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Hi there—

bookshelf Thanks to everyone who requested a copy of slide:ology last month. Send me a link to your slide presentation that uses Nancy's suggestions and I'll share them in a future newsletter and blog about them on oreilly.com. And just in case you want to see more from Nancy, here's a recent webcast.

Has an O'Reilly book, conference, or course helped you or someone you know? Did you keep a job, get a better job, or change direction entirely? We want to hear about it. Please ask around at your next meeting and see if anyone wants to share their story with us by sending me an email.

With Adobe's recent announcement of CS4, O'Reilly's been busy working with our authors to keep you up-to-date. Soon we'll have new versions of our One-on-One and Missing Manual series and we're adding a few new books such as "Photoshop CS4 The Missing Manual," "The Photoshop CS4 Companion for Photographers," and "Photoshop CS4 Channels & Masks One-on-One." Read this blog post for the full scoop.

And Deke McClelland has a new video called "Photoshop CS4: Buy or Die". CS4 fliers are available for your group too. Do you need some?

I'm looking for people to read our new "Head First Statistics" and "Head First Physics." These books are designed to be used as a supplement study guide for the College Board's Advanced Placement exams. Do you know students, teachers, parents, or anyone that might be interested in looking over a copy?

Travel update: I'll be attending Austin Maker Faire October 18 and 19 in Texas, Professional Developers Conference October 27-30 in Los Angeles, and Adobe Max November 16-19 in San Francisco. Are you going to any of these events? Please let me know and we can try and meet up.

We've also got a new community page on O'Reilly. Look for our "O'Reilly Spoken Here" posters you can print yourself, read our featured review (maybe it's yours), or see what's new in our blogs.

Marsee


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Ocotber 01, 2008


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Upcoming Author Events

For more events, please see: events.oreilly.com


Jesse Liberty Presents a Webcast: Exploring Deep Zoom in Silverlight 2
Oct 1, 2008
In this live presentation Silverlight Geek Jesse Liberty (Programming Silverlight 2 and Programming .NET 3.5) delves into understanding and using Deep Zoop and how it can be integrated into your Silverlight application.

Stephen Johnson -- Fine Art Digital Printing
Oct 2-5, 2008
Stephen Johnson Photography Studios
Pacifica, CA
Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for four days of hands-on printing instruction.

Noah Gift at PyArkansas
Oct 4, 2008
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, Arkansas
Author Noah Gift (Python For Unix and Linux Systems Administration) will present a 3 hour tutorial on Python For Systems Administration, and sit on a panel discussing the Python Standard Library.

Joey Lott at AS3 Apex in St. Louis
Oct 4, 2008
ST. Louis, MO
Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting Flex, Actionscript, and Flash. Space is limited so please RSVP.

Sean Duggan Presents a Week-Long Seminar: "Real World Digital Photography, Session 2"
Oct 5-11, 2008
Rockport, ME
Sean Duggan's (The Creative Digital Darkroom) week-long seminar is a follow-up to the popular Real World Digital Photography Seesion 1 class. Designed to take up where the previous class left off, this course concentrates on more advanced topics relating to photography with digital slrs and improving images with Adobe Photoshop.

Java Power Tools Bootcamp in Brisbane
Oct 6-9, 2008
Brisbane, Australia
The Java Power Tools bootcamp is taught by John Ferguson Smart (Java Power Tools). The bootcamp is an intense 4-day hands-on workshop covering some of the best open source tools for Java development on the market. The course takes you on a in-depth guided tour of some of the best open source Java tools, showing how you can use them individually and together to write code better and faster, and have fun while you're doing it!

Julia Lerman at SDC Amsterdam
Oct 6-7, 2008
Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre
Noordwijkerhout , The Netherlands
Author Julia Lerman (Programming Entity Framework) presents Introductory and Advanced sessions on Entity Framework at the Software Development Conference 2008 in the Netherlands.

Nancy Duarte Presents "The slide:ology Basic Course"
Oct 6-6, 2008
Duarte Design
Mountain View, CA
Author Nancy Duarte (slide:ology) will be giving a full-day seminar jam-packed with design fundamentals, tips and tricks, interactive brainstorming and plenty of great visual examples to deconstruct. The morning will kick off with an inspirational keynote and then delve into content from the book slide:ology. You'll have your head around the concepts at this point, so we'll facilitate interactive exercises that will cement in you a new way of approaching your next presentation.

