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***The Art & Science of JavaScript

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C# Jam at SRT Solutions, Ann Arbor MI, April 8-11, 2008

Do you find yourself wondering if there is a better way to learn than traditional training?  There is!  Jams are better than struggling by yourself or listening to lectures, plus studies have proven that adults learn better through hand's on experience with new information.

On April 8-11, programmers will convene at SRT Solutions for a C# 3.0 Jam, an interactive lab-style workshop to explore and learn.  Attendees will benefit from a full set of exercises and solutions as well as help with individual projects.  Speakers include Effective C# and soon-to-be released More Effective C# author Bill Wagner, and authors Bruce Eckel and Jamie King, who are writing an as-yet untitled C# 3.0 book. 

Limited to 30 attendees, registration costs $1000 before Jan. 31, $1200 from Jan. 30 – Feb. 29, $1400 from Mar. 1 – Apr. 4 or $1600 on-site. To register, visit  http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/CSharp3Jam/Index.php

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• Groovy Recipes (Pragmatic Bookshelf) -->
• Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Second Edition (No Starch) -->
• Head First JavaScript -->
• Head First Software Development -->
• iPhone UK: The Missing Manual -->
• Mac OS X Leopard: The Missing Manual -->
• MAKE: Technology on Your Time Volume 12 -->
• Photoshop CS3 RAW -->
• Programming C# 3.0, Fifth Edition -->
• Prototype and script.aculo.us (Pragmatic Bookshelf) -->
• Sound Mixing Tips and Tricks (PC Publishing) -->
• Take Your Photography to the Next Level (Rocky Nook) -->
• Windows Vista Annoyances -->
• X Power Tools -->

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Upcoming EventsFor more events, please see: events.oreilly.com

Jesse Liberty at "The Day of Silverlight"

Dec 15, 2007

Heathrow, FL

Author Jesse Liberty (Programming C# 3.0 and Programming ASP.NET) will be delivering a talk on Microsoft Silverlight.

 

Cannon's Explorer of Light Photographer--Stephen Johnson speaks in San Jose
Jan 8, 2008
Adobe Systems, Inc., Park Conference Room 321 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA
Photographer and author Stephen Johnson will be discussing his hard won insights into digital photography. Steve is the author of Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography.

 

O'Reilly Authors at Book Passage

Jan 13, 2008

51 Tamal Vista Blvd Corte Madera, CA

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion--Derrick Story, Mikkel Aaland, Harold Davis, and Rick Smolan. Leading Digital Photographers answer all your questions.

 

Adobe Presents Colin Moock's ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up Tour

Jan 15, 2008

Tokyo, Japan

Join author Colin Moock (Essential ActionScript 3.0) for a packed day of ActionScript 3.0 training. This event is sure to fill up quickly, so register early!

 

O'Reilly at Macworld
Jan 15-18, 2008
The Moscone Center San Francisco, CA
Stop by the O'Reilly booth (#S-2218, South Hall) to say hi, peruse our new titles, and meet our expert authors. On hand will be David Pogue, Derrick Story, Mikkel Aaland, Deke McClelland, J. D. Biersdorfer, Harold Davis, and Lesa Snider-King.

 

O'Reilly Authors at San Francisco Apple Store

Jan 16, 2008

One Stockton Street San Francisco, CA

Ask the Experts Panel Discussion--Derrick Story, Mikkel Aaland, Harold Davis, and Rick Smolan. Leading Digital Photographers answer all your questions.

 

David Pogue at San Francisco Apple Store
Jan 17, 2008
One Stockton Street San Francisco, CA
David Pogue--bestselling author, creator of the Missing Manual Series, and NY Times columnist--is coming to the One Stockton Street, San Francisco Apple Store. Pogue will be sharing his Tips and Tricks for Leopard.

 

Stephen Johnson--Death Valley in Winter: a digital photography field workshop

Jan 19-22, 2008

Death Valley, CA

Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) on a trip designed to be a complete immersion in landscape photography and its digital evolution. He will discuss technical and aesthetic issues, tapping into your emotional response to this landscape, working toward images that are uniquely your own. Enrollment limited to 12.

