From timc+perl at divide.net Sat Oct 6 20:53:20 2012 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2012 21:53:20 -0600 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly In-Reply-To: <1349564425.21142.0.270204@post.oreilly.com> References: <1349564425.21142.0.270204@post.oreilly.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Marsee Henon and Jon Johns* Date: Saturday, October 6, 2012 Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly ** View in browser. Forward this announcement to a friend [image: Header] Hello, Pythonistas won't want to miss Rachel Roumeliotis' interviewwith Python creator Guido Van Rossum. You can catch all our new Code Podcasts via iTunesor our YouTube channel. Also, help us spread the word about our Python Survey. Here's a tweet to share ? Help O'Reilly! Take a quick 6 question survey about #python http://oreil.ly/SArOrL --Marsee Henon & Jon Johns P.S. 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The book includes interviews with experts such as *Cory Doctorow*, *James Gleick*, and *Margaret Atwood*, who talk about how *Steampunk* has become a cultural movement as demonstrated in clothing, events, music, and (drumroll) books! The authors have also just completed a documentary by the same name. You can see the trailer here: http://vintagetomorrows.com/ ------------------------------ SLC Extends Apps Bounty Program (October 16 Deadline) [image: SLC Extends App Bounty Program] The *Shared Learning Collaborative* (SLC) Apps Bounty Program has extend been extended by popular demand. The new SLC Apps Bounty Program deadline is Tuesday, October 16, 2012. Winners will be announced on a new date - October 29, 2012. Interested developers are invited to submit proposals to create these applications for the classroom. Two teams will receive *a bounty of $75,000* per application. For more information regarding application descriptions, minimum requirements, guidelines, and eligibility, on dev.slcedu.org. ------------------------------ Monthly Music Hackathon NYC (October 20, New York City) [image: Monthly Music Hackathon] *Monthly Music Hackathon NYC*is a monthly all-day event for musicians and engineers to create new music-related projects from scratch, develop them over a period of ~10 hours, then perform or present them in a concert format at 8pm. They usually occur on the last or second to last Saturday of each month. 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Join them in Midtown Manhattan, October 26-28 by registeringtoday. ------------------------------ Get to Know Boston User Groups (BUG) [image: BUG] If you're a user group in the greater *New England* area and haven't connected with Boston User Groups, you'll find they're a great resource with many years of experience. Meet other community leaders and build the relationships that can help your group grow. Their members include user groups interested in *Linux*, *Unix*, *Mac*, *Windows*, *Devices*, *Gaming*, *Developers*, *IT Pros*, and much more. Join BUGtoday. ------------------------------ Node Labs Javascript Workshop (November 2-3, Kansas City, MO) [image: Node Labs JS Workshop] Node Labsin *Kansas City* will be hosting a workshopto teach the fundamentals of *Node.JS* and *JavaScript*. The event is geared towards new programmers and professionals, and is limited to a capacity of 50 seats. This number can change if sponsorship opportunities arise. 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Forward this announcement to a friend [image: Header] Hello, At the Strata Rx Conference, Tim O'Reilly, founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, asked for support of a proposed federal rule that expands patients' access to their test results. Tim added his signature on a letterto the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging finalization of the rule, joining Aneesh Chopra, Esther Dyson, Jamie Heywood, Susan Love, David Lindeman, and Ann Waldo in a rapidly growing group of healthcare and technology leaders. "I'm convinced that there's a wave of innovation coming in healthcare, driven by new kinds of data, new ways of extracting meaning from that data, and new business models that data can enable," Tim says. While much of that data is still unavailable, efforts such as this consensus letter advance the progress of open data in healthcare. Tim asks you to add your signatureto this important letter. --Marsee Henon & Jon Johns P.S. 