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O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
November 15, 2001
Highlights this week...
Books:
- 3 New Pocket References
News:
- Apple to be at NCMUG's November 20th meeting
- An Interview with Tim O'Reilly by the Staff of La Fnac
- NoCatAuth: Authentication For Wireless Networks
- Demining Challenge for Engineering Students
- Hailstorm's Principal Architecht Speaks on Microsoft
- Wireless Java: MIDP GUI Programming
- Getting Started with LDAP
- David Pogue on the Real Mac OS X
- Feds Discover the PowerPoint-QuickTime Connection
- Programming Perl is Best of 2001
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND
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GENERAL INTEREST
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:
North Coast Mac Users Group proudly presents:
PHIL SCHILLER, APPLE VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE MARKETING
November 20, 2001
7:00 p.m.
Doubletree Hotel
One Doubletree Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FREE OF CHARGE
O'Reilly will have a table at the meeting (it's local for us)
http://www.ncmug.org/
The event is getting press:
IGM (Insanely Great Mac) gets excited about it:
http://www.insanely-great.com/news/01/1167.html
AN INTERVIEW WITH TIM O'REILLY
In this interview with La Fnac, France's largest book and music
retailer, Tim O'Reilly talks about next-generation operating systems,
Linux in embedded systems, how open source can play a kingmaker role in
the battle between Java and .NET, and more.
http://www.oreilly.com/news/fnacinterview_1101.html
NOCATAUTH: AUTHENTICATION FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
Even an open community wireless network needs to keep track of who's
using it, says Rob Flickenger, who describes the authentication system
used by NoCat. Rob is the author of the upcoming "Building Wireless
Community Networks: Implementing the Wireless Web."
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/wireless/2001/11/09/nocatauth.html Rob
also leads the NoCatNet Developer's Group: http://nocat.net/
DEMINING CHALLENGE FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS
Leftover land mines are one of the world's thorniest problems. Ed
Scott suggests that we challenge US engineering students to tackle this
problem, following the model of a project in Canada. This could be an
extremely worthwhile project; check it out on Tim's weblog:
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/854
HAILSTORM'S PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT SPEAKS ON MICROSOFT
Mark Lucovsky, principal architect of HailStorm, was a keynote speaker
at the recent O'Reilly P2P Conference. His "thank you" email said a
lot about current attitudes at Microsoft.
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/856
JAVA
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WIRELESS JAVA: MIDP GUI PROGRAMMING
Learn about the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) API in this
sample chapter from O'Reilly's upcoming "Wireless Java: Programming
with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition."
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelessjava/chapter/ch05.html
LINUX
---------------------
Getting Started with LDAP
The 2nd article on LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) has
sparked a lot of interest...In his first article, Luke Kanies explained
LDAP. Now Luke shows you how to set up a basic LDAP directory to store
Unix user accounts, along with a script to pull those accounts to a
Unix system:
http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/08/ldap.html
MAC
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DAVID POGUE ON THE REAL MAC OS X
Mac OS X is unlike anything Mac users have ever seen before, and the
latest Missing Manual, which covers version 10.1, will help you
understand Mac OS X's Unix roots, says David Pogue, author of
O'Reilly's upcoming "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual."
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/09/missingmanual.html
FEDS DISCOVER THE POWERPOINT-QUICKTIME CONNECTION
Derrick Story, O'Reilly Network's managing editor reports that the
State Department is using PowerPoint and Quicktime to produce a
promotional film ("Defeating Terror, Defending Freedom") for its
current efforts. The film weighs in at a hefty 45 megabytes, but using
a few tricks, Derrick was able to trim it down to only 4.4 megabytes,
without much loss in quality:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/12/qy_authoring.html
PERL
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PROGRAMMING PERL IS BEST OF 2001
O'Reilly's "Programming Perl, 3rd Edition" topped Fatbrain's list of
the Best Computing & Internet Books of 2001. O'Reilly also took top
honors in the Medicine and Biotech category with Developing
Bioinformatics Computer Skills:
http://www1.fatbrain.com/fbt/offers/computing/2001/home.asp?FBPROMO=eb110201
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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy.
