[Cialug] O'Reilly User Group Letter
Josh More
morej at alliancetechnologies.net
Thu Jun 26 13:24:47 CDT 2008
For anyone who cares.
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Hi there,
Sorry I'm late with this newsletter, but as usual around here, we've got
lots of new announcements, books, and activities going on.
First off, we've got a new and improved home page and search at
oreilly.com <http://oreilly.com/> along with news.oreilly.com
<http://news.oreilly.com/> This is the first of many updates so stay
tuned.
Our next big news is soon we'll offer select O'Reilly books on Kindle
and as DRM-free digital bundles. Read the whole story on our Tools of
Change blog.
<http://toc.oreilly.com/2008/06/select-oreilly-books-soon-on-kindle-and-
as-drm-free-digital-bundle.html>
Third, we've got not one but two iPhone resources to offer our
readers--Inside iPhone <http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/iphone/>, a
meeting place for developers and power users, and iPhone Hacks
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and tricks to make your iPhone experience even better.
And Fourth, don't miss our newest video from DekePod "101 Photoshop Tips
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to watch it three times in a row to see if you can write down all the
tips.
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New books we're hoping to get Amazon and Slashdot reviewers for include
"Essential SQLAlchemy," "Dojo: The Definitive Guide," "Fashioning Technology,"
and "Your Brain: The Missing Manual." Send me an email if your interested
and I'll get the book right out.
--Marsee
PS Don't forget we're willing to send books to giveaway at your meetings
anytime. Although we love reviews, we don't expect them for every book
we send. You can also request books for special events or your group
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***Author Bob Thompson bypasses the DEA and shows Phil Torrone how to
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***Make a Presentation Like Al Gore
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****NASA's Mars24 Sunclock (Keeping Track of Phoenix)
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***Freelance coder Gregory Brown gives you the latest on Prawn, a PDF
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***code_swarm: Animated Visualization of the Development of some High
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<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/cooking_with_flex.html>
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<http://www.oreillynet.com/fyi/blog/2008/05/are_you_uptodate.html>
***What Should iPhone Applications Cost?
<http://blogs.oreilly.com/iphone/2008/06/what-should-iphone-application.html>
***Thinking in Wikis
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/06/thinking-in-wikis.html>
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Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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