Conference NewsRegistration for ETech is now 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.
Registration for TOC is now open
February 11-13, 2008 in New York, NY
Technology is transforming publishing. Are you ready for the future? This conference is a must attend event for anyone interested in shaping the future of the business of books.
Use code "toc08usrg" when you register, and receive 15% off the early registration price. Click here to register for the conference.
RailsConf 2008 Call For Participation Ends December 13
Happening May 29--June 1, 2008 in Portland, OR.
RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community. If you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieve—-or are curious about how Rails can help you create web frameworks better and faster—-RailsConf is the place to be.
The call for participation for Velocity, the Web Performance and Operations Conference, is now open.
June 23-24 in Burlingame, CA.
Velocity, a new O'Reilly event happening June 23-24 in Burlingame, CA, is dedicated to obtaining the crucial skills and knowledge to build web sites that are fast, scalable, resilient, and highly available. Are you a web developer, engineer, or technical manager doing outstanding work to optimize the experience of your users? If so, we want to hear from you.The submission deadline for all proposals is midnight January 3, 2008. O'Reilly School of TechnologyO'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:

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Join many major technical user groups and communities for the second New York Technical Community Holiday Party for a chance to connect with colleagues and share experiences with others. Space is limited so register soon for this free event. CodeMash January 10-11 in Sandusky, Ohio
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Apress User Group Program Newsletter December 2007 Issue  Happy Holidays from everyone at Apress! Please forward or post this newsletter for all group members. In this issue: 1.     Bookpool Sale - .NET titles2.     LINQ contest3.     eBook Deal of the Day4.     Upcoming Tradeshows5.     Find Apress on Facebook!6.     User Group Events Supported by Apress 7.     Save a Bundle When you Buy in Bulk8.     Recent Apress and friends of ED Books—Hot off the Press9.     Forthcoming Titles10.  User Group FAQ1. Bookpool + Apress .NET = 50% off until December 31, 2007To celebrate the release of Apress' "must-have-now" .NET 3.5 books, we're offering our extensive line of .NET books at 50% off.http://www.bookpool.com/ct/249 2. LINQ ContestApress and LINQDev.com want to see what you're doing using LINQ. Enter your best LINQ code sample for a chance to win a copy of Halo 3 Legendary Edition. We're also giving away select bundles of Apress .NET books.Visit microsoft.apress.com and click on the Contest tab for more details. 3. eBook Deal of the DayHave you ever wanted to buy an eBook to learn something fun but couldn’t justify it because of the price? We are pleased to offer you the “eBook Deal of the Day” found on our homepage on the top right corner. At 12:01 AM PST, a different Apress or friends of ED eBook will be priced at only $10 US for a 24-hour period. Check back everyday for a new deal. 4. Upcoming TradeshowsIf you are attending these shows, please say hello!CodeMash v2.0.0.8 Kalahari Resort, Sandusky, Ohio January 10-11, 2008 CodeMash is a unique event that will educate developers on current practices, methodologies, and technology trends in variety of platforms and development languages such as Java, .NET, Ruby and PHP. http://www.codemash.org/ Macworld Conference & Expo The Moscone Center, San Francisco, California Conference: January 14-18 Expo: January 15-18 Macworld Conference & Expo® has a lot of both. Learn from some of the most successful leaders in your industry—from movie making to business management—and discover what’s possible with the latest technology and tools. Surround yourself with all the right products and people. http://www.macworldexpo.com/ 5. Apress on FacebookTo stay current and tap into this vibrant community Apress has joined Facebook. This makes it easier to connect with our authors, friends, and all who love Apress! Join our group today and become a fan, or write on our “wall”. We will be adding pictures and events to our profile soon. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=5685729635 6. User Group Events Recently Supported by ApressThanks again for keeping me informed with links to your user group web sites and event sites. We love it when you share your photos or even send us some of your user group’s swag! Below is a list of some user group events we’ve proudly supported the past few months.Code Camp Buenos Aires 2007 October 2, 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/Argentina/CodeCamp/Web Beans Presentation by Gavin King at Google—Silicon Valley Web Developer Java User Group and java.netOctober 16, 2007 https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=5392 https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/Access User Group Seminar The Access User Group held its National Seminar at Microsoft headquarters in Reading. This