----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsee Henon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <dustin at puryear-it.com> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:42 PM Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, January 9
> ================================================================ > O'Reilly UG Program News--Just for User Group Leaders > January 9, 2006 > ================================================================ > -"PHP Hacks" Author Available to Speak to SF Bay Area Groups > -New--Put Up an O'Reilly ETech Banner, Get a Free Book > -New--Put Up a MySQL Users Conference Banner Get a Free Book > -Promotional Material Available > -Safari Affiliate Program for User Groups > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Book Info > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Review Books are Available > Copies of our books are available for your members to review-- > send me an email and please include the book's ISBN number on > your request. 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Let me know if you are interested. > > > ***New--Put Up an O'Reilly ETech Banner, Get a Free Book > We're looking for user groups to display our conference banner on their > web sites. If you send me the link to your group's site with our > O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference banner, I will send you the > O'Reilly book of your choice. > > ETech Banners: > <http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/etech/> > > > ***New--Put Up a MySQL Users Conference Banner Get a Free Book > We're looking for user groups to display our conference banner on their > web sites. If you send me the link to your group's site with our > MySQL Users Conference banner, I will send you the O'Reilly book > of your choice. > > MySQL Users Conference: > <http://ug.oreilly.com/banners/mysql/> > > > ***Promotional Material Available: > The following items are available for your next meeting. 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This offer > applies to US delivery addresses in the 50 states and Puerto Rico. > For more details, go to: > <http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > New Releases > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > ***Information Dashboard Design > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596100167 > Dashboards have become popular in recent years as uniquely powerful > tools for communicating important information at a glance. This book > will teach you the visual design skills you need to create dashboards > that communicate clearly, rapidly, and compellingly. The greatest > display technology in the world won't solve this if you fail to use > effective visual design. And if a dashboard fails to tell you precisely > what you need to know in an instant, you'll never use it, even if it's > filled with cute gauges, meters, and traffic lights. Don't let your > investment in dashboard technology go to waste. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/infodashboard/> > > > ***Understanding Linux Network Internals > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596002556 > A no-nonsense guide to Linux networking, "Understanding Linux Network > Internals" offers a clear view of the underlying concepts and teaches you > to follow the C code that implements it. Topics include system > initialization, network interface card (NIC) device drivers, bridging, > routing, ICMP, and more. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/understandlni/> > > > ***QuickBooks 2006: The Missing Manual > Publisher:O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596101848 > If your company is ready to minimize paperwork and maximize > productivity, control spending and boost sales, QuickBooks 2006 can help > you make it happen--but only if you know how to use it. And it doesn't > come with a manual. Lucky for you, there's "QuickBooks 2006: The Missing > Manual," the comprehensive, up-to-date guide to saving time and money > while beefing up business with QuickBooks. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/quickbookstmm2/> > > > ***Google Maps Hacks > Publisher:O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596101619 > The nearest pizza, the cheapest gas, the best meeting place for a > group--"Google Maps Hacks" shows you creative ways to add to and customize > the satellite images and underlying API of Google Maps for applications > serendipitous or serious. Written by Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson (with > a foreword by Google Maps tech leads, Jens and Lars Rasmussen), Google > Maps Hacks shares dozens of tricks for combining the capabilities of > Google's Keyhole map feature with your own datasets, so you can create > interactive maps for unlimited personal and commercial applications. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/googlemapshks/> > > > ***AppleScript: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition > Publisher:O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596102119 > Fully revised and updated--and with more and better examples than > ever--this new edition of the top-selling "AppleScript: The Definitive > Guide" shows anyone how to use AppleScript to make your Mac time more > efficient and more enjoyable by automating repetitive tasks, customizing > applications, and even controlling complex workflows. It's perfect for > novices, developers, and everyone in between who wants to know how, > where, and why to use AppleScript. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/applescpttdg2/index.html> > > > ***Window Seat > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596100833 > "Window Seat: The Art of Digital Photography and Creative Thinking" is a > complete view of a creative project from the artist's perspective. > Julieanne Kost, a Photoshop and creative thinking guru, has taken her > own experience shooting images out of airplane windows to create a > unique seminar in three parts: a manifesto of ways to stay creatively > alive; a portfolio of stunning photographs, with commentaries describing > her experiences and thought process; and a technical appendix that > includes the details of the images were shot, manipulated, and prepared > for printing. