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From: Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com>
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, May 14
Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 14:36:16 -0700

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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
May 14, 2007
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***Digital Photo Retouching Techniques with Photoshop Elements
 (Young Jin)
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***Access Data Analysis Cookbook
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***The Book of Qt 4
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1593271476>

***Closeup Shooting
 (Hard Cover)(Rocky Nook)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933952091>

***CRAFT: Volume 03
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/craft07v03>

***Cubase 4 Tips and Tricks
(PC Publishing)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/190600501X>

***The Definitive ANTLR Reference
(Pragmatic Bookshelf)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/0978739256>

***Devices of the Soul
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526801>

Flash CS3: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510442>

***The FreeBSD 6.2 Crash Course
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/FreeBSD62>

****Getting Started with Silverlight
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510688>

***Inside SQLite
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/sqlitemanagement>

***Learning Ruby
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529864>

***Managing the Test People
(Rocky Nook)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781933952123>

***Mapping and Modding Half-Life 2 Complete
(Paraglyph)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/1933097132>

***The Myths of Innovation
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527051>

***Next-Generation Web Frameworks in Python
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596513719>

***Office 2007: The Missing Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514228>

***Practical Packet Analysis
(No Starch)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9781593271497>

***Programming ASP.NET AJAX: Rough Cuts Edition
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514242>

***Programming Firefox
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102432>

***Programming Flex 2
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526894>

***Rails on Windows
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/railsonwindows>

***RESTful Web Services
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529260>

***Sony Alpha DSLR A100: A Better Manual
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596529253>

***Test Driven Ajax (on Rails)
<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510657>


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Upcoming Events
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***Scott Berkun at Book Passage, SF Ferry Building, San Francisco,
CA--May 14
Author Scott Berkun ("The Myths of Innovation" and "The Art of Project
Management") gives a talk based on The Myths of Innovation.
<http://www.bookpassage.com/sf_events.php>


***Ted Neward at DevTeach, Montreal, Canada--May 14-18
Author Ted Neward ("C# in a Nutshell") is a speaker at the International
Developers Conference this year.
<http://www.devteach.com/Speaker.aspx>


***XTech 2007: The Ubiquitous Web, Paris, France--May 15-18
Not only will you be able to listen to authors Edd Dumbill ("Mono: A
Developer's Notebook," "Programming Web Services with XML-RPC," and
"Linux Unwired"), Priscilla Walmsley ("XQuery"), Schuyler Erle ("Google
Maps Hacks" and "Mapping Hacks"),  Eric Van Der Vlist ("RELAX NG" and
"XML Schema"), Jo Walsh ("Mapping Hacks"), and Matt Webb ("Mind Hacks").
You will also meet some O'Reilly staff Xavier Cazin and Rob McKinnon.
Stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hello, peruse our titles, and meet our
expert authors.
<http://2007.xtech.org/public/news>


***Adam Trachtenberg, php|tek 2007, Chicago, IL--May 16-18
Adam Trachtenberg ("PHP Cookbook, Second Edition" and "Upgrading to PHP
5") presents Dude, Where's My Used Car?.
<http://hades.phparch.com/ceres/public/tek/>


***Scott Berkun at Adaptive Path, San Francisco, CA--May 16
Author Scott Berkun ("The Myths of Innovation" and "The Art of Project
Management") gives a talk based on The Myths of Innovation.
<http://upcoming.org/event/173872/>
 
 
***RailsConf, Portland, OR--May 17-20
Rails is an efficient way to implement elegant web apps using a lot less
code, setting a new, higher standard for web frameworks and igniting the
imagination of developers everywhere. Ruby Central is teaming up with
O'Reilly Media to co-present RailsConf 2007. 
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/rails/>
 
 
***Greg Kroah-Hartman, FreedomHEC 2007, Los Angeles, CA--May 18-19
Greg Kroah-Hartman ("Linux Kernel in a Nutshell" and "Linux Device
Drivers, Third Edition") is one of this years speakers.
<http://freedomhec.pbwiki.com/>


***Maker Faire 2007--Bay Area, San Mateo, CA--May 19-20
Join us for MAKE magazine's Maker Faire--a hands-on event featuring
Makers whose science and technology projects will amaze you and ignite
your imagination. Meet Expert Makers and MAKE contributors, hear from
O'Reilly's Hacks author, attend DIY Tutorials, explore DIY projects and
demonstrations, and see the Ultimate Workshop.
<http://makerfaire.com/>


***Jim Holmes at the West Michigan Day of .NET, Grand Rapids, MI--May 19
Author Jim Holmes ("Windows Developer Power Tools") presents Open Source
Test Tools and Real World SharePoint.
<http://www.grdotnet.org/DODN07/Default.aspx>


