BBC Glow UKUUG Summer Conference 2009 Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom speaks to the Open Rights Group PHPNW09 - Manchester, October 10th 2009 Dorkbot London - Josette Reports Matt Webb at Reboot - Macroscopes and 100 Hours OpenTech 2009: 4th July 2009 - This Saturday! YAPC::Europe - Lisbon, 3rd-5th August 2009 Brucon - a new Security conference in Brussels OpenSQLCamp, European Edition Dux Raymond Sy - Sharepoint for Project Management Jeremy Coates - PHP Northwest and Beyond Magnificent Computing Sections - Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London James Boardwell - Folksy Paul Johnston - Asus eee Chris Heilmann - Yahoo Developer Network Christian Alhert - Minibar and Open Business Belgium by Kris Buytaert Erlang - The CEO's View Innovation, technology and enterpreneurship in Italy
Manchester and the North-West Profile - Deb Bassett Profile - Steve Bowbrick South Africa by Dirk Tolken Profile - Dave Cross Paris by Xavier Cazin
The great Francesco Cesarini, co-author with Simon Thompson of Erlang Programming talked to me at QCon about what makes his book different:
And here's Francesco advocating for Erlang Factory, which will take place in London from the 25th June 2009, with Erlang University starting on the 22nd June 2009:
Erlang Programming is an in-depth introduction to Erlang, a programming language
ideal for any situation where concurrency, fault tolerance, and fast
response is essential. Erlang is gaining widespread adoption with the
advent of multi-core processors and their new scalable approach to
concurrency. With this guide you'll learn how to write complex
concurrent programs in Erlang, regardless of your programming
background or experience.
Written by leaders of the international Erlang community -- and based on their training material -- Erlang Programming focuses on the language's syntax and semantics, and explains pattern matching, proper lists, recursion, debugging, networking, and concurrency.
This book helps you:
* Understand the strengths of Erlang and why its designers included specific features
* Learn the concepts behind concurrency and Erlang's way of handling it
* Write efficient Erlang programs while keeping code neat and readable
* Discover how Erlang fills the requirements for distributed systems
* Add simple graphical user interfaces with little effort
* Learn Erlang's tracing mechanisms for debugging concurrent and distributed systems
* Use the built-in Mnesia database and other table storage features
Erlang Programming provides exercises at the end of each chapter and simple examples throughout the book.
Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson will be signing their new book Erlang Programming at the Erlang Factory. Buy on the day and get 35% discount off the cover price.
This week, John Graham-Cumming has presented a series of short videos discussing some of the fantastic places in his book, The Geek Atlas. Today is John's final video, this time talking about the Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, California, US, where a large section of the Humane Genome was first sequenced:
Previous presentations:
Arago Medallions, Paris, France
Horn Antenna, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Down House, Downes, Kent, UK
Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, UK
Experimental Breeder Reactor No1, Idaho, USA
Check out: The Geek Atlas website.
Thanks, John!
In this penultimate presentation of this video series built around The Geek Atlas, the author John Graham-Cumming discusses The Arago Medallions, which mark the meridian that runs through Paris:
Previous presentations:
Horn Antenna, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Down House, Downes, Kent, UK
Royal Institution of Great Britain, London, UK
Experimental Breeder Reactor No1, Idaho, USA
Check out: The Geek Atlas website.
Geek Atlas is promising to be a magnificent book, a travelogue of '128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive'. The author, John Graham-Cumming, wrote it because he wanted to read it - he looked around for something that met the Geek Atlas' description, but nothing out there came close to bringing together all the fascinating places around the world which encapsulate the thrill of technological discovery.
We have a series of five videos lined up for the week that the Geek Atlas is published, (which at time of writing is week commencing 8th June in the UK). Each day, John will discuss a different location from his book. In the meantime, here's a taster, Experimental Breeder Reactor No 1, Idaho, USA, filmed in the Faraday Exhibition at the Royal Institution, Albemarle St, London:
9780596159764: Learning Flash CS4 Professional by Rich Shupe - £34.50
Learning Flash CS4 Professional offers beginners and intermediate Flash developers a unique introduction to the latest version of Adobe's powerful multimedia application. This easy-to-read book is loaded with full-color examples and hands-on tasks to help you master Flash CS4's new motion editor, integrated 3D system, and character control with the new inverse kinematics animation system. No previous Flash experience is necessary.
