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Pearson Education User Group Program: Books & Newsletters (2/2)

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Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
Issue 18 -- July 2009

Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly
newsletter for official group members. Please pass this along to your
colleagues and share our news and offers.

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_In the Store_

ASP.NET MVC Framework Unleashed
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Microsoft Windows 7 Unveiled (eBook only)
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Programming in Objective-C 2.0 LiveLessons
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Stand Back and Deliver: Accelerating Business Agility
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_Authors and Events: July_

July 8 -- Safari Books Online Windows 7 Unveiled Webcast
Author  Peter  Bruzzese  to  discuss the features and functionality of
Microsoft's newest operating system.
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July 20-24 -- OSCON (Open Source Convention)
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   http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009

Looking Ahead:

August 3-7 -- SIGGRAPH 2009, http://www.siggraph.org/s2009
August 24-28 -- Agile 2009, http://agile2009.agilealliance.org

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E-mail any event details to usergroups at informit.com for consideration in
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_User Groups of the Month_

Florida: Palm Beach Phoenix Apple User Group facilitates dedicated
discussions and coaching for various Apple products as well as a wide array
of Apple computing related programs and services. For more information,
visit www.pbphoenix.org.

Missouri: Kansas City Cisco User Group is a newly formed community open to
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www.kccug.com.

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  Subject: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- June 2009
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Issue 17 -- June 2009

Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter

Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly
newsletter for official group members. Please pass this along to your
colleagues and share our news and offers.

== QuickLinks ==

Monthly User Group Contest: http://www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome
InformIT Product Review Team: http://www.informit.com/productreviewteam
InformIT Store: http://www.informit.com/store
OnPodcast Network: http://www.informit.com/podcasts/index.aspx
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User Group Offers

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June 2-5 -- JavaOne Conference
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June 13 -- Southeast LinuxFest
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June 22-24 -- SharePoint Technology Conference
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CompTIA Network+ N10-004 Exam Prep
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Elements of Programming
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== User Groups of the Month ==

Massachusetts: F# User Group of New England provides a community
environment to learn about the joy of functional programming in general, and
F# in particular. For more information, visit http://fsug.org.

Maryland: Cisco Mid-Atlantic User's Group (C-MUG) is a special interest
group that evolved from Cisco University presentations by the Virginia and
Maryland Cisco sales teams at Chesapeake NetCraftsMen User Group meetings.
Learn more at http://www.netcraftsmen.net/cmug/.

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  Subject: Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter -- May 2009
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Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
Issue 16 -- May 2009

Thank you for reading the Pearson Education User Group Program monthly
newsletter for official group members. Please pass this along to your
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== User Groups of the Month ==

Texas: Dallas XNA User Group is a community of game development enthusiasts
who are working to better understand, utilize, and employ the Microsoft XNA
Framework in games and interactive media. For more information, visit
http://www.dallasxna.com/.

Florida: Tampa Bay Cisco Users Group is open to all IT professionals
interested in learning about Cisco communications and networking. Join
the TBCUG conversation in their Yahoo! Group at http://bit.ly/GQWEC.

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== Authors and Events: May ==

May 5, 7, 13 -- Clara Shih
Clara Shih, author of The Facebook Era, will be making several appearances
during April -- don't miss out!
The Facebook Era: http://www.informit.com/title/0137152221

> 5/5: Social networking panel -- SIIA Netgain Conference, San Francisco,
http://www.siia.net/netgain/

> 5/7: Speaking -- Endeavor.org Nonprofit Conference, Miami,
http://www.endeavor.org/

> 5/13: Speaking -- Webcom, Montreal,
http://www.webcom-montreal.com/index.php?language=en_US

May 4-7 -- RailsConf
RailsConf is the official event for the Ruby on Rails community. If
you're passionate about Rails and what it helps you achieve -- or are
curious about how Rails can help you create web frameworks better and
faster -- RailsConf is the place to be.
http://en.oreilly.com/rails2009/public/content/home

May 14 -- Colorado Springs Cisco User Group
Cisco Press author Brandon Carroll will be speaking at the May CSCUG
meeting. Visit http://www.cos-cug.org/ for more information.

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