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This webcast takes a closer look at the Twitter design space by reviewing existing applications across several dimensions and looking for unaddressed needs of the user and developer community. <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1345> Bill Scott at Big (D)esign Conference May 30, 2009 The Art Institute of Dallas Dallas, TX Author Bill Scott (Designing Web Interfaces: Principles and Patterns for Rich Interaction) will be presenting "Designing Rich Web Interfaces with Design Patterns." <http://bigdesignconference.com/> 4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area: Re-Make America May 30-31, 2009 San Mateo County Fairgrounds San Mateo, CA According to USA Today, Maker Faire Bay Area is one of the ten best places in the nation for a family-friendly, hands-on craft experience. And this May's 4th Annual Maker Faire Bay Area is heeding President Obama's call to "begin the work of remaking America." With the theme, Re-Make America, Maker Faire celebrates the folks the President described as the "risk takers, the doers, and the makers of things." Plan on joining us at Maker Faire, May 30 & 31, at the San Mateo County Expo Center. Tickets available for purchase now. <http://www.makerfaire.com/> Michael Barr at Embedded Software Boot Camp Jun 1-5, 2009 Los Angeles, California Join Michael Barr (Programming Embedded Systems, Second Edition) at the Embedded Software Boot Camp. It's a one-week skills strengthening program consisting of a series of lectures and hands-on exercises. This intense educational (yet fun!) program is guaranteed to quickly and dramatically raise the embedded programming skills of individuals and teams. <http://www.netrino.com/Embedded-Systems/Training-Courses/Boot-Camp> Webcast: The Cloud Dilemma for Developers Jun 2, 2009 In this webcast, Javier Soltero, CEO of Hyperic will discuss these and other dilemmas developers face in the cloud and address the steps companies can take to ensure that their applications' performance is not affected by these challenges. This event is for any developer wanting to: -Hear how some developers are successfully leveraging cloud platforms to build manageable applications -Learn about the latest tools for instrumenting and managing applications in highly virtualized and cloud environments -Get tips on bringing IT and ops teams into the conversation early while keeping the agility that pushed you to the cloud in the first place <http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1349> Allison Randal at Silicon Valley Linux User Group Jun 3, 2009 Mountain View, CA Allison Randal (Perl 6 and Parrot Essentials) is chief architect and lead developer of the open source project Parrot. 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As a consumer, when I see a Kindle price over $9.99 I'm highly likely to skip it. <http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/05/why-999-wont-always-be-an-eboo.html > More Geo-Games: Ship Simulator on Google Earth At Google I/O 2008 the Google Earth API was released. It brought Google Earth's 3D capabilities to the web (with the help of browser extensions). Since that release they've started supporting Macs. One really nice part of the Google Earth API is the ability to create games in the 3D world. <http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/05/more-geo-games-ship-simulator.html> Scribd Store a Welcome Addition to Ebook Market (and 650 O'Reilly Titles Included) The document-sharing site Scribd has launched a new "Scribd Store" selling view and download access to documents and books. As part of the launch, there are now more than 650 O'Reilly ebooks now available for preview and sale in the Scribd store, and all include DRM-free PDF downloads with purchase. 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Sunday will be hands-on workshops to get you familiar with a few of the RIA platforms. Monday will be a full day of sessions with 3 distinct tracks: Development, Design/User Experience and Business Development. All 3 tracks will be aimed at the RIA platform in general. <http://www.insideria.com/2009/05/insideria-the-conference.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
