Author sightings, partner events, and other notable happenings.

We often want to call your attention to a particular event, and this month a couple have caught our eye.

• Nov 10–12, clojure-conj, Raleigh, NC
  clojure-conj
  Stuart Halloway and Aaron Bedra, co-authors of Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition (among others)
• Dec 3, ErlangDC, Dulles, VA
  An Epic One-Day Erlang Conference in Washington, DC
  organized by the local DC Erlang Meetup Group

Author Appearances

Who’s where, and what for.

• Oct 30–Nov 4, AYE Conference, Cary, NC
  “Project Bloat Doesn't Float,” “Replacing Management Myths with Effective Practices,” “Influence and Authority: Using Your Personal Power to Get Things Done,” “Adapting to Change in Your Life,” and a one-day workshop: “Making Geographically Distributed Projects Work”
  Johanna Rothman, author of Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, and Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
• Nov 3, Java2Days, Sofia, Bulgaria
  “Regex—The future programmer’s best friend”
  Staffan Nöteberg, author of Pomodoro Technique Illustrated
• Nov 4, Java2Days, Sofia, Bulgaria
  “Pomodoro Technique”
  Staffan Nöteberg, author of Pomodoro Technique Illustrated
• Nov 5, Ruby Midwest, Kansas City, MO
  “Make Awesome Command-Line Apps with Ruby”
  David Copeland, author of Build Awesome Command-Line Apps with Ruby
• Nov 5, Midwest Ruby Conf, Kansas City, MO
  Modern Databases
  Eric Redmond, co-author of Seven Databases in Seven Weeks
• Nov 5, Midwest Ruby Conf, Kansas City, MO
  Keynote
  Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Programmer
• Nov 6–11, Better Software Conference East, Orlando, FL
  Three tutorials: “Tuning and Improving Your Agility,” “Agile Project Design: Building Strong Backlogs,” “Agile Estimation and Planning: Scrum, Kanban, and Beyond”
  David Hussman, author of Cutting an Agile Groove
• Nov 7–9, Clojure/conj, Raleigh, NC
  “(with-training Clojure/conj)”
  Aaron Bedra, co-author of Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition
• Nov 12, Chippewa Valley Code Camp 4, Eau Claire, WI
  “Web Development With CoffeeScript and Sass”
  Brian Hogan, co-author of Web Development Recipes
• Nov 12–13, Voices That Matter: iOS Developers Conference, Boston, MA
  “Core Audio Cranks It Up” and “Capturing Stills, Sounds, and Scenes with AV Foundation”
  Chris Adamson, co-author of iPhone SDK Development
• Nov 16, QConSF, San Francisco, CA
  “One () to rule them all”
  Aaron Bedra, co-author of Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition
• Nov 16, Agilis, Reykjavik, Iceland
  Workshop
  Rachel Davies, author of Agile Coaching
• Nov 18, SCNA, Chicago, IL
  “Simplicity”
  Aaron Bedra, co-author of Programming Clojure, 2nd Edition
• Nov 18–19, Software Craftsmanship, North America, Chicago, IL
  “Practice techniques in other disciplines”
  David Chelimsky, co-author of The RSpec Book
• Nov 22, Best of DevSum, Stockholm, Sweden
  “Regex in .NET”
  Staffan Nöteberg, author of Pomodoro Technique Illustrated
• Nov 29–Dec 2, Pragmatic Studios, Reston, VA
  iPhone/iPad Programming
  Daniel H Steinberg, co-author of iPad Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for iPhone Developers and author of Cocoa Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for Developers
• Dec 2, Cocoaconf, Raleigh, NC
  Keynote
  Andy Hunt, Pragmatic Programmer
• Dec 2–3, Cocoaconf, Raleigh, NC
  “Core Audio Cranks It Up” and “Capturing Stills, Sounds, and Scenes with AV Foundation”
  Chris Adamson, co-author of iPhone SDK Development
• Dec 3–4, CocoaConf, Raleigh, NC
  Keynote: “Objective-C: the Director’s Cut”
  Daniel H Steinberg, co-author of iPad Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for iPhone Developers and author of Cocoa Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for Developers
• Jan 11-13, CodeMash, Sandusky, OH
  “Developing With iOS 5 ” and “iOS Networking: Bonjour, iCloud!”
  Chris Adamson, co-author of iPhone SDK Development
• Jan 11–13, CodeMash, Sandusky, OH
  “Mac Development for the iOS Developer” and “Storyboards: New development in iOS5”
  Daniel H Steinberg, co-author of iPad Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for iPhone Developers and author of Cocoa Programming: A Quick-Start Guide for Developers
• Jan 23–27, OOP 2012, Munich, Germany
  Tutorial: “Influence and Authority: Using Your Personal Power to Get Things Done,” Talk: “Six Behaviors to Consider When Hiring for an Agile Team”
  Johanna Rothman, author of Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects, Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management, and Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management

O’Reilly Events

Upcoming events from our friends at O’Reilly.

• Nov 8–9, Velocity Europe, Berlin, Germany
  Velocity Europe: “Velocity Europe is the convergence of performance and site reliability experts and rock stars who share the unique experience that can only be gained by operating at scale. At Velocity, leading experts share their knowledge about how you can make your site scalable, reliable, and fast.”
• Dec 6–7, Velocity China, Beijing, China
  Velocity China: “Network performance, operation, and maintenance, once the secret weapon of the elite of the Internet companies, is now an important part of the online strategy of all Internet companies.”

USENIX Events

What’s coming from our USENIX friends.

• Dec 4–5, CHIMIT 2011, Boston, MA
  ACM Symposium on Computer Human Interaction for Management of Information Technology: “At CHIMIT, researchers and practitioners share issues, solutions, and research drawing upon fields such as human-computer interaction, human factors, computer systems, and management and service sciences to address cognitive, social, and technical issues in managing the increasing complexity of modern IT systems.”
• Dec 4–9, LISA '11, Boston, MA
  25th Large Installation System Administration Conference: “LISA ’11 will break out the time machine and take you on a journey of system administration through the years via top-notch training, innovative research, Practice and Experience Reports, and that all-important face time with others confronting the same challenges you battle everyday.”
• Dec 12–16, Middleware 2011, Lisbon, Portugal
  ACM/IFIP/USENIX 12th International Middleware Conference: “The scope of the conference is the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of distributed system platforms and architectures for future computing and communication environments.”