was a day-long event with five or six presenters and attracts between 80 and 100 paying delegates. This years presentations included: Office 2007 Client Developer Features; Access 2007 and Sharepoint; and Converting SQL from Access to SQL Server. November 16th, 2007 www.ukaug.co.ukDBSIG Meeting at Oracle Open World This event had over 200 attendees. November 11, 20074th annual Heartland Developers Conference HDC is the nation’s largest professional independent .NET user group conference, with an attendance of 550 Developers, DBAs, Architects and Managers from the Midwest region. October 17-19, 2007 http://www.heartlandDC.comCharlotte Code Camp – Greater Charleston .NET User Group October 20, 2007 http://www.sccodecamp.com http://www.gcnug.orgTwin Cities Code Camp Next code camp is scheduled to be held on April 5th, 2008. October 27, 2007 http://www.twincitiescodecamp.comUser Experience Barcamp (UXB): A Night at The Matrix – Silicon Valley Web Builder The barcamp theme is inspired by the movie "A Night At the Museum". Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB) invited attendees to spend a remarkable evening inside the Data Center building "The Matrix" at Hurricane Electric, the World Largest Data Center in 24 hours. November 10-11, 2007 http://svwbbarcamp.eventbrite.com/ http://www.svwebbuilder.com/page/Event+CalendarEnterprise Comet Presentation with Apress Authors Jonas Jacobi and John Fallows at Google - Silicon Valley Web Developer Java User Group and java.net November 20, 2007 https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/servlets/NewsItemView?newsItemID=5395 http://groups.google.com/group/sv_gtug/web/tempjugmemberinvite https://sv-web-jug.dev.java.net/Jeffrey Palermo’s “DevTeach 2007” This event is in conjunction with the DevTeach conference in Vancouver, BC. The host, Jeffrey Palermo, is an industry expert and influential in the developer community. Party with Palermo is a 4-hour social gathering of conference and community attendees. November 26, 2007 http://www.devteach.com/Apress Author Eldon Alameda Speaks – Kansas City Ruby User Group November 27, 20007 http://kcrug.org/homeMemphis/Mid-South Java User Group Event November-December 2007 http://memphisjug.googlepages.comA Multimedia (Association) Christmas - Flash in the Peg, The Graphic Designers of Canada, Manitoba Interactive Media Association, International Game Developers Association Film Training Manitoba, and New Media Manitoba This event is put together by a number of the new media groups in town, including the local chapter of the International Game Developers Association and the Graphic Designers of Canada First week of December 2007 http://www.flashinthepeg.orgChristmas Event – PHP User Group OINK-PUG December 20, 2007 http://www.oink-pug.org 7. Save a Bundle When You Buy in BulkAre you buying books for your user group event or company? The more you order the more you save with our predetermined discounts.Bulk discounts apply when you buy 10 or more regular books or eBooks. So buy at least 10 of one title or 10 different Apress quality titles and we'll extend a hefty discount.Visit http://apress.com/info/bulksales for more information about bulk eBook purchases and licensing. 8. Recent Apress and friends of ED Books—Hot off the Press1-59059-931-4 Building a Data Warehouse: With Examples in SQL Server Rainardi, Vincent Dec 2007 1-59059-926-8 Taking Your iPhone to the Max Sadun, Erica Dec 2007 1-59059-685-4 Beginning Spring 2: From Novice to Professional Minter, Dave Dec 2007 1-59059-908-X Pro JavaScript Design Patterns Harmes, Ross Dec 2007 1-59059-923-3 Beginning Ubuntu Server Administration: From Novice to Professional van Vugt, Sander Dec 2007 1-59059-815-6 Foundation Actionscript 3.0 with Flash CS3 and Flex Yard, Todd Dec 2007 1-59059-909-8 PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Second Edition Zandstra, Matt Dec 2007 1-59059-906-3 Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP Zervaas, Quentin Dec 2007 1-59059-837-7 Mac OS X Leopard: Beyond the Manual Meyers, Scott Dec 2007 1-59059-897-0 Pro SQL Server 2005 Integration Services Wightman, Jim Dec 2007 1-59059-877-6 Foundation Flex for Designers Leon, LordAlex Dec 2007 1-59059-896-2 AdvancED Flex Application Development: Building Rich Media X Blank, R Dec 2007 1-59059-894-6 Foundation Flex for Developers: Data-Driven Applications with PHP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, FDSJacobs, Sas Dec 2007 1-59059-911-X Practical Ruby Projects: Ideas for the Eclectic Programmer Cyll, Topher Dec 2007 1-59059-920-9 Excel 2007 PivotTables Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach Dalgleish, Debra Dec 2007 1-59059-725-7 The Definitive Guide to Django: Web Development Done Right Holovaty, Adrian Dec 2007 1-59059-939-X Silverlight and ASP.NET Revealed MacDonald, Matthew Dec 2007 1-59059-850-4 Expert F# Syme, Don Dec 2007 1-59059-655-2 The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library Newton, Keenan Nov 2007 1-59059-876-8 Flex Solutions: Essential Techniques for Flex 2 and 3 Developers Casario, Marco Nov 2007 1-59059-935-7 Pro EDI in BizTalk Server 2006 R2: Electronic Document Interchange Solutions Beckner, Mark Nov 2007 1-59059-912-8 