Stephen Johnson -- Fundamentals of Digital Photography: The Basics, and Way Beyond
Oct 8-9, 2008
Stephen Johnson Photography Studios
Pacifica, CA
Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for a workshop that includes the origins of electronic imaging, hardware, input/scanning, digital cameras, and more.

FOWA, London
Oct 9-10, 2008
London Excel
London, UK
FOWA London is Europe's biggest Web 2.0 Event with over 3000 of Europe's leading developers, designers and entrepreneurs attending to get Carsonified and discover the latest company, platform and product developments in web applications. Among the speakers, do not miss Kathy Sierra who along with her partner created the Head First Series.

Joey Lott at Cleveland Flex User's Group
Oct 9, 2008
Cleveland, OH
Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting Flex, Actionscript, and Flash.

Steven Pritchard and Tom Limoncelli at Ohio LinuxFest
Oct 10-11, 2008
Greater Columbus Convention Center
Columbus, Ohio
Author Steven Pritchard (LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell) will be teaching a one-day LPI Certification "cram" class. Author Tom Limoncelli (Time Management for System Administrators) will be presenting two tutorials, "Time Management for System Administrators" and "Interviewing and Hiring Great Technical People".

Joey Lott at Central PA Adobe User Group & Central PA Flash User Group
Oct 10, 2008
Harrisburg, PA
Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting "How To Architect Flex Applications."

Dru Lavigne at NYCBSDCon in New York City
Oct 11-12, 2008
New York City, NY
Dru Lavigne (BSD Hacks) will at NYC BSDCon 2008 in Columbia University in New York City. She will be giving a tutorial on system administration as well as proctoring the BSDA exam. Keep an eye out for her!

Julia Lerman at DevConnections
Oct 11-13, 2008
Mandalay Bay Conference Center
Las Vegas, NV
Julia Lerman (Programming Entity Framework) will present a full-day Entity Framework pre-conference workshop as well as two sessions during the DevConnections conference.

Stephen Johnson -- Yosemite Valley in Autumn
Oct 11-14, 2008
Yosemite View Lodge
Yosemite, CA
Join Stephen Johnson (Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography) for a field workshop in Yosemite Valley. Enrollment limited to 12 people.

Rick Sammon Leads a Week-Long Photography Workshop in Maine
Oct 12-18, 2008
Maine
Join Rick Sammon (Face to Face) in Maine as he leads a photography workshop on capturing the seasons. Following a day of shooting, the classes will continue with Photoshop & Lightroom instruction in the digital labs. The class size is limited to 15 participants, so register soon!

Julia Lerman presents on Entity Framework at DevReach 2008, Sofia
Oct 13-14, 2008
International Exhibition Center
Sofia, Bulgaria
Julia Lerman (Programming Entity Framework) presents Introductory and Advanced sessions on Entity Framework at the DevReach 2008 Conference.

Scott Berkun at User Interface Engineering
Oct 14-16, 2008
Cambridge, MA
Author Scott Berkun (The Myths of Innovation, Making Things Happen) presents a full day workshop entitled "The Myths of Innovation: How to Lead Breakthrough Projects".

Jesse Liberty Presents a Webcast: From DB to Display in the Data-Grid with Silverlight
Oct 15, 2008
In this live presentation Silverlight Geek Jesse Liberty (Programming Silverlight 2 and Programming .NET 3.5) will demonstrate how to extract data from a SQL database using LINQ, make it available through a Web Service, and create a Silverlight Application that consumes that data and makes it visible to the user in a vivid and interactive way.

Christopher Schmitt at the Web Design and Developer Conference
Oct 15-15, 2008
Orlando World Center Marriott Resort
Orlando, FL
Web Designers feel comfortable with complex digital imaging software such as Photoshop and Illustrator and marking up pages with XHTML CSS. However, to break through a static Web page, today's Web designer needs to work with JavaScript to add interactivity and custom usability enhancements, which can be intimidating for right-brain thinkers. In this session, author Christopher Schmitt (CSS Cookbook, Releasing CSS) covers how JavaScript frameworks like jQuery can save time, hair loss and still add the cool.

