O'Reilly Events Copyright O'Reilly Media, Inc. http://events.oreilly.com/ 2012-05-09T02:18:06-08:00 O'Reilly Media, Inc. no O'Reilly Media, Inc. webmaster@oreillynet.com http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2260

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>Resource Oriented Computing and it's implementation NetKernel are in danger of becoming a ten-year old overnight sensation. In this webcast Tom Geudens, author of Resource-Oriented Computing with NetKernel, aims to answer the following questions:</p> <ul> <li>What is it about?</li> <li>What are its origins?</li> <li>What can it do?</li> <li>What are its strengths?</li> <li>What are its weaknesses?</li> <li>Why did I not hear about this before?</li> </ul> <p>All that will be sprinkled with a liberal dose of examples (the slideshow itself is one of them). And finally I will answer the question ... do I (listener) have to take your (speaker) word for it?</p> <h3>About Tom Geudens</h3> <p>At the age of 15, Tom Geudens' parents gave him a choice. Either become a baker or go into IT. That Christmas Santa brought a MSX homecomputer, the choice was made. At twenty and with a Bachelor in IT under his belt, he joined the IT department of Colruyt, a Belgian retailer specialized in 'Lowest Price' and doing this through automation. Recently he set up his own IT consultancy company, Elephant Bird Consulting. He has worked with technologies from PL/1 through HPUX and Linux, and battled distributed applications development and configuration management issues.</p>

Tom Geudens 2012-08-07T02:18:06-08:10 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2242

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>Although asynchronous programming techniques are critically important, they have been strangely neglected in languages and libraries for years. On the server side, they are the way to get the best performance possible, and on the client side, they're they path to a responsive, smooth user interface. The best known feature of C# 5 is its language-level support for asynchronous work, which makes it possible to use these techniques far more elegantly. In this webcast, Ian Griffiths, author of Programming C# 5.0, will discuss these features and techniques.</p> <p>This is the first of two webcasts that Ian Griffiths will present so please register for the second webcast where Ian will discuss a lesser known but very important library feature called RX (short for Reactive Extensions) which provides very powerful abstractions for managing multiple independent sources of asynchronous events.</p> <h3>About Ian Griffiths</h3> <p>Ian Griffiths is an independent WPF consultant, developer, speaker and Pluralsight instructor and a widely recognized expert on the subject. He lives in London but can often be found on various developer mailing lists and newsgroups, where a popular sport is to see who can get him to write the longest email in reply to the shortest possible question. Ian maintains a popular blog at <a href="http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/">http://www.interact-sw.co.uk/iangblog/</a> and is co-author of "Windows Forms in a Nutshell" and of "Mastering Visual Studio .NET".</p>

Ian Griffiths 2012-08-01T02:17:34-08:11 http://oreilly.com/events/#2270

Join author Christopher Schmitt (<a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596155940.do"><strong>CSS Cookbook</strong></a>, <a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920016038.do"><strong>HTML5 Cookbook</strong></a>) as he hosts the 4th annual online, live CSS Summit. Over 3 three days, speakers cover topics like CSS3, Responsive Web + Mobile Design, Preprocesses (Sass, Compass, Coffeescript) and much more.

Christopher Schmitt 2012-07-31T02:19:00-08:12 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2185

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>If you've ever written any code to authenticate with Twitter, you may have been confused by all the signature methods and base strings. You'll be happy to know that OAuth 2 has vastly simplified the process, but at what cost?</p> <p>In this webcast presentation, Aaron Parecki, author of OAuth 2.0 The Definitive Guide, will give an overview of OAuth 2. Topics include:</p> <ul> <li>Various options for building web apps and native apps</li> <li>What the end user sees</li> <li>What developers using an OAuth 2 API deal with</li> <li>What developers of OAuth-2-compliant APIs will need to know to successfully implement an OAuth 2 service of their own</li> </ul> <h3>Presenter: Aaron Parecki (book soon to be released)</h3> <p> Aaron Parecki is a Portland-based iPhone and web developer interested in solving practical problems with technology. He has been tracking his location every six seconds for the past 3 years, and using it to automate aspects of his life. In 2010, he co-founded Geoloqi, a private, real-time mobile and web platform for secure location sharing with Amber Case in an effort to help people connect in the real world.</p>

Aaron Parecki 2012-07-27T02:17:49-08:13 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2284

