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Friends,
So much for a summer break. We're as busy as ever here at O'Reilly launching lots of new books and conferences, some of which I've highlighted in this newsletter. Last week's release of David Pogue's iPhone: The Missing Manual, which we published first in PDF format, caused such an overwhelming demand that our download servers were brought to their knees, three times. Our sincerest apologies to any of you who experienced a delay in getting a book. A new server was spec'd and ordered, one that will handle the increasing load of digital content we're serving.
For those of you who missed it, OSCON, the O'Reilly Open Source Conference, is underway in Portland, Oregon. Some amazing keynotes, sessions, and tutorials, too many to list here. What's at the top of my list? James Larsson's Pimp My Garbage and Nat Torkington's Open Source Therapy.
See you there? —Allen Noren
Also in this issue:
New Books
ActionScript 3.0 Design Patterns-- If you're an experienced Flash or Flex developer ready to tackle sophisticated programming techniques with ActionScript 3.0, this hands-on introduction to design patterns takes you step by step through the process. Learn more.
iPhone: The Missing Manual-- Written by New York Times columnist and Missing Manual series creator David Pogue, this book shows you how to get the most out of your new Apple iPhone. Learn more.
Mastering Perl-- This book isn't a collection of clever tricks, but a way of thinking about Perl programming so you can integrate the real-life problems of debugging, maintenance, configuration, and other tasks you encounter as a working programmer. Learn more.
Dynamic Learning: Photoshop CS3-- Written by product experts and trainers who have produced many of Adobe's training titles, the book is organized into lessons, with easy-to-follow instructions, tips, and review questions. Includes video tutorials on DVD. Learn more.
Learning Flash Media Server 2-- This unique PDF-only book is the ideal primer for web developers just getting started with Flash Media Server 2 (FMS2) and Adobe's Real-Time Messaging Protocol for streaming media, as well as anyone doing administrative work with Flash-related content. Learn more.
Intel Threading Building Blocks-- This guide explains how to maximize the benefits of these processors through a portable C++ library that works on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and Unix systems. With it, you'll learn how to use Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) effectively for parallel programming -- without having to be a threading expert. Learn more.
MySQL Pocket Reference, 2nd Ed-- Gives you instant reminders on how to use important MySQL functions, especially in conjunction with key parts of the LAMP open source infrastructure. Learn more.
Regular Expression Pocket Reference, 2nd Ed-- Covers the regular expression APIs for Perl 5.8, Ruby (including some upcoming 1.9 features), Java, PHP, .NET and C#, Python, vi, JavaScript, and the PCRE regular expression libraries. Learn more.
Ruby Pocket Reference-- Offers brief yet clear explanations of Ruby's core components, from operators to reserved words to data structures to method syntax, highlighting those key features that you'll likely use every day when coding Ruby. Learn more.
New Short Cuts
Short Cuts: PDF documents on cutting edge topics.
Implementing BEA Portal 92 -- Covers implementing the latest version of BEA Portal in a no-nonsense, straight forward fashion. Learn more.
How to Build an SMS Service -- Building an SMS service can be quite simple. This tutorial guides you through a variety of implementations, giving you the information you need to choose one that best fits your unique needs and circumstances. Learn more.
Unobtrusive Ajax -- Focuses on the practical benefits of using Ajax and JavaScript unobtrusively and show you that unobtrusive web development and progressive enhancement benefit both web developers and users of the Web. Learn more.
More conference news:
Rails Conf Europe-- Co-presented by O'Reilly Media and Ruby Central. September 17-19, 2007, Berlin, Germany.
Web 2.0 Summit 2007-- Co-presented by O'Reilly Media and CMP Technology. October 17-19, 2007, San Francisco, CA.
Web 2.0 Expo Berlin -- Co-produced by O'Reilly Media and CMP Technology. November 5-8, 2007, Berlin, Germany.
Web 2.0 Expo Tokyo -- Co-produced by O'Reilly Media and CMP Technology. November 15-16, 2007, Tokyo, Japan.
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