>Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 18:27:15 -0700 (PDT) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 17 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >May 17, 2002 > > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: >NEWS: >-Tapping the Alpha Geek Noosphere with EtherPEG >-Building Wireless Web Clients, Part 2 >-Why Data Binding Matters >-Harnessing XML with Custom Tags or ColdFusion Components >-A Batch Job to Add New User IDs >-Jaguar Preview is Stunning >-iPhoto Tips >-Web Services for Bioinformatics > >UPCOMING EVENTS >-Simson Garfinkel at Softpro Books in Burlington, MA >-Rob Flickenger will be presenting Wireless Community Networks >-Usenix Annual Technical Conference-Come to the O'Reilly booth and meet >our authors! > >CONFERENCE NEWS >-Be a Sponsor at OSCON >-O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference > >BOOK NEWS: >-Mac OS X Pocket Reference: A User's Guide to Mac OS X >-Windows XP Home Edition: The Missing Manual > > >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... > >------------------------------- >GENERAL NEWS >------------------------------- >TAPPING THE ALPHA GEEK NOOSPHERE WITH ETHERPEG >"So there I was at ETech, sitting in the back of the Emergence >discussion, listening to Rael Dornfest, Cory Doctorow, Clay Shirky, and >other extraordinary blogging minds thought about the blogging >world...If only there were some way of getting into the collective >stream-of-consciousness of the crowd, to gauge their actual reactions >to what was really going on up on stage..." > >Read the rest of Rob Flickenger's weblog: >http://www.oreillynet.com/1414.html > >For more about Rob see "Upcoming Events" further on in this newsletter. > > >--------------------- >JAVA >--------------------- >BUILDING WIRELESS WEB CLIENTS, PART 2 >Get Amazon book info from wireless devices by Kim Topley. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/05/15/j2me2.html > >J2ME in a Nutshell >Order Number: 253x >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/j2meanut/ > > >WHY DATA BINDING MATTERS >Brett McLaughlin offers five examples of how data binding can save you >considerable time and energy. >http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2002/05/15/databind.html > >Java & XML Data Binding >Order Number: 2785 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/javaxmldatabind/ > > >--------------------- >COLDFUSION >--------------------- >HARNESSING XML WITH CUSTOM TAGS OR COLDFUSION COMPONENTS >Rob Brooks-Bilson shows how to use ColdFusion MX's Components and its >XML parsing capabilities in this article from Macromedia's Application >Development Center. Rob is the author of Programming ColdFusion. >http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/mx/coldfusion/articles/custom_cf_tag.html > >Programming ColdFusion >Order Number: 6986 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coldfusion/index.html > > >--------------------- >LINUX >--------------------- > >A BATCH JOB TO ADD NEW USER IDS >Arnold Robbins shows a script to automate adding many user IDs at >once. >http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2002/05/09/uid.html > >Learning the Korn Shell, 2nd Edition, By Arnold Robbins >Order Number: 1959 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/korn2/ > > >--------------------- >MAC >--------------------- >JAGUAR PREVIEW IS STUNNING >By now you may have heard some of the announcements at the 2002 WWDC >conference in San Jose, Calif., but here's a detailed overview of just >about everything Steve Jobs covered in his keynote address where he >introduced Apple developers to Mac OS X 10.2, code named Jaguar. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/05/09/wwdc_overview.html > >IPHOTO TIPS >Pro photographer and Mac enthusiast Derrick Story shows you how to get >the most out of iPhoto keeping you up to date with the latest plug-ins >available for Apple's breakthrough digital imaging application. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/collections/iphoto.html > > >--------------------- >WEB SERVICES >--------------------- >WEB SERVICES FOR BIOINFORMATICS >Ethan Cerami explores two bioinformatic Web Services you can try out >today--XEMBL and BQS--and shows code examples of how the interfaces >work. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/webservices/2002/05/14/biows.html > > >--------------------------------------------------- >UPCOMING EVENTS WITH O'REILLY AUTHORS >--------------------------------------------------- >SIMSON GARFINKEL ON BUILDING COCOA APPLICATIONS AT >SOFTPRO BOOKS BURLINGTON, MA >Wednesday, May 22--6:30 PM >In this 45-minute talk, Simson Garfinkel, coauthor of the upcoming book >"Building Cocoa Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide" will discuss the >history and future of the Mac OS X operating system, and will show how >you too can use Mac OS X to build graphical applications faster than >you ever thought possible. > >Softpro Books >112 Mall Road >Burlington, MA 01803For more information see: >http://www.softpro.com/events.html > >Open Invitation to SIGS and User Groups: Softpro is happy to host your >group. We have space to accomodate up to 30 people in Burlington and up >to 12 in Marlborough. Reserve a time by writing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For more on information or articles by Simson Garfinkel see: >http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/catalog/view/au/355?x-t=book.view > >Building Cocoa Applications: A Step-by-Step Guide >Order Number: 2351 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildcocoa/ > > >ROB FLICKENGER WILL BE PRESENTING WIRELESS COMMUNITY NETWORKS >Golden Gate Computer Society, San Rafael, CA >June 3, 2002 > >Call the Golden Gate Computer Society information hotline at (415) >454-5556 or see http://www.ggcs.org/thismonth.html > >Building Wireless Community Networks >Order Number: 2041 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet/ > >For more information or articles by Rob Flickenger see: >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/80 > > >USENIX ANNUAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE-- >COME TO THE O'REILLY BOOTH AND MEET OUR AUTHORS! >Monterey, CA >Thursday, June 13th at 6:00 pm >Booth # 409/411 >Don't miss presentations by authors David N. Blank-Edelman (Perl for >System Administration), Ian Darwin (Java Cookbook), Craig Hunt (TCP/IP >Network Administration), and Cricket Liu (DNS and BIND, DNS on Windows >NT, and DNS on Windows 2000). http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/ > >For more O'Reilly events see: >http://events.oreilly.com/ > > >================================================ >CONFERENCE NEWS >================================================ >BE A SPONSOR AT OSCON >The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is slated for July 22-26, 2002 at >the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina. If you are interested in >exhibiting or sponsoring the convention, telephone Andrew Calvo at >707-827-7176, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2002/oscon_sponsor_pkt.pdf > > >O'REILLY MAC OS X CONFERENCE >The first O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference, September 30-October 3, 2002, in >Santa Clara, CA, explores how Apple's completely rebuilt operating >system is creating fertile ground for Mac users, *nix programmers, and >Java developers alike. Registration opens June 2002. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/macosx2002/ > > >================================================ >BOOK NEWS >================================================ >REVIEW COPIES ARE AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. >If you need your books by a certain date, please allow at least three >weeks for shipping. Please send me copies of your newsletters. > >Don't forget, your members get 20% off any O'Reilly book they purchase >direct from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ > >MAC OS X POCKET REFERENCE A USER'S GUIDE TO MAC OS X >Order Number: 3463 >Apple's new operating system, Mac OS X, is reaching a critical mass. Its >sleek Aqua interface, combined with a powerful BSD Unix core, bring >usability and stability to a new level. As companies start to migrate >to Mac OS X from earlier versions of the Mac OS and from other flavors >of Unix, IT managers are looking for a quick reference guide to get >users started quickly; this Pocket Reference is that guide. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxpr/ > >WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION: THE MISSING MANUAL >Order Number: 2602 >Windows XP is the latest, most reliable, and best-looking version of >the worlds most widely used operating system. But one major failing of >Windows remains unaddressed in the XP edition: It comes without a >single page of printed instructions. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsxptmm/ > >Chapter 2, "The Desktop and Start Menu," is available in PDF format: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowsxptmm/chapter/index.html > > >Until next week, > >Marsee
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