[Pdx-pm] Fwd: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly

Sun Aug 11 16:03:56 PDT 2013

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Marsee Henon & Jon Johns" <usergroups at post.oreilly.com>
Date: Aug 11, 2013 4:03 PM
Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly
To: <ben.hengst+oreilly at gmail.com>
Cc:

**

View in browser<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zk4l0o6rjgumvqptkp3i3gup5fsnr4gl2pc5rm78>.

Forward this announcement to a
friend<http://post.oreilly.com/f2f/9z1zi2eh00vc2gf5td00gusuhpb0agufne7br8bhisg>
   [image: O'Reilly User Group Newsletter]

Hello,

We offer several free sample chapters from many of our books including: UX
for Lean Startups<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zs1j53vjrbh0l1v18ggt0q89gigj2643q4dr1c9o>,
Understanding Computation<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z1rndfsas7j8on4o6ttq2ttpkmlgnhdevabsdjq0>,
and Present Yourself<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2s2gn0r5ifmclmpi8o8csajupqdn2ku87i63obo>.
See more free samplers, ebooks, and videos on
oreilly.com/free<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z6jn4sdoleomdoa7af4r5e4gescrgjpagr7coqu8>
.

Cheers,

—Marsee Henon and Jon Johns

P.S. If you're headed to
SPTechCon<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z76r3pu7iqdpk8i8nt7hkiqejopjk4ag7cpv2aag>in
Boston, say hi at the O'Reilly Booth next week.
------------------------------
Available for Review [image: Mastering
Perl]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z93mvrqnvs4nmurvgg62psra1k83s99tu6rj95vg>

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

   - Mastering Perl<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z4godnp0mmg99u9ll1radocbopvqm6bkbrp2iooo>
   - Scala Cookbook
   <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zqeh25nuaj0rb7g1d5bk2cjrmcj9i50ekq4kdrp8>
   - Test iOS Apps with UI Automation
   <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2qbamfq4pjvdvkj1glfbc9hb5vm9vp8ruktinro>

It's easy for you to get books for your meeting 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 deadline and shipping address.
Prefer ebooks? We can send you a free ebook certificate to print out for
raffles or book reviewers.
------------------------------
New Releases  [image: Microsoft SharePoint 2013 Step by
Step]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z5p71pdb5g84s68i9r5r0nic7dig35od4al0chqg>
[image:
Make: Maker Projects
Guide]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zq3njtqb9cu0sea37sfn1spptm8sv9ooi6fmisno>
[image:
Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview
Release]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zh5314kdarektmgs9pj3bjv2lpqcnt6o6eekbo90>
[image:
Oracle Essentials]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zaqepedjt3ssorgh4movdqafopqelaeq083hovu0>
[image:
MOS 2013 Study Guide for Microsoft
Excel]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zrir8gn8o1hrfoh6a4edph5hpc2vetm207m1nb7o>
[image:
Programming for
PaaS]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z35bhss4jtt9v2b8ch09keo3pjsir1hhrord4890>
------------------------------
 O'Reilly Webcasts: Meet Experts Online For Free!

The Art of Lean Testing. Presented by Ash Maurya and Eric Ries.

[image: The Art of Lean Testing]
<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2vbgq3ojq52m38cfgqreql11r6hbds4qn7gfblo>
* Wednesday, August 14
10am PT, 1pm ET*
 [image: Register
Now]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z584vautrqgs9mlgmmep2c88clve0m2n15mapl2o>

During the first part of this exclusive webcast event we welcome Eric Ries (
@ericries<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zu2mk20ckupeqq5ic4jpvqariaiqksf8ueigjj5o>)
author of New York Times bestseller "The Lean Startup" for a fireside chat
with Ash Maurya
(@ashmaurya<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zerabmt8u8uuk7k91ksnljcgj0n3me5rmh99k5l0>)
author of Running Lean to learn the story behind "Running Lean" and how the
material was chosen for the book.

Join us for this *free hands-on webcast*. You can enjoy this informative
presentation from the comfort of your computer chair!

To see more upcoming events and *meet experts online* visit
http://oreilly.com/webcasts/index.html<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zjlrhvtqehn7qli9q64el4dh5upnkq8qu6gn9f0o>.

