O’Reilly Events Upcoming events from our friends at O’Reilly. 2013-01-22 Strata Online Conference: Data Warfare: “Join us in this free online event as we explore the downside of data dependency, and the coming Data War.” online [U49] 2013-02-12 Tools of Change New York:“For six years, the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference in New York has been the seminal event for professionals and companies engaged with the challenges and opportunities of new publishing technologies and business models.” TOC New York [U50], New York, NY 2013-02-26 O’Reilly Strata Conference: “Tap into the collective intelligence of more than 150 data experts at Strata 2013. Strata gives you the skills, tools, and technologies you need to make data work today.” Strata 2013 [U51], Santa Clara, CA 2013-03-24 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.” TOC Bologna [U52], Bologna, Italy USENIX Events What’s coming from our USENIX friends. 2913-02-12 11th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies: “FAST '13 brings together storage-system researchers and practitioners to explore new directions in the design, implementation, evaluation, and deployment of storage systems.” FAST ’13 [U53], San Jose, CA Emancipation As we begin 2013, here’s an ebook you might want to look at. 2013 is the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. If the movie Lincoln whetted your appetite for information about emancipation, the National Archives [U54] is putting on events related to the Proclamation all year, and they have released a free ebook, The Meaning and Making of Emancipation [U55], that is worth a download. PragPub January 2013 37