Squeak Booth, Pens, and OLPC at Smalltalk Solutions
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu May 3 17:29:13 UTC 2007
On May 3, 2007, at 12:47 , William Harford wrote:
> Fellow Squeakers,
>
> As most of you know, due to the fantastic work of Chris Cunnington,
> Squeak was able to acquire a booth at Smalltalk Solutions this
> year. I was lucky enough to get the opportunity to volunteer to
> work the booth for the two days of the convention. We had a
> fabulous location and got a tremendous amount of traffic. The
> Smalltalk community, while small, is one of the most intelligent,
> kind, supportive, and fun communities I have ever been involved in.
> I would like to thank all Smalltalk Solution attendees for there
> kind words, Squeak cheerleading, and help with answering questions
> when the crowds got large.
>
> Bert Freudenberg was kind enough to lend us a OLPC laptop. This was
> the major draw of non-Smalltalkers to our booth. Many of the people
> knew nothing of Smalltalk but had heard of the OPLC project. The
> etoys demo was beautiful and if gave us a real opportunity to
> explain a little about Squeak, Smalltalk, and etoys.
>
> Tim Rowledge generously sent me 45 silver and 5 gold badges. We
> were able to sell 27 silver badges raising $324 Canadian for the
> Squeak Foundation. The badges are beautiful and if you have not yet
> had the opportunity to buy one I recommend that you do. If you are
> in the Toronto area come out to the "Beach Outings Club" http://
> www.seasideparasol.com/club.html and I will have some on hand.
>
> I could not of dreamed how well it went. The booth was fantastic,
> the people were kind, and the interest in Squeak exceeded my
> expectations.
Thank you and Chris for a fantastic promotion job! Whenever I came by
the Squeak booth there were people inquiring about Squeak. Hope you
can relax now after standing (literally) up for Squeak for two solid
days!
- Bert -
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