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http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/stephan_spencer.jpgStephan Spencer

Google in the Real World: How Links Boost Your Rankings

By Stephan Spencer | February 07, 2012
Link building is arguably the most difficult, most misunderstood, and most poorly executed aspect to SEO. Join SEO and link-building expert Stephan Spencer as he guides us through the quagmire and shows us the way to great search engine rankings.

Webcast: Take Control of iCloud

Take Control of iCloud

By Joe Kissell | February 03, 2012
In this webcast, veteran Mac author Joe Kissell explains what iCloud can do for you, how to deal with configuration puzzles and compatibility issues, and how best to manage the transition from MobileMe.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Using Virtualization tools in Windows 7

By Mike Halsey | February 02, 2012
In this webcast, Mike Halsey, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out explains how you can use free virtualization tools in any edition of Windows 7 to keep valuable and useful older software working in a safe and secure way.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/steven_hoober.jpgSteven Hoober

Avoiding the Heuristic Solution: Designing Mobile Interfaces

By Steven Hoober | January 31, 2012
In this discussion, you will learn how to avoid the safe answer, while still embracing proven patterns, best practices and user feedback.

Webcast: Developing with .NET and Couchbase Server

Developing with .NET and Couchbase Server

By John Zablocki | January 27, 2012
In this webcast John Zablocki, Developer Advocate at Couchbase, will introduce the .NET client library for Couchbase Server.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joshua_marinacci.jpgJoshua Marinacci

Creating Mobile Apps with GWT and PhoneGap

By Joshua Marinacci | January 26, 2012
This webcast presentation will introduce you to the basics of building some apps.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/kyle_simpson-50.jpgKyle Simpson

Advanced HTML5 JavaScript: Down 'n Dirty

By Kyle Simpson | January 24, 2012
This webcast will explore various advanced JavaScript API's in the context of how to weave them all together into a multi-player web-based game.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/anastasia_holdren-50.jpgAnastasia Holdren

Top 10 Google New Advertiser Mistakes (and how to avoid them)

By Anastasia Holdren | January 20, 2012
This webcast session will cover the most common pitfalls new AdWords advertisers face.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/harold_davis_2.jpgHarold Davis

Digital Black & White: Craft & Vision

By Harold Davis | January 19, 2012
In this webcast, master photographer Harold Davis, author of the best-selling Creative Black & White: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques examines the vision required to create black & white photos in the digital era, and explains the craft...

6 New Year Resolutions for Health IT

By Fred Trotter, David Uhlman | January 17, 2012
If you are interested in insight into the strange behind the scenes workings of healthcare or are already a grizzled veteran we will cover a diverse set of topics sure to be as informative as they are interesting and funny.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Diagnosing and Repairing Difficult Problems in Windows 7

By Mike Halsey | January 12, 2012
In this webcast, Mike Halsey, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out talks you through how to diagnose really stubborn and hidden problems in Windows 7, and explains how you can go about fixing them.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jens_alfke-50.jpgJens Alfke

Getting Started In Modeling With Couchbase Mobile

By Jens Alfke | December 16, 2011
During this webcast I'll show you how to acquire the glamor of an object model, while still letting your NoSQL freak-flag fly.

Webcast: HTML5 Design

HTML5 Design

By Christopher Schmitt | December 15, 2011
In this workshop presented by Christopher Schmitt focused on real world solutions, attendees will learn about the new HTML elements and their semantics, HTML5 form elements, incorporate audio and video without Flash, new JavaScript API like geolocation...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/harold_davis_2.jpgHarold Davis

Creative Flower Photography

By Harold Davis | December 15, 2011
In this webcast, master photographer Harold Davis, author of the high-acclaimed Photographing Flowers: Exploring Macro Worlds with Harold Davis shows his flower photography and explains how his images were made.

Webcast: HTML5 for Publishers

HTML5 for Publishers

By Sanders Kleinfeld, Kat Meyer | December 14, 2011
HTML5 for Publishers gives an overview of some of the most exciting features HTML5 provides to ebook content creators--audio/video, geolocation, and the Canvas--and shows how to put them in action.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/dan_kusnetzky_2.jpgDan Kusnetzky

What is desktop virtualization and why hasn't it taken over the world?

By Dan Kusnetzky | December 13, 2011
This webcast presents the model of virtualization described in the book Virtualization: A Manager's Guide, the virtualization tools that make up desktop virtualization and examine why this combination of technologies hasn't replaced everyone's desktop...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Setting up and Configuring a new PC

By Mike Halsey | December 13, 2011
In this webcast, Mike Halsey the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out and the forthcoming Windows 8 Step by Step, cuts through the mess of pre-installed bloatware and shows you how to set up your computer system so that it will give you a trouble...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/stephanie_krieger-50.jpgStephanie Krieger

Take it to the next level: introducing VBA and Office Open XML for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel 2010

By Stephanie Krieger | December 09, 2011
In this webcast, get an introduction to both VBA and Office Open XML that's specifically intended for experienced Microsoft Office users.

Webcast: The Challenging Business of Kids' Apps

The Challenging Business of Kids' Apps

By Michel Kripalani, Lynette Mattke, Nat Sims | December 08, 2011
In this webcast, experienced developers will share hard won info on the kids' app development space.

Webcast: O'Reilly Strata Online Conference

O'Reilly Strata Online Conference

By Alistair Croll | December 07, 2011
In this online event, we'll look at how Big Data stacks and analytical approaches are gradually finding their way into organizations, as well as the roadblocks that can thwart efforts to become more data-driven.

Webcast: Social Network Analysis -- Finding communities and influencers

Social Network Analysis -- Finding communities and influencers

By Maksim Tsvetovat | December 06, 2011
A follow-on to Analyzing Social Networks on Twitter, this webcast will concentrate on the social component of Twitter data rather then the questions of data gathering and decomposition.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

Maximize Microsoft Project 2010 with Office 365 for Project Management Success

By Dux Raymond Sy | December 02, 2011
In this session, you will learn how to effectively create a Microsoft Project Plan, create a SharePoint-based Project Management Information System (PMIS) with Office 365 and integrate Microsoft Project information with SharePoint 2010.

10 things every web developer, designer (and manager) should know about HTML5

By Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Robson | December 02, 2011
In this webcast we'll give you a 45 minute jumpstart on this new technology and everything you need to know when you walk into your next staff meeting and the subject comes up.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jaime_velez-50.jpgJaime Velez

Office 365 & Lync Online

By Jaime Velez | December 01, 2011
In this webinar learn how Lync Online can transform interactions with your colleagues, customers, and partners from today's hit-or-miss communication to a more collaborative, engaging, and effective experience.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/stephan_spencer.jpgStephan Spencer

Getting Google to Love Your Website

By Stephan Spencer | December 01, 2011
Get the goods on Search Engine Optimization from SEO guru and O'Reilly author Stephan Spencer in this information-packed webinar that promises both SEO fundamentals as well as advanced tricks and tactics that only the elite SEO experts know.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/stephanie_krieger-50.jpgStephanie Krieger

Create better Excel 2010 workbooks more easily

By Stephanie Krieger | November 18, 2011
In this session, get real-world tips for experienced Excel users that can help you make use of existing, new, and improved features to simplify your work with Excel workbooks and charts, and improve your results.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jaime_velez-50.jpgJaime Velez

Office 365 & Exchange Online

By Jaime Velez | November 17, 2011
Learn how the new Exchange Online service of Office 365 allows you to have access to email, calendar, and contacts from virtually anywhere from your desktop, browser, and mobile devices.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/pete_erickson-50.jpgPete Erickson

The Changing Role of the Mobile Developer

By Pete Erickson | November 17, 2011
In this presentation, Pete Erickson, will discuss the shift that's taken place over the past three years and share his insights into the future role of the mobile developer.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/elecia_white.jpgElecia White

A Gentle Introduction to Embedded Systems Programming

By Elecia White | November 16, 2011
This webcast walks step-by-step through the most important concepts a software engineer will need to get started on the path to embedded systems.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/dan_kusnetzky_2.jpgDan Kusnetzky

When is virtual machine software the wrong choice?

By Dan Kusnetzky | November 15, 2011
This webcast will review the model of virtualization described in Virtualization: A Manager's Guide and discuss different virtualization solutions for different IT problems.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dani_nordin-50.jpgDani Nordin

Drupal for Designers: Talking to Clients about Drupal

By Dani Nordin | November 15, 2011
In this webcast, Dani Nordin, author of the Drupal for Designers series, will walk you through the process of working with clients through the Drupal design process.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

5 Deadly Sins of SharePoint in The Enterprise

By Dux Raymond Sy | November 14, 2011
Join Dux Raymond Sy, Managing Partner of Innovative-e, as he discusses five common pitfalls in your organization's implementation of SharePoint and how to avoid them.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/peter_meyers.jpgPeter Meyers

Digital Bookmaking Tools Roundup #2

By Peter Meyers | November 10, 2011
Back by popular demand, in a second look at Digital Bookmaking Tools, author and book futurist Pete Meyers explores the existing options for creating digital books.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/maksim_tsvetovat.jpgMaksim Tsvetovat

Analyzing Social Networks on Twitter

By Maksim Tsvetovat | November 09, 2011
This course will cover: harvesting data from Twitter via search and streaming APIs, decomposing Tweets into constituent parts, fast-and-frugal content analysis of tweets, deriving and analyzing social network data found in tweets, and analyzing friends...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/steven_hoober.jpgSteven Hoober

Applying Patterns to Mobile Design

By Steven Hoober | November 08, 2011
This webcast covers the intent of mobile patterns, and how to use them correctly in your design. Designed to be especially helpful for those migrating from other platforms, such as desktop web design.

Webcast: HBase Coprocessors - Deploy shared functionality directly on the cluster

HBase Coprocessors - Deploy shared functionality directly on the cluster

By Lars George | November 04, 2011
This session explains the concepts behind coprocessors and uses examples to show how they can be used to implement data side extensions to the application code.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Troubleshooting Networking Issues in Windows 7

By Mike Halsey | November 03, 2011
In this webcast Mike Halsey MVP, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out, will discuss how you can diagnose and repair networking problems on your PC.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/david_pogue.jpgDavid Pogue

Mac OS X Lion: Pogue's Take

By David Pogue | November 02, 2011
Author David Pogue is deeply immersed in Apple's latest. He's ready to share the juiciest morsels of Lionized goodness that he discovered on his months-long journey through the new Mac OS X's innards.