Foundation Flash Cartoon Animation Jones, Tim Nov 2007 1-59059-913-6 Pro SharePoint 2007 Development Techniques Bruggeman, Nikander Nov 2007 1-59059-905-5 Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Audio and Video Podcasting, Second Edition Geoghegan, Michael Nov 2007 1-59059-904-7 Beginning JSP™, JSF™ and Tomcat Web Development: From Novice to Professional Zambon, Giulio Nov 2007 1-59059-789-3 Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008 Rattz, Jr., Joseph C. Nov 2007 1-59059-903-9 Practical Apache Struts 2 Web 2.0 Projects Roughley, Ian Nov 2007 1-59059-893-8 Pro ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008, Second Edition MacDonald, Matthew Nov 2007 1-59059-910-1 Oracle Database 11g: New Features for DBAs and Developers Alapati, Sam R. Nov 2007 1-59059-891-1 Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in C# 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition MacDonald, Matthew Nov 2007 1-59059-892-X Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 in VB 2008: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition MacDonald, Matthew Nov 2007 1-59059-907-1 The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design Grannell, Craig Nov 2007 1-59059-884-9 Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Platform, Fourth Edition Troelsen, Andrew Nov 2007 1-59059-869-5 Beginning C# 2008: From Novice to Professional Gross, Christian Nov 2007 1-59059-828-8 Foundations of ASP.NET AJAX Pars, Robin Nov 2007 1-59059-873-3 Accelerated C# 2008 Nash, Trey Nov 2007 1-59059-929-2 Getting StartED with Mac OS X Leopard Williams, Justin Nov 2007  9. Forthcoming Titles1-59059-864-4 Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition Balanescu, Emilian Feb 2008 1-59059-955-1 Pro WPF in C# 2008: Windows Presentation Foundation with .NET 3.5, Second Edition MacDonald, Matthew Feb 2008 1-59059-862-8 Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition Gilmore, W. Jason Feb 2008 1-59059-934-9 The Definitive Guide to Pylons Gardner, James Feb 2008 1-59059-950-0 The Essential Guide to Flex 3 Brown, Charles E Feb 2008 1-59059-895-4 Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition Myatt, Adam Feb 2008 1-59059-940-3 Pro Windows PowerShell Deshev, Hristo Feb 2008 1-59059-941-1 Practical DWR Web 2.0 Projects Zammetti, Frank Feb 2008 1-59059-946-2 Beginning ASP.NET 3.5 Data Access with LINQ, VB 2008, and ADO.NET: From Novice to Pro:Foggon, Damien Feb 2008 1-59059-954-3 Illustrated C# 2008 Solis, Daniel Feb 2008 1-59059-220-4 The ANSI Common Lisp Reference Book Margolies, Editor, David Feb 2008 1-59059-948-9 Pro Office Communications Server 2007 Ricks, Brian Feb 2008 1-59059-737-0 The Definitive Guide to Apache MyFaces and Facelets Wadia, Zubin Feb 2008 1-59059-978-0 Pulling Strings with Puppet: Automated System Administration Done Right Turnbull, James Feb 2008 1-59059-951-9 Foundations of Popfly: Rapid Mashup Development Griffin, Eric Feb 2008 1-59059-933-0 Practical Reporting with Ruby and Rails Berube, David Jan 2008 1-59059-938-1 Beginning VB 2008: From Novice to Professional Gross, Christian Jan 2008 1-59059-960-8 Learn to Tango with D Bell, Kris Jan 2008 1-59059-874-1 Accelerated VB 2008 Fouché, Guy Jan 2008 1-59059-858-X Pro Web 2.0 Mashups: Remixing Data and Web Services Yee, Raymond Jan 2008 1-59059-967-5 Pro SQL Server 2005 Disaster Recovery Luetkehoelter, James Jan 2008 10. User Group FAQOur links have recently been updated, so please refer to the URLs below for the most recent info.I receive a lot of good questions from user group leaders and members. Some of these questions already have built-in answers available on our web site, and here are some of the most common: Q: How do I obtain a review copy?A: E-mail me at cheryl.martinez@apress.com with your UG name and address and what book you’d like to review. I will send it along as quickly as possible. If you need raffle copies, you can e-mail me for those as well. 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Once you connect with a customer service representative, please mention the discount code, “APRESSUG” along with the name of your user group.)** We apologize, but at this time, we are unable to offer this discount to user group members located outside of North America, South America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.Q: May I have an Apress logo to post on our group web site?A: You may download a logo, size of your choice, here: http://www.apress.com/community/logo As always, Please Update Your User Group InfoJust a quick reminder that if there have been any significant changes to group information, please take a moment to send me updates. This might include a change in e-mail or shipping address (very important!), or a change in group leader or president, book review policy, etc. Please help me keep my records up to date and ensure you get your review copies delivered to the right place.E-mail me at cheryl.martinez@apress.com.If you still have questions not answered on the user group page, please contact me at cheryl.martinez@apress.com. Thanks!   Apress—The Expert's Voice(TM) 2855 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 600 Berkeley, CA 94705 510-549-5930