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowseat/> > > A sample excerpt, "The Art of Creative Thinking," is availble online: > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/windowseat/chapter/index.html> > > > ***Active Directory, Third Edition > ISBN: 0596101732 > Fully updated to cover Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 SP1 and > R2, this third edition is full of important updates and corrections. > Discover how to design, manage, and maintain a small, medium, or > enterprise Active Directory infrastructure. It's perfect for all Active > Directory administrators, whether you manage a single server or a global > multinational with thousands of servers. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actdir3/> > > > ***Excel Scientific and Engineering Cookbook > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596008791 > This quick, look-up reference is perfect for anyone in the science and > engineering community who wants to improve upon their Excel skills. > You'll learn how to leverage Excel to perform both routine and complex > calculations, and then visualize the results for presentation. Features > practical data analysis techniques and real-world examples from a range > of scientific disciplines. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/excelseckbk/> > > Chapter 9, "Solving Equations," is available online: > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/excelseckbk/chapter/index.html> > > > ***Google Advertising Tools > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596101082 > This comprehensive guide takes a close look at advertising on the > web--how it works and how Google's advertising programs can turn your > site into a money-maker. Tasks include delivering image ads precisely > targeted to your site, and generating text ads that accompany specific > search term results. After reading this book, you'll know Google's > AdSense and AdWords services inside and out. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/buildinggoogle/> > > > ***RFID Essentials > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596009445 > Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is rapidly changing the way > businesses track inventory and assets. From Walmart and Tesco, to the > U.S. Department of Defense, early efforts are already showing benefits, > but software, integration, and data processing for RFID still present a > challenge. If you are a developer or an architect charged with > developing an RFID system, this book is for you. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rfid/> > > > ***We the Media > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596102275 > In "We the Media," nationally acclaimed newspaper columnist and blogger > Dan Gillmor shows how anyone can produce the news, using personal blogs, > Internet chat groups, email, and a host of other tools. He tells the > story of this emerging phenomenon and sheds light on this deep shift in > how we make and consume the news. Journalism in the 21st century will > be fundamentally different from the Big Media oligarchy that prevails > today. "We the Media" casts light on the future of journalism, and > invites us all to be part of it. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wethemedia/> > > > ***PSP Hacks > Publisher: O'Reilly > ISBN: 0596101430 > "PSP Hacks" shows you how to make the versatile and powerful new > PlayStation Portable (PSP) do more than you ever imagined--and more than > Sony ever intended--with 50 innovative hacks, tweaks, tricks, and > how-tos for customizing your PSP and taking full advantage of features, > capabilities, and functionality far beyond what's listed in the PSP user > manual. > <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/psphks/> > > ================================================ > Upcoming Events > ================================================ > ***For more events, please see: > http://events.oreilly.com/ > > ***Peter Krogh at ASMP PixelCash Seminar, Montclair, NJ--February 9 > Author Peter Krogh (The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for > Photographers) gives a three-hour comprehensive overview of Digital > Asset Management techniques for the professional photographer. > <http://www.peterkrogh.com/Pages/digital/digital_asset_management_seminar.html#anchorpixelcash> > > > ***Peter Krogh at ASMP PixelCash Seminar,New Haven, CT--February 16 > Author Peter Krogh (The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for > Photographers) gives a three-hour comprehensive overview of Digital > Asset Management techniques for the professional photographer. > <http://www.peterkrogh.com/Pages/digital/digital_asset_management_seminar.html#anchorpixelcash> > > > ***Photo Marketing Association International Convention > and Tradeshow, Orlando, FL--Febuary 26-March 1 > Stop by our booth( #2117) to check out our new titles. Orange County > Convention Center West. > <http://pmai.org/> > > ================================================ > Conference News > ================================================ > ***MySQL Users Conference Registration in Open > Join us at the 2006 edition of the MySQL Users Conference, the largest > gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs. It is the only event > where you will be able to join the core MySQL development team and over > 1000 users, open source innovators, and technology partners under one > roof. > > MySQL Users Conference, April 24-27, 2006 > Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA > <http://www.mysqluc.com/> > > User Group members who register before March 6, 2006 get a double > discount. Use code "mys06dusg" when you register, and receive 15% off > the early registration price. > > To register for the conference, go to: > <http://www.mysqluc.com/pub/w/45/register.html> > > > ***Register for O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference > We're five years into the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference and > the stuff of which it is made shows no sign of abating: bandwidth > continues to broaden, storage grows ever larger and cheaper, and content > keeps streaming from the firehose. How do we visualize all of this digital > data, filter it, remix it, and access it in meaningful ways? The coming > technical challenge is not about generating digital content-we have more > than enough already. It's time to do something with that data. It's time > to build The Attention Economy. > > O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, March 6-9, 2006 > Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA > <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etech/> > > User Group members who register before January 16, 2006 get a double > discount. Use code "et06dsug" when you register, and receive 20% off > the early registration price. > > To register for the conference, go to: > <http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/43/register.html> > > > ***New 40% discount for ETel > Join us on January 24-26 in San Francisco when telephony's key figures, > like Jim Van Meggelen, Peter Cochrane, Mark Spencer, Norman Lewis, and > Clay Shirkey, convene to provide a high-level perspective of the future > of telephony. And as a special offer to our friends, save an additional > 40% when you register using code etel06lms. > <http://conferences.oreilly.com/etel/> > > To register for the conference, go to: > <http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/etel2006/create/ord_etel06> > > ================================================ > News From O'Reilly & Beyond > ================================================ > --------------------- > General News > --------------------- > ***O'Reilly Books on Amazon's Best of 2005 > "Head First Java," "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual," and MAKE magazine > were voted Best of 2005 in the Computers & Internet category of both the > Editors' Picks and the Top 10 Customers' Favorites lists. In addition, > "iLife: The Missing Manual," "Mapping Hacks," and "Revolution in the > Valley" were all chosen as Editors' Picks in the Digital Life category. > Thanks! > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/15959201/ref%3Dgw%5Fbr%5Fbb05/102-5317297-3006519> > > > ***IP Telephony: You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet > Developers now have the right tools and the right motivation to build a > wide range of new desktop applications, telephone services, and > corporate phone systems that integrate voice with the Web, IM, WiFi, and > more. Ed Stephenson talks with program cochair Surj Patel about what's > emerging in telephony, and what you can expect to learn at O'Reilly's > upcoming Emerging Telephony Conference. > <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/etel/2006/01/05/ip-telephony-you-aint-seen-nothin-yet.html> > > > ***MacVoices #521: Getting the Most Out of eBay with Nancy Conner > Didn't get what you wanted for the holidays? Need to get rid of what you > did get? Or maybe you just are looking to get a great deal on anything? > Nancy Conner, the author of "eBay: The Missing Manual" talks about > getting the most out of the online auction service. Tips for both novice > and experienced users cover the many types of auctions on eBay, basic > and advanced bidding and sales techniques and ways to protect yourself > when buying and selling. Want to know how to snipe auctions? What all > those eBay ratings mean? Nancy covers all this and more. > <http://www.macvoices.com/archives/2005/521.html> > > --------------------- > Open Source > --------------------- > ***Clone Pong, Using Only SDL (and Your Brain) > One of the great things about the games of yore is that they tended to > be pretty simple, and as Josh Glover explains, Pong is one of the > simplest to implement. In this first article of a three-part series, > Josh shows you how to clone Pong all by yourself. > <http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2005/12/15/clone-pong-using-sdl.html> > > > ***Top 7 PHP Security Blunders > PHP's availability, ease of use, and support makes it the first choice > for many budding developers. Yet the potential for the unwary coder to > overlook certain key aspects of security lands countless developers in > hot water. Pax explores the key security holes, common issues, and > typical oversights in this hands-on primer. > <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/php-security-blunders> > > > ***Inside NetBSD's CGD > Security-minded laptop users live in fear of theft, not only of their > computer, but also of their precious secret data. NetBSD's CGD project is > a cryptographic virtual disk that can protect sensitive data while > acting like a normal filesystem. Federico Biancuzzi recently interviewed > its author, Roland Dowdeswell, on the goals and implementation of the > system. > <http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2005/12/21/netbsd_cgd.html> > > --------------------- > Mac > --------------------- > ***O'Reilly Happenings at Macworld SF > Macworld SF 2006 is shaping up to be a busy show for O'Reilly Media. We > have great specials, lots of books, a full speaker lineup, and a menu of > activities. Here's a comprehensive overview. > <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/12/20/macworld.html> > > > ***The Power of mdfind > In addition to the little blue magnifying glass in the upper-right > corner of your desktop, Tiger provides the mdfind and mdls commands for > searching. Andy Lester discovered them while working on his updates to > "Mac OS X Tiger In A Nutshell." Essentially, they provide the power of > Spotlight in the Unix shell. Here's how it works. > <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2006/01/04/mdfind.html> > > > ***Mac Users and the Macs They Use > When you read the