 ------------------------------
O'Reilly Affiliate Program

Join the O'Reilly Affiliate
Program<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zj7883jndrfbjehoee44fbo96v58puaqdn2g2cpg>--
Make money each time you direct a visitor to
oreilly.com and they make a qualified purchase. It's FREE and easy to join.
Sign up today. Allow up to 7 days for your application to be reviewed. Once
your website is approved you can begin posting links and start earning
money.
------------------------------
The O'Reilly Programming Podcast on Sound Cloud

[image: SOUNDCLOUD]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1za8mae42rmmefl41rk2g5snur04o0c663ra053sg>

Rachel Roumeliotis hosts this
interview<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z3oi1lmfddfj9vj85d81jvp7jl3c4kmv9htp537o>with
Tony Santos about Human-Centered Design. Tony Santos, User Experience
Lead at Mozilla and OSCON 2013 Speaker, explains why truly human-centered
design incorporates your user's ways of thinking (mental models) and doing
tasks into your product's final design. Listen to this podcast and more on
our O'Reilly Programming Channel on Sound
Cloud<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zkrjsf73olevjk20vt7p76ecme2dlusrpsurlvs8>.

------------------------------
PuppetConf (San Francisco, CA August 22-23)

[image: MoDevTablet]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1znmf4m13n9688viibisjce484h1hpuhktanqlcc8>

Puppet Labs' third annual user conference, PuppetConf
2013<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z86aod6t4rba2km9siduqqelgcd2knmsskah3g5o>,
is just around the corner. Taking place August 22-23 at San Francisco's
historic Fairmont Hotel, PuppetConf delivers presentations and workshops
focusing on best practices in DevOps, cloud automation, and continuous
delivery. Look forward to presentations from 75+ speakers from Bank of
America, Cisco, GitHub, Google, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, PayPal, Red
Hat, salesforce.com, VMware and more.
------------------------------
Upcoming Tech Events via Techsmith Blog

[image: TechSmith]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zk6jsvnpmn552459kpj4tjr5egamsoq63rijnpso>

Our friends at TechSmith<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z94m7ot8m6h9j3g675rdhesu93osb2h3qrec14m8>have
found some interesting events happening next month we thought we'd
share with you.

   - TechFestNW<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z98rmul98ol3ubk05hereeblceuhbntutgud181g>(Portland,
OR Sept 6-8) Thought of as tech's next SXSW, TechFestNW is a new
   conference focused on honoring and exploring technology, startups, and
   design culture.
   - BoxWorks<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z457r3qd2ovhu64uch3vr9innpo99mhk1dbn8p98>(San
Francisco, CA Sept 15-17) BoxWorks is your chance to catch up on
   what's happening next in the cloud. With all-star speakers, chats with
   decision-makers, and networking in a friendly, informal environment.

------------------------------
Put Up a Banner & Get a Free Book—UG Leaders Only

We're looking for groups to display our discount banners on their websites.
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:[image: Strata Conference + Hadoop
World]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zia8r1oids75d1mabkf3a74qtjm1fuhtuoptnevg>

   - Strata Conference + Hadoop World Banners
   <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zc858qds4ggn936vufmkcoif5f88cqgsp1rqeuk0>
   - UG Program
Banners<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zc5bm0f5chgff5bur9ind94625hnn1er1fbgd1do>
   - UG Discount
Banners<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z3nm58ftlt765nofri4377j7nhs30pcv0ov3n608>

 ------------------------------

[image: Buy 1 Ebook, Get 1 Free with your user group discount code:
DSUG2]<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z52d07r1f36qb7f5driq9shor8dju0kcuk9s9kk8>
Buy 1 Ebook, Get 1 Free with your user group discount code: *DSUG2*
------------------------------

Looking for more? Visit
oreilly.com<http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zkskgiivo1o84htkmrug1424kaajamfjgde12a3o>.

[image: Find more at oreilly.com]

You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with
O'Reilly Media. If you would like to stop receiving these newsletters or
announcements from O'Reilly, send an email to: usergroups at oreilly.com

O'Reilly Media, Inc. 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472 (707)
827-7000
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.pm.org/pipermail/pdx-pm-list/attachments/20130811/9a5b8133/attachment-0001.html>