------------------------------ Original Message ------------------------------ ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members April 16, 2009 ================================================================ --------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases--Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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. <http://www.oreilly.com/store/> Free ground shipping on orders of $29.95 or more. For more details, go to: <http://www.oreilly.com/news/freeshipping_0703.html> Did you know you can request a free book, ebook, or PDF to review for your group? Ask your group leader for more information. 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In this presentation from Dux Raymond Sy (SharePoint for Project Management), you will acquire the practical knowledge of improving SharePoint usability to increase user adoption in leveraging SharePoint for collaboration. <http://www.sharepointsaturday.org/atlanta> Allison Randal at BALUG Apr 21, 2009 San Francisco, CA Allison Randal (Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials) is chief architect and lead developer of the open source project Parrot. She also works for O'Reilly Media, planning the program for their Open Source Convention (OSCON). <http://www.balug.org/> O'Reilly Authors at JSConf 2009 Apr 24-25, 2009 Hotel Palomar Arlington, VA Meet industry experts and learn how to use JavaScript to build cutting edge mobile, desktop, server and web applications. 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Find out more at: <http://opensourcebridge.org/volunteer/for-user-groups/> Submit your proposal: <http://www.opensourcebridge.org/proposals> Cloud Computing--an Excerpt from Cloud Application Architectures The hallmark of any buzzword is its ability to convey the appearance of meaning without conveying actual meaning. To many people, the term cloud computing has the feel of a buzzword. In this excerpt from Cloud Application Architectures, author George Reese explains just what the cloud is--in terms anyone can understand--and why it has value to your organization. <http://fyi.oreilly.com/2009/04/cloud-computing--an-excerpt-fr.html> New O'Reilly Insights on Forbes--Joshua-Michele Ross on Why Business Needs to Get Social "There is a reason that the word "social" is being applied as a prefix everywhere--from social media, social computing and the social Web to social capital and the social enterprise," writes Joshua-Michele Ross in a new O'Reilly Insights column on Forbes.com. "Why is our society massively adopting social technologies? Because we can." In the column, Ross explores how new social technologies are changing the way business is conducted. Find out if you agree with Ross' views. <http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/13/social-networking-oreilly-technology-breakthroughs-oreilly.html> Safari Books Online lets you carry around over 7,000 books in your pocket The new website, m.safaribooksonline.com, optimizes Safari Books Online's content and reading experience for the majority of mobile phones (such as Nokia, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Windows Mobile), making it possible for users to read while on-the-go. The streamlined interface includes the most popular features such as basic search, advanced search, bookmarks, and favorites. Also included is new functionality like "Last viewed page" and "Last search" for quick access from your cell phone or mobile device. <http://my.safaribooksonline.com/whatsnew> Guess the Book, Episode Two - Back on the Streets of Sebastopol This second episode of Guess the Book leads Sara Peyton and her trusty videographer, armed with a copy of Programming ASP.NET 3.5, to the offices of a local newspaper where one willing volunteer attempts to decipher the book's cover. Now it's your turn to help out--which book should we use for our next episode and why? <http://fyi.oreilly.com/2009/04/guess-the-book-episode-two---back-on-the-streets-of-sebastopol.html> Did Cartoonist Robert Crumb Predict Twitter? An Excerpt from Twitter API: Up and Running Face it. Few of us can resist Twitter's magnetic tug. We want more and more. And now you can indulge your Twitter addiction with a new book from O'Reilly, Twitter API: Up and Running by Kevin Makice. The new book gives you the skills and resources necessary to build web apps for Twitter. And to whet your appetite we offer a brief excerpt and this question. Did cartoonist Robert Crumb predict Twitter? <http://fyi.oreilly.com/2009/04/a-brief-history-of-microbloggi.html> Until next time-- Marsee Henon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Neil Schneider pacneil_at_linuxgeek_dot_net Key fingerprint = 67F0 E493 FCC0 0A8C 769B 8209 32D7 1DB1 8460 C47D "Work to eat, eat to live, live to bike, bike to work." -- Naomi Bloom -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