The Evolution from Private to Public: Is There Privacy in the Digital Age?

By Jim Adler, danah boyd, Terence Craig, Natalie Fonseca, Heather West | October 28, 2011
Join the panelists as they consider the evolution from private to public: how are our worlds colliding in the digital age?

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/leonard_weekley-50.jpgLeonard Weekley

Practical and Pragmatic Application of PMI Standards

By Leonard Weekley | October 27, 2011
In this session we will discuss where and why you would apply standards to different project sizes and levels of complexity.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/elecia_white.jpgElecia White

Conducting a Technical Interview

By Elecia White | October 25, 2011
Given a 30-45 minutes to select a new colleague, what do you ask? What can you determine in your time slot? How can you decide that this candidate is truly qualified? (Is it your fault if they don't work out?) This webcast answers those questions and...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/stephanie_krieger-50.jpgStephanie Krieger

Create better PowerPoint 2010 presentations more easily

By Stephanie Krieger | October 21, 2011
Best practices for creating PowerPoint presentations have changed dramatically over the past two versions. In this session, get real-world tips from a hands-on expert that can help you create the kind of presentations you've always wanted.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jens_alfke-50.jpgJens Alfke

Sync & Swim With CouchDB For Mac & iOS

By Jens Alfke | October 20, 2011
This talk introduces CouchDB and Couchbase Mobile to Mac and iOS developers who are looking for a way to synchronize app data between mobile devices, desktop computers and the cloud.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/luke_wroblewski-50.jpgLuke Wroblewski

Mobile First

By Luke Wroblewski | October 18, 2011
In this presentation, Luke Wroblewski will dig into the three key reasons to consider mobile first: mobile is seeing explosive growth; mobile forces you to focus; and mobile extends your capabilities.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/bruce_hartpence.jpgBruce Hartpence

Core Network Protocols : Two techniques you need to know

By Bruce Hartpence | October 14, 2011
In this webcast we'll talk about address space, the purpose of the network mask and the reasons we manipulate network masks.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/lars_george.jpgLars George

HBase Schema Design - Things you need to know

By Lars George | October 14, 2011
This session discusses the basic underlying concepts of the storage layer in HBase and how an application should be combined with the appropriate schema to achieve the best possible performance.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jaime_velez-50.jpgJaime Velez

Office 365 & Office Web Apps

By Jaime Velez | October 13, 2011
In this webcast we will explore how Office Web Apps integrates with Office 365 and we will also demonstrate some co-authoring scenarios where multiple remote users can work real-time on the same document online.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/zain_naboulsi-50.jpgZain Naboulsi

Coding Faster: Getting More Productive with Microsoft Visual Studio

By Zain Naboulsi | October 12, 2011
Come with us as we explore the new IntelliSense features, learn how to make templates, and delve into the new features for breakpoints among other things.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Troubleshooting Windows Update and Service Pack Problems

By Mike Halsey | October 06, 2011
In this webcast Mike Halsey, MVP, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out, will talk you through how to repair common problems and diagnose and repair more complex issues that can bring your computer to a standstill.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/james_turner_2.jpgJames Turner

Preparing Enterprise Applications for the iTunes Store

By James Turner | October 05, 2011
In this webcast, you'll learn about a basic checklist of things to get organized so that your product launch goes smoothly, drawn from the upcoming book Developing Enterprise iOS Applications.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_leblanc.jpgJonathan LeBlanc

Top 5 Tips for Building Viral Social Web Applications and Sites

By Jonathan LeBlanc | October 04, 2011
Taken from lessons and technologies from Programming Social Applications , this webcast will cover the top 5 tips that every web and application developer should know for using social techniques to increase traffic, build viral channels, and increase...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/allen_downey.jpgAllen B. Downey

There's Only One Test

By Allen B. Downey | October 04, 2011
People working with real data are often confused about hypothesis testing and paralyzed by the number of tests and their requirements. In this webcast, Allen B. Downey, author of Think Stats, presents a framework for using simple simulations to estimate...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/stephanie_krieger-50.jpgStephanie Krieger

Create better Word 2010 documents more easily

By Stephanie Krieger | September 30, 2011
In this session, take a glimpse at six key features with which experienced users can create virtually any Word 2010 document: themes, styles, tables, graphics, sections, and dynamic content.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/blake_meike-50.jpgBlake Meike

Concurrent programming in Android

By Blake Meike | September 29, 2011
This webcast is designed to familiarize engineers actively engaged in Android development with Android's concurrency tools.

Webcast: Mobile Application Development with Couchbase, iOS and Android

Mobile Application Development with Couchbase, iOS and Android

By J. Chris Anderson, Dale Harvey | September 28, 2011
In this event, J. Chris Anderson and Dale Harvey will demonstrate the steps to getting a Hello World application up and running with Couchbase.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/stephan_spencer.jpgStephan Spencer

Become an Expert Google Searcher in an Hour

By Stephan Spencer | September 28, 2011
Learn how you too can become an expert Google searcher and extract invaluable data about your competitors and about the market like never before -- with laser-like accuracy and extreme efficiency.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/andrew_shafer-50.jpgAndrew Shafer

OpenStack, An Open Source Cloud Framework

By Andrew Shafer | September 27, 2011
Join Andrew Clay Shafer for a guided tour of the OpenStack projects and ecosystems. He'll start with the history and context of the project, then walk through the architecture and some of the tools to deploy and operate the services.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/paul_barry.jpgPaul Barry

An Introduction to Erlang (for Python programmers)

By Paul Barry | September 22, 2011
In this O'Reilly webcast, Paul Barry talks about his experience learning to program in Erlang, including his motivation for learning it, what Erlang brings to thetable and why you might want to make Erlang your next programming language.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/amanda_gomm-50.jpgAmanda Gomm

An Artisanal Approach to Digital Publication

By Amanda Gomm | September 21, 2011
In this webcast, Amanda Gomm will discuss the decisions that must be made to create a readable and design-sound ebook.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_alexander.jpgJonathan Alexander

Moneyball for Software Teams?

By Jonathan Alexander | September 16, 2011
The new movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt is about to be released. Based on the bestselling book of the same name, the movie explores the use of sabermetrics to build winning baseball teams. In this webcast, Jonathan Alexander, author of Codermetrics...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jaime_velez-50.jpgJaime Velez

Office 365 & SharePoint Online

By Jaime Velez | September 15, 2011
In this webinar we will explore the main functionalities of SharePoint Online and we will also demonstrate how other businesses are using and getting value from this hosted collaboration and communication platform today.

Webcast: O'Reilly TOC Debate: Amazon vs. Apple

O'Reilly TOC Debate: Amazon vs. Apple

By Joe Wikert, Kassia Krozser, Kat Meyer | September 15, 2011
What began as a disagreement between colleagues has blossomed into the most fun you can have fighting at work: the TOC Debates. Our first debate, Amazon vs. Apple, features Joe Wikert and Kassia Krozser.

Webcast: Privacy and Big Data: Is there room for privacy in the age of big data?

Privacy and Big Data: Is there room for privacy in the age of big data?

By Terence Craig, Mary Ludloff | September 14, 2011
In this webcast, Terence Craig and Mary Ludloff, authors of Privacy and Big Data, ask and answer this question: What level of privacy do you really have in the age of big data?

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/blake_meike-50.jpgBlake Meike

Android Honeycomb Fragments: Creating Large-Screen UIs for Android Devices

By Blake Meike | September 09, 2011
With Android 3.0 SDK (API 11), Honeycomb, Android's developers introduced Fragments, a new, complex and powerful tool to encourage great large-screen UIs with consistent feel and behavior. This talk will introduce Fragments, give a thorough example of...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/gabe_zichermann-50.jpgGabe Zichermann

Gamification by Design

By Gabe Zichermann | September 08, 2011
Join Gabe Zichermann, GSummit Chair and author of Gamification by Design and Game-Based Marketing as he discusses some of the main ways that gamification will change your business.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/todd_sattersten-50.jpgTodd Sattersten

Every Book is a Startup

By Todd Sattersten | September 07, 2011
This webcast we will talk about the first two chapters Black Swans, Long Tails, and Big Dreams and Help The Heroes as well as preview the concepts from the next two chapter release coming in October.

Webcast: Designing Data Visualizations

Designing Data Visualizations

By Julie Steele, Noah Iliinsky | September 06, 2011
This webcast will discuss data visualization. Learn linear processes and best practices so that your message may be transmitted without interference.

Webcast: What's Next for App Inventor?

What's Next for App Inventor?

By David Wolber | September 02, 2011
In this webcast, Professor and App Inventor author David Wolber discusses the effect Google's announcement will have on the language and the movement to democratize computing.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Securing Windows 7 and Internet Explorer

By Mike Halsey | September 01, 2011
In this webcast, Mike Halsey MVP, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out will describe what to look for to keep yourself safe, and how you can configure Windows and Internet Explorer to keep yourself, your family, small business and your ...

People, Data and Dollars — A Preview of Strata NYC

By Edd Dumbill, Kathryn Dekas, Michael Hugos, Michael Nelson, Hjalmar Gislason, Bill Schmarzo | August 31, 2011
In this special online event, you'll get an inside look at some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the fields of business, data, and disruption.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/stephanie_krieger-50.jpgStephanie Krieger

Create better Office 2010 documents, presentations, and workbooks more easily

By Stephanie Krieger | August 26, 2011
In this webcast, get real-world, expert tips for experienced Microsoft Office users that can help you overcome some of the most common (and most frustrating) stumbling blocks.

Webcast: Sneak Peek - BookRiff, LiquidText, and MagAppZine

Sneak Peek - BookRiff, LiquidText, and MagAppZine

By Paul Canetti, Rochelle Grayson, Craig Tashman | August 25, 2011
Sneak Peeks are a TOC webcast series featuring a behind-the-scenes look at publishing start-ups and their products. This is the second SneakPeek webcast and includes presentations from BookRiff, LiquidText, and MagAppZine.

Inside Google+: Bradley Horowitz talks with Tim O'Reilly

Inside Google+: Bradley Horowitz talks with Tim O'Reilly

By Tim O'Reilly, Bradley Horowitz | August 23, 2011
Google is famously driven by data. Until Google+ that data was about web pages, places and news. Now that Google has added people to the mix, how will they use this data? In a conversation with Tim O'Reilly, Bradley Horowitz (Google's VP of Product Management...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/ciprian_rusen-50.jpgCiprian Adrian Rusen

The Complex Anatomy of the Home Network

By Ciprian Adrian Rusen | August 23, 2011
If you want to learn just how complex home networks are today and what are the main challenges of home networking, don't hesitate to join this webcast.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jaime_velez-50.jpgJaime Velez

The Office 365 Small Business Revolution!

