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From: Marsee Henon & Jon Johns userg...@post.oreilly.com
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Subject: Books and News from the O'Reilly User Group Program--May1
Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 18:45:43 -0700

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Hello,

With all this fantastic weather we've been enjoying, it's easy to see
why so many great things have started to bloom. Maker Faire is around
the corner and events like the Make Hardware Innovation Workshop and D2W
have popped up on the radar. The Ceres garden in the back of the
O'Reilly Sebastopol campus is taking shape and looking for support.
Also, the Greenlight for Girls robotics project just sprouted up in the
OSCON Expo hall and looks to be the premier event for young aspiring
engineers. And remember to get those review book requests in so our UG
strike force have plenty of time to process your request.

Cheers,

Marsee Henon & Jon Johns

Available for Review

The UG team is looking for book reviewers for the following books.
Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, and/or
your blog.

  • Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual
  • JavaScript Step by Step
  • Node Up and Running

It's easy for you to request books for your meetings or special
events--just email userg...@oreilly.com and include the words "book
request" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your due date
and shipping address. Prefer ebooks? We can send you a free ebook
certificate to print out for raffles or book reviewers

New Release Titles:

Fitness for Geeks
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zmfgc2tfjvqksi4tlvcsb9qosb9rk7dju47mv4u0

Android Cookbook
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2g5qn10tb10ia8lutair55npamqoarh2dn5tfg8

Using Drupal
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zf4cg0bm27dmq9nta8bmdnta4nu6b6e47qudeqt8

PayPal APIs: Up and Running, 2nd Edition
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zk6ji05nv7qessb2lpiunui4070jnfohr8hbsp3o

Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zp7vsutq6havo2lmfpqadolp751d1egfiht1p6sg

The Art of Community, 2nd Edition
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zrb3mbgoqbr00geqbk7jgstpe4sab2h11o03csmg

D2W (May 16-18, Kansas City)

D2W is a workflow conference with sessions including collaboration,
HTML5, CSS3, Mobile design, gaming, Wordpress, tons of UX topics,
Javascript, PhoneGap, Sencha and SO much more. Speakers include Adobe
Evangelists, Lynda.com video authors and more book authors than you can
imagine. More info and signup below.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zbkb36m3rohcjgkvhk1j7nsohvtg57qb94r7fhq8

Help support the Ceres Community Garden at O'Reilly

The Ceres Community Garden is the new garden behind O'Reilly where all
the food grown goes to meals for people with serious illness, while teen
volunteers do the majority of the gardening and cooking. The Ceres
garden is a finalist in a grant competition from Deloach Vineyards and
with our help they can win funding and publicity in Organic Gardening
Magazine. This grant goes to the top five community gardens with the
most votes and they need our help getting them so please take a minute
and go online to vote for them. Just click on the last picture in the
second row here:
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zj9v0g2gq7j9bt0ebvrdedif1cbkfhmuja1f1gr8

You can vote everyday until August 6th, so consider adding a reminder to
your calendar today.

Greenlight for Girls

Greenlight for Girls will be running a robotics project in the OSCON Expo
Hall for girls ages 11 to 15. It's open to anyone, not just
daughters of OSCON attendees.

Here's the OSCON info:
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z0nmos7me5j37c46499rfmpl671pe0drhvj28f80

And the g4g Eventbrite form:
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zg9430soicedkgua80tihbkqi41gjttt4crt4630

If you know of a nonprofit organization using open source technologies
to support their cause, mission, or community goals, encourage them to
apply for a complimentary booth in the Nonprofit Pavilion at OSCON. In
addition to the booth space, we'll also provide a 3-Day Pass to OSCON
and exposure on oscon.com. Applications are due May 3.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zb9j3nngabsp8p41b61q315ndn3hon1bktbbu8so

Also, don't forget that the Best Price ends May 3 so register early to
get the best savings.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zfogbdom93d7pku5f5kh1a09p6n9qrepm05179f0

PyOhio comes to Columbus

PyOhio is one of the largest Python conferences in the midwest, and the
largest entirely free Python conference anywhere. PyOhio 2012 will take
place Saturday-Sunday, July 28-29, 2012 at the Ohio State University in
Columbus, Ohio. A variety of activities are planned, including
tutorials, scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, Open Spaces and Sprints.
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zdismbjochiiq05eocoa5oh1lampi6l1vdjs9thg
Speakers:
http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zvffk6rt5tfchrtoed25ef5cv0470kpg6fbm52h0

Day Against DRM

Keep an eye on a special surprise in celebration of the Day Against DRM
this week, it's going to be a really good one--nudge nudge wink wink

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