O'REILLY CAN FIT IN YOUR POCKET WITH 3 NEW REFERENCES:
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Oracle SQL Tuning Pocket Reference
Order #2688
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqltunpr/
Sample excerpt: The SQL Optimizers
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/orsqltunpr/chapter/excerpt.html
Python Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition
Order #1894
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr2/
Sample excerpt: Specific Statements
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr2/chapter/excerpt.html
Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference
Order #2335
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/rman/
Article from the author:
http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/oraclerman_1001.html
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AUTHORS WANTING TO SPEAK TO YOUR GROUP
===============================================
Pennsylvania:
James Tisdall, author of O'Reilly's "Beginning Perl for
Bioinoformatics" http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/begperlbio/, is located
in Kimberton, PA.
Virginia:
Fred Drake, coauthor of O'Reilly's "Python & XML"
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonxml/, is located in Reston, VA.
If either of these authors appeal to your group, let me know. I'll try
to set something up for you.
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HELP O'REILLY, EARN SOME DOOR PRIZES
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We're trying to get the word out about the upcoming O'Reilly
Bioinformatics Technology Conference. If you'd be willing to post a
banner on your web site, we'd truly appreciate the effort. Banners can
be found at: http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/banners/ Please let
me know if you're able--we'll provide some door prizes for your
meetings, in exchange.
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WHERE YOU'LL SEE US NEXT
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DECEMBER
-----------------
Oracle Open World
December 2-7
Booth #614
Moscone Convention Center
San Francisco, CA
LISA 2001
December 5-6
Town & Country Resort Hotel
Booth #511
San Diego, CA
While at the Conference, don't miss presentations and tutorials
by our merry band of authors, listed at:
http://events.oreilly.com/
JANUARY 2002
-----------------
Macworld
January 8-11, 2002
Moscone Convention Center
Booth #416
San Francisco, CA
Don't miss presentations by O'Reilly authors:
David Pogue, Adam Engst and Matt Neuburg
http://www.macworldexpo.com/index.html
IF YOU'D LIKE FREE PASSES, LET ME KNOW. I have a few
to give out ($29 value).
Also, Marsee Henon and I will be staffing an O'Reilly table during the
Apple User Group University at Apple headquarters in Cupertino on
January 7th--hope to see you there!
O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference
January 28-31, 2002
Tucson, AZ
http://conferences.oreilly.com/biocon/
Reminder: You can receive a double-discount if you register during the
Early Bird pricing by using your 20% discount code: DSUG. Early Bird
ends December 7th.
Have a wonderful holiday next week. You'll hear from me again on the
29th.
--Denise
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O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK...
Books:
- Python books coming
News:
- O'Reilly and Pearson Launch Joint Venture
- An Interview with the User Friendly Gang
- Keep Publicly Funded Research Public
- Larry Wall's Apocalypse 3
- Nine Things I Wish I had Known About Cocoa
- Oracle9i's Improved RMAN
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NEWS from O'Reilly and Beyond
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GENERAL INTEREST:
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O'REILLY AND PEARSON LAUNCH JOINT VENTURE
O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. and the Pearson Technology Group, a
division of Pearson plc, announced last week a joint venture, launching
a new online information retrieval service for the enterprise IT
market--Safari Tech Books Online. It's O'Reilly, and the best of the
rest. To take a look at Safari, go to:
http://safari.oreilly.com/mainhom.asp?home No UG discounts are being
offered on this service due to already low pricing. To kick off the
Safari launch, we're offering a chance to win a $1000 tech book
shopping spree. No purchase necessary. Enter the drawing at:
http://oreilly.com/news/safari_drawing_0901.html For the complete press
release: http://press.oreilly.com/safari_jvlaunch.html
According to SeyboldReports.com, Safari Books Online is Inexpensive,
easy to use, and loaded with high-quality content--the Safari online
reference service for IT professionals will provide stiff competition
for Books24x7.com.
