[Wellington-pm] [Fwd: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 20]

Grant McLean grant at mclean.net.nz
Sun Jul 22 20:11:46 PDT 2007


-------- Forwarded Message --------
> From: Marsee Henon
> Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 20
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:00:54 -0700
> 
> Hi there
> 
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> Let me know if you're going to Linuxworld, Photoshop World, 
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> 
> 
> Travel Update:
> 
> I'll be attending OSCON July 23-27 in Portland and then Linuxworld on
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> 
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> --Marsee
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> Open Source
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> 
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> Digital Media
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> 
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> 
> ---------------------
> Mac/Apple
> ---------------------
> ***iPhone: The Missing Manual Sneak Preview
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> 
> 
> ***Smarter Ways to Work with PDFs
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> 
> 
> ***QuickTime Web Movie Secrets
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> 
> ---------------------
> Microsoft/.NET
> ---------------------
> ***Eight Reasons Windows Administrators Should Learn JScript Instead of
>    VBScript 
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> you why JScript is your best choice.
> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/06/19/eight-reasons-windows-administrators-should-learn-jscript-instead-of-vbscript.ht>
> 
> ***Windows Wireless LAN Security Primer
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> <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/06/26/windows-wireless-lan-security-primer.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Java
> ---------------------
> ***GMF: Beyond the Wizards 
> Using the Eclipse Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF), this article takes
> the reader through a step-by-step creation of the construction of an
> application using GMF. Beyond the wizards, get an introduction to GMF
> 'under the hood.'
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/07/11/gmf-beyond-the-wizards.html>
> 
> 
> ***Enabling Peer-to-Peer BitTorrent Downloads with Azureus 
> BitTorrent is one of the more popular protocols being used for
> peer-to-peer file transfers, and enabling your Java applications to use
> this protocol has never been easier. With a little theory and a lot of
> working code, this article shows you how to add peer-to-peer protocols
> to your own apps.
> <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/06/21/enabling-peer-to-peer-bittorrent-downloads-with-azureus.html>
> 
> ---------------------
> Web
> ---------------------
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> ***iPhone: Test Your Site for iPhone Compatibility
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/07/09/iphoney-test-your-site-for-iphone-compatibility/>
> 
> 
> ***Simply JavaScript
> HTML and CSS alone can only achieve the static beauty of the department
> store mannequin. Here, Kevin shows you how, with JavaScript, you can
> combine the three layers of the Web to bring that awkward puppet 
> to life.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/simply-javascript>
> 
> 
> ***Rich Developer, Poor Developer
> A look at website flipping and the business of buying and selling.
> <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/06/25/rich-developer-poor-developer/>
> 
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> Until next time--
> 
> Marsee Henon
> 
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