By Jaime Velez | August 18, 2011
In this presentation Jaime Velez will introduce Small and Midsize Businesses to Office 365, its main capabilities, and will discuss the real business value behind this revolutionary service provided by Microsoft.

Webcast: OSCON 2011: Take-aways, Trends, and Highlights

OSCON 2011: Take-aways, Trends, and Highlights

By Edd Dumbill, Sarah Novotny, Laurel Ruma | August 11, 2011
In this event wrap-up, OSCON co-chairs Edd Dumbill, Sarah Novotny, and Laurel Ruma will identify and discuss the trends and announcements that emerged from the event and how these will impact the tech world in the year to come.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/andrew_couch.jpgAndrew Couch

Building Access Applications with SQL Server Databases

By Andrew Couch | August 09, 2011
In this session we will be demonstrating the construction of DSN's, linking tables, views, and using stored procedures and views in pass-through queries. This will include a discussion of the benefits in using SQL Server Schemas and Synonyms.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Securing Your Files and Data in Windows

By Mike Halsey | August 04, 2011
In this webcast, Mike Halsey MVP, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out will talk you though how to keep your files and data safe from even the worst disaster.

Webcast: The Changing World of Digital Rights and Publishing Agreements

The Changing World of Digital Rights and Publishing Agreements

By Dana Newman, Jenny Bent | July 28, 2011
Join Dana Newman and Jenny Bent as they discuss the changing world of digital rights and publishing agreements.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/johnathan_lightfoot2-50.jpgJohnathan Lightfoot

SharePoint 2010 - Let's Automate This Process

By Johnathan Lightfoot | July 22, 2011
This session will use actual business cases to show you how SharePoint has been utilized to automate business processes using workflows.

Webcast: What's new and cool in Drupal 7?

What's new and cool in Drupal 7?

By Angela Byron, Jeff Eaton | July 20, 2011
Drupal 7 co-maintainer Angela Byron and core developer Jeff Eaton will provide information on what's new and cool in Drupal 7, the latest release of the open source content management platform.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_reichental.jpgJonathan Reichental, Ph.D.

Skills to succeed in a complex technology job market

By Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D. | July 15, 2011
In this webcast, Dr. Jonathan Reichental, CIO of O'Reilly Media, discusses the changing nature of the technology job market. He will provide practical guidance for those entering the technology job market for the first time as well as for experienced...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/marko_gargenta-50.jpgMarko Gargenta

Open Android: What it means to be open and why you would care

By Marko Gargenta | July 08, 2011
In Open Android talk, we'll explore how Android is open and why that is important to you. We'll also look at where Android came from and where it could be going with its open-ness.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/peter_meyers.jpgPeter Meyers

Digital Bookmaking Tools Roundup

By Peter Meyers | June 30, 2011
For those of us who aren't code slingers, what's the easiest way to create a digital book? There are a small but growing number of tools, ranging from big guns like those from Adobe to iPad-based efforts that aim to make publishing a touch and drag affair...

Webcast: CodeRunner 2: Creating a Learning IDE

CodeRunner 2: Creating a Learning IDE

By Matthew Roberts, Trish Gray | June 28, 2011
Join Matt Roberts, developer of CodeRunner 2, as he describes the challenges inherent in creating an online education tool and discusses what tools he used to create one.

Velocity 2011: Take-aways, Trends, and Highlights

By Steve Souders, John Allspaw | June 24, 2011
The web performance and operations community gathered for three days at Velocity Conference in Santa Clara, California. In this webcast following the conference, program chairs Steve Souders and John Allspaw will identify and discuss key trends and announcements...

What Traditional Publishers Can Learn from Self-Publishers

By Mark Coker, Chad Jennings, Pete Nikolai, Bob Young | June 23, 2011
The lines between traditional and self-publishing is blurring. In fact, some traditional publishers are launching their own self-publishing imprints. We've lined up four leaders of the self-publishing world to share lessons learned and how we can all...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/michael_tamblyn-50.jpgMichael Tamblyn

What Do eReader Customers Really, Really Want?

By Michael Tamblyn | June 02, 2011
In an encore performance of one of TOC NY's most popular sessions, Michael Tamblyn will cover reader trends learned from the Kobo platform. You won't want to miss seeing some of the more interesting and unexpected trends Kobo has discovered.

Sneak Peek - 24symbols, Valobox, Appitude, Active Reader and OnSwipe

By Justo Hidalgo, Anna Lewis, Jason Baptiste, Dan Brazelton, Vj Anma | May 31, 2011
SneakPeeks are a TOC webcast series featuring a behind-the-scenes look at publishing start-ups and their products. The inaugural SneakPeek webcast includes presentations from 24symbols, Valobox, Appitude, Active Reader and OnSwipe.

IPv6 Fundamentals - Keys to Avoid Common Transition Mistakes

By Owen DeLong, Cricket Liu | April 21, 2011
This session with leading O'Reilly authors and IPv6 experts will help you get prepared to successfully manage the transition from v4 to v6, identify when and how to get started and avoid mistakes.

Couchbase: Find Out What the Merger of CouchOne and Membase Means for Users

By J. Chris Anderson, Dustin Sallings | April 19, 2011
In this webinar we'll introduce you to the Membase caching and clustering architecture, and show how CouchDB is a drop-in fit as the storage and query engine.

The Fringes of Git

By Tim Berglund, Matthew McCullough | April 13, 2011
In this webcast, Matthew McCullough and Tim Berglund, authors of the O'Reilly Git Master Class videos, will introduce you to the very edges of Git's capabilities. We'll show you how Git reaches further than any other version control system to provide...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_halsey.jpgMike Halsey

Essential Troubleshooting Tips for Windows 7

By Mike Halsey | March 10, 2011
Windows 7 might be the most stable and reliable version of Microsoft's operating system yet, but things still can and do go wrong. In this webcast Mike Halsey MVP, the author of Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out, will show you some of the ways you...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/steve_holden-50.jpgSteve Holden

Python Release 3: Unknown territory?

By Steve Holden | February 25, 2011
Join author Steve Holden in a discussion of Python Release 2 versus Python Release 3 and which one would serve you best as a programmer.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/peter_scott-50.jpgPeter Scott

Dealing with Legacy Perl Code

By Peter Scott | February 25, 2011
Tune in on Friday, February 25th as Peter Scott, author of the O'Reilly School of Technology's Perl Programming Certificate series, talks about how to deal with legacy Perl code - written by someone else, or maybe even yourself when you were younger...

Realtime Web Systems

By Tom Hughes-Croucher, Steve Huffman, James Phillips | February 24, 2011
In this Development session we are going to have Q&A with three of our speakers. First Steve Huffman will field questions on the use of Tornado and ZeroMQ at Hipmunk. Second James Phillips will reveal how AOL is able to target ads instantly. Finally...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/yehuda_katz-50.jpgYehuda Katz

SproutCore: Writing Code for a Multi-Device World

By Yehuda Katz | February 22, 2011
In this talk, Yehuda will talk about how the multi-device user changes how you should build applications. As a core developer on the SproutCore and Rails projects, he will also cover specific ways that you can use web technologies to advance this objective...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/khalid_saleh.jpgKhalid Saleh

Conversion Optimization: Double Digit Revenue Growth For Your Online Business

By Khalid Saleh | February 18, 2011
When it comes to conversion optimization, many questions come to mind: How should you design a particular page on your website? Which visitor flow should you consider? What copy or content should you develop to generate the most revenue from your website...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/david_nelson-50.jpgDavid Erik Nelson

A Stick, Some Wire, A Can, and Some Wax: The $10 Electric Guitar

By David Erik Nelson | February 11, 2011
This webcast will take you from a pile of scrap wood and hardware to a working one-string electric guitar, all for well under $10. Along the way we'll talk about magnetic pickups, induction, musical scales, fabrication improvisation, and the history ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kristina_chodorow.jpgKristina Chodorow

How Sharding Works

By Kristina Chodorow | February 04, 2011
This talk is a combination of whitepaper and Magic School Bus tour of how MongoDB scales across multiple machines. For applications that outgrow the resources of a single database server, MongoDB can convert to a sharded cluster, automatically managing...

Inside Google eBooks: The Platform, Partners and Titles

By Abraham Murray, Chris Palma | February 03, 2011
Google eBooks is a device-agnostic e-commerce platform that helps publishers, authors and retailers reach new, connected readers. Two months since launch, what does Google eBooks mean to you? Test your know-how, refresh your memory and learn the latest...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/patrick_meenan-50.jpgPatrick Meenan

Hands-on Performance Testing and Analysis with WebPagetest

By Patrick Meenan | January 19, 2011
In this webcast we'll explore hands-on performance testing and analysis with WebPagetest - the advanced capabilities you never knew existed. We'll briefly touch on basic page testing but quickly dive into testing the impact of 3rd party content on your...

Rethinking the Publishing Business Model: Taking Advantage of Integrated Publisher Solutions to Grow Your Business

By Larry Brewster, Mark Ouimet | January 13, 2011
As the pressure to invest in the future of content in its many forms becomes increasingly important, publishers are facing operating and capital investment decisions that are being influenced by the industry's fast changing environment. Publishers are...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/bradford_stephens-50.jpgBradford Stephens

How to Decrease the Pain in Building Distributed Systems

By Bradford Stephens | January 12, 2011
Building distributed systems is painful. Many organizations are approaching the point where their data and application infrastructures are being run on many servers (in the cloud or datacenter). Our software practices don't reflect that, often with disastrous...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/james_turner_2.jpgJames Turner

Developing Effective OCUnit and UI Automation Testing for iOS

By James Turner | January 11, 2011
In this one hour screencast, you'll learn how to create an OCUnit project in XCode, and then write and debug OCUnit test cases. You'll find out what the limitations of OCUnit are, and how some of them can be mitigated with testing using the Instruments...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/gabe_zichermann-50.jpgGabe Zichermann

Gamification Patterns & Pitfalls

By Gabe Zichermann | January 07, 2011
Gamification is a hot topic, with big brands and startups alike trying to leverage the power of points, badges, levels, challenges and rewards to engage users, generate virality and solve problems. Join Gabe Zichermann, Gamification Expert and Author...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/josh_clark.jpgJosh Clark

Tapworthy: Designing iPhone Interfaces for Delight and Usability

By Josh Clark | January 06, 2011
Tapworthy apps cope with small screens and fleeting user attention to make every pixel count, every tap rewarding. Learn to: capture the elusive ingredients of irresistible mobile interfaces; craft comfortable ergonomics for fingers and thumbs; dodge...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/hadi_hariri-50.jpgHadi Hariri

CouchDB for .NET Developers

By Hadi Hariri | December 21, 2010
What does that mean to a .NET Developer? How do we store and retrieve data? How do we query it? If you've been interested in document databases but do not know where to start, then this is definitely the webcast for you. We'll see what CouchDB is about...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joe_wikert.jpgJoe Wikert

My eContent Wish List

By Joe Wikert | December 16, 2010
Despite the recent surge in ebook sales we're still very much in the early stages of this new platform. In this webcast Joe Wikert of O'Reilly will talk about the current state of the econtent world and present more than 10 different improvements and...