http://safarijv:sa257ebz@www.seyboldreports.com/ebooks/features/011002-oreilly.html
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE USER FRIENDLY GANG
We visited Columbia Internet and spoke with members of the popular
comic strip. http://oreilly.com/news/rootofevil_1001.html
MAC:
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NINE THINGS I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT COCOA
Practical advice to programmers getting started with Apple's Cocoa,
especially programmers used to command-line environments.
http://mac.oreilly.com/news/cocoatips_1001.html
SHELL SCRIPTS, COMMAND LINES, AND CLASSPATHS
For a look at Java programming on the Mac, read:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/10/02/osx_java.html
OPEN SOURCE:
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KEEP PUBLICLY FUNDED RESEARCH PUBLIC
Just as scientific research must undergo peer review, software
developed by publicly funded research should be released under an open
source or free software license, according to OpenInformatics.org. If
you agree, sign their petition at
http://www.openinformatics.org/dsp_petition.php
LARRY WALL'S APOCALYPSE 3
As the design of Perl 6 unfolds, Larry continues his analysis with a
discussion of operators:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2001/10/02/apocalypse3.html
PYTHON.OREILLY.COM
If you haven't seen O'Reilly's latest Python page, you may want to
gander at http://python.oreilly.com/ for the latest Python articles and
books
ORACLE:
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ORACLE9i'S IMPROVED RMAN
Coauthor of O'Reilly's upcoming "Oracle RMAN Pocket Reference," Darl
Kuhn, writes about the significant improvements made to Oracle's
Recovery Manager: http://oracle.oreilly.com/news/oraclerman_1001.html
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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE
Please email me to request review copies.
Press announcements are available for your use, please ask for a copy.
Two new Python books are coming...
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Python Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition - November
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr2/
Python & XML - December
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonxml/
REMINDER:
Your group members receive a 20% discount on all books purchased direct
from O'Reilly, using the DSUG discount code.
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EVENTS
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The O'Reilly Peer-to-Peer and Web Services Conference is only four
weeks away!
New dates and location--as previously announced:
The Westin Grand
2350 M Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
November 5-8, 2001
FREE EXHIBIT HALL PASSES AVAILABLE
New keynote joining us:
Mark Lucovsky of Microsoft, architecht of the .NET My Services, will
discuss several Microsoft initiatives for building distributed
services.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/p2pweb2001/view/e_spkr/1079
Why attend the conference?
http://conferences.oreilly.com/p2p/
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OTHER STUFF
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If you have an announcement for your group that you'd like my help
with, just ask. I'm happy to include the info in an upcoming
newsletter.
If you're interested in having an O'Reilly author speak at your
meetings, we'll try to arrange something. Email requests to me. If you
have a travel budget for speakers, let me know.
Until next week,
Denise
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O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
December 13, 2001
HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK:
BOOKS:
- Mac OS X: The Missing Manual
- Review Copy Guidelines
NEWS:
- Java Recipe of the Day
- Setting Up Your Environment to Develop SQLJ Programs
- An Interview with David Flannagan
- Transforming XML
- Top Ten SAX2 Tips
MACWORLD UPDATE:
- David Pogue will visit the UG Lounge, and much more
CONFERENCES:
- Call for Papers Deadline Extended for the O'Reilly Emerging
Technology Conference
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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE....
MAC OS X: THE MISSING MANUAL
You've been waiting for this title to release, and it's finally here!
David Pogue's genius has struck again, with yet another important book
that should have been in the box. "Mac OS X: The Missing Manual"
promises to help you sort through the completely new OS that has had
Mac crowds reeling with questions.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/macosxmm/
An interview with David can be found at:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/09/missingmanual.html
For David Pogue's scheduled Macworld engagements, see "Macworld Update"
below.
REVIEW COPY GUIDELINES
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We find reviews to be invaluable. Your feedback helps us to continue
providing the quality books you've come to expect from O'Reilly.
I supply review copies with the hope that a review will be written for
O'Reilly, and also passed on to your members through newsletters, group
web sites or email mailing lists. We haven't enforced this heavily,
however we would like to remind groups requesting copies for review that
it's appropriate to write a review in exchange for the books provided.
If you would rather post a press release that O'Reilly has written, in
lieu of writing a review, let me know. I'm happy to provide you with
the link to the press release or email the entire release to you.
