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Issue 16—May 2009 |
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Pearson Education User Group Program Newsletter
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News & Announcements
T-shirt Giveaway: Answer Question & Email to Win!
Act fast—the first 5 people to email usergroups@informit.com with "Tshirt" in the subject line and the correct answer to the following question win a free Pearson User Group t-shirt!
Which one of the following is not a channel on the InformIT OnPodcast Network?
(a) OnOpenSource
(b) OnNetworking
(c) OnProgramming
(d) OnBizTech
Hint: Look for the OnPodcasts graphic on www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome.
LiveLessons Video Sneak Peek—Getting Started in Objective C: Your First Program
While the rest of the world waits until July 2009 for the world's first Objective-C video training course, you can get started today with never before released sneak-peek "beta" from the video training edition of Stephen Kochan's bestselling book, Programming in Objective-C 2.0, Second Edition.
Watch Now: Programming in Objective-C 2.0 LiveLessons (Video Training), by Stephen Kochan. Coming July 2009.
 Strategies for Staying Afloat as a Technology Consultant in a Difficult Economic Climate
Read an excerpt from Aaron Erickson's new book, The Nomadic Developer, and learn specific strategies for keeping your position as a technology consultant, even when times are bad.
Excerpt: Surviving and Thriving in the World of Technology Consulting
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Authors and Events: June
June 2–5—JavaOne Conference
Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java™ technology! Stop by Pearson Booth #333 to see the newest products and meet some of our team members.
Special Offer: Visit www.informit.com/learnjava for a FREE JavaOne eBook featuring chapters from titles authored by honorees featured on the Java Rockstar Wall of Fame including Josh Bloch, David Geary, and Brian Goetz.
June 13—Southeast LinuxFest
Learn, make new friends, network with business partners, and most importantly, have fun at this community event.
June 22–24—SharePoint Technology Conference
Participate in full or half-day workshops and more than 60 breakout classes.
June 27–July 7—Cisco Live!
Celebrate the 20th anniversary of Cisco Networkers at the year's premiere education and training event for IT, networking and communications professionals.
Have a User Group event in your area? Let us know!
E-mail details to usergroups@informit.com for consideration in next month's newsletter. Please include "User Group Event" in the subject line.
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New from the OnPodcast Network
 Exploratory Testing with James Whittaker (video)
from the OnSoftware channel
Author James Whittaker provides an overview of Exploratory Testing. Learn ways to explore your application with intent, strategy, and tactics that find bugs and validate functionality.
For more information or to subscribe to this channel, visit www.informit.com/onsoftware.
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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User Group Offers
www.informit.com/usergroupwelcome
Free Book Offer from Safari Books Online
By signing up for a Safari Books Online trial during the month of June 2009, you are eligible to receive a free book from InformIT! To make your selection, go to informit.com/safarifreebook. Enter your information and select one of 10 books that InformIT has made available for this offer. But hurry, to qualify for this offer you must choose by June 30, 2009. All free books will be shipped in the first week of July.
Did You Miss Tech Ed 2009? We're extending our show benefits to you!
Now through June 30th, enjoy FREE access to Essential Silverlight 3 and Dynamics CRM Integration Unleashed before they publish via our Rough Cuts service through Safari Books Online. Visit informit.com/usergroupwelcome and click on each chapter link to get started!
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