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p> The open web doesn't stop at our desktop. Smart phones and tablets not only contain more computing power and better browsers than the computers that started the Internet economy, they have better displays. In this webcast session presented by Christopher Schmitt, we will work through tips and tricks to develop future friendly images in our sites and apps.</p> <h3>About Christopher Schmitt</h3> <p>Christopher Schmitt is the founder of Heat Vision, a small new media publishing and design firm, based in Cincinnati, OH. An award-winning web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993, Christopher interned for both David Siegel and Lynda Weinman in the mid 90's while he was an undergraduate at Florida State University working on a Fine Arts degree with an emphasis on Graphic Design. Afterwards, he earned a Masters in Communication for Interactive and New Communication Technologies while obtaining a graduate certificate in Project Management from FSU's College of Communication.</p> <p>He is the author of <a href="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527419/index.html"><i>CSS Cookbook</i></a>, which was named Best Web Design Book of 2006, and one of the first books that looked at CSS-enabled designs, Designing CSS Web Pages (New Riders). He is also the co-author of Adapting to Web Standards (New Riders), Professional CSS (Wrox), Photoshop in 10 Steps or Less (Wiley) and Dreamweaver Design Projects (glasshaus) and contributed four chapters to XML, HTML, and XHTML Magic (New Riders). Christopher has also written for New Architect Magazine, A List Apart, Digital Web and Web Reference.</p> <p>He is the list moderator for Babble, a mailing list community devoted to advanced web design and development topics. With the Web Standards Project, Christopher helps co-lead the Adobe Task Force while contributing to its Education Task Force.</p> <p>On his personal web site, Christopher shows his true colors and most recent activities. He is 6'7" and doesn't play professional basketball but wouldn't mind a good game of chess.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>You may also be interested in:</strong></p> <a href="http://velocityconf.com/velocity2012"><img alt="O'Reilly Velocity Conference" border="0" height="60" src="http://cdn.oreilly.com//images/oreilly/velocity-webcast-banner-468.jpg" width="468" /></a>

Christopher Schmitt 2012-07-24T12:17:51-08:14 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2148

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>For years, the terms "web" and "online" have been intrinsically linked in people's minds. With HTML5, the web's dependency on a connection to the internet has been broken. Web apps can now run offline in modern browsers thanks to HTML5 support for client-side storage of relational data, key/value data, and static assets.</p> <p><strong>What will be covered?</strong></p> <ul> <li>Web Storage</li> <li>Web SQL Database</li> <li>Offline Application Cache</li> <li>Indexed DB</li> <li>Offline data sync strategies</li> <li>Fallback techniques for older browsers</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who is this webcast for?</strong></p> <p>This webcast is for web designers and developers who are interested in adding offline support to web sites and web apps. A working familiarity with standard HTML and JavaScript is required.</p> <h3>About Jonathan Stark</h3> <p> <strong>Jonathan Stark</strong> is a mobile and web application consultant who the Wall Street Journal has called an expert on publishing desktop data to the web. </p> <p> He has written two books on web application programming, is a tech editor for both php|architect and Advisor magazines, and is quoted in the media on internet and mobile lifestyle trends.</p> <p> Jonathan began his programming career more than 20 years ago on a Tandy TRS-80 and still thinks Zork was a sweet game.</p>

Jonathan Stark 2012-07-19T01:18:32-08:15 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2184

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>If you've ever written any code to authenticate with Twitter, you may have been confused by all the signature methods and base strings. You'll be happy to know that OAuth 2 has vastly simplified the process, but at what cost?</p> <p>Join O'Reilly author Aaron Parecki for a webcast presentation that will give an overview of OAuth 2, starting with:</p> <ul> <li>Various options for building web apps and native apps</li> <li>What the end user sees</li> <li>What developers using an OAuth 2 API deal with</li> <li>What developers of OAuth-2-compliant APIs will need to know to successfully implement an OAuth 2 service of their own</li> </ul> <h3>Presenter: Aaron Parecki (book soon to be released)</h3> <p> Aaron Parecki is a Portland-based iPhone and web developer interested in solving practical problems with technology. He has been tracking his location every six seconds for the past 3 years, and using it to automate aspects of his life. In 2010, he co-founded Geoloqi, a private, real-time mobile and web platform for secure location sharing with Amber Case in an effort to help people connect in the real world.</p>

Aaron Parecki 2012-07-17T02:17:34-08:16 http://oreilly.com/events/#2034

If you're passionate about the open technologies shaping our future, building communities, crafting beautiful code, designing for users, or just getting things done, join us at OSCON, the premier event for all things open source.