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If you???re a qualified security professional who holds current *CompTIA Security+* certification, and you???re interested in writing for Microsoft Press, please contact *Kenyon Brown* at kbrown at oreilly.com ------------------------------ Code Podcast: The Promise of WebGL [image: PyData Conference and Workshop] If you're a fan of the latest cutting edge visual web technologies, you'll enjoy this recent O'Reilly Code interview with *Tony Parisi* (@auradeluxe), author of WebGL: Up and Running, on the promise of *WebGL*. Considered to be a cornerstone of *HTML5*technologies, WebGL is a JavaScript API that allows you to produce hardware accelerated graphically rich applications that run in the browser *without a plugin*. Catch this podcastto find out about the potential of WebGL, what's involved in using it, what tools are available, and get links to real-world examples. ------------------------------ Meet No Starch Press [image: PyData Conference and Workshop] *No Starch Press* publishes the finest in geek entertainment ??? distinctive books on computing, such as bestsellers "Steal This Computer Book", "How Linux Works", *"Hacking: The Art of Exploitation"*, "The Cult of Mac", and "The Unofficial LEGO Builder's Guide", with a focus on open source/Linux, security, hacking, programming, and alternative operating systems. Browse their O'Reilly Publishing Partner pagefor recent titles. ------------------------------ Google Developer Program Flyer [image: PyData Conference and Workshop] At a recent developer event in Silicon Valley, *Van Riper* and Co. created a flyerabout the programs available for Google Developers on developers.google.com. 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If you'd like an ebook version of our Data Science Starter Kit, let us know. ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: QuickBooks: The Missing Manual] 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. - QuickBooks: The Missing Manual - CLR via C#, 4th Edition - Panobook 2012 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 deadline and shipping address. Prefer ebooks? 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Get your copy today. ------------------------------ Make Windows 8 Work for You [image: PyData Conference and Workshop] Just this past week, *Windows 8* was released with much fanfare. New * Surface* tablets, a Windows Store in Times Square, and an easy upgrade path for Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 users aside, there's plenty to explore with this new operating system. We've got two great *webcasts* coming up (see below <#13aa4ae698217543_webcasts>) and, for a limited time, you can save 50% on select ebook titles to jumpstart your Windows 8 expertise. ------------------------------ MongoSV (December 4, Santa Clara, CA) [image: PyData Conference and Workshop] The folks at *10gen* will be holding their MongoSV 2012conference on December 4. This is the premier event dedicated to the open source, non-relational database MongoDB. Topics include: schema design, * sharding*, building apps, deployment strategies, replication, *MongoDB on Windows Azure*, aggregation, analytics, *geolocation*, operations, and plenty of Lightning Talks. They'll also have two in-depth, hands-on MongoDB *workshops* a day before the event. Early Bird registrationfor this event ends November 2, so act now to get in before prices go up. ------------------------------ We'll be at AnDevCon IV (December 4-7, San Francisco) [image: PyData Conference and Workshop] Will you be at AnDevCon IV? If so, *drop by the O'Reilly booth* and say hi to Jon. You may also run into members from various associations like: the *Android Alameda MeetUp*, Application Developers Alliance, Churchill Club, *Code Chix*, various chapters of the *GDG*, IEEE, SVForum, SV Android Developers, *SF Android UG*, and many more. There will be tons of classes, info on the latest from Jelly Bean to *Project Butter*, and a general session where Googlers Chet Haase and Roman Guy talk about "*What's New in Android*?" Registerbefore November 16 for the best price. ------------------------------ Meet Experts Online: Upcoming Free Webcasts We've got some great webcastscoming up soon that you'll want to tell your members about. They're excellent opportunities to learn something new directly from our experts. *8+ Features You Will Love to Use in Windows 8 with Ciprian Adrian Rusen * Oct 31, 10 AM PT [image: Learn More] *Getting Started with Windows 8 with Mike Halsey * Nov 1, 10 AM PT [image: Learn More] *Getting Started with .NET Gadgeteer with Simon Monk * Nov 8, 1 PM PT [image: Learn More] ------------------------------ Put up a Banner & Get a Free Book?UG leaders only We're looking for groups to display our discount banners on their websites. 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