Telerik, a great component vendor and supporter of the .NET community, is putting on an event to highlight their Sitefinity content management system.

The challenge has you watch a few videos and take a short survey.  You'll get a chance to win a Zune or a license for Sitefinity.

Take the challenge at their website.

O'Reilly News for User Group Members
September 21, 2007New Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough CutsGet 35% off from O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books you purchase directly from O'Reilly.Just use code "DSUG" when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. Free ground shipping on orders of $29.95 or more. See details.Did you know you can request a free book or PDF to review for your group? Ask your group leader for more information.For book review writing tips and suggestions, go to: http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.htmlNew Releases: Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts:

• Ableton Live 6 Tips and Tricks (PC Publishing)
• The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology (SitePoint)
• Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, Second Edition
• AutoIt v3: Your Quick Guide
• C# 3.0 in a Nutshell, Third Edition
• Darkstar: The Java Game Server
• Designing Web Navigation
• Dynamic Learning: Flash CS3 Professional
• The Essential Blender (No Starch)
• Essential SharePoint 2007, Second Edition
• Essential Silverlight
• Fonts & Encodings
• Google Ajax Search API
• Google Analytics
• Head First SQL
• High Performance Web Sites
• Learning ActionScript 3.0 Rough Cut
• The LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Idea Book (No Starch)
• Linux Firewalls (No Starch)
• Linux System Programming
• Making Things Talk
• The Nikon D200 Dbook (Hard Cover) (Rocky Nook)
• Pragmatic Unit Testing in C# with NUnit, Second Edition (Pragmatic Bookshelf)
• Programming ASP.NET AJAX
• Programming WPF, Second Edition
• Security Data Visualization (No Starch)
• Security Power Tools
• SharePoint 2007: The Definitive Guide
• SOA in Practice
• Software Testing Practice: Test Management (Rocky Nook)

