---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, December 13 Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:19:07 -0800 (PST) From: Denise Olliffe To: farli@unitywave.com 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 ================================================ BOOK NEWS ================================================ 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 ---------------------- 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. ================================================ NEWS FROM O'REILLY & BEYOND ================================================ Spread the word to your members.... JAVA -------------------- 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 -------------------- 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 ================================================ MACWORLD UPDATE ================================================ 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 =============================================== O'REILLY CONFERENCES =============================================== 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 FREE NEWSLETTER SPONSORED BY "THE SCIENTIST" "The Scientist" is a bi-weekly magazine that reports on and analyzes the trends, news, topics, technologies and people that impact the world of life scientists. It provides a forum for its readers to garner information, seek solutions and make decisions. Apply for your free print subscription: www.the-scientist.com REGISTRATION DISCOUNT Registration is filling up fast for this innovative conference. If you register, remember to include the user group DSUG discount code, and receive 20% off conference and tutorial fees. ------------------------- CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 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 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 the following banners on your UG web site: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/pub/w/18/banner_ads.html Have the banner link back to: http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etcon2002/ Let me know if you're able to post the banner, and I'll be sure to send you a "goody" of choice--T-Shirt, book, etc. If possible, provide O'Reilly discount information to your members for conferences: UG members receive 20% off when using the DSUG discount code. If members register before "Early Bird" registration ends, they receive a double-discount when using the DSUG code. Until next week, --Denise -------------------------------------------------------