Brian Aker, J. Chris Anderson, Matt Asay, David Ascher, Jono Bacon, Josh Berkus, Addison Berry, David Boswell, Tim Bray, Paul Brown, Tim Bunce, Angela Byron, Julian Cash, Francesco Cesarini, Kristina Chodorow, Tom Christiansen, Ben Collins-Sussman, Damian Conway, Rod Cope, Douglas Crockford, Selena Deckelmann, Chris DiBona, Edd Dumbill, Colin Evans, Brian W. Fitzpatrick, Brian Ford, Neal Ford, brian d foy, Tom Gaskins, Bernard Golden, Leslie Hawthorn, Evan Henshaw-Plath, Philipp K. Janert, Yehuda Katz, Austin King, Bradley M. Kuhn, Jan Lehnardt, Andy Lester, Alex Martelli, Danny O'Brien, Tim O'Reilly, Bryan O'Sullivan, Allison Randal, Kyle Rankin, Neil Rickert 2012-07-16T02:17:48-08:17 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2300

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>Get up to speed on the new version of Photoshop of Camera Raw! In this entertaining yet informative webcast presented by Lesa Snider, author of Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual , you'll learn how to use:</p> <ul> <li>CS6's new Content-Aware tools to scoot objects around in your images</li> <li>How to use CS6's new set blur</li> <li>Adaptive Wide Angle filter</li> <li>Oil Paint filters</li> <li>Learn how to use layer filtering</li> <li>Create dashed and dotted lines</li> <li>Edit video</li> <li>and more!</li> </ul> <p>Even if you're not immediately upgrading to CS6, you'll pick up practical editing techniques you can use each and every day. Don't miss this informative webcast!!</p> <h3>About Lesa Snider</h3> <p>Lesa Snider, internationally acclaimed author and speaker, is on a mission to teach the world to create better graphics. She's a stock photographer and chief evangelist for <a href="http://www.lesa.in/istockdeal">iStockphoto.com</a>, and founder of the creative tutorial site <a href="http://www.photolesa.com/">PhotoLesa.com</a>. Lesa is the author of several books including <a href="http://lesa.in/pscs6mm">Photoshop CS6: The Missing Manual</a>, <a href="http://tinyurl.com/pscs5mm">Photoshop CS5: The Missing Manual</a>, and coathor of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/iPhoto-11-Missing-David-Pogue/dp/1449393233/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1289933523&amp;sr=1-1">iPhoto 11: The Missing Manual</a>, as well as several <a href="http://lesa.in/clvideos">videos training titles on Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Camera Raw, and iPhoto</a>. She writes a regular column for <a href="http://www.photoshopuser.com/">Photoshop User</a>, <a href="http://www.elementsuser.com/">Elements Techniques</a>, and <a href="http://www.macworld.com/">Macworld</a> magazines, and contributes frequently to <a href="http://www.design-tools.com/">DesignToolsMonthly.com</a>. Lesa is also a long-time member of the <a href="http://www.photoshopworld.com/">Photoshop World Dream Team</a> of instructors and the Advanced Photoshop professor for <a href="http://www.sessions.edu/">Sessions.edu</a>. She can be spotted teaching at conferences several conferences around the globe.</p> <p>During free time, you'll find her carving the twisties on her sportbike or hanging with fellow Apple Mac enthusiasts. Lesa is a proud member of the <a href="http://www.bmwmoa.org/">BMWMOA</a>, <a href="http://f800riders.org/">F800 Riders Club</a>, <a href="http://comug.com/">CoMUG</a> and <a href="http://ncmug.org/">NCMUG</a>. </p>

Lesa Snider 2012-07-13T14:18:29-08:18 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2205

