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This year's WWDC includes a new feature called "Brown Bag Lunches with O'Reilly," a series of lunchtime sessions moderated by some of the hi-tech industry's most notable celebrities. There's something here for everyone, from the high end software developer to those simply interested in podcasting. And here you thought the WWDC was just for the pros. Check out the Brown Bag schedule to learn how the WWDC can help even novice Mac users get the most out of their computers...and learn new ways to make money doing what you love.

Tuesday Brown Bag Kick-Off - June 6

The kick-off begins on Tuesday, June 7 with Tim O'Reilly, president and CEO of O'Reilly Media, talking about the innovations on his radar, and how Mac developers can begin to distribute the future today.

Wednesday Brown Bag Schedule - June 7

SESSION TITLE: Python Today
GUEST MODERATOR: Guido van Rossum, creator of Python
SESSION OVERVIEW: Python is gaining traction for game development and other applications. Python founder, Guido van Rossum will give the ultimate insider's update on the project, then will cover Python/ObjC/Mac to focus on development on the Mac platform specifically.

SESSION TITLE: PHP on a PowerBook
GUEST MODERATOR: Rasmus Lerdorf, creator of PHP
SESSION OVERVIEW: PHP is a free scripting language running over a million web sites, and is an open-source, cross-platform alternative to Microsoft's Active Server Pages. Its creator, Rasmus Lerdorf is currently developing with Mac OS X on a 15" PowerBook. Join Rasmus for a special lunchtime session discussing the ins and outs of this popular scripting language and the joy of developing on Mac OS X.

SESSION TITLE: MySQL and SQLite: It’s In There
GUEST MODERATOR: TBD
SESSION OVERVIEW: MySQL is an open source, robust database that purrs on Mac OS X. SQLite is the database bundled with both Mac OS X client and server and the database engine behind Mail.app's new search features, as well as the persistence engine behind CoreData. It's there for you now, and here's a session on here's how.

SESSION TITLE: Perl as a Glue Language
GUEST MODERATOR: Randal L. Schwartz, contributor to a dozen top-selling books on the Perl and over 200 magazine articles. Schwartz runs Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc., a Perl training and consulting company.
SESSION OVERVIEW: Explore Perl on Mac OS X as a "glue language," permitting both casual and sophisticated connections between command-line tools, AppleScript, graphical interfaces (through Camelbones and Dashboard), and other technologies. Conversation will range from simple "how to" up to large issues like managing parallel Perl versions and installations from the CPAN without breaking things.

Thursday Brown Bag Schedule - June 8

SESSION TITLE: The Ultimate Peripheral, Your Smart Home
GUEST MODERATOR: Gordon Meyer, author and renowned smart home expert.
SESSION OVERVIEW: The Mac is experiencing a windfall of great software for home automation. This session will cover the latest developments in both the commercial and open source worlds. Control your home over the web, integrate telephone services, or just use a netcam to keep an eye on your puppy. If you want a smart home but don't know where to start, this will set you off in the right direction. If you're an old hand, bring your wisdom and they'll jointly create a best practices map for newbies, and a wish list that they'll deliver to Mac home automation developers.

SESSION TITLE: What's Hot in Open Source
GUEST MODERATOR: Nat Torkington, O’Reilly Media Editor, Open Source Convention Program Chair
SESSION OVERVIEW: As a strong open source platform, Mac OS X gives you many choices of open source development tools and frameworks. Join Nathan Torkington, the conference chair of the Open Source Convention, to discuss the best of the best: Ruby on Rails, SQLite, PHP 5, mod_perl 2, Mono, PyObjC, Tcl, and whatever your favorite might be.

SESSION TITLE: Podcasting for Everyone
GUEST MODERATOR: Phillip M.Torrone, (internet strategy analyst for creative firm Fallon Worldwide, and best known for their award winning work on BMWFilms).
SESSION OVERVIEW: From subscribing to Podcasts with a variety of aggregators to an in-depth start to finish guide on Podcast production, podcasting extraordinaire Phillip Torrone will lift the hood on O'Reilly's Make:Audio series and share tips, tricks, and code needed to create Podcasts.

SESSION TITLE: Advanced Scripting
GUEST MODERATOR: Brian D. Foy, Mac DevCenter writer, 2004 White Camel Award recipient, perl expert
SESSION OVERVIEW: Mac OS X comes with its own scripting language, AppleScript, but it also comes with Perl, Python and Ruby. Many other environments, like Tcl and Smalltalk, work too. Where one language leaves off, another picks up and dificult problems might use more than one language in its solution. A group discussion moderated by Mac and Perl hacker and writer brian d foy concentrates on how people use scripting languages to make their life easier on the Mac.

For more information on these and other WWDC events, vist Apple's Development Connection.