From timc+perl at divide.net Sat Mar 9 20:39:20 2013 From: timc+perl at divide.net (Tim Chambers) Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2013 21:39:20 -0700 Subject: [Pikes-peak-pm] Fwd: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly In-Reply-To: <1362873691.3654.0.881390@post.oreilly.com> References: <1362873691.3654.0.881390@post.oreilly.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Marsee Henon & Jon Johns* Date: Saturday, March 9, 2013 Subject: UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly ** View in browser. Forward this announcement to a friend [image: Header] Hello, We're headed to *PYCON* in Santa Clara. Look for us in the expo hall or floating around the conference. If you've ever wanted to write a Python book for O'Reilly, and you'll be at the conference, then make sure you look for editor *Rachel Roumeliotis*. Cheers, ?Marsee Henon and Jon Johns P.S. If you're a Java developer, please take a minute to fill out our Java Developer Survey . ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: Windows 8: 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. - Windows 8: The Missing Manual - Packet Guide to Voice over IP - Programming JavaScript Applications 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? 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And as a result, when the election came, they were certain that they could respond to any crisis. Take a look at this new report from O'Reilly today. ------------------------------ LOPSA-East (May 3-4 New Brunswick, NJ) [image: LOPSA-East] LOPSA-Eastis an annual conference held in NJ with the goal of providing a forum where system administrators can come together, network with their industry peers, share war stories, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the profession. This years conference will be May 3rd and 4th, at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, NJ. Registration is affordable and the program includes many topics of interest to IT professionals. ------------------------------ The Top 5 Features of Windows 8 Webcast (Webcast March 20) [image: The Top 5 Features of Windows 8] David Pogue, author of Windows 8: The Missing Manual, is deeply immersed in Microsoft's latest operating system. He's ready to share the juiciest morsels of Microsoft's completely reimagined graphical user interface designed to run on tablets as well as PCs. In this live webcast *David Pogue* provides technical insight, lots of wit, and hard-nosed objectivity to help you hit the ground running with Microsoft's new OS. Please join us for this exclusive event. ------------------------------ Open Database Camp (March 16-17 Cambridge, MA) [image: Learning from First Responders] Open Database Campis an unconference style get together for people interested in open source databases, including non-relational databases, database alternatives like * NoSQL* stores, and database tools such as Gearman. The event is free and its format is designed to blend spontaneity with the quality and depth that comes only with pre-planning. The target audience are users and developers, but others are encouraged to attend too. There will be both presentations and *hackathons*?whatever you set up?with plenty of opportunities to learn, contribute, and collaborate. ------------------------------ Lean UX: Agility through cross-functional collaboration *Presented by:* Jeff Gothelf *Duration:* Approx. 60 min. *Cost:* Free [image: Learn More] Wednesday, March 13, 2013 10AM PT, San Francisco Join Jeff Gothelf for a hands-on webcastto learn how Lean UX aims to open up the user experience design process with a collaborative approach that involves the entire team. It's a hypothesis-based design approach that tests design ideas early and often and, along the way, builds a shared understanding with team mates that eliminates the dependencies on heavy documentation and challenging communications. ------------------------------ 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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Some of the themes and memes we're interested in for the 2013 conference program include: - Building resilience into applications, infrastructure, and teams - Operations escalation and outage handling patterns - Production datastore architectures at scale - TCP, HTTP, and SSL optimizations - Metrics and monitoring - Impact on the bottom line To see the rest of the conferences we have planned for 2013, look at our schedule. Cheers, ?Marsee Henon and Jon Johns ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: Lean Analytics] 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. - Lean Analytics - Appcelerator Titanium: Up and Running - Web Audio API 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: Appcelerator Titanium: Up and Running] [image: Service Design] [image: Programming iOS 6, 3rd Edition] [image: Learning from First Responders: When Your Systems Have to Work] [image: MongoDB Applied Design Patterns] [image: Microsoft?? Outlook?? 2013 Step by Step] ------------------------------ Big Data TechCon?$100 UG Discount (April 8-10?Boston, MA) [image: Big Data TechCon] BZ Media's inaugural Big Data TechConwill focus on the entire big data ecosystem and attract developers, IT managers, and practitioners. Big Data TechCon is technology-agnostic and will apply to organizations using relational databases, NoSQL databases, graph databases, unstructured data, flat files and data feeds. *Receive a $100 discount off the 3-day pass* by inserting the code *OREILLY* when prompted. Exhibits are free. ------------------------------ Open Tech NYC 2013 (March 30?NYC) [image: Open Tech NYC 2013] Open source is driving the NYC tech scene - from locally grown open source projects, to *startups* and big enterprises that run on open source, to new organizations and collaborative models that grew up in *New York City*. Open Tech NYC 2013will be held from 9:30AM to 4:30PM on March 30, 2013 at the Hunter's Point Event Space in Queens - less than fifteen minutes from Manhattan. They'll be welcoming a variety of speakers for 45 minute talks, and coffee and lunch breaks will be provided as well. ------------------------------ GOTO Conference (April 23-24?Chicago, IL) [image: GOTO Conference] The first GOTO Chicagoconference to take place this April in Downtown *Chicago* at the Drake Hotel. The GOTO Chicago program is created "by developers, for developers" where the emphasis is placed on presenting latest developments as they become relevant and interesting for the software development community. Some of the industry's best speakers, practitioners and trainers will be at GOTO Chicago to present and train on a variety of topic areas. Speakers include *O'Reilly* authors Dean Wamplerand John Allspaw . ------------------------------ Using Arduinos to make conferences better [image: Using Arduinos to make conferences better] GigaOM recently wrote about our Data Sensing Labat the recent Strata Conference: "Can Arduino devices jam-packed with sensors help you plan your next conference better? That's what O'Reilly Media is trying to figure out....A small and simple open-source computer board that can connect to sensors, the *Arduino* was one of 50 such gadgets that O'Reilly Media, host of the Strata Conference, planted around the facility. *Sensors* attached to the Arduinos pick up humidity, motion, sound and temperature data which they collect and wirelessly send to a *ZigBee* device that uploads it all to an Amazon Web Services cloud for *real-time visualization* and analysis and future processing, said tech-book author Alasdair Allan, one of the people behind the project." ------------------------------ Cross Platform App Development with Enyo *Presented by:* Roy Sutton *Duration:* Approx. 60 min. *Cost:* Free [image: Learn More] Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10AM PT, San Francisco Join us for a hands-on webcastpresented by Roy Sutton, author of Enyo: Up and Running, to learn about this open source JavaScript framework for writing native-quality apps that work equally well on smartphones, tablets, and desktops. Are you familiar with HTML, CSS, or JavaScript? Then you're ready for Enyo. ------------------------------ 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 UG Discount] - Velocity Conference Banners - Fluent Conference Banners - UG Program Banners - UG Discount Banners ------------------------------ [image: Learn about our Ebooks here] Buy 1 Ebook, Get 1 Free with your user group discount code: *DSUG2* ------------------------------ Looking for more? Visit oreilly.com. [image: Find more at oreilly.com] You are receiving this email because you are a User Group contact with O'Reilly Media. 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We've got several authors speaking at the event?including *Wes McKinney* (*Python for Data Analysi*s) and *Paco Nathan* (*Enterprise Data Workflows with Cascading*). As usual, let us know what events you're headed to or if you'd like a few books to giveaway. Cheers, ?Marsee Henon and Jon Johns ------------------------------ Available for Review [image: Learning iOS Programming, 3rd Edition] 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. - Learning iOS Programming, 3rd Edition - Test-Driven Development with Python - Programming the Mobile Web, 2nd Edition 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: Exploring Microsoft SharePoint 2013: New Features & Functions] [image: ZeroMQ] [image: Embedded Android] [image: Explore It!] [image: Twisted Network Programming Essentials, 2nd Edition] [image: Jump Start Responsive Web Design] ------------------------------ Maker Faire Bay Area Tickets on Sale Now (May 18-19, San Mateo, CA) [image: Maker Faire Bay Area] Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these "makers" come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned. Get your tickets today! ------------------------------ Submit a proposal to speak at Strata + Hadoop World by May 16 [image: Strata + Hadoop World] We're looking for presenters who will help make this year's Strata + Hadoop World another smashing success. If you're passionate about passing on some of your knowledge and expertise, we'll put you in front of an intelligent, engaged audience at one of the biggest data events and let you make your mark. *Submit your proposal by May 16 *. ------------------------------ Python in Finance (April, NYC) [image: Python in Finance] Python in Financeis a day-long conference in New York City brings together 300+ Python practitioners with a who's who line-up of speakers from the world of Python and finance, including *Claudia Perlich*, *Travis Oliphant*, and *Wes McKinney*. Use code: *OREILLY* for *$100 off* when registering ! ------------------------------ Hoboken MakerBar Announces Fundraising Party and Auction [image: Hoboken MakerBar] The MakerBar, Hoboken's community workshop for collaborating and learning about technology, has announced an evening of drinks, fondue, and electronics to support its becoming a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Event will be held on Wednesday, March 27th from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM at The Melting Pot in Hoboken. Join the MeetUp today. ------------------------------ Fluent Online Conference: Fluent 2013 Preview *Presented by:* Martha Girdler Pam Selle Brad Green Shyam Seshadri Wes Bos Peter Cooper Simon St. Laurent *Duration:* Approx. 120 min. *Cost:* Free [image: Learn More] Thursday, April 4, 2013 10AM PT, San Francisco The Fluent OLCis a snap shot preview of the Fluent conference program, covering key, important topics in the JavaScript ecosystem and beyond. Joining the Fluent program chairs, *Peter Cooper* and *Simon St. Laurent*, will be: - *Martha Girdler*?"this" in JavaScript - *Pam Selle*?Prototyping with Express - *Brad Green* and *Shyam Seshadri*?AngularJS - *Wes Bos*?Hardware Access ------------------------------ 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 UG Discount] - Velocity Conference Banners - Fluent Conference Banners - UG Program Banners - UG Discount Banners ------------------------------ [image: Learn about our Ebooks here] Buy 1 Ebook, Get 1 Free with your user group discount code: *DSUG2* ------------------------------ Looking for more? Visit oreilly.com. 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