***Where 2.0 Conference 2007, San Jose, CA--May 29-30
The third annual O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference brings together the
people, projects, and issues building the new technological foundations
and creating value in the location industry. There's no better place to
meet the people behind the mash-ups and platforms, and the folks looking
ahead to the future of geospace.  Join us to debate and discuss what's
viable now, and what's lurking just below the radar. 
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/where>


***The Grails eXchange 2007, Barbican Centre, London--May 30-Jun 1
The First International Grails eXchange 2007 is promising to be a great
event any self-respecting Java web developer cannot afford to miss.
Packed with presentations on Grails, Groovy, Ajax & Web 2.0 and JEE and
the core technologies that support the Grails technology stack such as
JEE, Spring, Hibernate, SiteMesh, Dojo and Quartz. Drop at our booth and
browse our latest publications.
<http://www.grails-exchange.com/>


***Ignite Boston!, Cambridge, MA--May 31
Mingle and talk tech with your fellow FOOs, alpha geeks, and techies
from the greater Boston area. While you are there, you can join a Make
Challenge team and participate in building bridges (how much weight can
your bridge--made from less than 1K popsicle sticks-?support?) After
that, we will have a special Keynote kicking off our Ignite night, and
then onto guest speakers who catch you up on the cool, new, innovative
stuff going on in technology today. Don?t blink or you?ll miss their
lightning-fast, five-minute presentations. 
<http://www.oreillynet.com/ignite/blog/>


***Stephen Johnson seminar: Beauty in Photography, Pacifica, CA--Jun 2
<http://www.sjphoto.com/one-day-seminars-SP07.html>
Join Stephen Johnson("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography") in this
seminar on photographic composition. Sources of inspiration will be
explored, from photography to other art forms, ideas and people. There
will not be rules of composition propagated here, but explorations and
suggestions. A good nuts and bolts day for improving your photographs.
<http://www.sjphoto.com/one-day-seminars-SP07.html>


***Mikkel Aaland & Derrick Story at Book Passage, 
   San Francisco, CA--Jun 9
Ask the Experts: A Digital Photography Brown Bag Lunch. Leading digital
photographers Mikkel Aaland ("Photoshop Lightroom Adventure and
"Photoshop CS2 RAW") and Derrick Story ("Digital Photography Pocket
Guide, 3rd Edition and "iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual") answer all your
questions.
<http://www.bookpassage.com/sf_events.php>


***Jenifer Tidwell, UPA 2007, Austin, TX--Jun 11-15
<http://upassoc.org/conference/2007/>
Join Jenifer Tidwell ("Designing Interfaces")  at the UPA 2007:
Patterns: Blueprints for Usability Conference.
<http://upassoc.org/conference/2007/>


***Stephen Few at International Summit on Data Warehousing and Business
Intelligence, Rome, Italy--Jun 13-15
Author Stephen Few ("Information Dashboard Design") presents a workshop
in Italy.
<http://www.perceptualedge.com/>


***Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, San Jose, CA--Jun 18-20
The first O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference is being
launched to raise the level of technology knowledge and discourse in the
publishing industry and to provide a meeting ground for those leading
the charge into the future of publishing.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/toc>


***Technology is fundamentally transforming publishing. 
The first O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference is being
launched to raise the level of technology knowledge and discourse in the
publishing industry and to provide a meeting ground for those leading
the charge into the future of publishing.
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/toc>


***Stephen Johnsonworkshop, Ireland--Jun 20-30
Join Stephen Johnson("Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography") and
Anthony Hobbs for an unforgettable journey along the rustic West Coast
of Ireland. This workshop will include hotel stays in several towns
along our route from County Clare towards Achill Island. Along the way,
participants will explore western Irelan
<http://www.sjphoto.com/digital-photo-wksp-ireland.html>


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Conference News
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***Last Chance--Register for Where 2.0, San Jose, CA--May 29-30
Use code "whr07dsug" when you register, and receive 15% off
the registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/56/register.html>


***Register for the O'Reilly Tools of Change Conference, 
   San Jose, CA--Jun 18-20
Use code "toc07dsug" when you register, and receive 15% off
the registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/57/register.html>


***Registration is Now Open for OSCON 2007, Portland, OR
   --July 23-27
Use code "os07dsug" when you register, and receive 15% off
the registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/58/register.html>


***Registration is Now Open for Ubuntu Live, Portland, OR
   --July 22-24
Use code "ubu07dusg" when you register, and receive 15% off
the registration price.

