Trygve Reenskaug wrote:

> I would be very grateful if I could spend more time on new and ported
> stuff, and less on second guessing how to do simple things like keeping a
> large cursor on the screen for the duration of a demo. And can I find a
> large hand cursor anywhere?

Any form can be a cursor. For example in a SketchMorph inspector doIt:
ActiveHand showTemporaryCursor: self form

> So, is there a volunteer mentor out there?

Sure, I can be a mentor. 

Karl