhibits admission is
FREE!).  Use code OREILLY for $100 3-day or 4-day discount.

Windows 8 Release Preview Resources

Are you running the latest Windows 8 Release Preview? Here are a few key
resources for developers:

*If you're ready to start coding, get the latest developer tools here.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zvr6n00q4dtl60e6qr7o3rvmm9ddasmg1rt89g9o
*Windows Dev Center has hundreds of new and updated design resources,
technical articles, and samples for Metro style app development.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zfn0mo8eoimrbk012inih00b24k9tl9m25tskgao
*Read "What's changed for app developers since Consumer Preview" on 
Windows 8 app developer blog for an overview of what's new in Visual 
Studio, the platform, and the De Center.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zhb78662pc8c5s6lb1fni7bvj92aodgso36vl4f0
*You'll also want to catch the latest Windows Store for Developers blog 
to find out the latest changes to the store in Release Preview 
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z17vt6v7brnm3c8tlo80u4cbmf5m5k6rms6omts0

Meet Experts Online: Upcoming Free Webcasts

We've got some great webcasts coming up soon that you'll want to tell
your members about. 
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PINTEREST - Architecting and Building our Sharded MySQL Datastore
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zs0qkjedtsoamflv9g7k482ofhaknaqipmn7inn0

Applying old video game performance techniques to modern web-based game
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zaqstqvrnsuinrrn6hp6rdk9rtng4k44619oou78

Adaptive Images in Responsive Web Design
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zjqa4ee6tci2210l4lmkbdu7cavkri8u5baona1g

Put Up a Banner & Get a Free Book -- UG leaders only

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