Want to meet one of our authors face-to-face? Here’s where they’ll be in the coming months.

Here’s what our authors will be up to in the coming months.

• 2013-03-01, The Joy of Coding - Rotterdam, the Netherlands
  Keynote at a conference focused on developer joy
  Chad Fowler (author of The Passionate Programmer (2nd edition) and Rails Recipes )
• 2013-03-01, Joy of Coding, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  Java is from Mars, Ruby is from Venus
  Paolo Perrotta (author of Metaprogramming Ruby )
• 2013-03-04, Online
  Vim Masterclass
  Drew Neil (author of Practical Vim )
• 2013-03-04, SpeakerConf - Aruba
  An opportunity to hang out with fellow speakers.
  Venkat Subramaniam (author of Practices of an Agile Developer , Programming Groovy , Programming Scala , Programming Concurrency on the JVM , and Programming Groovy (2nd edition) )
• 2013-03-07, CocoaConf Chicago
  Game Dev Workshop
  Jonathan Penn
• 2013-03-07, CocoaConf Chicago
  iPad Productivity APIs (All-Day Tutorial)
  Chris Adamson (author of iOS SDK Development )
• 2013-03-07, CocoaConf Chicago
  Mobile Movies with HTTP Live Streaming
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-03-07, CocoaConf Chicago
  Core Audio in iOS 6
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-03-08, CocoaConf Chicago
  Zen and the Art of iOS Gesture Recognizers
  Jonathan Penn
• 2013-03-08, AgileIndy Conference
  Keynote: Agile Management
  Johanna Rothman (author of Behind Closed Doors , Manage It! , Manage Your Project Portfolio , and Hiring Geeks That Fit )
• 2013-03-08, NFJS - Minneapolis, MN
  Talks on HTML 5 and JVM languages.
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-03-09, CocoaConf Chicago
  UI Automation - Automate ALL THE THINGS!
  Jonathan Penn
• 2013-03-12, Lean Kanban Nordic, Stockholm
  Change -- How long does it take?
  Staffan Nöteberg (author of Pomodoro Technique Illustrated and Pomodoro Technique Illustrated (audio book) )
• 2013-03-13, 33degree - Warsaw, Poland
  Various JVM languages related topics.
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-03-14, DevLin 2013, Linköping
  Change -- How long does it take?
  Staffan Nöteberg
• 2013-03-20, Pragmatic Studio, Reston, VA
  Three days, two presenters, one objective—to get you up and running with Rails
  Dave Thomas (author of Programming Ruby (2nd edition) , Agile Web Development with Rails (3rd edition) , The Ruby Object Model and Metaprogramming , Agile Web Development with Rails (4th edition) , and Programming Ruby 1.9 & 2.0 (4th edition) )
• 2013-03-21, CocoaConf DC
  iPad Productivity APIs (All-Day Tutorial)
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-03-21, CocoaConf DC
  Mobile Movies with HTTP Live Streaming
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-03-21, CocoaConf DC
  Core Audio in iOS 6
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-03-25, #inspect 2013 - Brussels, Belgium
  CoreData In Motion - An overview of how CoreData works, when to use it, and how to use it in RubyMotion
  Jonathan Penn
• 2013-03-28, #inspect, Brussels Belgium
  Wrapping RubyMotion - Discussing techniques for making Objective-C APIs more pleasant in Ruby
  Clay Allsopp (author of RubyMotion )
• 2013-04-04, Ancient City Ruby, St. Augustine, Florida, USA
  Clojure for the Unsuspecting
  Paolo Perrotta
• 2013-04-04, CukeUp!, London
  A 1-day conference dedicated to Cucumber, Specification by Example and BDD.
  Aslak Hellesøy (author of The RSpec Book , The Cucumber Book , and Cucumber Recipes )
• 2013-04-04, DenverJS - Denver, CO
  JavaScript related topic
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-04-05, NFJS, NYC
  Talks on HTML 5 and JVM languages.
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-04-12, ACCU, Bristol, UK
  Workshop "Gumption Traps Reloaded" with Ivan Moore and talk "Is eXtreme Programming still alive and kicking?"
  Rachel Davies (author of Agile Coaching )
• 2013-04-18, CocoaConf San Jose
  Core Audio Workshop (All-Day Tutorial)
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-04-18, CocoaConf San Jose
  Mobile Movies with HTTP Live Streaming
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-04-18, CocoaConf San Jose
  Core Audio in iOS 6
  Chris Adamson
• 2013-04-21, Problem Solving Leadership Workshop, Albuquerque, NM
  5.5 days of leadership training for people who want to learn to be problem solving leaders.
  Johanna Rothman
• 2013-04-21, NFJS, Reston, VA
  Talks on HTML 5 and JVM languages.
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-04-22, Percona Live MySQL Conference and Expo 2013
  "How to Design Indexes, Really" and "Extensible Data Modeling with MySQL"
  Bill Karwin (author of SQL Antipatterns )
• 2013-04-22, Railsberry - Krakow, Poland
  A talk on something other than Rails. This is a Rails conference about everything except for Rails.
  Chad Fowler
• 2013-05-07, Great Indian Developer Summit, Bangalore
  Workshops and talks on various topics
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-05-20, Let's Test Conference, Sweden
  Tutorial: Hiring for Your Team: Culture Trumps Skills
  Johanna Rothman
• 2013-05-21, Let's Test Conference, Sweden
  Keynote: Becoming a Kick-Ass Test Manager
  Johanna Rothman
• 2013-05-22, GR8Conf, Copenhagen
  Talks on various topics related to Groovy and the JVM.
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-05-28, Fluent 2013
  Flow Control with Promises: Learn to control async tasks in JavaScript with Promise-based interfaces.
  Trevor Burnham (author of CoffeeScript and Async JavaScript )
• 2013-05-29, DevSum 2013, Stockholm
  Change -- How long does it take?
  Staffan Nöteberg
• 2013-06-06, Agile Development Conference/Better Software, Las Vegas
  Exploding Management Myths: Johanna will explain the management myths and what to do instead. She'll tackle favorites such as 100% utilization, no time for training, promoting the best technical person and more.
  Johanna Rothman
• 2013-06-12, NDC Oslo
  Talks on various topics
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-07-16, ÜberConf
  Workshops and talks on various topics.
  Venkat Subramaniam
• 2013-09-11, BDD Kickstart, Barcelona
  Get a flying start with BDD, the collaborative process that's changing the face of software development.
  Matt Wynne (author of The Cucumber Book and Cucumber Recipes )
• 2013-09-14, Barcelona Ruby Conference
  Hexagonal rails
  Matt Wynne
• 2013-09-14, Baruco
  TBD
  David Chelimsky (author of The RSpec Book )

