John lives in Palo Alto .... and rides a bike .....

Cheers,

Alan

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At 12:38 PM -0800 5/8/00, Jarvis, Robert P. \(Contingent\) wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	JArchibald at aol.com [SMTP:JArchibald at aol.com]
>> Sent:	Monday, May 08, 2000 4:13 PM
>> To:	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
>> Subject:	Re: Logo in Smalltalk
>>
>> => 5/8/00 2:26:36 PM, Alan.Kay at disney.com =>
>> << John Maloney doesn't have an office >>
>>
>> What! Does he have a desk in the hall?
>>
>> I knew Disney was going through some restructuring and cost-cutting.
>> Give the guy and office; at worst, he can rent it out (or store things in
>> it).
>>
>> :-)
>>
>I get this strange picture in my mind...
>
>	Picture a parking lot near LA.  It is early morning.  The birds are
>singing (well, OK, coughing a lot and croaking hoarsely - this is, after
>all, LA).  The dew glistens on the Astro-turf.  The light of the morning sun
>girds itself for another day of valiant battle against the forces of
>Partially-Burned Hydrocarbons and Ozone.
>
>	Time passes.
>
>	Cars begin to fill the parking lot.  But instead of getting out of
>their vehicles and proceeding into a building for their day's work, the
>people in the cars open their windows, grab network cables from conveniently
>located stands, and plug the cables into their portable computers.  Closing
>the windows of their vehicles, the people begin work.  To keep cool, they
>keep the engines of their cars running so they can use their air
>conditioners.  Occasionally a car will overheat, and its vexed owner will
>start hunting up and down the rows of cars for a kind soul who will share
>their vehicle, network line, and air conditioning while the overheated
>vehicle cools down.  When face-to-face meetings must be held the
>participants pile into limousines which cruise the lot for just such
>occasions.  Telephone calls are made from car to car by cell phone.
>
>	In his Cadillac in the corner of the lot the Manager sits.  As he
>watches the activity in the lot he smiles, but is at the same time puzzled.
>"Y'know", he thinks to himself, "I just don't see what advantage there is to
>this telecommuting thing".
>
>:-)
>
>Bob Jarvis
>Compuware @ Timken