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O'Reilly News for User Group Members
February 22, 2008
New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts
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Upcoming Events
For more events, please see: events.oreilly.com
| O'Reilly Sponsors Code4lib Conference 2008 | | Feb 25-28, 2008 | Embassy Suites Downtown
Portland, OR | The Code4lib Conference is an outgrowth of a highly successful Access Hackfest, wrapped into a conference format. The attendees are the folks who implement, program, administer, and manage the systems and software libraries use. Gold sponsorship by TOC Division.
| | E.A. Vander Veer on WDEV Radio Live |  | | Feb 26, 2008 | | | E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be live on WDEV-AM & FM Radio at 8:05am Central Time on February 26th, 2008. She will be speaking for 20 minutes on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
| | E.A. Vander Veer on WHAM Rochester New York | | Feb 26, 2008 | | | E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be live on WHAM Rochester NY for the Chet & Beth morning show at 8:30am Central Time on February 26th, 2008. She will be speaking for 10 minutes on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
| | | PHP Conference | | Feb 29, 2008 | Inmarsat's international headquarters
London, UK | The PHP Conference represents a great opportunity for delegates with a potential audience that includes web-developers, programmers, open-source enthusiasts, and business-people. As well as being able to hear about some of the most interesting current topics within PHP from people at the forefront of the technology, delegates will also have the opportunity to network with the other attendees. O'Reilly will be there, so come and browse our latest books and benefit from a 35% discount on the day.
| | E.A. Vander Veer on the Jan Michkelson Show | | Feb 29, 2008 | | | E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be live on the Jan Mickelson Show for WHO-AM in Des Moines at 9:05am Central Time on February 29th, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
| | Barcamp | | Mar 1-1, 2008 | The MEN Media Headquarters
Manchester, UK | It's been in the works for a while now, but it finally got announced: BarCamp is coming to Manchester! And O'Reilly will be there with all kinds of goodies. Do come and have a chat.
| | Seán Duggan Presents a Two-Day Workshop: "Creative Collage with Adobe Photoshop" |  | | Mar 1-2, 2008 | Monteray Adult School
Monteray, CA | This weekend workshop will focus on using Adobe Photoshop CS2 to explore the art of the photographic composite. Explorations will range from simple collages and blended overlays to combining two exposures of the same scene to control contrast, to the creation of surreal, photo-realistic flights of fancy. Topics include: masking and knockout techniques; layers and layer groups; simple collages based on image overlays, blend modes and opacity; advanced blending options; precision collage control with layer masks; image transformation tools including Free Transform and Warp; Using Smart Objects to preserve flexibility of transformed elements; creating a photo-realistic collage from different source photos; multi-exposure composites to control contrast; matching color and lighting between images.
| | | O'Reilly at SD West | | Mar 3-7, 2008 | Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA | Stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 407) to check out our books and say hello.
| | O'Reilly Beautiful Code Authors at SD West 2008 |  | | Mar 3, 2008 | Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA | Meet Beautiful Code Authors -- Elliotte Rusty Harold, Author/Adjunct Professor, Polytechnic University; Michael Feathers, Senior Trainer/Mentor/Consultant, Object Mentor; Alberto Savoia, CTO, Agitar Software; Christopher Seiwald, CEO, Perforce.
What makes code beautiful? Is it all in the eye of the beholder or is there an aesthetic of code we can all agree on? How important is it for code to be beautiful? What trade-offs can or should be made in the name of beauty? Come hear several authors of the best-selling O'Reilly book Beautiful Code discuss these and other questions.
| | | O'Reilly WCF Authors at SD West 2008 | | Mar 3-7, 2008 | Santa Clara Convention Center
Santa Clara, CA | Meet Learning WCF Author, Michele Bustamante, Chief Architect, IDesign, Inc. and Programming WCF Services Author, Juval Lowy, President, IDesign, Inc.
