>Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 13:06:21 -0700 (PDT) >From: Marsee Henon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, July 12 > >O'Reilly User Group Program >NEWSLETTER >July 12, 2002 > > >HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK: >NEWS: >-Marshall McLuhan vs. Marshalling Regular Expressions >-Top Ten Web Performance Tuning Tips >-Getting Loopy with Python and Perl >-W3C XML Schema Design Patterns: Dealing With Change >-O'Reilly Bioinformatics Conference Call for Participation >-Top Ten iPhoto Tips >-O'Reilly at Macworld Conference & Expo in New York >-Wanted: Visual Studio .NET User Groups > >CONFERENCE NEWS >-The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is Almost Here! >-Camping out at Kid's World--OSCON >-O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference Registration is Open >-Put up a Conference Banner--Get a Free Book > >BOOK NEWS: >-ASP.NET in a Nutshell >-XML Schema >-Writing Excel Macros with VBA, 2nd Edition >-PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition > >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >-Chicago.PM--Damian Conway in Chicago, August 19-23 >-NWOUG Summer Conference--Portland, Oregon > > >================================================ >NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND >================================================ > >Spread the word to your members.... > >------------------------------- >GENERAL NEWS >------------------------------- >MARSHALL MCLUHAN VS. MARSHALLING REGULAR EXPRESSIONS >Andy Oram explains why the success of "Mastering Regular Expressions, >2nd Ed." should help assuage the panic Marshall McLuhan envisioned. >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2002/07/08/platform.html > >"Mastering Regular Expressions, 2nd Edition" releases this month. >Order Number: 2890 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regex2/index.html > >TOP TEN WEB PERFORMANCE TUNING TIPS >Here are ten tips that will help you get the most bang out of your web >server, by Patrick Killelea, the author of "Web Performance Tuning, 2nd >Edition." >http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2002/06/27/web_tuning.html > >Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition >Order Number: 172X >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/webpt2/ > > >--------------------- >ONLAMP >--------------------- >GETTING LOOPY WITH PYTHON AND PERL >How do Python's loop constructs stack up to Perl's? Find out in this >article by Aahz, one of the featured speakers at this month's Open >Source Convention. >http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/06/27/pythonandperl.html > >O'Reilly Open Source Convention >Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina >July 22-26, 2002--San Diego, CA >http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/ > > >--------------------- >XML >--------------------- >W3C XML SCHEMA DESIGN PATTERNS: DEALING WITH CHANGE >In this XML.com article, Dare Obasanjo writes about how to design W3C >XML schemas to handle change over time. > >For more on schemas, check out O'Reilly's recently released "XML >Schemas." >Order Number: 2521 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema/index.html > > >--------------------------- >BIOINFORMATICS >--------------------------- >O'REILLY BIOINFORMATICS CONFERENCE--CALL FOR PARTICIPATION >Proposals Due September 9, 2002 >The second O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference is slated >for February 3-6, 2003, at the Westin Horton Plaza in San Diego, >California. Individuals and companies interested in making >presentations, giving tutorials, or participating in panel discussions >are invited to submit proposals. For more information: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/bio2003/create/e_sess > > >--------------------- >Mac >--------------------- >TOP TEN IPHOTO TIPS >Derrick Story offers tips to help you avoid the iPhoto "gotchas" that >lurk beneath its Aqua surface. >http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/06/08/iphoto_tips.html > > >And for the most comprehensive guide to iPhoto, >don't miss "iPhoto: The Missing Manual." >Order Number: 365x >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/iphototmm/ > > >MACWORLD CONFERENCE & EXPO IN NEW YORK >Come by and Visit O'Reilly at Booth # 365. >Keep an eye out for our new books "iPhoto: The Missing Manual" and >"Office X: The Missing Manual" which will be released at the show. > >Office X: The Missing Manual >Order Number: 3323 >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/offxtmm/ > > >--------------------- >.NET >--------------------- >WANTED: VISUAL STUDIO .NET USER GROUPS >Does your group use Visual Studio .NET or do you belong to another user >group that does? Please let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or have your >group leader register with our site: http://ug.oreilly.com/ > > >================================================ >CONFERENCE NEWS >================================================ >THE O'REILLY OPEN SOURCE CONVENTION IS ALMOST HERE! >Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina >July 22-26, 2002--San Diego, CA > >You still have time to register: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/os2002/create/ord_os02 > > >CAMPING OUT AT KID'S WORLD--OSCON >Back again by popular demand, Kid's World is available Monday through >Thursday, providing exceptional daycare for your young ones. Register >now to ensure that your children don't miss out on the fun. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/15/kids_world.html > > >O'REILLY MAC OS X CONFERENCE REGISTRATION IS OPEN >Registration is open for the first-ever O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference. >Designed to foster discovery and community between Mac OS X users and >groups just coming aboard this state-of-the-art operating system, the >conference takes place at the Westin Santa Clara in Santa Clara, CA >from September 30 to October 3, 2002. > >"Apple has made a bold move to build the future into the platform," >notes Tim O'Reilly, founder and president of O'Reilly & Associates. >"Mac OS X offers a rich, powerful environment, and serious users are >looking to wring everything they can out of it." Conference Program >Chair Rael Dornfest concurs, "Old Mac hands have as much to learn as >Unix users. As a result, the demand for information about using and >developing on Mac OS X is intense." > >O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference >Westin Santa Clara >September 30 - October 3, 2002 -- Santa Clara, CA >http://conferences.oreilly.com/macosxcon/ > >EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT >User Group members who register before August 9, 2002 get a double >discount. Use code DSUG when you register, and you'll get 20% off the >"Early Bird" price. >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/macosx2002/create/ord_mac02 > >Featured speakers in the O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference include: James >Gosling, Sun's co-inventor of Java, and a recent Mac convert; David >Pogue, best-selling author of "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual" and the >"New York Times" technology columnist; Darwin developer Wilfredo >Sanchez Vega; Jordan Hubbard, Apple's manager of BSD technologies; Adam >Engst, editor of TidBITS; Tim O'Reilly, CEO and founder, O'Reilly & >Associates; journalist Leander Kahney; brian d foy, publisher of "The >Perl Review"; and Cory Doctorow, co-founder of OpenCola and co-editor >of the weblog Boing Boing. > >"Mac OS X is one of the most exciting things happening in the industry >today," concludes Tim O'Reilly. "We're putting together a conference >that features the many traditions and technologies that come together >in this new crossroads. One of the most exciting things about >conferences is the opportunity for people to meet and share ideas and >knowledge face to face. The O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference is designed to >let Unix people and Mac people learn from each other, and to let both >learn from the people who're pushing the envelope." > > >PUT UP A CONFERENCE BANNER, GET A FREE BOOK >We are looking for user groups to display our conference banners on >their web sites. If you send me the link to your user group site with >our O'Reilly Mac OS X Conference banner, I will send you the O'Reilly >book of your choice. > >Mac OS X Conference Banners: >http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/19/banner_ads.html > >================================================ >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 >directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering. > >Press releases are available on our press page: http://press.oreilly.com/ > >ASP.NET IN A NUTSHELL >Order Number: 1169 >As a quick reference and tutorial in one, "ASP.NET in a Nutshell" goes >beyond the published documentation to highlight little-known details, >stress practical uses for particular features, and provide real-world >examples that show how features can be used in a working application. >This book covers application and web service development, custom >controls, data access, security, deployment, and error handling. Theres >also an overview of web-related class libraries. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aspdotnetnut/ > >Chapter 6, "User Controls and Custom Server Controls," is available >online: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/aspdotnetnut/chapter/ch06.html > > >XML SCHEMA >Order Number: 2521 >The W3C's XML Schema offers a powerful set of tools for defining >acceptable XML document structures and content. While schemas are >powerful, that power comes with substantial complexity. This book >explains XML Schema foundations, a variety of different styles for >writing schemas, simple and complex types, datatypes and facets, keys, >extensibility, documentation, design choices, best practices, and >limitations. Complete with references, a glossary, and examples >throughout. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema/ > >Chapter 12, "Creating More Building Blocks Using Object-Oriented >Features," and "Chapter 14: Documenting Schemas," are available online >at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/xmlschema/chapter/index.html > > >WRITING EXCEL MACROS WITH VBA, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 3595 >Newly updated for Excel 2002, "Writing Excel Macros with VBA, 2nd >Edition" provides Excel power-users, as well as programmers who are >unfamiliar with the Excel object model, with a solid introduction to >writing Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros and programs for >Excel. In particular, the book focuses on the Visual Basic Editor and >the Excel VBA programming environment. Excel features a complete, >state-of-the-art integrated development environment for writing, >running, testing, and debugging VBA macros. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exlmacro2/ > >Chapter 17, "The Workbook Object," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/exlmacro2/chapter/index.html > > >PC HARDWARE IN A NUTSHELL, 2ND EDITION >Order Number: 3536 >In addition to coverage of the fundamentals and general tips about >working on PCs, this book includes chapters focusing on motherboards, >processors, memory, floppies, hard drives, optical drives, tape >devices, video devices, input devices, audio components, >communications, power supplies, and maintenance. Special emphasis is >given to upgrading and troubleshooting existing equipment so you can >get the most from your existing investments. >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pchardnut2/ > >Chapter 28, "Building a PC," is available online: >http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pchardnut2/chapter/index.html > > >================================================ >ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM YOUR PEERS >================================================ >Chicago, IL-- >CHICAGO.PM--DAMIAN CONWAY IN CHICAGO, AUGUST 19-23 >Damian Conway will be teaching several of his popular Perl courses. > >The classes will be: >-Data Munging with Perl, August 19-20, 2002 >-Advanced Object-Oriented Perl, August 21-22, 2002 >-Practical Parsing with Perl, August 23, 2002 > >For more information see: >http://chicago.pm.org/ > > >Portland, OR-- >THE NORTHWEST ORACLE USERS GROUP-- >Will be holding its summer conference and seminars in Portland, Oregon >on July 22nd and 23rd. > >Complete details and online registration are available: >http://www.nwoug.com/conferences/july2002.htm > >Until next time, > >Marsee
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Puryear Information Technology UNIX, Windows, and IT Consulting http://www.puryear-it.com