O’Reilly Events

Upcoming events from our friends at O’Reilly.

• 2013-03-24, Bologna, Italy
  Tools of Change Bologna: “Happening in conjunction with the Bologna Children's Book Fair, TOC Bologna is where the children's publishing and technology industries come together to discuss, learn, and share ideas around the art, craft, and business of storytelling in the digital age.”
• 2013-05-28, Fluent, San Francisco, CA
  Fluent Conference: “This year, Fluent will bring together an even broader range of individuals and organizations and drill even deeper into the essential technologies and tools that power the Web.”

USENIX Events

What’s coming from our USENIX friends.

• 2013-03-15, Seattle, WA
  Cascadia IT Conference 2013: “A gathering of professionals from the diverse IT (computer and network administration) community in the U.S. Pacific Northwest / British Columbia to learn, share ideas, and network.”
• 2013-04-02, Lombard, IL
  5th USENIX Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Provenance: “The workshop may cover any topic related to theoretical or practical aspects of provenance, including but not limited to: provenance in databases, workflows, programming languages, security, software engineering, or systems; provenance on the Web; real-world applications of or requirements for provenance.”
• 2013-04-03, Lombard, IL
  10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation: “NSDI focuses on the design principles, implementation, and practical evaluation of large-scale networked and distributed systems.”
• 2013-04-15, Prague, Czech Republic
  Eurosys 2013: “EuroSys has become a premier forum for discussing various issues of systems software research and development, including implications related to hardware and applications.”
• 2013-05-03, New Brunswick, NJ
  LOPSA-East Professional IT Community Conference: “LOPSA-East is an annual conference held in NJ with the goal of providing a forum where system administrators can come together, network with their industry peers, share war stories, and learn from some of the greatest minds in the profession.”
• 2013-05-13, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM
  14th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems: “Continuing the HotOS tradition, participants will present and discuss new ideas about computer systems research and how technological advances and new applications are shaping our computational infrastructure.”

March Birthdays

• March 1
  Yahoo
• March 3
  GNOME
• March 11
  J.C.R. Licklider
• March 13
  Microsoft as a public company
• March 16
  Richard Stallman and Andy Tanenbaum
• March 24
  Mac OS X
• March 25
  The Wiki
• March 26
  Larry Page