Communities & UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly
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From: Marsee Henon & Jon Johns
Date:04/13/2014 7:01 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Communities & UG News: Get Your Free Books + More from O'Reilly
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Hello, We'd like you to share with your communities the discount codes for ebooks and videos; your community members can enjoy 50% off ebooks and videos with code DSUG50. This includes the videos and ebooks we're highlighting below. Cheers, —Marsee Henon and Jon Johns P.S. Going to ChefConf? We are looking for a local user groups to give our Chef books to after the event Thursday. Come by the O'Reilly Booth and say hi to Jon (@jonjohns65) and Sonia.
Introduction to Python with Jessica McKellarJessica McKellar is doing an introduction to Python video series for O'Reilly. This class is for first time programmers, there are no prerequisite, Jessica will walk through setting up your environments and learn and practice the python programming language through a series of fun interactive lectures and exercises. By the end of this course you will have hands on exposure to many core programming concepts, you'll be able to write useful Python programs, and you'll have an excellent roadmap to continue to learn and practice programming in Python. Available for Review
We're looking for reviewers for the following books & videos. Consider posting your reviews on Amazon, Slashdot, oreilly.com, goodreads.com, and/or your blog. It's easy for you to get books for your meeting or special events—just email userg...@oreilly.com and include the words "book request" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your deadline and shipping address. Prefer ebooks? We can send you a free ebook certificate to print out for raffles or book reviewers. New Releases
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We're always happy to offer your and your community access to our videos for review. We have hours and hours of free content on our YouTube channel, but many of our video compilations and in-depth training videos are only available for purchase. If you or your community members would like to watch and review any of our videos, please send us a request via userg...@oreilly.com Get this free Velocity Report: DevOps Hiring
Your organization is looking to hire DevOps practitioners, but the usual methods aren���t working. How do you unearth these DevOps creatures? Think like one. In this Web Ops & Performance report, Dave Zwieback describes a successful model for finding, hiring, and retaining talent based on the DevOps philosophy of Culture, Automation, Measurement, and Sharing. Kicking yourself for not submitting to Velocity Conference 2014? You're in luck! Call for Proposals for Ignite is open (Until May 16.) Stories we're following at O'Reilly
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The O'Reilly Open Source Convention is everything open source���the full stack, with all of the languages, tools, frameworks, and best practices that you use in your work every day. It's where the world's open source users, contributors, vendors, and creators convene annually to talk shop and learn. It's everything you need to know about open source to keep you ahead of the curve. If you are one of the first 500 to register with code CONVERSE, not only will you be attending the 5-day festival of geekery that is OSCON, but you can also choose a fun new pair of sneakers to debut there. Some restrictions apply. Save 20% at The O'Reilly Solid Conference (May 21-22, San Francisco)
Something big is happening at the intersection of software and hardware. Solid focuses on the programmable world, where "things" are driven by software and made smarter by network connections. Don't miss featured speakers Renee DiResta from OATV, Tim O'Reilly, Rob Coneybeer from Shasta Ventures, and Beth Comstock from GE. Early pricing ends April 17 save 20% with discount code USRG20 and share the banner on your site. Apply to exhibit in the OSCON Nonprofit Pavilion (Deadline April 22)
We are once again hosting a Nonprofit Pavilion at OSCON as part of the Expo Hall. If you're a nonprofit organization that is using open source technologies to support your cause, mission, or community goals, we invite you to apply for a spot in the Pavilion to showcase your organization. Deadline to apply is April 22.. Get your discounts for DevNation and RedHat Summit (San Francisco, April 14-17)DevNation, an open source conference by and for developers, and Red Hat Summit,
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SF April 14-17. Here are some discount codes you can use to register. Jez Humble (Lean Enterprise) at GOTO Chicago 2014 (Chicago, IL, May 20���21)
O'Reilly is proud to be a sponsor of GOTO Chicago 2014. It is a 4 day International Software Development event, with 2 conference days, followed by two workshop days. Location: Conference: Drake Hotel // Workshops: Gleacher Center. Save $50 on registration enter promotion code: oreilly to receive the discount. Jez Humble, co-author of Lean Enterprise will be presenting. Get registered for Drupal Con (Austin, TX, Jun 2-6)
DrupalCon Austin will bring together thousands from around the world to drain the city of its coffee and fill the Austin convention center with energy, passion and deep Drupal expertise. Developers, site builders, UX/designers, IT professionals, business owners, CMS evaluators, job seekers and employers will descend upon Austin June 2-6, 2014. A featured topic will be Drupal 8. This next version of Drupal contains more than 200 improvements spanning user experience, mobile capabilities and web services. Save 20% at GIANT Conference (Charleston, SC, June 11-14)
Giant Conference brings together world-class speakers and talented professionals to talk about creating rad experiences and how to make those experiences even radder. It's coming to Charleston, South Carolina June 11-14, 2014 for four days of sessions about user experience, visual design, information architecture, branding, music, e-commerce, retail and more. Get 20% off registration at GIANT Conference with code "GIANTSPONS" Accumulo Summit 2014 (Washington, D.C./Baltimore, MD, June 12)
Accumulo Summit 2014 is the first annual edition of the premier event for the Apache
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