Netflix and the Second Coming of the Internet

By Mike Debnar, Michael Hart, Daniel Jacobson | December 15, 2010
This webcast will include presentation and discussion on successfully developing an API strategy for retail, media and ecommerce companies in the new internet. Learn how to drive mobile apps, cloud services and innovation using APIs for developer adoption...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/paul_barry.jpgPaul Barry

Paul's Python Pearls

By Paul Barry | December 09, 2010
In this webcast, Paul discusses what it is about his current favorite language--Python--that makes it a stand-out programming technology for him. Paul discusses those Python features that are pearls , in his opinion. You may not agree with all of Paul...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/ken_goodhope-50.jpgKen Goodhope

Hadoop - Tips, Tricks, Optimizations, and Pitfalls

By Ken Goodhope | November 23, 2010
We'll use real world examples in this webcast that demonstrate how to best utilize MapReduce with Hadoop. We'll also examine the appropriate uses of special partitioners, combiners, and configuration optimizations. We'll expose some common mistakes and...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/benjamin_young-50.jpgBenjamin Young

PHP and CouchDB

By Benjamin Young | November 17, 2010
This talk will cover the basics of the CouchDB HTTP API and how to use it from PHP with and without helper libraries. We'll discuss some architecture approaches and briefly look at things to avoid when moving from an RDBMS to a Document Database such...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

5 Reasons Why You'll Love Office for Mac 2011

By Dux Raymond Sy | November 12, 2010
One of the top selling Mac software just got better - introducing Office for Mac 2011. The recently release office productivity tool for Mac has been greatly improved with new collaboration capabilities, multimedia enhancements, visual reporting tools...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/c_brown-50.jpgC. Titus Brown

Probabilistic Data Structures and Breaking Down Big Sequence Data

By C. Titus Brown | November 10, 2010
Many data analysis problems are not easily parallelizable, often because the relevant analyses require an all-by-all analysis step. Applying heuristics often requires approximation, which introduces errors, noise, and bias. Recently, in confronting the...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/kyle_banker-50.jpgKyle Banker

Indexing Matters: A MongoDB Optimization Primer

By Kyle Banker | October 29, 2010
We all know that MongoDB is one of the most flexible and feature-rich databases available. In this session we'll discuss how you can leverage this feature set and maintain high performance with your project's massive data sets and high loads. We'll cover...

Points of Control: The Battle for the Internet Economy

By John Battelle, Tim O'Reilly | October 27, 2010
John Battelle and Tim O'Reilly will debate and discuss these shifting points of control as the board becomes increasingly crowded. They'll map critical inflection points and identify key players who are clashing to control services and infrastructure...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/kocoloski_adam-50.jpgAdam Kocoloski

Scaling Out CouchDB with BigCouch

By Adam Kocoloski | October 22, 2010
This talk will cover the basics of BigCouch, including deploying and managing your first CouchDB cluster, as well as some advanced features like quorum reads/writes and design patterns for distributed couchdb. Finally, for the erlang hackers out there...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/ken_yarmosh_2.jpgKen Yarmosh

9 Myths About Building iPhone/iPad Apps

By Ken Yarmosh | October 21, 2010
Taking inspiration from his first book App Savvy, Ken Yarmosh addresses the most common myths, misconceptions, and misbeliefs he regularly encounters from those trying to build iPhone and iPad apps. Whether an entrepreneur, developer, or marketer, this...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/scott_berkun.jpgScott Berkun

The Myths of Innovation: Remixed and Remastered

By Scott Berkun | October 13, 2010
Berkun is back with new stories, advice and inspirations based on the true history and present of innovation. Scott will share lessons and insights he's learned from 3 years of traveling the world speaking about innovation to universities, corporations...

Are You Naked Online?

By Ted Claypoole, Theresa Payton | October 07, 2010
You are exposing yourself every day online. You probably don't know how naked you are and how much sensitive information you display. Learn about the many ways you show yourself to others, what naughty bits they learn about you and what you can do to...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/andrew_savikas.jpgAndrew Savikas

Publishing without Boundaries: What's on the O'Reilly Radar for the Future of Publishing

By Andrew Savikas | September 30, 2010
Readers are changing their habits, and are demonstrating they're as eager as ever to find--and buy--quality content and entertainment. But the transition to digital--and increasingly mobile--media delivery, consumption, and participation presents real...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/alasdair_allan.jpgAlasdair Allan

An Introduction to building mapping apps for the iPhone and iPad

By Alasdair Allan | September 28, 2010
This webcast will discuss how to use both the CoreLocation and MapKit frameworks to build map-based applications on the iPhone platform. It will talk you through how to build, embed and annotate maps directly into you iPhone applications. We'll then ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

How to Effectively Plan, Execute and Control SharePoint Projects

By Dux Raymond Sy | September 23, 2010
Microsoft SharePoint has shifted the paradigm in enterprise information management and team collaboration. By empowering knowledge workers, SharePoint can increase worker productivity, improve business process efficiency and streamline business processes...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/aaron_miller-50.jpgAaron Miller

Using CouchDB on Android

By Aaron Miller | September 22, 2010
Why CouchDB on a phone is awesome, and what you can do with it Deploying existing CouchApps to Android CouchDB Using CouchDB in native Android apps

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kristina_chodorow.jpgKristina Chodorow

Scaling with MongoDB

By Kristina Chodorow | September 17, 2010
MongoDB's architecture features built-in support for horizontal scalability, and high availability through replica sets. Auto-sharding allows users to easily distribute data across many nodes. Replica sets enable automatic failover and recovery of database...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/tom_white.jpgTom White

The State of Hadoop

By Tom White | September 15, 2010
Apache Hadoop is a part of a growing ecosystem of projects for large-scale data analysis which is being used to solve problems for organizations in a wide range of disciplines. This talk will touch on what's new in the second edition of Hadoop: The Definitive...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/josh_clark.jpgJosh Clark

Tapworthy: Designing iPhone Interfaces for Delight and Usability

By Josh Clark | September 14, 2010
Tapworthy apps cope with small screens and fleeting user attention to make every pixel count, every tap rewarding. Learn to: capture the elusive ingredients of irresistible mobile interfaces; craft comfortable ergonomics for fingers and thumbs; dodge...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/sara_ford-50.jpgSara Ford

Sara Ford's 101 Visual Studio Tips in 55 minutes Challenge

By Sara Ford | September 01, 2010
This webcast is a rematch of Sara against the clock. Last time she missed by 15 seconds. Will she succeed? Watch and see!

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/andrew_brust.jpgAndrew J Brust

Self-Service Business Intelligence with Microsoft PowerPivot

By Andrew J Brust | August 26, 2010
Ever wonder why there's no light version of SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)? Find yourself wishing that SSAS offered an in-memory operation model akin to some of its competitors? And why are OLAP cubes nearly impossible for end-users to build while...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jan_jehnardt.jpgJan Lehnardt

Asynchronous architectures with the CouchDB _changes feed

By Jan Lehnardt | August 25, 2010
Learn how to build robust web services using CouchDB's built-in facility for near-realtime updates. We'll explore a few patterns _changes can be used for: Building custom external indexers like CouchDB-Lucene, Powering CouchDB's replication, Real-time...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/michael_dirolf.jpgMichael Dirolf

Introduction to MongoDB

By Michael Dirolf | August 24, 2010
MongoDB -- from humongous -- is an open source, non-relational, document-oriented database. The goal of the MongoDB project is to bridge the gap between key-value stores (which are fast and highly scalable) and traditional RDBMS systems (which provide...

Best Practices for Upgrading and Migrating to SharePoint 2010

By Joel Oleson, Dux Raymond Sy | August 20, 2010
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 is touted as the business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the web. It's a big leap from previous versions with its wide array of new features and capabilities.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/leonard_lobel-50.jpgLeonard Lobel

Programming Beyond Relational Features in SQL Server 2008

By Leonard Lobel | August 19, 2010
Leonard Lobel will guide you through detailed demos that showcase the new beyond relational features introduced in Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/amber_case-50.jpgAmber Case

Cyborg Anthropology: A Short Introduction

By Amber Case | August 05, 2010
Cyborg Anthropology is a way of understanding how we live as technosocially connected citizens in the modern era. Our cell phones, cars and laptops have turned us into cyborgs. What does it mean to extend the body into hyperspace? What are the implications...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/george_reese.jpgGeorge Reese

Cloud Independence with Dasein Cloud

By George Reese | July 30, 2010
Dasein Cloud is an Open Source Java API that enables write-once, run against any cloud programming. With Dasein Cloud, you can run the same application across any number of supported clouds without any need for a recompile. This developer-oriented webinar...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/lenny_rachitsky-50.jpgLenny Rachitsky

The Upside of Downtime: How to Turn a Disaster into an Opportunity

By Lenny Rachitsky | July 29, 2010
Your site will inevitably go down. Worse yet, thanks to Twitter and blogs there's a good chance that all of your customers will find out about your downtime. This presentation aims to help you turn that downtime from a disaster into an opportunity to...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

Best Practices in Developing Requirements for SharePoint Projects

By Dux Raymond Sy | July 28, 2010
Poor requirements can be attributed to failed SharePoint implementations. The key to successful SharePoint implementation is properly developing requirements. A lot of people know that this is important, however, only a handful of folks truly understand...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

MySQL Upgrades With No Downtime

By Sean Hull | July 27, 2010
In this webcast we'll discuss a two-node MySQL multi-master replication setup. We'll take the audience step-by-step through the process, and then uses MMM (MySQL Multi-master Manager) to manage & automate the process exposing a virtual IP address...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/andrew_sheppard-50.jpgAndrew Sheppard