| | E.A. Vander Veer on the Kathryn Zox Show | | Mar 3, 2008 | | | E.A. Vander Veer (author of the new Facebook: The Missing Manual) will be live on the Kathryn Zox Show with WMET-AM Washington at 11:30am Central Time on March 3rd, 2008. She will be speaking for 30 minutes on various topics regarding Facebook, security, and applications. Be sure to tune in!
| | Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) |  | | Mar 4-6, 2008 | | San Diego, CA | The O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (ETech) centers on future technologies that truly matter. From robotics, health care, and space travel to gaming, finance, and art, ETech explores promising technologies new to the innovation horizon, and investigates those that have been on the horizon too long.
| | | O'Reilly at SXSW Interactive |  | | Mar 9-11, 2008 | Austin Convention Center
Austin, TX | The SXSW Interactive Festival brings together the world's most creative web developers, designers, bloggers, wireless innovators, and new media entrepreneurs. While you're there, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi, and pick up some great new books.
| | | QCon London 2008 | | Mar 10-14, 2008 | The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
London, UK | QCon London 2008 is an Enterprise Software Development Conference, providing a venue for learning, networking, and tracking innovation in Java, .Net, Ruby, SOA, Languages of tomorrow, Banking Architectures, Agile, Scrum and Software Architecture and Design. Come and meet some of our authors at our booth. Book now and quote promo code: oreilly_qconlondon2008 and get £50 registration discount.
| | O'Reilly at SPE (Society for Photographic Education) | | Mar 14-15, 2008 | Adam's Mark Hotel
Denver, CO | The Society for Photographic Education is the longest-lived and largest association devoted to photography and related media as it applies to education, practice, and scholarship. While you're at the 45th National Conference, stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi, and check out our great new books.
| | O'Reilly at PyCon |  | | Mar 14-15, 2008 | | Chicago, IL | Look for O'Reilly authors Noah Gift, Van Lindberg, and Brian Fitzpatrick. Stop by the O'Reilly booth to say hi and pick up some great new books.
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Conference News
 Web 2.0 Expo
September 16-19, 2008 in New York, NY
The Call for Participation is now open. Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. O'Reilly and CMP are seeking the best and brightest in the Web 2.0 universe to show the world how the next Internet Revolution is being designed and delivered.
To submit a proposal to speak at Web 2.0 Expo, click here.
 O'Reilly GSP West Conference
March 3-4, 2008 in San Diego, CA
This two-day conference presents a behind-the-scenes look at the business and technology of social networking platforms. With MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr attracting millions of visitors each day, the implications for business, marketing, and software developers are enormous.
Use code "gspw08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
 Registration for ETech Open
March 3-6, 2008 in San Diego, CA
Body hacking. DIY spectrum. Crowd visualization. Sensor games. ETech 2008 will explore the tech that's influencing how we're seen as individuals and what affects our perception of the world around us.
Use code "et08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
 2008 MySQL Conference & Expo Registration is Open
April 14-17, 2008 in Santa Clara, CA
The largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide, the event reflects MySQL's wide-ranging appeal and capabilities. The open atmosphere of the MySQL Conference & Expo helps IT professionals and community members to create the best database applications, tools, and software through expert instruction, hands-on tutorials, readily available MySQL developers, and guru business advice.
Use code "mys08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the registration price. Early registration discount deadline ends February 26. Click here to register for the conference.
Web Expo SF Registration is Open
April 22-25, 2008 in San Francisco, CA
A companion event to the Web 2.0 Summit, Web 2.0 Expo is an expanded, inclusive gathering for the technology and business communities through a combined conference and trade show.
Use code "websf08ug" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
 Where 2.0 2008 is Open
May 12-14, 2008 in Burlingame, CA
At the O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference, we expose the tools pushing the boundaries of the location frontier, track the emergence of new business models and services, and spend time examining new sources of data and the platforms for collecting them.
Use code "whr08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the registration price. Early registration discount deadline ends March 23. Click here to register for the conference.
