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BBC Glow

2009-07-16T10:00:00+01:00

This is nice. The BBC have released a Javascript library called Glow: What is Glow? Glow aims to make working with JavaScript and the DOM easier by providing shortcuts for common functions while...

UKUUG Summer Conference 2009

2009-07-14T07:57:30+01:00

The UKUUG, (the UK Unix User Group for the uninitiated), have lined up their Summer Conference for the 7th to the 9th of August 2009. The Conference will take place in Birmingham at: The...

Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom speaks to the Open Rights Group

2009-07-13T10:11:57+01:00

The good people at the Open Rights Group continue the good fight to preserve our myriad digital freedoms. Over on their site they have video of the speech Sir Bonar Neville-Kingdom gave at OpenTech:...

PHPNW09 - Manchester, October 10th 2009

2009-07-09T15:14:51+01:00

Lorna Mitchell wrote to let us know about PHPNW09, which will take place at the Manchester Conference Centre in Manchester on the 10th October, 2009. This is the second PHPNW, which as far as I'm...

Dorkbot London - Josette Reports

2009-07-06T09:10:35+01:00

Our intrepid reporter, Josette Garcia, ventured deep into East London to bring us this magnificent report: On June 23rd, I went to my first Dorkbot meeting in London. I must admit that I was a little...

Matt Webb at Reboot - Macroscopes and 100 Hours

2009-07-01T15:30:09+01:00

I always find Matt Webb's talks inspiring. Matt, as many of you will know, is one of the two eponymous founders of Schultz and Webb design studio, and he wrote Mind Hacks for O'Reilly along with Tom...

OpenTech 2009: 4th July 2009 - This Saturday!

2009-06-30T12:36:46+01:00

Countdown to Open Tech 2009. Open Tech 2009 is an informal, low cost, one-day conference and it is taking place this coming Saturday (4th July 2009) at ULU, Malet Street. This year's theme is one...

YAPC::Europe - Lisbon, 3rd-5th August 2009

2009-06-29T14:28:24+01:00

The YAPC::Europe conference will take place in Lisbon from the 3rd to the 5th August 2009. A fine array of speakers are scheduled for 4 tracks over the three days, with a sizeable handful of O'Reilly...

Brucon - a new Security conference in Brussels

2009-06-26T09:00:00+01:00

The Splendid Kris Buytaert writes: BruCON is the first annual security and hacker(*) conference providing two days of an interesting atmosphere for open discussions of critical infosec issues,...

OpenSQLCamp, European Edition

2009-06-25T10:26:03+01:00

The Mighty Kris Buytaert writes: OpenSQL Camp is a fresh, free, unconference conference of, by, and for the open-source database community of users and developers. The first edition of OpenSQLCamp...

Request Tracker (RT) Tutorial - London, Tues 11th August 2009

2009-06-24T08:47:22+01:00

O'Reilly UK and UKUUG have another fine tutorial scheduled for your delectation. In London, on Tuesday 11th August 2009 between 9.00 and 17.00, we give you Request Tracker: Request Tracker (RT) is an...

Interview with Francesco Cesarini, co-author of Erlang Programming

2009-06-18T10:08:48+01:00

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...

Erlang Programming - Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson

2009-06-17T14:02:30+01:00

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...

Geek Atlas - Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, Ca, USA

2009-06-12T16:01:43+01:00

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...

Geek Atlas - Arago Medallions, Paris, France

2009-06-11T16:23:12+01:00

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:...

Geek Atlas - Horn Antenna, Holmdel, NJ, USA

2009-06-10T23:27:58+01:00

The third video in The Geek Atlas series finds author John Graham-Cumming talking about the Horn Antenna, Holmdel, New Jersey in the States, where a chance discovery served to confirm The Big Bang:...

Erlang Factory, London 22nd – 26th June 2009

2009-06-10T12:12:00+01:00

Francesco Cesarini writes: Less than one month left to The Erlang Factory in London. We have over 35 confirmed speakers to the conference (June 25th - June 26th) from four continents speaking in six...

Geek Atlas - Down House, Downes, Kent, UK

2009-06-09T17:00:00+01:00

The second video in our glorious series of short presentations by The Geek Atlas author John Graham-Cumming covers Down House, Downes, Kent, UK, where Charles Darwin lived for 40 years: Previous...

TOP SECRET ULTRA - BLETCHLEY PARK

2009-06-08T17:22:33+01:00

BLETCHLEY PARK IN THE GEEK ATLAS O'Reilly will donate 50p to the Bletchley Park Trust Fund for every copy of The Geek Atlas sold in the UK. Kelsey Griffin, Director of Museum Operations for Bletchley...

Geek Atlas - Royal Institution of Great Britain, London

2009-06-08T08:13:57+01:00

To mark the UK publication of The Geek Atlas, the author John Graham-Cumming presents a week of videos about places within the book. First up is The Royal Institution of Great Britain, based on...

Maker Faire Africa - Ghana, August 2009

2009-06-04T20:00:52+01:00

Non-feed readers of GMT will recently have seen the badge for Maker Faire Africa in the top right hand corner. Maker Faire Africa will take place in Accra, Ghana between the 14th and 16th August 2009...

What does the future hold for MySQL?

2009-06-03T12:32:15+01:00

An Interview with Michael 'Monty' Widenius Josette Garcia writes: I met Michael “Monty” Widenius, founder of MySQL and co-author of MySQL Reference Manual (O’Reilly), during eLiberatica conference...

eLiberatica

2009-05-27T12:59:23+01:00

Josette Garcia writes: eLiberatica, organized by Lucian Savluc and Agora, is over. As usual I met some great people: . Georg Greve, President - Free Software Foundation, Europe - FSFE works to create...

The Geek Atlas

2009-05-26T13:05:52+01:00

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...

Learning Flash CS4 Professional - Rich Shupe

2009-05-25T16:00:00+01:00

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...

Beautiful Security - Andy Oram, John Viega

2009-05-22T16:00:00+01:00

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...

XMPP: The Definitive Guide - Peter Saint-Andre, Kevin Smith, Remko Troncon

2009-05-21T16:00:00+01:00

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...

links for 2009-05-21

2009-05-21T15:00:10+01:00

Italian Book Review :: Programmazione.it :: Security Power Tools ISBN: 9780596009632 Autori: AA.VV. Editore: O'Reilly Lingua: Inglese Anno: 2007 Pagine: 823 Allegati: Nessuno Cosa accade quando una...

iWork '09: The Missing Manual - Josh Clark

2009-05-20T16:00:00+01:00

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...

iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual - David Pogue, Jude Biersdorfer

2009-05-19T16:00:00+01:00

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,...