GPU Supercomputing for Finance

By Andrew Sheppard | July 15, 2010
GPU supercomputing in finance is about doing things faster than ever before. Trading is already mostly real-time, because it pays to be there first, ahead of the other guy. And even those aspects of finance that are not yet real-time (currently risk ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_anderson_2.jpgJ. Chris Anderson

Flexible Scaling with CouchDB Replication / Or how I learned to stop worrying and love Eventual Consistency

By J. Chris Anderson | July 14, 2010
CouchDB is known for having a flexible schemaless JSON storage API. But that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to flexibility. In this webcast we'll learn how replication can be used to share data securely, build offline-capable applications...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/sharp_jonathan-50.jpgJonathan Sharp

5 jQuery mistakes you're probably making in your project

By Jonathan Sharp | July 13, 2010
The ease and simplicity of jQuery's API can be attributed to its success and shortcomings as new developers tackle larger and more complex tasks. Join us for this session as we walk through The Top 5 Mistakes jQuery Developers Can Make. We'll look at...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jd_biersdorfer_2.jpgJ.D. Biersdorfer

Five Ways the iPad Can Entertain You

By J.D. Biersdorfer | July 09, 2010
In this live, one-hour webcast, bestselling author J.D. Biersdorfer will guide us through the most entertaining apps on the iPad.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/lesa_snider.jpgLesa Snider

Combining Photos and Vectors in Photoshop

By Lesa Snider | July 08, 2010
Learn how to easily combine illustrations with photography in this super creative session. Glean the secret to importing vectors into your document so you can experiment with them as backgrounds, artful embellishments, ornamental photo frames, and more...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/joshua_timberman-50.jpgJoshua Timberman

Automated Infrastructure is on the Menu with Chef

By Joshua Timberman | July 07, 2010
This tutorial will teach how to automate infrastructures using Chef, including real examples of application deployment and system integration of infrastructure components such as load balancers, application servers and monitoring systems.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/ben_rothke.jpgBen Rothke

Effective Data Destruction Practices

By Ben Rothke | June 29, 2010
Changes in data storage technologies, new Federal and State data privacy regulations and other factors have created an urgent need to have effective electronic records destruction practices. This session will detail the specifics of these changes and...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

Effectively Planning, Tracking and Controlling Projects with Microsoft Project 2010

By Dux Raymond Sy | June 25, 2010
Project managers today must work within tight schedules, changing scope and limited resources. If utilized appropriately, Microsoft Project 2010 is a powerful tool that can help you break a project down into manageable parts, define a realistic schedule...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jan_jehnardt.jpgJan Lehnardt

What's new in CouchDB 0.11 & 1.0

By Jan Lehnardt | June 22, 2010
This webcasts highlights new features and refines in the latest and upcoming release of CouchDB. It rehashes old solutions to problems that are now way easier to solve. We look at how the new features help you make your life and development work easier...

All You Really Need to Know about UX - Effective User Interfaces

By John McRee | June 17, 2010
Successful user experience strategy and planning are essential as users increasingly expect effortless, engaging interaction with desktop, Web and mobile applications. Pulling key concepts from the book, Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/brian_jepson-1.jpgBrian Jepson

First Steps with Arduino

By Brian Jepson | June 16, 2010
In this webcast, Brian Jepson will introduce the basics of Arduino, the open source electronics prototyping platform. You'll learn what Arduino is, where to get one, and how to connect electronic components to it. You'll also learn how to write simple...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jack_howard-50.jpgJack Howard

High Dynamic Range Imaging and Adobe Photoshop CS5

By Jack Howard | June 11, 2010
Adobe has significantly improved the HDRI functionality in Photoshop CS5 with the most significant upgrades since HDR and 32 bit file types were originally added to Photoshop back in CS2. Jack Howard, photographer, writer, HDRI expert, and author of ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_anderson_2.jpgJ. Chris Anderson

CouchApp Evently Guided Hack w/ CouchDB

By J. Chris Anderson | May 20, 2010
Learn to hack jQuery CouchApps -- p2p web applications that can be deployed anywhere there's a CouchDB. Apache CouchDB can host HTML5 apps natively, serving them over HTTP. Learn how to write JavaScript CouchApps which run on both the client and the...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/dale_dougherty.jpgDale Dougherty

Automakers 2.0 - A Maker Faire Webcast

By Dale Dougherty | May 19, 2010
What would it mean to write a Hello, Car program? What kind of applications might interact with a networked automobile? What happens when the car becomes a platform for open innovation? It just might transform the auto industry by providing new opportunities...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/bernard_golden.jpgBernard Golden

Cloud Computing and Security: Can't We all Just Get Along?

By Bernard Golden | May 19, 2010
This one-hour presentation will offer a framework to analyze security issues, and present a set of best practices toward implementing security in cloud-based applications.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/lewis_shepherd-50.jpgLewis Shepherd

Hiring the Next-Generation of Cyber Security Professionals in Government

By Lewis Shepherd | May 13, 2010
The shortage of qualified cyber security professionals is a real and immediate concern for all levels of government. Lewis Shepherd of Microsoft Research is right in the thick of this discussion and has been thinking about this problem for a while. Join...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/tim_oreilly.jpgTim O'Reilly

What is Gov 2.0?

By Tim O'Reilly | May 11, 2010
What is the open government revolution and why should technologists care about it? Join Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Media founder and CEO, for a discussion about improving efficiency and transparency in government, citizen-government collaboration, and government...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

5 Reasons Why SharePoint 2010 Will Revolutionize Your Organization

By Dux Raymond Sy | May 11, 2010
Mixed feelings about Microsoft SharePoint abound in organizations today. Some say it's great and others, don't want anything to do with it. That's sooo 2007. Welcome to the year of SharePoint. On May 12, Microsoft will launch SharePoint 2010 which is...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/cj_date.jpgC.J. Date

Nullology: The Zen of Database

By C.J. Date | May 07, 2010
Nullology is the study of the empty set. Of course, sets crop up all over the place in the database world; but the question is--and it's a crucial one--what happens if the set under consideration happens to be empty? For example, a relation contains ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/jeff_jonas-50.jpgJeff Jonas

Spear Phishing: A Smarter and More Dangerous Social Web

By Jeff Jonas | May 06, 2010
This webinar will be a future-looking forecast about targeted attacks on identity, email, and data on the Internet. What happens when every ad doesn't feel like spam because of increased information sharing and improving analytics? Spear phishing is ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jeffrey_carr.jpgJeffrey Carr

Preparing for a Cyber Attack

By Jeffrey Carr | April 29, 2010
This one-hour presentation will separate the hype from the facts regarding ongoing foreign intrusions into government networks and the targeting of government employees. It will also provide practical advice on how to protect yourself and your organization...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/alasdair_allan.jpgAlasdair Allan

An introduction to building mapping applications for the iPhone and iPad

By Alasdair Allan | April 28, 2010
This webcast will discuss how to use both the CoreLocation and MapKit frameworks to build map-based applications on the iPhone platform. It will talk you through how to build, embed and annotate maps directly into you iPhone applications. We'll then ...

Web 2.0 Expo Preview

By Brady Forrest, Sarah Milstein, Tim O'Reilly | April 22, 2010
Web 2.0 Expo, co-produced by O'Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, showcases the latest Web 2.0 business models, development paradigms and design strategies for the builders of the next-generation Web. In this webcast, we'll provide insight into the big themes...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_anderson_2.jpgJ. Chris Anderson

Introduction to Apache CouchDB

By J. Chris Anderson | April 21, 2010
CouchDB is a distributed document database accessed via HTTP and JSON and queried using JavaScript Map Reduce. CouchDB focuses on simplicity and reliability, with a data replication model that makes it well suited for mobile and offline applications...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/irene_koehler_50.jpgIrene Koehler

LinkedIN: Beyond the Basics

By Irene Koehler | April 20, 2010
While there are many opportunities to connect and showcase yourself online, there is no way around the fact that you simply must be using LinkedIn. If you aren't using its features to their fullest, you may likely be missing out on opportunities to connect...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/eric_wilhelm.jpgEric Wilhelm

What will users pay for?

By Eric Wilhelm | April 15, 2010
If advertising alone won't pay the bills and paywalls are tough to get right, how can web-based businesses make money? This is a question Instructables.com CEO Eric Wilhelm has already confronted. We'll dig into the Instructables model and consider potential...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/nilofer_merchant.jpgNilofer Merchant

Subversive Collaboration: Co-creating for kick-ass results

By Nilofer Merchant | April 13, 2010
Curiosity and passion said Thomas Friedman, are key components in a world where information is readily available to everyone and global markets reward those people. This implies that there's a different set of rules by which we'll thrive and succeed...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mac_slocum.jpgMac Slocum

The iPad's first 48 hours: impressions and reactions

By Mac Slocum | April 05, 2010
The iPad has finally gone from mythical dream device to an actual product. Join us for a roundtable video discussion where we'll weigh in on features we like and dislike, look at surprising functions or oversights, and see how the iPad compares to our...

Take the Pain Out of Saving Money

By J.D. Roth, Mac Slocum | April 01, 2010
In this live event, Mac Slocum, online editor for O'Reilly Media, will conduct a video interview with J.D. Roth, financial expert and author of Your Money: The Missing Manual. Roth will discuss practical tips for saving money and helpful techniques that...

Insider Tips for Submitting a Winning Proposal to Web2Expo

By Sarah Milstein, Brady Forrest | March 29, 2010
Back by Popular Demand! Web 2.0 Expo is one of the biggest tech conferences in SF and NY every year--making it a great show for exposure and conversation. Because it's an appealing event, we generally get at least 10 session proposals for each available...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/michael_milton.gifMichael Milton

Pivot Tables in Microsoft Excel

By Michael Milton | March 24, 2010
Pivot tables let you put together in seconds data summaries that would take forever to create with Excel formulas. That speed gives you the ability to get answers about your data as quickly as you can think up questions for it. Pivot tables are one of...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joe_albahari.jpgJoseph Albahari

LINQPad: Version 2 and Beyond

By Joseph Albahari | March 23, 2010
Join Joe Albahari (C# 4.0 in a Nutshell and LINQ Pocket Reference) in an interactive session on the new and upcoming features of LINQPad. We'll demonstrate support for C# 4.0, the new extensibility model and some exciting enhancements to autocompletion...