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>For years, most Web teams have designed for the desktop. Mobile, if it even happened, was a port off the desktop version, designed and built before anyone even considered the mobile experience. This made perfect sense for a while. Browsing the Web on mobile phones was painful; carriers controlled access to the Web on their devices; and mobile network speeds made everything often grind to a halt. Designing for mobile first can not only open up new opportunities for growth, it can lead to a better overall user experience for a Web site or application. </p> <p> In this webcast presentation, Luke Wroblewski will dig into the three key reasons to consider mobile first: </p> <ul> <li> Mobile is seeing explosive growth </li> <li> Mobile forces you to focus </li> <li> Mobile extends your capabilities </li> </ul> <h3>About Luke Wroblewski</h3> <p>Luke Wroblewski is an internationally recognized digital product leader who has designed or contributed to software used by more than 700 million people worldwide.</p> <p>Luke was Co-founder and Chief Product Officer (CPO) of <a href="http://bagcheck.com/">Bagcheck</a> which was acquired by Twitter Inc. just nine months after being launched publicly. Prior to this, Luke was an Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) at <a href="http://www.benchmark.com/">Benchmark Capital</a> and the Chief Design Architect (VP) at Yahoo! Inc. where he worked on product alignment and forward-thinking integrated customer experiences on the Web, mobile, TV, and beyond. </p> <p>Luke is the author of the upcoming book <a href="http://www.lukew.com/resources/mobile_first.asp">Mobile First</a>, two already popular Web design books (<a href="http://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp">Web Form Design</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.lukew.com/resources/site_seeing.asp">Site-Seeing: A Visual Approach to Web Usability</a>) and <a href="http://www.lukew.com/ff/">many articles</a> about digital product design and strategy. He is also a consistently top-rated speaker at <a href="http://www.lukew.com/presos/">conferences and companies</a> around the world, and a Co-founder and former Board member of the <a href="http://www.ixda.org/">Interaction Design Association</a> (IxDA). </p> <p> Previously, Luke was the Lead User Interface Designer of eBay Inc.'s platform team, where he led the strategic design of new consumer products (such as eBay Express and Kijiji) and internal tools and processes. He also founded <a href="http://www.lukew.com">LukeW Ideation &amp; Design</a>, a product strategy and design consultancy, taught graduate interface design courses at the University of Illinois and worked as a Senior Interface Designer at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), the birthplace of the first popular graphical Web browser, <a href="http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/Mosaic/NCSAMosaicHome.html">NCSA Mosaic</a>. </p> <p>Luke's complete resume and recommendations are available on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/lukew">LinkedIn.</a></p>

Luke Wroblewski 2012-07-12T02:17:28-08:19 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2297

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p> We all know Pinterest as the social platform focusing on pictures, allowing users to create themed "pin boards" where they can "pin" pictures they find online or upload from their computers or phones. But, what many people don't know is how the technical side of the platform works. What does it take to handle millions of users all uploading millions of pictures? </p> <p>In this webcast presented by Pinterest engineers Marty Weiner and Yashwanth Nelapati, they will highlight how architected our sharded MySQL solution, including:</p> <ul> <li>UUID generation and what the alternatives were</li> <li>How objects and mappings are stored</li> <li>Shard topology and the process of adding more capacity</li> <li>Caching</li> </ul> <p>Towards the end of the webcast Marty &amp; Yashwanth will share some details on where <a href="http://Pinterest.com/">Pinterest.com</a> is likely to go from here. Don't miss this informative presentation.</p> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;">About Yashwanth Nelapati</h3> <p style="margin-top: 0px;">Engineer at Pinterest dealing with infrastructure and scalability. Yashh has been an engineer with Pinterest since the beginning. </p> <h3 style="margin-bottom: 5px;">About Marty Weiner</h3> <p style="margin-top: 0px;">Marty joined Pinterest in early 2011 as the 2nd engineer. Previously worked at Azul Systems as a VM engineer focused on building/improving the JIT compilers in HotSpot. </p> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>You may also be interested in:</strong></p> <a href="http://velocityconf.com/velocity2012"><img alt="O'Reilly Velocity Conference" border="0" height="60" src="http://cdn.oreilly.com//images/oreilly/velocity-webcast-banner-468.jpg" width="468" /></a>

Yashwanth Nelapati, Marty Weiner 2012-06-29T16:18:24-08:20 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2296