If you're new to writing product reviews, I found this article from
APCUG (Association of Personal Computer Users) to be insightful,
hopefully it can help give you some pointers:
http://www.apcug.org/reports/apr01/r010428.htm
Let me know if you have any questions.
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND
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JAVA
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JAVA RECIPE OF THE DAY
Begin each morning with a fresh programming recipe extracted from the
"Java Cookbook" by Ian Darwin.
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/javacook/solution.html
SETTING UP YOUR ENVIRONMENT TO DEVELOP SQLJ PROGRAMS
Learn how to set up your environment to develop SQLJ applications in
this first installment of Jason Price's Learning SQLJ series. Jason is
the author of "Java Programming with Oracle SQLJ."
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/12/05/learning_sqlj.html
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID FLANNAGAN
We asked David about the state of JavaScript and what's new in the
latest version of both the language and his book, "JavaScript: The
Definitive Guide, 4th Edition."
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2001/12/04/flanagan.html
XML
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TRANSFORMING XML
Bob DuCharme continues his examination of how to control whitespace in
XML documents in this month's Transforming XML column. For a complete
list of O'Reilly's XML books, visit xml.oreilly.com.
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/12/05/whitespace.html
TOP TEN SAX2 TIPS
David Brownell gives you the top 10 tips at:
http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2001/12/05/sax2.html
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MACWORLD UPDATE
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Monday, January 7th
Apple User Group University
Marriott Hotel, San Francisco, CA
O'Reilly is a sponsor for the Apple User Group University--so visit us
at the vendor tabletop event. David Pogue will be signing books (bring
your favorite Pogue title). I'll be there too, along with the lovely
Marsee Henon. I can't wait to meet you and see familiar faces once
again.
January 8 - 11
Macworld, San Francisco
http://www.macworldexpo.com/index.html
Visit O'Reilly booth #416, and register to win five O'Reilly books of
your choice. David Pogue will be speaking at the O'Reilly booth and
other venues--see following shedule for Pogue sightings not to miss:
Tuesday, Jan 8
2:30 Autographing & conversation at our Booth #416
4:00 User Group Lounge (See your Macworld schedule for location)
Wednesday, Jan 9
9:30 Future Directions of Apple (panel discussion--see your Macworld
schedule for location)
2:00 King iMovies (See your Macworld schedule for location)
4:00 Autographing & conversation, O'Reilly booth #416
6:30 Appearance at the Apple Store, 451 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA
94301 (650) 617-9000
Thursday, Jan 10
1:45 PalmPilot talk (panel discussion--see your Macworld schedule for
location)
4:00 Book signing at Alladin Booth #1407
Friday, Jan 11
10:00 Best of Mac Secrets (panel discussion--see your Macworld schedule
for location)
1:00 Book signing at O'Reilly booth #416 booth
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O'REILLY CONFERENCES
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O'REILLY BIOINFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
January 28-31, 2002
Tuscon, Arizona
KEYNOTE:
BUILDING A NATION FROM A LAND OF CITY STATES
Speaker: Lincon D. Stein, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
"Today, the desktop computer has become an indispensable part of the
biologist's tool chest," Stein says. Lincoln will discuss the
fragmentation of bioinformatics protocols, technologies and standards,
that together created a landscape of past and current efforts to reduce
fragmentation, and speculates on ways to move past the medieval
city-state mentality toward a nation of cooperative bioinformatics
services. For an interview with Lincoln Stein, go to:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/12/07/stein.html
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O'Reilly & Associates invites entrepreneurs, technologists,
programmers, business developers, policy-makers, and Internet
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O'REILLY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
May 13-16, 2002 (New dates)
Santa Clara, CA
The CFP has been extended to December 31st.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/cs/et2002/create/e_sess
POST OUR CONFERENCE BANNER--GET SOME GOODIES
Help out the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference by posting one of
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Have the banner link back to:
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Let me know if you're able to post the banner, and I'll be sure to send
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register before "Early Bird" registration ends, they receive a
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Until next week,
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From: Denise Olliffe <deniseo@oreilly.com>
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Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, Dec. 6, 2001
O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
December 6, 2001
For those in the U.S. who celebrated Thanksgiving, I hope you had a
wonderful holiday. I'd gained 5 lbs, then lost it after a visit from
the flu. All's well that ends well. It's been a few weeks since you
last heard from me, so here goes....
HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK
Books:
- *10* New O'Reilly Titles, See "Book News"
News:
- Tim O'Reilly on the Early Web
- What's in a Nutshell?
- An Interview with Nat Torkington and Lorrie LeJeune
- The Ties that BIND
- Road Testing the Powerbook Ti 667
- Using Python and XML with Microsoft .NET My Services
- The Advantages of Oracle RMAN
- An Interview with the Creator of Ruby
- Dreamweaver Power Combinations
Other Stuff:
- Looking for speakers?
- Call for Papers--We Want YOU
- Pesky Reminder
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NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND
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GENERAL INTEREST
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TIM O'REILLY ON THE EARLY WEB
The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is hosting a symposium to honor
the ten year anniversary of the Web in America. Tim O'Reilly and Dale
Dougherty, O'Reilly's vice president of Online Publishing, have been
invited to talk about their experiences creating the first Web portal,
GNN (Global Network Navigator), in 1992. Tim takes this opportunity to
reflect on the innovations O'Reilly & Associates has contributed to the
Web's development. http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/907
WHAT'S IN A NUTSHELL?
Ever wonder what O'Reilly requires of a book before it can become a
title in our treasured In a Nutshell series? O'Reilly editor Bruce Epstein,
defines Nutshell books: http://www.oreilly.com/news/nutshell_1101.html
BIOINFORMATICS
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AN INTERVIEW WITH NAT TORKINGTON AND LORRIE LEJEUNE: CO-CHAIRS OF O'REILLY'S
UPCOMING BIOINFORMATICS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
Learn why bioinformatics is a hot topic, and why it's made O'Reilly's
radar: http://bio.oreilly.com/news/bioinfoint_1101.html
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS TOMORROW, DECEMBER 7th
For the O'Reilly Bioinformatics Technology Conference
January 28-31, 2002--Tucson, AZ
If you register by end of day Friday, you receive a double discount
when using the DSUG discount code. Get 20% off Early Bird prices!
LINUX
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THE TIES THAT BIND
It's possible to support a Windows 2000 environment using a traditional
BIND name server, but it requires some special configuration. To learn
a number of configuration options, and how to accommodate Windows 2000
with BIND, read this Linux Magazine article by Cricket Liu, coauthor of
O'Reilly's "DNS and BIND, 4th Edition."
http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-03/bind_01.html
MAC/APPLE
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ROAD TESTING THE POWERBOOK Ti 667
Apple's professional Titanium PowerBook has plenty of sex appeal on the
outside, but how does it handle the curves in real-world testing?
Derrick Story compares the new G4 667 MHz CPU performance with the
older PowerBook G3, and looks at the super-wide display, redesigned
keyboard, and controversial track pad.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2001/11/20/titanium667.html
.NET
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USING PYTHON AND XML WITH MICROSOFT .NET MY SERVICES
Learn how to create a request for the .NET Contacts service using
Python and XML on Linux:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2001/12/03/myservices.html
ORACLE
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THE ADVANTAGES OF ORACLE RMAN
RMAN offers numerous advantages over traditional backup techniques.
Here are brief descriptions of several useful ones:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2001/11/27/oraclerman.html
RUBY
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AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CREATOR OF RUBY
Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto talks about Ruby's history, the influence of
Perl and Python on Ruby, and his new O'Reilly book, "Ruby in a
Nutshell." http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/2001/11/29/ruby.html
WEB
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DREAMWEAVER POWER COMBINATIONS
Heather Williamson discusses four scenarios that will assist you in
creating a more interactive site, in less time, using Dreamweaver tools
and the Dreamweaver Exchange Web site. Heather is coauthor of
O'Reilly's recently released "Dreamweaver in a Nutshell."
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/javascript/2001/12/04/dreamweaver.html
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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE, email me for a copy.