Introduction to Gearman

By Eric Day | March 12, 2010
Come learn the fundamentals of how to leverage Gearman, the open source, distributed job queuing system. Originally designed to scale LiveJournal.com, Gearman is now faster than ever and can help you build your own scalable applications. Gearman's generic...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/brady_forrest.jpgBrady Forrest

Where 2.0

By Brady Forrest | March 10, 2010
The idea of constantly-updated community maps are now the norm and the modifications are constant. The base data of the map you are looking at could have been updated in the past couple of days in time those updates will be instantaneous. The data layered...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/dan_zarrella_lg.jpgDan Zarrella

The Science of Social Media Marketing

By Dan Zarrella | January 28, 2010
More and more people are using social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to talk about companies and products with their friends and colleagues. Learn what drives people to share information and opinions online and learn scientifically proven best...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/julia_lerman.jpgJulia Lerman

Tour the Top 10 Treats in Entity Framework 4

By Julia Lerman | January 27, 2010
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 bring us a new version of ADO.NET Entity Framework, called Entity Framework 4. From the designer, to the APIs to entire new feature sets to support agile development, even former EF skeptics are getting excited about this...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sarah_sorensen.jpgSarah Sorensen

Using ICT (Information & Communications Technology) to Create a Sustainable Business

By Sarah Sorensen | January 21, 2010
Sustainability is not a catch phrase or a flash-in-the pan endeavor; it is a guiding principle that drives a business's value creation. It ensures that an organization is able to sustain long-term economic opportunities, competitive differentiation...

Cloud Security Deep Dive

By Subra Kumaraswamy, Shahed Latif, Tim Mather | January 20, 2010
In this 90 minute webcast, the three coauthors of Cloud Security and Privacy (recently published by O'Reilly) will take a deep dive into cloud security issues and focus on three specific aspects: (1) data security; (2) identity management in the cloud...

Cloud Security & Privacy

By Subra Kumaraswamy, Shahed Latif, Tim Mather | January 20, 2010
This 75-minute webcast will discuss current issues in cloud computing with regard to security and privacy. The presenters are the three coauthors of a recently published O'Reilly book, Cloud Security and Privacy. In this webcast, they will discuss cloud...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

DRBD and MySQL - An HA Match Made In Heaven

By Sean Hull | January 19, 2010
DRBD has grown in popularity as an excellent low-cost high availability solution for MySQL. It provides synchronous replication of your data without MySQL having to worry too much about the details. Combined with Linux Heartbeat, and you have automatic...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/scott_berkun.jpgScott Berkun

Confessions of a Public Speaker

By Scott Berkun | December 02, 2009
For leaders, managers and anyone who speaks and expects someone to listen, Scott Berkun shares an insider's perspective on how to effectively present ideas to anyone. Loosely based on his third book, Confessions of a Public Speaker, this fun, interactive...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kirk_haines.jpgKirk Haines

Tokyo Cabinet in One Hour

By Kirk Haines | November 17, 2009
Tokyo Cabinet is a fast, synchronous key/value database library with support for several major languages, including Ruby. We will look at both its benefits and its problems, and work through several examples that demonstrate its capabilities, ease of...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joshua_robin_small.jpgJoshua Robin

Open Transportation Data in One Hour

By Joshua Robin | November 05, 2009
For many years, transportation agencies and authorities have given out thousands of free copies of paper maps and schedules. However, transportation agencies often resist sharing the data behind those maps and schedules. In July 2009, The Massachusetts...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

How to Effectively Utilize Microsoft Project 2010 with SharePoint 2010

By Dux Raymond Sy | November 03, 2009
Microsoft Project is a project management tool widely used by project managers today. Its' ability to support project managers to define a schedule, assign resources to tasks and track project status has been instrumental in contributing to project success...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/michael_milton.gifMichael Milton

Two Big Data Analysis Tricks for Everyone

By Michael Milton | October 28, 2009
Data analysis skills are critical to staying competitive in the 21st century economy. In this webcast the author of Head First Data Analysis, Michael Milton, provides some useful tips for common data problems that everyone faces.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/nilofer_merchant.jpgNilofer Merchant

MurderBoarding: It's not about the ideas you keep, but the ones you kill

By Nilofer Merchant | October 22, 2009
Making the right choices leads us and our organizations to thrive. In this webcast, author and business strategist Nilofer Merchant (The New How: Building Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy) provides you with a framework for nailing the...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/per_f_peterson.jpgPer F. Peterson

Nuclear Energy: Future Directions

By Per F. Peterson | October 15, 2009
This talk will discuss the current status of nuclear energy, and review the potential directions the technology may go in the future.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/154/chetan_damani-2.jpgChetan Damani

Augmented Reality in One Hour

By Chetan Damani | October 14, 2009
In this webcast, Chetan Damani provides an introduction to Augmented Reality. In addition to answering the most common question, What the heck is Augmented Reality? .

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jorge_noa.jpgJorge Noa

Architecting Applications for the Cloud

By Jorge Noa | October 13, 2009
This presentation analyzes aspects of the Amazon EC2 IaaS cloud environment that differ from a traditional data center and introduces general best practices for ensuring data privacy, storage persistence, and reliable DBMS backup.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/154/tom_hale-2.jpgTom Hale

Virtual Currency in One Hour

By Tom Hale | October 09, 2009
Second Life's virtual economy has a GDP of 500 million US Dollars all enabled by the Linden DOLLAR. In this interactive session, Chief Product officer Tom Hale will cover the basics of the Second Life economy, explore the dynamics of managing a virtual...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/dan_meyer.jpgDan Meyer

How To Save Math Education (And A Tiny Piece Of The World Along With It)

By Dan Meyer | October 01, 2009
For everything it does well, the US model of math education conditions students to anticipate narrowly defined problems with narrowly prescribed solutions. This puts them in no place to anticipate the ambiguous, broadly defined, problems they'll need...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/barbee_davis.jpgBarbee Davis

97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know

By Barbee Davis | September 30, 2009
Join us for this webcast based on the new book, 97 Things Every Project Manager Should Know, edited by Barbee Davis. You would need several lifetimes of experience to acquire the wisdom of these established team leaders from all over the world.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/nitesh_dhanjani.jpgNitesh Dhanjani

Psychotronica: Abusing and Leveraging Intelligence from Social Networking

By Nitesh Dhanjani | September 29, 2009
In this presentation, we will go beyond discussing the obvious security and privacy implications of social media. We will tie the items of discussion to privacy implications as well as how they can be leveraged for investigations as well as business ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

8 Steps to Microsoft Project Success

By Dux Raymond Sy | September 25, 2009
If utilized appropriately, Microsoft Project is a powerful tool that can help you break a project down into manageable parts, define a realistic schedule, identify required resources and track projects accordingly. In this presentation, you will learn...

Cloud Security & Privacy

By Subra Kumaraswamy, Shahed Latif, Tim Mather | September 24, 2009
In this webcast, the authors of Cloud Security and Privacy will discuss cloud computing's SPI delivery model.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/saul_griffith.jpgSaul Griffith

Energy Literacy - Understand, Track, and Reduce Your Energy Consumption

By Saul Griffith | September 23, 2009
The big view and the little view of climate change. Climate change is in some real sense an energy problem. Attend this webcast to find out more.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/josh_clark.jpgJosh Clark

Best iPhone Apps: The Must-Have Downloads

By Josh Clark | September 17, 2009
Join Josh Clark, author of Best iPhone Apps: The Guide for Discriminating Downloaders for a survey of the must-have apps to unlock your iPhone's potential.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_zdziarski.jpgJonathan Zdziarski

iPhone Forensics: Live Recovery of an iPhone 3G[s]

By Jonathan Zdziarski | September 16, 2009
In this webcast, Jonathan Zdziarski will demonstrate the latest forensic method to conduct a live recovery of an iPhone 3G[s]. He will also demonstrate how to remove the device's pass-code and encrypted backup password.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mitch_allen.jpgMitch Allen

Palm webOS: Application Basics

By Mitch Allen | September 09, 2009
This session begins with an overview of the basic webOS application structure and a demo of the core SDK developer tools, and includes detail presentations on the application launch lifecycle, and Mojo controllers and methods.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_seibold.jpgChris Seibold

Intro to Snow Leopard

By Chris Seibold | September 03, 2009
In this webcast author Chris Seibold will introduce you to Snow Leopard, beginning with installation options. You'll learn about compatibility, the hidden advantages of Snow Leopard, and why you should or shouldn't consider installing this newest operating...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/ben_rothke.jpgBen Rothke

Information Security and Social Networks

By Ben Rothke | September 02, 2009
This webcast will detail the significant security and privacy risks that social network create, and will also provides detailed guidance on ways organizations and individuals can use social networks in a safe and secure manner.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/julia_lerman.jpgJulia Lerman

Entity Framework Tips & Tricks

By Julia Lerman | August 27, 2009
Developers discover a lot of behavior in the ADO.NET Entity Framework that is quite unexpected. Programming Entity Framework author, Julie Lerman, will help you avoid some surprises and show you tricks to make the most of Entity Framework.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/scott_chacon.jpgScott Chacon

Git in One Hour

By Scott Chacon | August 20, 2009
In this webcast, Git evangelist Scott Chacon covers the basics of the Git source control system.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_mccown.jpgSean McCown

Ground-Zero PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA

By Sean McCown | August 14, 2009
This webcast is the first of a series designed to take DBAs with no knowledge of PowerShell and give them what they need to use this new scripting language.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

5 Ways to Enhance SharePoint Site Usability

By Dux Raymond Sy | August 13, 2009
SharePoint is unlike existing technologies users are familiar with. In certain cases, out of the box SharePoint site interface and layout is not as intuitive to the greater user community. In this interactive presentation, you will acquire the practical...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

Hands-on: Step-by-step MySQL Clustering Setup

By Sean Hull | August 04, 2009
MySQL's Clustering solution provides some pretty sophisticated functionality. In this webcast we'll take you through getting it up and running on your laptop or single node server, building a sandbox where you can play with the dials and levers and get...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joshua_ross.jpgJoshua-Michele Ross

Creating Your Social Media Policy

By Joshua-Michele Ross | July 30, 2009
This webcast will review guidelines for corporations considering how to responsibly integrate social media in the workplace. After delivering the framework, Joshua will open the webcast to a Q&A discussion.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/james_turner_2.jpgJames Turner

Open Source Language Roundtable

By James Turner | July 22, 2009
We all have our favorite languages in our tool-belt, but is there a best overall language? If anyone can hash that out, it will be the members of this roundtable discussion, some of the stars of the open source language space.