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>The wholesale reseller model is still widely used but Apple and others have helped popularize the agency alternative. There are pros and cons to both and it's important to understand the differences.</p> <p>In this webcast you'll learn:</p> <ul> <li>The terms generally associated with both models</li> <li>Why some publishers have opted for the agency model with ebooks</li> <li>The financial impact of choosing one model vs. the other</li> <li>How the recent DoJ ruling affects the agency model</li> </ul> <p>Don Linn, President of Firebrand Associates, will walk us through the complexities of these two models and talk about why one option might be preferred over the other. We'll also leave time at the end of the webcast for audience Q&amp;A.</p> <h3>About Joe Wikert</h3> <p>Joe Wikert is General Manager &amp; Publisher as well as Chair of Tools of Change (TOC) at O'Reilly Media, Inc., where he manages the sales and editorial groups. He's the author of the <a href="http://www.joewikert.com">Publishing 2020 blog</a> where he's provided industry insights since 2005. </p> <p> Prior to joining O'Reilly Joe was Vice President and Executive Publisher at John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc., in their P/T division. </p> <p> He and his wonderful wife Kelly have 3 great kids: Sarah, Craig and Hannah. </p> <h3>About Don Linn</h3> <p>Don Linn is President of Firebrand Associates, a management consulting firm focused on helping publishers and others navigate the transition from print to digital. Don has a background as an M&amp;A investment banker on Wall Street, running a large agribusiness concern, and serving as Head of Corporate Development for one of the country's largest private companies. He was owner/CEO of Consortium Book Sales &amp; Distribution and publisher at The Taunton Press. He is an investor and advisor to several start-ups in the publishing space. He holds an MBA at Harvard Business School and a BA from Vanderbilt University.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><strong>You may also be interested in:</strong></p> <a href="http://tocfrankfurt.com/"><img alt="O'Reilly TOC Conference" border="0" height="80" src="http://cdn.oreilly.com/images/oreilly/toc-frankfurt-banner-528.png" width="528" /></a>

Don Linn, Joe Wikert 2012-06-28T16:18:24-08:21 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2251

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>In this webcast, Max Kanat-Alexander will give a basic overview of the newly codified fundamental laws of software development as covered in his newly released book, Code Simplicity. There will also be a Q&amp;A session at the end of the webcast to discuss the laws, general best practices, and how we can improve the quality of engineering without sacrificing development productivity. </p> <h3>About Max Kanat-Alexander</h3> <p> Max Kanat-Alexander, Chief Architect of the open-source Bugzilla Project, Google Software Engineer, and writer, has been fixing computers since he was eight years old and writing software since he was fourteen. He is the author of <a href="http://www.codesimplicity.com/">codesimplicity.com</a> and <a href="http://www.fedorafaq.org/">fedorafaq.org</a>, and is currently living in Northern California.</p>

Max Kanat-Alexander 2012-06-28T12:16:49-08:22 http://oreilly.com/events/#2032

All web companies face the same challenges: pages must be fast, infrastructure must scale up (and down) efficiently, and sites and services must be reliable. Velocity gives web ops and development professionals the in-depth, technical content they need to maintain the health of their company's IT infrastructure.

John Allspaw, Douglas Crockford 2012-06-26T02:17:32-08:23 http://oreillynet.com/pub/e/2147

<p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Duration:</b> Approximately 60 minutes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><b>Cost:</b> Free</span></p> <p>The responsiveness of Web and hybrid mobile apps is sometimes described as sluggish compared to native apps. Often, this is because the developer has bound event handlers to mouse events rather than touch events. By taking advantage of the touch events exposed by modern mobile devices, developers can potentially shave hundreds of milliseconds off of each user interaction, as well as enable gesture interactions that would not normally be available in an HTML context. </p> <p><strong>What will be covered?</strong></p> <ul> <li>One-finger events</li> <li>Two-finger events</li> <li>Multi-touch events</li> <li>Gesture events</li> </ul> <p><strong>Who is this webcast for?</strong></p> <p>This webcast is for front-end developers who are interested in creating web or hybrid mobile apps. Intermediate to advanced understanding of JavaScript is recommended.</p> <h3>About Jonathan Stark</h3> <p> <strong>Jonathan Stark</strong> is a mobile and web application consultant who the Wall Street Journal has called an expert on publishing desktop data to the web. </p> <p> He has written two books on web application programming, is a tech editor for both php|architect and Advisor magazines, and is quoted in the media on internet and mobile lifestyle trends.</p> <p> Jonathan began his programming career more than 20 years ago on a Tandy TRS-80 and still thinks Zork was a sweet game.</p>

Jonathan Stark 2012-06-21T02:17:24-08:24