articles and weblog posts by prominent Mac users and > Mac pundits, do you ever find yourself wondering what kind of computer > setup they're using? Giles Turnbull does. He recently contacted a spat > of Mac professionals and asked them what they depend on. Here's what > they had to say. > <http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/12/28/mac-users-and-the-macs-they-use.html> > > --------------------- > Windows/.NET > --------------------- > ***Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2005 Team System > Unit testing is one of the tasks that every programmer worth their salt > needs to do. Wei-Meng Lee shows you how to use the new Unit Testing > feature of Visual Studio 2005 Team System to auto-generate the code > needed to test your application. > <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2006/01/03/unit-testing-in-visual-studio-2005-team-system.html> > > > ***Just-In-Time Data Loading For DataGrids > One of Jesse Liberty's clients has a problem: she has a database with 2 > million records and wants to display these records in a data grid, but > does not want to load them all into memory from the database. She wants > them loaded "just in time." Jesse shows how to use the new DataGridView > to neatly solve the problem. > <http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/12/20/just-in-time-data-loading-for-datagrids.html> > > --------------------- > Web > --------------------- > ***10 Easy Steps to a Horrible Ecommerce Site > If you're about to launch into the world of ecommerce, or want to boost > an existing site's revenue in the coming months, this article is for > you. Jason's tongue-in-cheek advice will help you hone your approach to > ecommerce, boost customer satisfaction, and your bottom line! > <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/steps-horrible-ecommerce-site> > > > ***Web 2.0 Connectedness > Kevin Yank urges Web 2.0 Developers to stop creating the next killer > app, and instead think of ways to improve on what's already out there. > <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/04/web-20-connectedness/> > > --------------------- > Java > --------------------- > ***Using Global/Distributed Transactions in Java/JDBC with Oracle Real > Application Clusters > Maintaining transaction integrity, and rolling back failed steps, > becomes more difficult on a cluster. One option is to move some of the > load balancing decisions to your code, and account for which cluster > nodes you're using. Sachin Shetty shows how this works in the context of > an Oracle Real Application Cluster. > <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2005/12/21/global-distributed-transactions-with-oracle-rac.html> > > > ***Maven Project Reporting and Publishing, Part 1 > Maven's not just about building; it's about viewing, understanding, and > managing your projects. In this first part of a two-part excerpt from > "Maven: A Developer's Notebook," authors Vincent Massol and Timothy M. > O'Brien introduce Maven's reporting features for issue tracking, > dependencies, code style, and more. > <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/excerpt/mavenadn_ch04/index.html> > > --------------------- > Digital Media > --------------------- > ***Introduction to Camera Raw > Adobe's Camera Raw is arguably the most popular RAW-format converter > available today. In this video, Deke McClelland introduces you to this > tool and shows you tips for making image adjustments. > <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/12/16/camera-raw.html> > > > ***Andy West: From Dregs to (Software) Riches > Dixie Dregs co-founder Andy West discovered that virtuosity can be a > liability in the music world, but a benefit in technology. Now this > four-time Grammy nominee programs computers by day and pursues his > amazing music at night, drawing the best from both disciplines. Here's > how. > <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/01/04/andy-west-dixie-dregs-software.html> > > --------------------- > MAKE > --------------------- > ***Calling all Digital Crafters! > Do you like to knit robots? Do you make jewelry out of old computer > parts? Share your crafty projects with us and you may see them on the > MAKE: Blog. > <http://www.makezine.com/cs/user/create/link> > > ***MAKE Forums > MAKE now has forums They're just getting started, but feel free to go > over and check them out. > <http://forums.makezine.com/>. > > ***Meet Your Fellow Makers > Find and post events, exhibits, and more with Maker events listings: > <http://www.makezine.com/events/> > > ***Try a Sample Project from MAKE: > <http://makezine.com/samples/> > > ================================================ >>From Your Peers > ================================================ > ***SCALE 4X, Southern California Linux Expo, February 11-12 > The fourth annual Southern California Linux Expo will be held February > 11-12, 2006. SCALE continues to grow year after year, and increasingly > attracts the movers & shakers in Open Source software. SCALE is > not strictly a commercial Expo; its primary focus is and always has > been education. Expo booths are provided not only for commercial > exhibitors, but also for non-profit organizations. On the commercial > side, exhibitors include IBM, Google, Ticketmaster, Tolis Group, and > Centrify. On the non-profit side, Ubuntu, KDE, Debian, and NetBSD are > among the many groups that will be manning booths. Speakers include > Chris Dibona, John Terpstra, Aaron Seigo, and Hans Reiser. > > For 35% off Expo admission use the promo code ORELY at: > <http://www.socallinuxexpo.org> > > > ***Don't forget to check out the O'Reilly UG wiki to see what user > groups around the globe are up to: > <http://wiki.oreillynet.com/usergroups/index.cgi> > > Until next time-- > > Marsee Henon > > > ================================================================ > O'Reilly > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://www.oreilly.com > ================================================================ > > >