An Introduction to Hadoop

By Tom White, Christophe Bisciglia | July 16, 2009
In this webcast, Cloudera founder Christophe Bisciglia and O'Reilly author Tom White will provide an introduction to Hadoop/MapReduce, the open source project that allows organizations to process, store and analyze massive application datasets.

Security Monitoring

By Chris Fry, Martin Nystrom | July 15, 2009
How well does your enterprise stand up against today's sophisticated security threats? In this webcast, security experts from Cisco Systems demonstrate how to detect damaging security incidents on your global network--first by teaching you which assets...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/christian_sepulveda.jpgChristian Sepulveda

Automated Unit Testing with the Palm Mojo SDK

By Christian Sepulveda | July 14, 2009
In this webcast we'll introduce Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Jasmine (a BDD framework for JavaScript); install Jasmine and add related code to the app to support BDD; discuss how to write a failing test first, then add functionality to make ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/josh_berkus.jpgJosh Berkus

10 Ways to Wreck Your Database

By Josh Berkus | July 10, 2009
Want to make sure your database loses data, duplicates records, and can only handle 5 transactions a minute? Want to make your application developers curse you, your sysadmin hate you, and get yourself fired without a reference? These ten database design...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/bernard_golden.jpgBernard Golden

Cloud Computing: The Next Frontier for Open Source

By Bernard Golden | July 09, 2009
The current financial crisis has raised enterprise interest in two technology trends: open source and cloud computing. In this presentation, Bernard Golden, CEO of HyperStratus will discuss how the two trends reinforce one another, and why cloud computing...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_trevor.jpgJonathan Trevor

YQL: select * from internet

By Jonathan Trevor | July 08, 2009
The Yahoo! Query Language is an expressive SQL-like language that lets you query, filter, and join data across Web services. With YQL, applications run faster with fewer lines of code and a smaller network footprint. With YQL, developers can access and...

Managing & Growing Open Source in the Enterprise: Advice from the Trenches

By Rod Cope, Carol J. Rizzo | July 07, 2009
In this webcast, Carol Rizzo, past CTO of Kaiser Permanente, AIG and CitiGroup, and Rod Cope, the founder and CTO of OpenLogic share their experiences and insights about using open source in the enterprise.

Radical Career Success in a Down Economy

By Chad Fowler, Andy Lester | July 01, 2009
We all know we're in the middle of an economic downturn. The news is full of statistics on job loss and unemployment. Everyone is feeling the crunch. In times like this it's natural to worry about your career. Career experts and authors Andy Lester and...

Web Squared

By John Battelle, Tim O'Reilly | June 25, 2009
As we approach the six-year mark from the original Web 2.0 thesis, the trends are becoming clearer than ever. Tim O'Reilly, CEO and Founder of O'Reilly Media, and John Battelle, Founder and Chairman of Federated Media Publishing will present the trends...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/john_graham-cumming.jpgJohn Graham-Cumming

Around the world in 32 minutes with The Geek Atlas

By John Graham-Cumming | June 24, 2009
In this webcast, author John Graham-Cumming presents a tour of 32 places from his book, The Geek Atlas, in 32 minutes. From Jaipur to Hawaii, via Spain, Paris, London, New York and beyond, The Geek Atlas covers places that will fascinate anyone interested...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_zdziarski.jpgJonathan Zdziarski

iPhone Forensics: Performing a Live Recovery Over USB

By Jonathan Zdziarski | June 09, 2009
In this webcast, Jonathan Zdziarski, author of iPhone Forensics, will guide you through an overview of his latest technique to recover the live user disk from an iPhone.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mike_volpe.jpgMike Volpe

Twitter for Marketing & PR

By Mike Volpe | June 03, 2009
There's a lot of buzz around Twitter, but many marketers don't know how to translate that buzz into a worthwhile marketing tool for their business. Attend this free webcast to learn all the basics of how to use Twitter to market your business.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kevin_makice.jpgKevin Makice

Finding Design Opportunities in the Twitter Ecosystem

By Kevin Makice | May 29, 2009
This webcast takes a closer look at the Twitter design space by reviewing existing applications across several dimensions and looking for unaddressed needs of the user and developer community.

Reconsidering Social Media

By Joshua-Michele Ross, Sam Lessin | May 27, 2009
This webcast will be highly interactive; a short explanation of Joshua-Michele Ross' points as detailed in his four-part article series on the Radar Blog - followed by open Q&A and Debate.

An Introduction to Easy Mobile Development with PhoneGap

By Rob Ellis, Brock Whitten | May 26, 2009
In this webcast learn how to get started building a PhoneGap application that's app store ready and learn how to contribute back to the open source PhoneGap project.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/yehuda_katz-50.jpgYehuda Katz

What to Expect in Rails 3.0

By Yehuda Katz | May 22, 2009
In this live, online event, Yehuda Katz, Core Team Member on the Rails and Merb projects, will cover some of most important new features in Rails 3.0 and answer questions from the audience.

Twitter Power Tips

By Sarah Milstein, Tim O'Reilly | May 21, 2009
In this webcast, Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein, Twitter experts and coauthors of the The Twitter Book, will show you how to use Twitter more effectively, whether you're on the site for personal socializing or to meet business goals.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/brett_mclaughlin.jpgBrett McLaughlin

Effective Communication: Making your point in a video-game culture

By Brett McLaughlin | May 19, 2009
In this 60-minute webcast, learn the fundamentals of effective communication. You'll understand how to tailor any content to be engaging, and to speak to your audience's needs in a manner to which they'll respond and interact.

iPhone Hacking - Intermediate & Advanced

By David Jurick, Adam Stolarz, Damien Stolarz | May 15, 2009
This webcast will focus on the last two chapters of iPhone Hacks, involving hardware and software development.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/bonnie_roskes.jpgBonnie Roskes

Showing Off Your Models: Presentations in Google SketchUp

By Bonnie Roskes | May 14, 2009
Google SketchUp is a free and powerful 3D modeling application, and it's easy to start right away and quickly create impressive models. If you already know how to create a basic model, this webcast can help get your models to the next level.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

Leveraging SharePoint for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) Transparency

By Dux Raymond Sy | May 12, 2009
In this case study based presentation by Dux Raymond Sy (SharePoint for Project Management), participants will learn what American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is all about, ARRA's reporting requirements, and how SharePoint can be leveraged as...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/eric_ries.jpgEric Ries

How to Build a Lean Startup, step-by-step

By Eric Ries | May 01, 2009
Get started with a detailed guide to three key lean startup techniques: continuous deployment, rapid split-testing, and root cause analysis (five why's). This webcast will cover the theory of how lean startups work, implementation details, and case studies...

What's New in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory

By Brian Desmond, Laura E. Hunter | April 24, 2009
Bring your Active Directory questions and come learn what's new in Active Directory for Windows Server 2008 R2. Active Directory MVPs and authors Brian Desmond (Active Directory, 4th Edition) and Laura Hunter (Active Directory Cookbook, 3rd Edition) ...

XBRL: the what, why and who...

By Charlie Hoffman, Steve Levine | April 22, 2009
This webcast will introduce you to XBRL and answer your questions. What is XBRL? How is it different than XML? Who is using it today? Learn from Charlie Hoffman, Director, UBmatrix and credited as the Father of XBRL.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joe_albahari.jpgJoseph Albahari

LINQPad - New Features for Entity Framework

By Joseph Albahari | April 16, 2009
In this webcast, Joseph Albahari will demonstrate some exciting new features that turn LINQPad into an essential tool for writing and performance-tuning Entity Framework queries.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

How to Build a Project Management Dashboard with SharePoint

By Dux Raymond Sy | April 10, 2009
Microsoft SharePoint technologies provide a collaborative framework to enhance project management processes, team collaboration, and information management. The primary audience for this workshop includes project managers, project teams and executives...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mikkel_aaland.jpgMikkel Aaland

Shooting Digital: What are YOU missing?

By Mikkel Aaland | April 09, 2009
In this webcast we will look at some commonly forgotten or unknown features of digital cameras and imaging software, then open the discussion to your experiences with the known and unknown world of digital photography.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/george_reese.jpgGeorge Reese

Getting Started with Amazon Web Services

By George Reese | April 08, 2009
Amazon has rapidly established itself as the major player in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) domain of cloud computing. Author of Cloud Application Architectures and enStratus founder and CTO George Reese provides this introduction into establishing...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/scott_berkun.jpgScott Berkun

How progress happens: the down and dirty truths and secrets that make innovation possible

By Scott Berkun | March 19, 2009
Talking about innovation is easy--making change happen in organizations is ridiculously hard. But there are things we can learn from the history of technology, political revolution and change, and there is a playbook we can reuse to help us avoid easy...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/harold_davis_2.jpgHarold Davis

Photographing Kids, Family, and (other) Weird Things

By Harold Davis | March 18, 2009
Families, kids, holidays: we all want to capture them as fond memories, not stiff poses. During this not-to-be-missed presentation, Harold Davis will show us how to do so with more ease and fun in the shooting, showing us that Cameras don't take photos...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_zdziarski.jpgJonathan Zdziarski

iPhone SDK Development: Tapping into Apple's New Audio Foundation Class

By Jonathan Zdziarski | March 12, 2009
The AVFoundation framework was introduced in version 2.2 of the iPhone SDK, and provides functionality for playing and mixing sound files, metering, and basic audio control. If you're adding simple sounds to your application, this framework can be implemented...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/50/dux_raymond_sy-50.jpgDux Raymond Sy

7 Ways to Leverage SharePoint for Project Management Success

By Dux Raymond Sy | February 27, 2009
In this presentation, you acquire the practical knowledge of how SharePoint can address common project management challenges such as Inefficient communication among stakeholders, poor document managementpractices and undefined project collaboration standards...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/mitch_allen.jpgMitch Allen

Developing Applications for webOS: A Preview

By Mitch Allen | February 25, 2009
In this live, online event, Mitch Allen, Palm's Software CTO and a member of the Palm webOS™ design team, will recap the material included in the introductory chapter of Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript Using the Palm Mojo™ Framework...

