As we tick down to the last few hours of the year, now is a good time to publicly acknowledge some of the great work that many in the Squeak community have been quietly doing.
Though I have been quiet for most of this past year, we here at Stono have been very busy. We are doing almost 100% our development work in Squeak. Last month we completed rev.2 of an application that we developed to do animated presentations for promotions at large scale sponsored events (e.g. at stadiums and conferences).
We would not have been able to complete our work without the help of many great Squeakers. In particular, I want to thank Bob Arning and Doug Way who did some contract work for us. Doug Way did a _fabulous_ job building the new user interface for our application. Bob Arning, as most of you know, wrote the Morphic UI tool kit on which the interface to our application is based. Bob was extremely helpful in write code in a pinch, and helping me understand various Squeak matters. I am extremely grateful for his patience.
I also want to thank Jim Benson, Bob Hartwig, and Mark Schwenk. Jim built a really cool QuickTime plug-in that we experimented with for a while. Bob and Mark have helped me out from time to time, and run the CSTUG (Chicago Smalltalk Users' Group) which has put on some great sessions. (Any of you in SqC coming to Chicago anytime soon? ;-) )
Finally, a want to thank SqC, and the entire Squeak list for providing such great technical support, thoughtful discussion, and technical comraderie.
Have a great New Year!
Sincerely,
--Maurice
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Rabb 773.281.6003 Stono Technologies, LLC Chicago, USA
I'd like to second that... Many thanks to the creators and everybody that have been contributing to Squeak.
Maurice Rabb wrote:
As we tick down to the last few hours of the year, now is a good time to publicly acknowledge some of the great work that many in the Squeak community have been quietly doing. ...
Finally, a want to thank SqC, and the entire Squeak list for providing such great technical support, thoughtful discussion, and technical comraderie.
Have a great New Year!
Sincerely,
--Maurice
Happy 2000...
Tansel
At 8:59 PM -0500 1/2/00, Tansel Ersavas wrote:
Hi Maurice,
I was wondering if the Quicktime plugin you have mentioned is available from anywhere to download, or is it possible for you to send me a copy if you intend to make it available for other people?
Cheers and a happy new year!
Tansel
At 10:38 AM +0100 1/3/00, Stephane Ducasse wrote:
Hi Maurice
Would it be possible to see the result of what you built in Squeak? I would love to be able to say to people that some money making applications have been developed and show them some screen or a http address
At 6:44 PM +0100 1/3/00, Henrik Gedenryd wrote:
Maurice,
Your kind of success story is exactly what appeals to a certain audience. Very good to hear about such mission-critical, large-exposure (literally!) applications.
Bob Arning, as most of you know, wrote the Morphic UI tool kit on which the interface to our application is based.
I have never heard of it. I'd like to hear more. Is it available somewhere?
I also want to thank Jim Benson, Bob Hartwig, and Mark Schwenk. Jim built a really cool QuickTime plug-in that we experimented with for a while.
Same question: Is it available somewhere? I'm sure I'm not the only one who has thought about such a thing.
Henrik
Hmmm, I haven't played with the QT plug-in since 2.4. It is Jim Benson's project. If he says that it is ok to release it, I will put it on an ftp site. BTW, it is Mac only.
When Stono makes its official public announcement, I will post a http link on the list and on the swiki. I am just anxious as you to see Squeak get some good (and factually correct) exposure. In the meantime, if you send me a private e-mail I may be able to answer some of your questions.
--Maurice
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maurice Rabb 773.281.6003 Stono Technologies, LLC Chicago, USA
Hi Maurice,
I was wondering if the Quicktime plugin you have mentioned is available from anywhere to download, or is it possible for you to send me a copy if you intend to make it available for other people?
Cheers and a happy new year!
Tansel
Maurice Rabb wrote:
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I also want to thank Jim Benson, Bob Hartwig, and Mark Schwenk. Jim built a really cool QuickTime plug-in that we experimented with for a while.
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