-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- May 2009 Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 13:31:05 -0400 From: InformIT User Groups <[email protected]> Reply-To: InformIT User Groups <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>
Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter Issue 16 -- May 2009 Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly newsletter for official group members. Please pass this along to your colleagues and share our news and offers. ----------------------------------------------------------------- == QuickLinks == Monthly User Group Contest: http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome InformIT Product Review Team: http://www.informit.com/productreviewteam InformIT Store: http://www.informit.com/store OnPodcast Network: http://www.informit.com/podcasts/index.aspx Twitter and Facebook: http://www.informit.com/socialconnect ----------------------------------------------------------------- == News & Announcements == Attn: TechEd 2009 attendees: Are you part of the IT crowd? Stop by booth #335 and pick-up your exclusive Pearson Education User Group Program t-shirt throughout the show. We'll also be sponsoring giveaways at each Birds-of-a-Feather session in conjunction with Culminis and INETA. See the Tech Ed day-by-day schedule here: http://www.msteched.com/teched/agenda.aspx Culminis is an international not-for-profit organization devoted to the development and growth of the IT community. Learn more about their mission of supporting IT Professionals and Students here: http://new.culminisconnections.com/default.aspx INETA provides structured, peer-based organizational, educational, and promotional support to the growing worldwide community of Microsoft .NET user groups. 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See all titles: http://www.informit.com/store ----------------------------------------------------------------- == User Groups of the Month == Texas: Dallas XNA User Group is a community of game development enthusiasts who are working to better understand, utilize, and employ the Microsoft XNA Framework in games and interactive media. For more information, visit http://www.dallasxna.com/. Florida: Tampa Bay Cisco Users Group is open to all IT professionals interested in learning about Cisco communications and networking. Join the TBCUG conversation in their Yahoo! Group at http://bit.ly/GQWEC. ----------------------------------------------------------------- == Authors and Events: May == May 5, 7, 13 -- Clara Shih Clara Shih, author of The Facebook Era, will be making several appearances during April -- don't miss out! The Facebook Era: http://www.informit.com/title/0137152221 > 5/5: Social networking panel -- SIIA Netgain Conference, San Francisco, http://www.siia.net/netgain/ > 5/7: Speaking -- Endeavor.org Nonprofit Conference, Miami, http://www.endeavor.org/ > 5/13: Speaking -- Webcom, Montreal, http://www.webcom-montreal.com/index.php?language=en_US May 4-7 -- RailsConf RailsConf is the official event for the Ruby on 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. http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/content/home May 14 -- Colorado Springs Cisco User Group Cisco Press author Brandon Carroll will be speaking at the May CSCUG meeting. Visit http://www.cos-cug.org/ for more information. Have a User Group event in your area? Let us know! E-mail details to [email protected] for consideration in next month's newsletter. 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To celebrate Earth Day, we are offering a 40% discount on the list price of all our eBooks, plus Cert Flash Cards Online, throughout the month of May. Browse the eligible titles, then enter promo code EARTHDAY during checkout to receive your savings. Offer valid through 5/31/2009. http://www.informit.com/earthday Connect with your favorite authors and Pearson Team members on Twitter See a complete listing -- join and follow us today! http://www.informit.com/promotions/promotion.aspx?promo=136978 Questions? 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