To register for the conference, go to:
<http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/60/register.html>


***Registration is Now Open for the O'Reilly Energy 
   Innovation Conference, San Francisco, CA--August 22-24

Use code "ei07usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off
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To register for the conference, go to:
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For complete conference information, go to:
<http://conferences.oreilly.com/>

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News From O'Reilly & Beyond
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General News
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***New Adobe CS3 Books on the Way
Just in time for the largest software release in Adobe?s 25-year
history, Adobe Creative Suite 3, we?re introducing our new "Learning"
series. The new self-paced learning system includes tutorial books,
video demos, online resources, and instructor guides. We?re creating
five brilliantly illustrated books covering everything you need to know
about the applications in CS3?Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash,
Dreamweaver, and InDesign. Each book can be used on its own or as part
of a comprehensive curriculum. Written by product experts and trainers,
these new Learning books will be published soon.
<http://www.oreilly.com/pub/topic/adobecs3?page=upcoming>


***A Q&A with Scott Berkun, author of "The Myths of Innovation"
Seattle-based author Scott Berkun's first book, 2005's "The Art of
Project Management, quickly scaled the bestseller charts. In
his widely anticipated new book, "The Myths of Innovation,"
Scott aims to demystify innovation. In a recent conversation, Scott
illuminates why much of what we think we know about innovation is not
only false, but may actually stifle our creativity.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2007/05/a_qa_with_scott_berkun_1.html>


***Project Management Bookshelf
You'll Wonder How You Managed Without Them--Learn from veteran managers
of software and web development how to plan, manage, and lead projects.
These books use dozens of examples from the history of technology,
business, and the arts, you'll learn how to convert the knowledge you
have into ideas that can change the world.
<http://oreilly.com/promos/prodmgmt/>


***600 Hours of Video Training Now in Safari
Safari has added top-notch video content to the Safari Library. Safari
Library customers now get full access to 75 technical and design courses
from leading video training experts. This impressive collection of
online videos provides high-quality instruction on web design, software
development, and graphics tools and techniques.
<http://my.safaribooksonline.com/video>


***Ruby on Rails Meets Eclipse 
Many developers are familiar with the Eclipse development environment.
With RDT and RadRails, Ruby on Rails developers can have access to the
same powerful feature set. Deepak Vohra provides a detailed walkthrough
of how to install these packages, and how to create a simple CRUD
application using them.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/ruby/2007/04/26/ruby-on-rails-meets-eclipse.html>


***Create Create Your Own O'Reilly Shirt, Mug, or Poster
In just three easy steps you can create a one of a kind shirt, mug, or
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<http://www.qoop.com/photobooks/photofront/pub_store.php?pub_name=oreilly>


***O'Reilly School of Technology Courses: UG Members Receive 
   a 30% Discount
O'Reilly School of Technology has opened its virtual doors with
educational offerings and certification for IT students looking to
further their careers or to launch one. As an O'Reilly User Group 
member, you save on all the courses in the following University of 
Illinois Certificate Series:

-Linux/Unix System Administration
-Web Programming
-Open Source Programming
-.NET Programming
-Client-Side Web Programming featuring AJAX

To redeem, use Promotion Code "ORALL1," good for a 30% discount,
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Register online:
<http://www.oreillyschool.com/?CMP=BAC-ostug>

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Open Source
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***Building a Data Warehouse with MySQL and Perl 
Most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the kind of relational
database schemas that are created for e-commerce sites, among others.
But there's another kind of database model out there: the data
warehouse. Sam Tregar gives us the lowdown on this highly UNrelational
database.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/databases/2007/04/12/building-a-data-warehouse-with-mysql-and-perl.html>


***OpenBSD 4.1: Puffy Strikes Again 
OpenBSD 4.1 has recently been released. It includes improvements to spam
fighting, SMP, porting to new platforms, and much more. As usual,
Federico Biancuzzi has sought out some of the most influential OpenBSD
developers for a discussion of what you'll find in 4.1
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/05/03/openbsd-41-puffy-strikes-again.html>


***Five Ways to Improve Your Perl Programming 
Inside every tangle of obfuscated Perl code is a clean, well-architected
gem struggling to emerge from its cocoon. brian d foy has spent a lot of
time thinking about this for his new book, "Mastering Perl," and has come
up with a Top Five list of things that every Perl programmer should be
thinking about when writing code.
<http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/04/12/five-ways-to-improve-your-perl-programming.html>

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Sys Admin
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***Top 7 Things System Administrators Forget to Do
Do system administrators really forget to do basic tasks because they're
lazy or do the pressures of the job keep them from getting everything
done? Tom Adelstein explores the top seven tasks system administrators
forget to do.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/sysadmin/2007/05/03/the-top-7-things-sysadmins-forget-to-do.html>