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Throughout the late summer and early fall, Aquent Graphics Institute (AGI) will be presenting its Adobe Creative Suite 3 seminar series in more than 20 cities in North America, Europe, and Australia. Creative professionals will have a unique 3-day opportunity to learn from expert trainers with world-class skills in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, and InDesign. Register for a single day or all 3 days. Along with the hands-on classroom session, attendees will also receive a free Dynamic Learning book appropriate to their session and a DVD with videos and lesson files. For registration information, go to: http://www.agitraining.com/cs3/cs3seminar

 

Jesse Liberty at Ajax World

Sep 23-26, 2007

Author Jesse Liberty (Programming C# and Programming ASP.NET) speaks on Silverlight at Ajax World.

 

Mikkel Aaland at the San Francisco Apple Store

Sep 24, 2007

Author Mikkel Aaland will be giving an Apple Pro Session on digital photography and his new book Photoshop Lightroom Adventure at the Apple Store in San Francisco on Monday, September 24th.

 

Jared Smith at AstriCon

Sep 25-28, 2007

Carefree Resort & Villas Carefree, AZ

Author Jared Smith (Asterisk: The Future of Telephony, 2nd Edition) speaks at AstriCon--the Asterisk users conference--in Carefree, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix.

 

Tenni Theurer at Women and Technology Summit

Sep 27-29, 2007

Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, CA

Tenni Theurer, manager of the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, and Nelly Yusupova, CTO Webgrrls International, will be speaking together at Women and Technology Summit in Santa Clara September 26-29. Learn technical tips and tricks to improve your site's speed and performance detailed in Steve Souders new book High Performance Web Sites, allowing your reader to connect to you more quickly. Discover the secrets of planning and good design that help you build and retain your audience.

 

Steve Souders at The Future of Web Apps Conference

Oct 3-5, 2007

London, UK

Author and Chief Performance Yahoo! Steve Souders (High Performance Web Sites) will deliver a Developer Track presentation on his 14 rules of best practices for making web pages faster. He will go into more detail in a workshop on the last day, expounding on research, case studies, and performance tools, and advocating a faster user experience for all web users. These guidelines focus on the front end, for example, why it's bad to use "@import" for including stylesheets and why ETags disable browser caching. These best practices have proven to reduce response times of Yahoo! properties by 25-50%.

 

Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene at NYCSPIN

Oct 9, 2007

Microsoft NY, NY

Head First PMP authors Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene talk through the ways that software projects fail, using the signature humor and insight in the acclaimed "Head First" series. There's an old saying: "There's only one way to succeed, but a million ways to fail." But that saying just isn't true when it comes to software projects. As it turns out, there are a small number of ways that projects fail, and they'll sound eerily familiar to any project manager, software engineer or programmer who's been around for more than a few years. Many software projects that started out as a small, stopgap utility turn into raging behemoths, sucking seemingly unlimited time from your programmers. Or the president of your company announced that your project will be done this week, even though you know that it still has an enormous number of bugs. Or your team delivered the software, only to have users complain that an entire feature is missing. Or every time the team fixes a bug, they seem to uncover a dozen more--including ones that you know were fixed six months ago. Once you know how projects fail, you can do what you need to do to keep them on track.

 

Stephen Johnson conducts a Mono Lake and Eastern Sierra field workshop

Oct 11-13, 2007

Mono Lake and Eastern Sierra CA

Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) in this dynamic combination of a traditional landscape photography workshop while diving deep into the digital age. Technical and aesthetic considerations will be discussed in detail, while you explore this high desert lake and its strange environs.