Press releases available at: http://press.oreilly.com/
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Ruby in a Nutshell
Order Number: 2149
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Web Security, Privacy & Commerce, 2nd Edition
Order Number: 0456
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Physics for Game Developers
Order Number: 0065
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/physicsgame/
Dreamweaver in a Nutshell
Order Number: 2394
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dreamweavernut/
Building Wireless Community Networks
Order Number: 2041
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wirelesscommnet/
Designing with JavaScript, 2nd Edition
Order Number: 360X
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/designjs2/
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, 4th Edition
Order Number: 0480
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jscript4/
Learning Oracle PL/SQL
Order Number: 1800
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/learnoracle/
Designing large-Scale LANs
Order Number: 1509
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lgscalelans/
Java Programming with Oracle JDBC
Order Number: 088x
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jorajdbc/
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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O'Reilly & Associates invites entrepreneurs, technologists,
programmers, business developers, policy-makers, and Internet
strategists to lead tutorial and conference sessions at the:
O'REILLY EMERGING TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
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April 22-25, 2002--Santa Clara, CA
The submission deadline for all proposals is December 12, 2001.
Presenters will be notified of selection results by January 22, 2002.
For more participation details and to submit proposals, visit:
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ATTENTION NORTHERN CALIFORNIA UGS:
If you're in the San Francisco Bay area, Rael Dornfest, O'Reilly
Emerging Technolgy Conference program chair, might be able to speak to
your group in January. Contact me with your meeting dates, and I'll see
what I can arrange. You can view Rael's interesting weblogs at
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/
Also, Rob Flickenger, author of O'Reilly's just-released "Building
Wireless Community Networks" is ready to talk to UGs located in the San
Francisco Bay area. Rob founded the NoCatNet developer's group
http://nocat.net/, take a look.
O'Reilly also has facilities for meetings. If you're located near
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could arrange something.
Want to hold a meeting at your local bookstore? Benefits everyone. Let
me know, and I'll see if we can work out a venue.
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I've noticed that many UGs still need to update my contact info for
their newsletters sent snailmail. We've moved into new offices, here
is the address:
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Until next week,
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From: Denise Olliffe <deniseo@oreilly.com>
To: scotth@scottharney.com
Subject: Newsletter #11 from O'Reilly UG Program
O'Reilly User Group Program
NEWSLETTER
Volume 1, #11
O'Reilly has moved its offices to a brand new space, which explains why
you didn't receive a newsletter last week. Because of the move this
week, I'm sending more of a bulletin to let you know my new contact
info, and to announce the books that have been released. I'll resume
news next week.
HIGHLIGHTS THIS WEEK...
5 New Books:
- REALbasic: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
- DNS on Windows 2000
- Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Editon
- Enterprise JavaBeans, 3rd Edition
- COM and .NET Component Services
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Announcement
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We've moved! Please update your contact info, and your newsletter
mailing lists:
Denise Olliffe
c/o O'Reilly & Associates
1005 Gravenstein Hwy North
Sebastopol, CA 95472
Direct line: 707-827-7090
800-998-9938 x7090
707-829-0515 x7090
email remains the same:
deniseo@oreilly.com
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BOOK NEWS
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REVIEW COPIES AVAILABLE
Please email me to request review copies.
Press announcements are available for your use, please ask for a copy.
Just released:
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REALbasic: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/realbasic2/
Sample Chapter 3: Objects, Classes, and Instances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/realbasic2/chapter/ch03.html
DNS on Windows 2000
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dnswin2/
Sample Chapter 11: New DNS Features in Windows 2000
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/dnswin2/chapter/ch11.html
Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Editon
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wdnut2/
Sample Chapter 13: Tables
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wdnut2/chapter/ch13.html
Enterprise JavaBeans, 3rd Edition
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans3/
Sample Chapter 13: Message-Driven Beans
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans3/chapter/ch13.html
COM and .NET Component Services
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/comdotnetsvs/
Sample Chapter 10: .NET Serviced Components
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/comdotnetsvs/chapter/ch10.html
Until next week,
Denise
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