***Five Basic Mistakes Not to Make in DNS 
DNS has managed to keep the Internet afloat for decades, but it spend a
lot of its time handling junk requests that should never have escaped
from a local WAN. Ron Aitchison has a list of five basic things that
every DNS administrator should take care of to keep DNS a happy
infrastructure.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/sysadmin/2007/04/26/5-basic-mistakes-not-to-make-in-dns.html>

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Digital Media
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***Rick LePage on Fine Art Printers for Aperture
Affordable hardware for fine art printing is more bountiful than ever.
In this exclusive Inside Aperture podcast, Macworld editor at large,
Rick LePage, covers the latest offerings from Epson, HP, and Canon. Rick
supplies plenty of insight about how HP is challenging Epson, and some
thoughts about Canon's emergence, then absence in the mid range fine art
market. Derrick Story chats with Rick during a visit to San Francisco.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/04/30/fine-art-printers-for-aperture.html>


***Review: Boss Micro BR Palmtop Recording Studio
At just over 3x5 inches, the Boss Micro BR is a digital recording studio
you can use anywhere. It records up to 32 tracks, has a built-in mic and
drum machine, and even plays your MP3s. Can it possibly work at just
$229 street? Reviewer Gina Fant-Saez finds out.
<http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/04/26/review-boss-micro-br-digital-recorder.html>

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Mac
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***Building Custom iQuiz Data 
iQuiz is a brand new, flashy iPod game from Apple that allows users to
create custom games and run them using the iQuiz interface. In this
tutorial, Erica Sadun shows how to create custom iQuiz files and
provides sample code and files.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/04/30/building-custom-iquiz-data.html>


***Customizing TextMate 
TextMate is one of the most popular text editors among Mac developers,
in part due to how much you can customize the powerful program. James
Edward Gray II recently wrote "TextMate: Power Editing for the Mac" and
presents this article on creating an RPN calculator in TextMate as an
example of how to do complex TextMate customizations.
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2007/04/11/customizing-textmate.html>

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Microsoft/.NET
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***Preston Gralla on Vista
Safari recently interviewed Preston Gralla, author of "Windows Vista in
a Nutshell." He's authored over 30 books and countless articles for
publications ranging from PC Magazine to the Los Angeles Times. He's a
frequent guest on TV and radio shows covering technology and has
appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and NPR.
<http://safari.oreilly.com/march07_newsletter>


***Installing and Configuring ISA 2006 
Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA) 2006, Microsoft's latest
release of its popular web proxy and security suite, has become a
full-blown perimeter security solution for both small and large
networks. Chris Sanders shows you how to set it up and configure it for
best performance.
<http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/04/17/installing-and-configuring-isa-2006.html>


***Why Do ASP.NET Programmers Need to Learn CSS? 
ASP.NET has not been great at controlling the layout of elements on a
web page. Dan Hurwitz and Jesse Liberty show you how to gain precise
controls over presentation with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). They argue
that programmers who embrace CSS as their own, rather than thinking of
it as an esoteric skill of designers, place themselves ahead of the
pack.
<http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/windows/2007/05/01/why-doaspnet-programmers-need-to-learn-css.html>

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Java
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***Interview with Tim Bray: Atom, JRuby, and the Ecumenical Sun
Tim Bray recently took some time out of his hectic schedule to talk to
the O'Reilly Network about his current work on the Atom protocol, his
views on JRuby, and Sun's evolving Web strategy. Find out what is on
Tim's mind these days.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/05/03/interview-with-tim-bray-atom-jruby-and-the-ecumenical-sun.html>


***An Interview with Robert Brewin 
What happens when you get the CTO of Sun and the editor of OnJava in the
same room at JavaOne? A short but informative interview for the OnJava
readers about JavaFX Script, JavaFX Mobile, and the future of the Java
platform.
<http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/05/10/an-interview-with-robert-brewin.html>

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Web
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***PittMFUG Pittsburgh Adobe Flash Users Group Chats with Author Colin Moock
Pittsburgh Adobe Flash Users Group interviewed Colin Moock about his
upcoming book "Essential ActionScript 3." Listen to the podcast here:
<http://www.pittmfug.com/podcast/pittmfugColinMoock.mp3>


***Besiege Your Web Application--Load Testing over HTTP
Paul explains how to test your web apps to ensure they
can handle heavy user demand.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/05/07/besiege-your-web-application-load-testing-over-http/>


***JavaScript and Screenreaders
Kevin Yank take a look at how Web Developers can make
their sites accessible to users who use screenreaders.
<http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/04/30/javascript-and-screen-readers/>



Until next time--

Marsee Henon


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