 

Web 2.0 Summit

Oct 17-19, 2007

San Francisco, CA

An invite only event, the Web 2.0 Summit brings the intelligence, innovation, and leadership of the Internet industry together to discuss and debate the most critical issues and strategies driving the Internet economy now and in the near future.

 

O'Reilly at PhotoPlus Expo

Oct 18-20, 2007

Jacob Javits Convention Center New York, NY

This year's conference will offer over 100 in-depth photography and design seminars, including several hands-on workshops, taught by world-renowned experts. You'll find information-packed, idea-generating sessions at the only conference in the country that's 100% focused on photography, design & imaging. While you're there, stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 1448) to say hi, and pick up some great new books.

 

Maker Faire 2007--Austin

Oct 20-21, 2007

Travis County Fairgrounds Austin, TX Join us for MAKE magazine's Austin 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.

 

Tenni Theurer at The Ajax Experience, Boston

Oct 24-26, 2007

Seaport Hotel Boston, MA

Tenni Theurer, manager of the Yahoo! Exceptional Performance team, will be speaking together at The Ajax Experience in Boston October 24-26. Through a series of research studies, Yahoo!'s Exceptional Performance Team has identified 14 best practices for making web pages faster. Tenni will go in-depth on these best practices detailed in Steve Souders new book High Performance Web Sites, and also demonstrate a recently released tool called YSlow, which was developed as an extension to Firebug and analyzes web pages according to the performance best practices.

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Women of Tech: Hear Us Roar, A Special Series from www.oreillynet.com The Mighty Voices of Sisterhood in Tech

 

Sebastopol, CA--There's no doubt that women coders, developers, designers, and programmers are a powerful force in the modern tech industry, despite their smaller numbers compared to men. At the same time many of the major impacts and innovations of women at every level of the development and evolution of technology--from the first female coders to today's Web 2.0 pioneers--aren't all that well known.

 

But starting now, O'Reilly Media aims to celebrate and give voice to the real-world experiences and concerns of these female trailblazers by publishing a new online series, "Women in Tech." The brainchild of Tatiana Apandi, an associate editor at O'Reilly, the series features articles solicited from technology's female side--and all focused on what it's like to carve out a career in technology.

 

The timely new series reveals the challenges, rewards, and, sometimes, frustrations of being a woman in an industry still dominated by men. "Each day, we'll present a different woman's story that I believe will open readers' eyes to her unique perspective," explains Apandi. "We have contributions from conference organizers, authors, programmers, developers, and more--women who have pioneered prosperous careers in technology."

 

"As the series progresses, I hope readers find that this myriad of female perspectives shows how valuable it is to hear different points of view,"

says Tatiana. "Whether readers think there are issues on which we need to work or that there are no issues at all, one underlying truth is that we need to support each other as individuals and help one another with our separate goals."

 

With clarity, honesty, and wit, this collection reveals what it's like to be in the minority of the male-dominated geek culture. Here are just a few of the voices in this upcoming series:

 

- Anna Martelli, Ravenscroft, Pythonista

- Audrey Eschright, independent programmer/designer/publisher

- CJ Rayhill, SVP of Product Management and Technology for Safari Books Online

- Dawn Foster, Director of Developer Relations at Jive Software

- Dru Lavigne, Chair of the BSD Certification Group Inc

- Gabrielle Roth, member of the Portland Perl Mongers

- Jeni Tennison, independent consultant and author

- Jill Dyche, partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting

- Juliet Kemp, Systems Administrator for the Astrophysics group at Imperial College

- Julia Lerman, Board member of the Vermont Software Developer Alliance, runs the Vermont.NET User Group

- Kaliya Hamlin, unconference Shesgeeky.org organizer

- Kirsten Jones, webmaster for The Perl Foundation

- Lauren Wood, Chaired for the W3C DOM Working Group

- Leslie Hawthorn, works for Open Source Programs Office at Google

- Selena Deckelmann, leads PDXPUG, a PostgreSQL Users Group

- Shelley Powers, software developer/architect, photographer, and author

 

The "Women in Tech," series starts Sept 4. Find out what they have to share and join the discussion here:

http://www.oreillynet.com/womenintech/

 

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