Sep 2009 Issue: New Releases: 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know Agile Coaching By Rachel Davies, Liz Sedley The Art of Community By Jono Bacon Art of Drum Layering By Eddie Bazil Beautiful Data By Toby Segaran, Jeff Hammerbacher Bioinformatics Programming Using Python: Rough Cuts Version By Mitchell L Model The Canon EOS Digital Rebel T1i/500D Companion By Ben Long The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, Third Edition By Rachel Andrew CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition By David Sawyer McFarland Cubase 5 Tips and Tricks By Keith Gemmell flex & bison By John Levine Head First Data Analysis By Michael Milton Head First PMP, Second Edition By Jennifer Greene, Andrew Stellman Head First Programming: Rough Cuts Version By David Griffiths, Paul Barry iPhone UK: The Missing Manual, Third Edition iPhone: The Missing Manual, Third Edition By David Pogue JUNOS Enterprise Switching By Harry Reynolds, Doug Marschke JUNOS High Availability By James Sonderegger, Orin Blomberg, Kieran Milne, Senad Palislamovic Just a Geek By Wil Wheaton Living Green: The Missing Manual By Nancy Conner Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 19 By Mark Frauenfelder Manage Your Project Portfolio By Johanna Rothman The Manga Guide to Calculus By Hiroyuki Kojima, Shin Togami, Becom Co. Ltd. The Manga Guide to Molecular Biology By Masaharu Takemura, Sakura, Becom Co. Ltd. Mastering Photographic Composition, Creativity, and Personal Style By Alain Briot Mobile Design and Development By Brian Fling My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition, Second Edition Netbooks: The Missing Manual By J.D. Biersdorfer Palm Pre: The Missing Manual By Ed Baig Palm webOS By Mitch Allen Programming Cocoa with Ruby By Brian Marick Programming Interactivity By Joshua Noble Programming the iPhone User Experience By Toby Boudreaux RESTful Web Services Cookbook: Rough Cuts Version By Subbu Allamaraju, Mike Amundsen Up and Running with Joomla, Second Edition By R. Allen Wyke, Skip Matheny Your Body: The Missing Manual By Matthew MacDonald | Welcome Hi there, Planning is underway for the Southeast User Group Leaders Summit on October 17 in Atlanta, GA metro area. The goal of this event is to share tips and discuss the issues and challenges facing technology groups regardless of the actual technology the group is focused on, such as finding locations, getting speakers, seeking out sponsorship, growing membership, hosting special events, etc. If you're a UG leader located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, or Tennessee--please check out the wiki site and see if you can join us. Please pass along any part of this newsletter to your group via email or your website and include the discount codes. We offer both a text and an HTML version. Thanks, --Marsee Henon Upcoming Webcasts including Snow Leopard, Palm WebOS, and the O'Reilly Radar Global Issues Series Upcoming webcasts include Intro to Snow Leopard, Palm webOS: Application Basics, iPhone Forensics: Live Recovery of an iPhone 3G[s], and Energy Literacy. For the complete list of upcoming events, check out our webcasts. How Tim O'Reilly Aims to Change Government "Some people go to Washington to try to make the government more honest; others try to make it smaller," writes Marshall Kirkpatrick for ReadWriteWeb. "Technologist Tim O'Reilly is spending time in Washington, and bringing Washington officials to San Francisco, to do something different - perhaps something more realistic. O'Reilly is trying to help government become a platform for innovation. A "government as platform" would supply raw digital data and other forms of support for private sector innovators to build on top of." Read more about Tim's ideas for transforming government. Learn to Build iPhone Apps in 2 days Build, Compile, and Run Your iPhone App in 2 Days. September 19-20 in Seattle, WA, October 8-9 in Cambridge, MA, and November 13-14 in New York, NY. What does it take to create a successful iPhone app? If you have an ingenious app idea, learn how to make it a reality in this dynamic two-day workshop. You'll quickly pick up the basics of Apple's Cocoa programming environment, the Xcode suite of tools, and the Objective-C language. Then you'll build two working iPhone apps! All you need to get started is experience with object-oriented programming. User Group members receive a 30% discount with code DSUG when you register online. Reviewers Needed and Book Discount Code We're always looking for book reviewers, especially on our new releases. Titles we're excited about include The Art of Community, Living Green: The Missing Manual, Mobile Design and Development, Netbooks: The Missing Manual, and Programming the iPhone User Experience. If you'd like to write a review of any of these books for Amazon, Slashdot, or your blog, please send an email to your user group leader with the book title and where you'll review it. Get 35% off from O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books and ebooks you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. Web 2.0 Expo NY User Group Discount Web 2.0 Expo NY is coming up November 16-19 in New York, NY. If you're interesting in attending, use code "webny09usrg" when you register, and receive 25% off the registration price. Or register for an Expo Hall Only Pass with code "webny09ugxp." UG leaders only--Put Up a Banner, Get a Free Book We're looking for user groups to display our discount banners on their web sites. If you send me a link to your group's site with one or more banners posted, I'll send you the O'Reilly book(s) of your choice. Choose from the following list: Discount Offers from Beyond O'Reilly Want to use Meetup to organize your user group? They've kindly offered groups registered with our UG program the following deal: Coupon name: wildfire Gets: 50% off initial subscription period. Can be used on any plan. Renews at regular price. (Example: If applied to 6-month plan comes out to $6 a month for first 6 months). Must be used by 10/01/09. Go to: http://www.meetup.com/create. Contact for questions: organizer@meetup.com Offer is good worldwide Make plans now to attend the second annual SC World Congress - Enterprise Data Security Conference & Expo, October 13-14 in New York City. The Congress features a comprehensive, two-day program presented in four tracks-including the unique Editors Choice sessions-and the industry's most comprehensive fall product expo showcasing IT security solutions from the leading vendors and hot start-ups. O'Reilly customers and affiliated user groups receive a $100 discount on conference fees, applied to the prevailing rate, by using the code "oreilly" in the box marked Promotional Code on the registration page. Register by September 18 for the best rates. Upcoming Events Webcast: Information Security and Social Networks When: Sep 2, 2009 This webcast will detail the significant security and privacy risks that social network create, and will also provides detailed guidance on ways organizations and individuals can use social networks in a safe and secure manner. Francesco Cesarini at ACM Erlang Workshop When: Sep 3, 2009 Where: Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh, Scotland For the 8th year in a row, Francesco Cesarini (Erlang Programming) of Erlang Training and Consulting is proud to be on the program committee. The workshop, affiliated with ICFP 2009, aims to bring together the open source, academic, and industrial programming communities of Erlang. Webcast - Intro to Snow Leopard When: Sep 3, 2009 In this webcast author Chris Seibold will introduce you to Snow Leopard, beginning with installation options. You'll learn about compatability, the hidden advantages of Snow Leopard, and why you should or shouldn't consider installing this newest operating system for the Mac. More Upcoming Events >> |
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