This book will help you:
- Understand Flash fundamentals with clear, concise information you can use right away
- Learn key concepts and techniques in every chapter, with annotated screenshots and illustrations
- Develop an ongoing project that utilizes material from every chapter
- Practice new skills and test your understanding with constructive exercises
- Learn how to package your work for distribution on the Web and through AIR desktop applications
- Download sample files and discuss additional Flash features on the companion blog
As part of the Adobe Developer Library, this is the most authoritative guide to Flash CS4 available.
9780596527488: Beautiful Security by Andy Oram, John Viega - £30.99
In this thought-provoking anthology, today's security experts describe bold and extraordinary methods used to secure computer systems in the face of ever-increasing threats. Beautiful Security features a collection of essays and insightful analyses by leaders such as Ben Edelman, Grant Geyer, John McManus, and a dozen others who have found unusual solutions for writing secure code, designing secure applications, addressing modern challenges such as wireless security and Internet vulnerabilities, and much more.
Among the book's wide-ranging topics, you'll learn how new and more aggressive security measures work -- and where they will lead us. Topics include:
- Rewiring the expectations and assumptions of organizations regarding security
- Security as a design requirement
- Evolution and new projects in Web of Trust
- Legal sanctions to enforce security precautions
- An encryption/hash system for protecting user data
- The criminal economy for stolen information
- Detecting attacks through context
9780596521264: XMPP: The Definitive Guide by Peter Saint-Andre, Kevin Smith, Remko Tronçon - £30.99
This practical book provides everything you need to know about the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP). This open technology for real-time communication is used in many diverse applications such as instant messaging, Voice over IP, real-time collaboration, social networking, microblogging, lightweight middleware, cloud computing, and more.
XMPP: The Definitive Guide walks you through the thought processes and design decisions involved in building a complete XMPP-enabled application, and adding real-time interfaces to existing applications. You'll not only learn simple yet powerful XMPP tools, but you'll also discover, through real-world developer stories, how common XMPP "building blocks" can help solve particular classes of problems.
With this book, you will:
- Learn the basics of XMPP technologies, including architectural issues, addressing, and communication primitives
- Understand the terminology of XMPP and learn about the wealth of XMPP servers, clients, and code libraries
- Become familiar with the XMPP concepts and services you need to solve common problems
- Construct a complete business application or real-time service with XMPP
9780596157586: iWork '09: The Missing Manual by Josh Clark - £30.99
With iWork '09, Apple's productivity applications have come of age. Unfortunately, their user guides are stuck in infancy. That's where iWork '09: The Missing Manual comes in. This book quickly guides you through everything you need to know about the Pages word-processor, the Numbers spreadsheet, and the Keynote presentation program that Al Gore and Steve Jobs made famous.
Friendly and entertaining, iWork '09: The Missing Manual gives you crystal-clear and jargon-free explanations of iWork's capabilities, its advantages over similar programs -- and its limitations. You'll see these programs through an objective lens that shows you which features work well and which don't. With this book, you will:
- Produce stunning documents and cinema-quality digital presentations
- Take advantage of Mac OS X's advanced typography and graphics capabilities
- Learn how to use the collection of themes and templates included with iWork
- Get undocumented tips, tricks, and secrets for each program
- Integrate with other iLife programs to use photos, audio, and video clips
9780596801441: iPhoto '09 : The Missing Manual by David Pogue, J.D. Biersdorfer - £26.99
With iPhoto '09, Apple's popular photo organizer and editing program is better than ever. Unfortunately, intuitive as it may be, iPhoto still has the power to confuse anyone who uses it. That's why more people rely on our Missing Manual than any other iPhoto resource. Author and New York Times tech columnist David Pogue provides clear and objective guidance on every iPhoto feature, including new tools such as face recognition, place recognition based on GPS data, themed slideshows, online sharing, enhanced editing, and travel maps. You'll find step-by-step instructions, along with many undocumented tips and tricks.
With iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual, you will:
- Get a course in picture-taking and digital cameras -- how to buy and use a digital camera, how to compose brilliant photos in various situations
- Import, organize, and file your photos -- and learn how to search and edit them
- Create slideshows, photo books, calendars, and greeting cards, and either make or order prints
- Share photos on websites or by email, and turn photos into screensavers or desktop pictures
- Learn to manage your Photo Libraries, use plug-ins, and get photos to and from camera phones
O'Reilly will donate 50p to the Bletchley Park Trust Fund for every copy of The Geek Atlas sold in the UK.
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