Douglas Crockford at the Bay Area Functional Programmers
Oct 15, 2008
Hi5, 55 2nd Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA
Author Douglas Crockford (JavaScript: The Good Parts) will be presenting "Functional JavaScript."

Nitesh Dhanjani at Microsoft Blue Hat v8
Oct 16-17, 2008
Redmond, WA
Nitesh Dhanjani (Network Security Tools) talks about how your online persona and activity can be tracked, correlated and used to influence behavior at Microsoft's Blue Hat Security Conference.

Martin Nystrom at Triangle InfoSeCon
Oct 16-16, 2008
McKimmon Conference and Training Center at NC State University
Raleigh, NC
Author Martin Nystrom (SQL Injection Defenses) and Dave Schwartzburg will present "Monitor the Monitors", based on a chapter from the forthcoming O'Reilly book, Practical Information Security Monitoring.

Dux Raymond Sy at PMI Global Congress North America 2008
Oct 19-19, 2008
Hyatt Regency Denver at the Colorado Convention Center
Denver, CO
Author Dux Raymond Sy, PMP (SharePoint for Project Management) presents "Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success" at the Exhibitor Educational Presentation (EEP) of the PMI Global Congress North America 2008. The 90-minute presentation will showcase the benefits of SharePoint in addressing critical project management challenges in the areas of project communication, document management and project team collaboration. Project Management Professionals (PMP®) can earn 1.5 Professional Development Units for participation if they attend the full session.

Gordon Meyer at Magic & Meaning Conference
Oct 22-25, 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada
Gordon Meyer (Smart Home Hacks) will speak about home automation at Magic and Meaning 2008. The conference takes place at McBride's Magic School, a leading center for training magicians.

Joey Lott at the Philadelphia Flex User Group
Oct 22, 2008
Philadelphia, PA
Author Joey Lott (Programming Flex 3) will be presenting Flex, Actionscript, and Flash.

O'Reilly at PhotoPlus Expo
Oct 23-25, 2008
Jacob Javits Convention Center
New York, NY

Stop by the O'Reilly booth (# 448) and meet our editors, check out our newest titles, and listen to live podcast interviews. While you're there, enter our drawing for a chance to win $500 in O'Reilly books.



John Papa at Day of Silverlight 2.0
Oct 24-24, 2008
Microsoft Office -- 5426 Bay Center Drive, Suite 700
Tampa, FL
Author John Papa (Data Services with Silverlight 2) will be speaking at this free event hosted by Microsoft. He will be speaking on the following topics:
  • Data Binding Foundations, Notifications, Modes, Lists, and Value Converters
  • Consuming SOAP with WCF and ASMX, POX and REST services, and Syndication
  • LINQ to XML & LINQ to JSON
  • Building REST styled services with Silverlight to 3rd Party API's
  • Using Visual Studio and Blend and to develop Silverlight applications

Conference & Special Events News


Austin Maker Faire Tickets on Sale for Maker Faire Austin
October 18th and 19th, 2008 in Austin, TX
Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. It's for creative, resourceful people of all ages and backgrounds who like to tinker and love to make things.
New this year, RoboGames bring battling bots to Austin for the first ever texas cup.

Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco Web 2.0 Expo Call for Participation Is Now Open
March 31-April 3, 2009 in San Francisco, CA
Now in its third year, Web 2.0 Expo is for the builders of the next generation web: designers, developers, entrepreneurs, marketers, business strategists, and venture capitalists. We look not only for the hot new thing, but for the failures to learn from, the innovations and inspirations, the successes that will surprise you, and the practical applications of all of the above. Call closes midnight 10/08/2008 PDT.

MySQL Conference & Expo Call for Participation Is Now Open
April 20-23, 2009 in Santa Clara, CA
The MySQL Conference & Expo is the largest gathering of MySQL developers, users, and DBAs worldwide. For the 2009 edition, we'd like to explore advanced development techniques, enterprise database administration and security, VLDB and massive data warehouse administration, advanced BI technology, pluggable storage engine development, replication and scale-out solutions, and more. Call closes midnight PST October 22. Early registration will open in December.

iPhoneLive Register for iPhoneLive
October 18th and 19th, 2008 in San Jose, CA
iPhoneLive will be a gathering of the best and brightest participants in the iPhone ecosystem today. Whether you're already building apps for the iPhone or are a developer who wants to make a move to the iPhone platform; if you're an entrepreneur or simply an enthusiast of the emerging iPhone industry, this is the event for you. It's going to be a mind-blowing day filled with information that you just can't get anywhere else. We'll cover development issues from coding to release, as well as general market information and lessons learned from leading iPhone developers and entrepreneurs.
Use code "ip08gd20" when you register, and receive 20% off the registration price.
Register for the conference here.

