[Cialug] O'Reilly email... again.

Wed Oct 1 18:35:19 CDT 2008

Here is the latest User Group email from O'Reilly.  I anticipate that
this will cause Mediacom to kick us off again, so if you have an mchsi
address, please unsubscribe from the list if annoyed.  Do not report us
as spam, as that ruins it for everyone.

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Hi there,

Thanks to everyone who requested a copy of slide:ology last month. Send
me a link to your slide presentation that uses Nancy's suggestions and
I'll share them in a future newsletter and blog about them on
oreilly.com. And just in case you want to see more from Nancy, here's 
a recent webcast http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/e/1095.

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And Deke McClelland has a new video called "Photoshop CS4: Buy or Die"
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First Look: Photoshop CS4
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Mine Kasapoglu on Location in Beijing
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Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual Sneak Preview: Barbara
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<http://blogs.oreilly.com/digitalmedia/2008/09/a-creativity-category-is-born.html>

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<http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/is-google-spreading-itself-too.html>

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<http://fyi.oreilly.com/2008/09/quicken-smarts--bonnie-biafore.html>

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<http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/09/black-monday-2008.html>

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<http://www.insideria.com/2008/09/fun-comparisons-of-flex-and-si.html>

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<http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2008/09/a-beginners-introduction-to-pe.html>

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<http://radar.oreilly.com/2008/09/facebook-growth-by-age-group-s.html>

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