 Registration for RailsConf 2008 is Open
May 29-June 1, 2008 in Portland, OR
Co-produced by Ruby Central and O'Reilly Media, RailsConf is "the" event for the growing Rails Community--the largest official gathering dedicatedto everything Rails. If you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieve--or if you're curious about how Rails can help you create web applications better and faster--this conference is the place to be.
Use code "rc08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
O'Reilly School of Technology
 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:
- PHP/SQL Programming--New!
- 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, in Step #2 of the enrollment process. Each course comes with a free O'Reilly book and a 7-day money-back guarantee. Register online.
News from O'Reilly & Beyond
UG News
 Toronto Asterisk Users' Group at IT360.ca
The Toronto Asterisk Users' Group has been working closely with IT360.ca conference organizers in Toronto and have put together an excellent Asterisk track. Speakers this year include "Asterisk: The Future of Telephony" authors Jim Van Meggelen, Leif Madsen, and Jared Smith.
New York Times Spotlights Myths of Innovation
"Epiphany has little to do with either creativity or innovation. Instead, innovation is a slow process of accretion, building small insight upon interesting fact upon tried-and-true process" writes Janet Rae-Dupree in her Sunday New York Times column featuring Scott Berkun's "The Myths of Innovation."
How to Prevent Windows Vista's 'Green Ribbon of Death'
Here's an excerpt from "Windows Vista Annoyances" at Computerworld.
Installfest for Schools, Four Locations in the SF Bay Area, March 1
Signup and join an installfest in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Mateo, or Novato, CA and help the local schools at this open source community event.
Leo Leporte's Interview with O'Reilly author Mikkel Aaland
Editor Andy Oram posted several blogs exploring online technical information and its relation to professional computer books:
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Articles
 A Look Back at 10 Years of OSI
It's been 10 years since the Open Source Initiative was launched, and what a 10 years it has been. Open Source has gone from an obscure and radical concept to a vibrant sector of the software landscape. For the 10th Anniversary, our faithful newshound Federico Biancuzzi talked to some of the early pioneers of the OSI (such as Bruce Perens and Eric Raymond) about where it came from and how it is relevant today.
Aperture 2.0 with Joe Schorr
Aperture 2.0 is faster, easier to use, and produces better images, says Joe Schorr, Apple Senior Product Manager. In this interview with Derrick Story, Joe explains how Aperture 2.0 meets those lofty claims. This chat covers a lot of new ground.
Using Xenn for High Availability Clusters
Virtualization is one approach that you can take to implementing clusters. But you still have to arrange to handle failures in a high-availability environment. Here's one solution, using Xen.
Developing RESTful Web Services in Perl
REST has become a widely used alternative to protocols such as SOAP, providing a simpler way to tell your server what you want to do without all that messy WSDL stuff. In this article, you'll see how to create a RESTful web service, using Perl.
 Music Technology at NAMM 2008
Part 1: America's biggest musical instrument show debuted more high-tech wonders than ever this year. O'Reilly Digital Media prowled NAMM's five massive, noisy halls to bring back these high-tech hits.
Part 2: We're back from NAMM 2008 with even more intriguing new gadgets and gear. Once again, the throbbing halls of America's biggest musical instrument trade show introduced a torrent of high-tech goodness. From a $99 Steinway to a truly killer guitar, from audible notation to singing keys, here's what you'll be playing this year.
Katrin Eismann's Digital Darkroom Magic
Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.
For more articles, go to: http://www.oreillynet.com/
Blogs
Community Pricing for Books
Ruby Turns 15 and Other Important Stuff
10 Things Every Parent Should Know About Facebook
Mac FFOSS (Freeware/Free & Open Source Software)
Where Did the Courier & Helvetica Fonts Go?
O'Reilly Books and the Cuban Internet
Learning Flex From Scratch: Meet the Authors, Meet Flex
Sonar for your Home
For more blogs, go to: http://www.oreillynet.com/blogs/
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