Grid 2.0

By James Governor, Tom Raftery | February 19, 2009
With the coming energy crunch set to dwarf the credit crunch Smart Grids are quickly becoming a really hot topic--why is that? Just how do Smart Grids help solve energy issues and what can we do with the masses of data which these Smart Grids will generate...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/richard_monson_haefel.jpgRichard Monson-Haefel

10 Things Every Software Architect Should Know

By Richard Monson-Haefel | February 17, 2009
In 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know, Richard Monson-Haefel collaborated with over two dozen authors to collect 97 axioms of software architecture. In this presentation he has distilled knowledge from his own experience and from personal...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sarah_milstein_2.jpgSarah Milstein

Advanced Twitter for Business: Conversation, Community, and Profit--140 Characters at a Time

By Sarah Milstein | February 06, 2009
Twitter matters. This free, nimble, and powerful messaging service is fast becoming an essential part of every smart business's social media toolkit. Learn everything you need to launch a successful Twitter strategy for your business from Sarah Milstein...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/bill_scott.jpgBill Scott

Designing Web Interfaces: Principles & Patterns for Rich Interaction

By Bill Scott | February 03, 2009
Join Bill Scott, for a discussion focused on interaction design: specifically, interaction design on the Web. And even more specifically, about rich interaction design on the Web.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/kurt_cagle.jpgKurt Cagle

Building RESTful Services with XQuery and XRX

By Kurt Cagle | January 28, 2009
Join Kurt Cagle, online editor for xml.com and O'Reilly Media and author of nearly twenty books on web development and xml technologies, as he explores XRX and the use of XQuery to build RESTful services in this 90-minute online presentation.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sean_hull.jpgSean Hull

MySQL Replication: Audit, Test, & Verify

By Sean Hull | January 22, 2009
In this live online event, Sean Hull (Oracle and Open Source) will talk about why MySQL slaves get out of sync with the master, both in terms of things that happen in the application and in MySQL's implementation of statement-based replication. He'll...

Youth & Creativity: Emerging Trends in Self-Expression and Publishing

By Bill Westerman, Julie Baher | January 21, 2009
Youth are approaching digital self-expression and publishing from a more organic, collaborative angle than previous generations. They jump right in when the creative urge strikes, collaborating with others from around the globe, and 'publishing' an ongoing...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/robert_passarella.jpgRobert Passarella

Equity Research in the Age of Web

By Robert Passarella | January 16, 2009
In this live, online event, Robert Passarella presents an eclectic, yet practical, look at Wall Street, Equity Research, Technology and the Internet. See how new ideas of finding and getting information are supercharging the research process for companies...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/chris_brogan.jpgChris Brogan

Social Media for Publishers

By Chris Brogan | December 16, 2008
In this live, online webcast, meet with Chris Brogan (See O'Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing) for a not-too-techy and not-too-light dive into the world of social media from the mindset of a publisher. Learn how he views the tools and how they ...

Everything You Wanted to Know about Drupal but were Afraid to Ask

By Jeff Eaton, James Walker | December 05, 2008
In this live, online webcast, Drupal developers Jeff Eaton and James Walker (Using Drupal) will guide newcomers through the nuts and bolts of Drupal's content management system, content management framework, and community.

Making the Case for Print on Demand

By Brian O'Leary | December 03, 2008
Publishers who dismiss the use of print-on-demand technologies as too expensive may be missing an opportunity to better manage their inventory, total costs and the unit costs of books sold. This webcast will provide an economic rationale for more extensive...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/sarah_milstein_2.jpgSarah Milstein

Twitter for Business

By Sarah Milstein | November 13, 2008
Join the revolution with this webcast, which will show you how to use Twitter and other micro-messaging services at work. It will cover the the benefits and challenges of this exciting new medium, along with best practices and potential pitfalls you ...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/liza_daly.jpgLiza Daly

What Publishers Need to Know about Digitization

By Liza Daly | November 12, 2008
No prior experience with digitization is assumed in this friendly and accessible overview of the conversion process. We'll start from the beginning: what's XML and do you need it? What's the cost-benefit analysis versus PDF or other formats? From there...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jesse_stay.jpgJesse Stay

Creating Facebook Applications: A Beginner's Guide

By Jesse Stay | November 07, 2008
Facebook is taking the world by storm! In this session you'll learn how your apps talk to Facebook, how Facebook talks back, where to find the information you need, viral integration points to promote your app, and learn the very basics of creating a...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/andrew_turner.jpgAndrew Turner

Trends and Technologies in Where 2.0

By Andrew Turner | October 24, 2008
In this live webcast, geospatial web expert Andrew Turner (Where 2.0: The State of the Geospatial Web) will discuss the current evolution of Where 2.0 and how it is affecting the entire landscape of Web 2.0 and next generation applications.

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jamie_low.jpgJamie Low

Why Publishers Should Care about SEO

By Jamie Low | October 22, 2008
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert Jamie Low uses a conversational format and live search queries to examine SEO elements and techniques, including: how publishers can get ranked for specific queries related to their content; why some pages earn...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/dee-ann_leblanc.jpgDee-Ann LeBlanc

When Times Get Tough, the Tough Get Tuning: Improve the Performance of Your Linux Systems

By Dee-Ann LeBlanc | October 21, 2008
When you experience reduced performance, your first inclination may be to groan and open your wallet. While new hardware often can offer the best bang for your buck, it's also possible that you don't need to invest that money just yet — or at least that...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/harold_davis_2.jpgHarold Davis

Secrets of Digital Night Photography

By Harold Davis | October 17, 2008
In this webcast, professional photographer Harold Davis, author of Practical Artistry: Light & Exposure for Digital Photographers (O'Reilly) and creator of the Photoblog 2.0 and Digital Night web sites shows why night photography has become increasingly...

A Preview of iPhoneLive

By Bill Dudney, Raven Zachary | October 14, 2008
In this live, online event, Bill Dudney and Raven Zachary share a preview of the presentations they'll give at the upcoming iPhoneLive Conference taking place November 18 in San Jose. Following this preview, you'll have plenty of time to ask questions...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joshua_ross.jpgJoshua-Michele Ross

The Evangelist's Toolkit: A field guide to bringing social technologies into your organization

By Joshua-Michele Ross | September 30, 2008
While it has become cliché to talk about how much the Internet and the Social Web have changed business, what has been less well explored is how traditional (meaning non-Internet native) businesses successfully adopt new technologies such as social...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/nancy_duarte.jpgNancy Duarte

You are a Natural Born (Visual) Storyteller

By Nancy Duarte | September 17, 2008
We live in the most innovative time in history. That, coupled with pressure from a global economy, our corporate stories need to be told well and resonate deeply. In this session you'll learn how to step away from your traditional content development...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_zdziarski.jpgJonathan Zdziarski

iPhone Forensics 101: Bypassing the iPhone Passcode

By Jonathan Zdziarski | September 11, 2008
In this live webcast, iPhone hacker and data forensics expert Jonathan Zdziarski guides you through the steps used by law enforcement agencies to bypass the iPhone 3G's passcode lock by creating a custom firmware bundle. This live presentation is aimed...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joshua_ross.jpgJoshua-Michele Ross

Success Factors: What traditional business really needs to know about Web 2.0

By Joshua-Michele Ross | July 21, 2008
This is a free live event. Scheduled for approximately 45 minutes. The business world is experiencing successive waves of disruption caused by new trends and technologies; from publishing to media and entertainment, software development to financial...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/rick_sammon.jpgRick Sammon

10 Key Ingredients for Cookin' Digital Pictures

By Rick Sammon | June 26, 2008
This is a free live event. Scheduled for approximately 45 minutes. In this live webcast, world-renowned photographer Rick Sammon will share his top digital photography tips, including his 10 Key Ingredients for Cookin' Digital Photographs. He'll also...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/anton_chuvakin.jpgAnton Chuvakin

The Top Five Log Analysis Mistakes

By Anton Chuvakin | May 27, 2008
In this live webcast, security expert Anton Chuvakin will cover operational security challenges that organizations face while deploying log and alert collection and analysis infrastructure. The talk will center around the common mistakes organizations...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/peter_merholz.jpgPeter Merholz

Adaptive Path's Subject to Change: Creating Great Products and Services for an Uncertain World

By Peter Merholz | May 15, 2008
The way most organizations think and work on products and services isn't suited to the unpredictable world we live in. Instead, companies need new ways of thinking and working to adapt into innovative, agile, and commercially successful organizations...

The Facebook Application Ecosystem: Why Some Thrive, and Most Don't

By Shelly D. Farnham | May 13, 2008
What do the killer apps on the Facebook platform have in common? What must you build into your application if you want Facebook users to adopt it and pass it on to their friends? In this live webcast, Shelly D. Farnham, Ph.D. discusses the application...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/steve_souders.jpgSteve Souders

Even Faster Web Sites

By Steve Souders | April 24, 2008
Under his tenure as the Chief Performance Yahoo!, Steve released YSlow and wrote High Performance Web Sites (at one point the #1 selling computer book on Amazon). Now at Google, Steve is working on a new set of best practices for making web sites even...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_zdziarski.jpgJonathan Zdziarski

iPhone Forensics Demonstration

By Jonathan Zdziarski | April 17, 2008
With the iPhone quickly becoming the market leader in mobile devices, the need for law enforcement personnel to perform forensic analysis of these devices is beginning to surface. Unlike most other smart phones, the iPhone incorporates desktop-like features...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/jonathan_zdziarski.jpgJonathan Zdziarski

Getting the iPhone Open Source Tool Chain

By Jonathan Zdziarski | April 03, 2008
In this webcast, Jonathan A. Zdziarski, one of the original hackers of the iPhone and author of iPhone Open Application Development will demonstrate how you can use the iPhone open source tool chain to design third-party software that will run on this...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/derrick_story.jpgDerrick Story

Five Ways to Make Your Photos Look Better

By Derrick Story | March 27, 2008
In this webcast, Derrick Story, digital photographer, blogger, and author of The Digital Photography Companion, gives you the tools to capture the high quality pictures you've always wanted--photos that will distinguish your work from others. Thousands...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/carla_schroder.jpgCarla Schroder

Control a World of Computers From Your Linux PC

By Carla Schroder | March 20, 2008
In this webinar, Carla Schroder, columnist, blogger, and author of the Linux Cookbook and Linux Networking Cookbook, covers the finer points of secure remote graphical administration from your Linux PC, showing how to run graphical applications, your...

http://oreillynet.com/images/people/weblogs/joe_albahari.jpgJoseph Albahari

Writing LINQ Queries with LINQPad

By Joseph Albahari | February 20, 2008
If you missed out on the live O'Reilly webinar, Writing LINQ Queries with LINQPad, you can still learn the ins-and-outs of using LINQPad directly from author Joseph Albahari. LINQPad is the querying tool that's sweeping the .NET world. This is a must...