O'Reilly User Group Program NEWSLETTER November 15, 2001
Highlights this week... Books: - 3 New Pocket References News: - Apple to be at NCMUG's November 20th meeting - An Interview with Tim O'Reilly by the Staff of La Fnac - NoCatAuth: Authentication For Wireless Networks - Demining Challenge for Engineering Students - Hailstorm's Principal Architecht Speaks on Microsoft - Wireless Java: MIDP GUI Programming - Getting Started with LDAP - David Pogue on the Real Mac OS X - Feds Discover the PowerPoint-QuickTime Connection - Programming Perl is Best of 2001 ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members... GENERAL INTEREST -------------------- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA: North Coast Mac Users Group proudly presents: PHIL SCHILLER, APPLE VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE MARKETING November 20, 2001 7:00 p.m. Doubletree Hotel One Doubletree Drive Rohnert Park, CA 94928 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE O'Reilly will have a table at the meeting (it's local for us) http://www.ncmug.org/ The event is getting press: IGM (Insanely Great Mac) gets excited about it: http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/1167.html AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM O'REILLY In this interview with La Fnac, France's largest book and music retailer, Tim O'Reilly talks about next-generation operating systems, Linux in embedded systems, how open source can play a kingmaker role in the battle between Java and .NET, and more. http://www.oreilly.com/news/fnacinterview_1101.html NOCATAUTH: AUTHENTICATION FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Even an open community wireless network needs to keep track of who's using it, says Rob Flickenger, who describes the authentication system used by NoCat. Rob is the author of the upcoming "Building Wireless Community Networks: Implementing the Wireless Web." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/11/09/nocatauth.html Rob also leads the NoCatNet Developer's Group: http://nocat.net/ DEMINING CHALLENGE FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS Leftover land mines are one of the world's thorniest problems. Ed Scott suggests that we challenge US engineering students to tackle this problem, following the model of a project in Canada. This could be an extremely worthwhile project; check it out on Tim's weblog: http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/854 HAILSTORM'S PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT SPEAKS ON MICROSOFT Mark Lucovsky, principal architect of HailStorm, was a keynote speaker at the recent O'Reilly P2P Conference. His "thank you" email said a lot about current attitudes at Microsoft. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/856 JAVA --------------------- WIRELESS JAVA: MIDP GUI PROGRAMMING Learn about the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) API in this sample chapter from O'Reilly's upcoming "Wireless Java: Programming with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition." http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/chapter/ch05.html LINUX --------------------- Getting Started with LDAP The 2nd article on LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) has sparked a lot of interest...In his first article, Luke Kanies explained LDAP. Now Luke shows you how to set up a basic LDAP directory to store Unix user accounts, along with a script to pull those accounts to a Unix system: http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/08/ldap.html MAC --------------------- DAVID POGUE ON THE REAL MAC OS X Mac OS X is unlike anything Mac users have ever seen before, and the latest Missing Manual, which covers version 10.1, will help you understand Mac OS X's Unix roots, says David Pogue, author of O'Reilly's upcoming "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/09/missingmanual.html FEDS DISCOVER THE POWERPOINT-QUICKTIME CONNECTION Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network's managing editor reports that the State Department is using PowerPoint and Quicktime to produce a promotional film ("Defeating Terror, Defending Freedom") for its current efforts. The film weighs in at a hefty 45 megabytes, but using a few tricks, Derrick was able to trim it down to only 4.4 megabytes, without much loss in quality: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/12/qy_authoring.html PERL --------------------- PROGRAMMING PERL IS BEST OF 2001 O'Reilly's "Programming Perl, 3rd Edition" topped Fatbrain's list of the Best Computing & Internet Books of 2001. O'Reilly also took top honors in the Medicine and Biotech category with Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills: http://www1.fatbrain.com/fbt/offers/computing/2001/home.asp?FBPROMO=eb110201 ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy. O'REILLY CAN FIT IN YOUR POCKET WITH 3 NEW REFERENCES: ------------------------------------------------------ Oracle SQL Tuning Pocket Reference Order #2688 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqltunpr/ Sample excerpt: The SQL Optimizers http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqltunpr/chapter/excerpt.html Python Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition Order #1894 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr2/ Sample excerpt: Specific Statements http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr2/chapter/excerpt.html Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference Order #2335 http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rman/ Article from the author: http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/oraclerman_1001.html =============================================== AUTHORS WANTING TO SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP =============================================== Pennsylvania: James Tisdall, author of O'Reilly's "Beginning Perl for Bioinoformatics" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/begperlbio/, is located in Kimberton, PA. Virginia: Fred Drake, coauthor of O'Reilly's "Python & XML" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonxml/, is located in Reston, VA. If either of these authors appeal to your group, let me know. I'll try to set something up for you. =============================================== HELP O'REILLY, EARN SOME DOOR PRIZES =============================================== We're trying to get the word out about the upcoming O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference. If you'd be willing to post a banner on your web site, we'd truly appreciate the effort. Banners can be found at: http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/banners/ Please let me know if you're able--we'll provide some door prizes for your meetings, in exchange. =============================================== WHERE YOU'LL SEE US NEXT =============================================== DECEMBER ----------------- Oracle Open World December 2-7 Booth #614 Moscone Convention Center San Francisco, CA LISA 2001 December 5-6 Town & Country Resort Hotel Booth #511 San Diego, CA While at the Conference, don't miss presentations and tutorials by our merry band of authors, listed at: http://events.oreilly.com/ JANUARY 2002 ----------------- Macworld January 8-11, 2002 Moscone Convention Center Booth #416 San Francisco, CA Don't miss presentations by O'Reilly authors: David Pogue, Adam Engst and Matt Neuburg http://www.macworldexpo.com/index.html IF YOU'D LIKE FREE PASSES, LET ME KNOW. I have a few to give out ($29 value). Also, Marsee Henon and I will be staffing an O'Reilly table during the Apple User Group University at Apple headquarters in Cupertino on January 7th--hope to see you there! O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference January 28-31, 2002 Tucson, AZ http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/ Reminder: You can receive a double-discount if you register during the Early Bird pricing by using your 20% discount code: DSUG. Early Bird ends December 7th. Have a wonderful holiday next week. You'll hear from me again on the 29th. --Denise