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If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.
Create your own Ignite in your area. Submit your proposal.
Or read the How To.

Upcoming Ignite events:

O'Reilly School of Technology

OST 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:


New Java Programming Course Java Programming 1: Introduction to Java and the Eclipse Development Environment! We are especially excited about this course, because it is the first course to utilize Ellipse, our brand-new Learning Sandbox built on the Eclipse open-source IDE. This is the first course in our upcoming Java Programming Certificate Series. The Java Programming 2 and 3 courses will be released very soon as they are in their final editing phases.

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. (This discount may not be combinable with other offers.)

News from O'Reilly & Beyond

UG News

First Look: Photoshop CS4
Lesa Snider King, author for the upcoming "Photoshop CS4: The Missing Manual" shares her thoughts on Adobe's latest release.

One Way to Become an O'Reilly Author
Interested in how to become an author for O'Reilly? One way is to make your opinions known on GetSatisfaction! Read more to see how author Rich Rosen both suggested and helped write the newest edition of "Mac OS X for Unix Geeks."

iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode Video
iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode Video Recently, Jonathan Zdziarski, author of the just-released "iPhone Forensics," delivered a much-talked about presentation on bypassing the iPhone 3G passcode, in which he revealed some little known "security" issues pertaining to that device. Most notable was the fact that the iPhone captures and stores screenshots of any place you visit on the web (using your iPhone, of course). The recording is now ready for viewing.

Work on Stuff That Matters--Tim O'Reilly @ Web 2.0
Tim O'Reilly, founder of O'Reilly Media, didn't mince words as he addressed the crowd at Web 2.0 Expo in New York City. As CNET reported, he said: "You have to conclude, if you look at the focus of a lot of what you call 'Web 2.0,' the relentless focus on advertising-based consumer models, lightweight applications, we may be living in somewhat of a bubble, and I'm not talking about an investment bubble. (It's) a reality bubble." Indeed, in the wake of Wall Street's tumble and anxiety all around, Tim is asking people to think about what they would do differently and to "work on stuff that matters."

Mine Kasapoglu on Location in Beijing
Derrick Story interviews Mine Kasapoglu who photographed her first Olympics in 2002 at Salt Lake City. She's been shooting them ever since, including this year in Beijing.

Slashdot: Wall Street's Collapse Is Computer Science's Gain
"Thanks to Wall Street's implosion, the chairman of Stanford University's Computer Science Department says he is seeing more interest from students in computer science. Ditto at Boston College. Computer science enrollments crashed after the dot-com bust as students turned to hedge fund majors."

The Creative Suite Conference in Orlando, FL is coming up and they've kindly offered a UG discount
Held in conjunction with the Web Design & Developer conference and Create Chaos, The Creative Suite Conference, October 13-16, is the premiere event for designers using Adobe Creative Suite. Experts will deliver in-depth sessions covering print-based, web, and mobile workflows, as well as XML and cross-media solutions. Whether you're looking to create reliable PDF documents or deliver interactive Flash or AJAX enabled websites, this is the place to be.
Use the discount code JIPOREILD08 (Case Sensitive) while registering to receive 20% off of any multi-day conference registration.

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Blogs

Open beats Closed: Best Buy's new APIs
Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual Sneak Preview: Barbara Brundage's Top 10 Elements Tips
Organizing Your iPhone
A Creativity Category Is Born
Is Google Spreading Itself Too Thin?
Quicken Can Help During Troubled Times--Bonnie Biafore's Top 10 Tips
Black Monday, 2008
Fun comparisons of Flex and Silverlight
A Beginner's Introduction to Perl Web Programming
Facebook Growth By Age Group: Share of College-Age Users is Declining

For more blogs, go to: http://oreilly.com/blogs/

Until next time—
Marsee Henon
Spreading the knowledge of innovators.O'Reilly.com