Upcoming O’Reilly Media events for September 2008
Posted by Dave Merten 
Aug 27, 2008 at 9:17am
September is a busy month for O’Reilly Media. Check out the list of 16 events they will be hosting—all the way from Florida to Australia.
Rick Sammon Presents at Photoshop World 2008
Sep 3-6, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Join Rick Sammon (Face to Face) at Photoshop World 2008 as he gives various presentations on digital photography.
Lesa Snider King at Photoshop World
Sep 4-6, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
Lesa Snider King teaches two classes: “Express Photo Effects” (free on the expo show floor) and “Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros: Photoshop CS3 and beyond!” (in the paid productivity track). In this second session you’ll learn many timesaving tips for creating really tough selections and fast ways to create today’s most popular photo effects like silhouettes, creative photo frames, edges, and more. We’ll also take a look at the four secrets of great graphic design that will ensure your layouts always look their very best.
O’Reilly at PhotoShop World Las Vegas 2008
Sep 4-6, 2008
Mandalay Bay Convention Center
Las Vegas, NV
Come join the revolution with a FREE Expo Pass! Stop by the O’Reilly booth (# 442) to meet our editors and authors, and to check out our newest titles!
John Papa at VSLive! New York
Sep 7-10, 2008
NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
New York City, New York
John Papa (Data Services with Silverlight) is speaking at VSLive! New York on the following topics: Building Effective Data Bound Applications with WPF and Silverlight and ASP.NET Data Binding.
Brian Peek at VSLive! New York
Sep 7-10, 2008
NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
New York City, New York
Brian Peek (Coding4Fun: 10 .NET Programming Projects for Wiimote, YouTube, World of Warcraft, and More) will be speaking at VSLive! New York on the following topics: Creating a Simple 2D Game Using XNA Game Studio to Run on a PC, Xbox 360 or Microsoft Zune and Interfacing External Hardware Using Managed Code.
Harold Davis Hosts a Weekend Workshop on Night Photography
Sep 12-14, 2008
Point Reyes, CA
Author Harold Davis (Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers) will be hosting a weekend workshop on night photography in Point Reyes, CA. Keep checking the Point Reyes Field Seminars website for registration information.
John Smart at the Java Emerging Technologies Conference 2008
Sep 17, 2008
AUT Conference Centre
Auckland, New Zealand
John Smart (Java Power Tools) will be talking about easyb at the Java Emerging Technologies Conference 2008 discussing the basic principles of Behavior Driven Development, and look at how it builds on and differs from “traditional” Test-Driven Development. It then moves on to look at easyb, a very cool DSL-based behavior driven development framework for Java that uses Groovy to let you pretty much write tests that document themselves.
Lesa Snider King at MinistryCOM
Sep 19-20, 2008
Oklahoma City, OK
Lesa Snider King talks about “Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros” at the National Church Communications Conference. In this Photoshop power hour, you’ll glean time saving tips for creating super tough selections. Learn fast and non-destructive ways to create today’s most popular photo effects, including silhouettes, partial color, duotones, gorgeous grayscales, creative vector photo frames, filtered edges, selective blur effects, vignettes and more. You’ll also discover how to retouch people like a pro!
Sean Duggan Presents a Weekend Seminar: “Creative Camera Raw Workflow”
Sep 20-21, 2008
Berkeley, CA
Sean Duggan’s (The Creative Digital Darkroom) weekend seminar will be a combination of exploring a clear workflow for digital asset management (DAM) and an in-depth exploration of Adobe Camera Raw 4.2 in Photoshop CS3. Adobe Bridge CS3, Photoshop Lightroom and iView Media Pro will also be discussed in these explorations.
Rick Sammon on the Island of Bonaire
Sep 21-27, 2008
Bonaire
Join Rick Sammon (Face to Face) on the island of Bonaire for “Love Our Planet Week” as he gives underwater photo workshops.
Lesa Snider King at the PowerPoint Live User Conference
Sep 21, 2008
San Diego, CA
Lesa Snider King teaches “Graphic Secrets for Presenters”—learn how to turn the images you have into the imagery you need.
Java Power Tools Bootcamp in Melbourne
Sep 23-26, 2008
Melbourne, Australia
The Java Power Tools bootcamp is taught by John Ferguson Smart (Java Power Tools). The bootcamp is an intense 4-day hands-on workshop covering some of the best open source tools for Java development on the market. The course takes you on a in-depth guided tour of some of the best open source Java tools, showing how you can use them individually and together to write code better and faster, and have fun while you’re doing it!
Nitesh Dhanjani at Florida Government Technology Conference
Sep 24, 2008
Leon County Civic Center
Tallahassee, FL
Author Nitesh Dhanjani (Network Security Tools) presents “Security Implications of Emerging Technologies: Social Networking, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing”
Robert Stackowiak Leads Session at Oracle OpenWorld
Sep 25, 2008
Marriott Salon 09
San Francisco, CA
Robert Stackowiak (Oracle Essentials and Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials) will be leading a session entitled “Session Title: Oracle Business Intelligence Strategy for the Data Warehouse-Enabled Enterprise” at Oracle OpenWorld. This session is for the Enterprise Performance Management/Business Intelligence Track.
John Smart at the Victorian Java User Group
Sep 25, 2008
Sun, McKillop/Dunlop Room, Level 7, 476 St. Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Fresh from the Java Emerging Technologies Conference 2008 (JET 2008), John Smart (Java Power Tools) will be giving a talk on Behavior Driven Development (BDD) in Java with easyb, a new and very hip behavior driven development framework for Java. This talk will go through the basic principles of Behavior Driven Development, and look at how it builds on and differs from “traditional” Test-Driven Development. It then moves on to look at easyb, a very cool DSL-based behavior driven development framework for Java that uses Groovy to let you pretty much write tests that document themselves.
Lesa Snider King and Derrick Story at the Macintosh Computer Expo
Sep 27, 2008
Santa Rosa, CA
Join Lesa Snider King and Derrick Story for the return of MCE, NCMUG’s annual fundraising event. Lesa covers “How to Shoot Like a Pro” and “The Skinny on Photoshop Elements 6” and Derrick will be teaching “Ten Things You Need to Know About iPhoto” and “Aperture or Lightroom…Which One Is Best for Me?” Stop by the O’Reilly booth to meet the authors and purchase our latest Mac and digital media titles.
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