Yesterday, I did two Squeak-related segments for The Lab With Leo (labwithleo.com), a technology show that is shown on cable in Canada and Australia, and on bittorrent endpoints around the world with some clever googling.
I talked about the OLPC Etoys image for show #149 (each show's number is shown prominently in the opening). I did the classic "draw a car and control it with a drawn steering wheel" demo. Thanks Alan, for that.
For show #137, I showed the Scratch programming environment from scratch.mit.edu. I made the default cat "follow the mouse", and didn't realize until midway through that it was more anthropomorphic than I had realized. :) Of course, when I duplicated that cat, Leo Laporte uttered "copy cat", and got me laughing as well. I mentioned that Squeak powered Scratch, but didn't go into it as deep as I did for the Etoys talk. I also emphasized the community aspect, of being able to upload my stupid project and download others.
I'm happy to have shown Squeak in a very public venue. This should raise the visibility of Squeak-for-kids, since this show is highly respected and watched.
The episodes should air in the mid-January timeframe, so watch for them.
If someone could help me get into Croquet a bit more, I'm being asked for topics for February already. (nudge!)
On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
The episodes should air in the mid-January timeframe, so watch for them.
If someone could help me get into Croquet a bit more, I'm being asked for topics for February already. (nudge!)
Ah, nice, thanks for taking the time to do all that.
I'll note you could also play with Sophie, yet another Squeak based product.
We just shipped RC7 yesterday.
http://www.sophieproject.org/download
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"John" == John M McIntosh johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com writes:
John> On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
John> Ah, nice, thanks for taking the time to do all that.
Thanks.
John> I'll note you could also play with Sophie, yet another Squeak based John> product.
Ahh yes, that's also on my radar. Yet Another Thing to get my head around.
Between "Cool Things With Squeak" and "Cool web building with Seaside", I could have my hands full as the ambassador to the world next year. :)
In case it's not clear, I've rediscovered Smalltalk, and am using the numerous connections made with my friends from the open source community through the years (because of Perl) to now help promote Smalltalk. Feel free to contact me with (a) interesting projects and (b) people whom you want to reach but are more phone calls away from than I am. :)
It's my goal in 2008 to make Smalltalk have a bigger blog-buzz than Ruby. Call me crazy. But call me. :)
Randal,
In case it's not clear, I've rediscovered Smalltalk, and am using the numerous connections made with my friends from the open source community through the years (because of Perl) to now help promote Smalltalk. Feel free to contact me with (a) interesting projects and (b) people whom you want to reach but are more phone calls away from than I am. :)
It's my goal in 2008 to make Smalltalk have a bigger blog-buzz than Ruby. Call me crazy. But call me. :)
You, crazy!
If you have any questions regarding OLPC etoys, please ask people on the etoys mailing list (http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/etoys). Depending on where you are going to do this kind of demo, somebody with the prototype or production model of XO may be able to help you.
-- Yoshiki
Excellent If you need help for a talk on Squeak and Seaside let us know. I like your goal for 2008 :) For 2008 I dream to have a better squeak :)
Stef
"John" == John M McIntosh johnmci@smalltalkconsulting.com writes:
John> On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
John> Ah, nice, thanks for taking the time to do all that.
Thanks.
John> I'll note you could also play with Sophie, yet another Squeak based John> product.
Ahh yes, that's also on my radar. Yet Another Thing to get my head around.
Between "Cool Things With Squeak" and "Cool web building with Seaside", I could have my hands full as the ambassador to the world next year. :)
In case it's not clear, I've rediscovered Smalltalk, and am using the numerous connections made with my friends from the open source community through the years (because of Perl) to now help promote Smalltalk. Feel free to contact me with (a) interesting projects and (b) people whom you want to reach but are more phone calls away from than I am. :)
It's my goal in 2008 to make Smalltalk have a bigger blog-buzz than Ruby. Call me crazy. But call me. :)
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Awesome!
It is good for projects like Scratch and Sophie to show off what Squeak can do, with a lot of love and hard work :)
Steve
On Nov 29, 2007, at 1:43 PM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Yesterday, I did two Squeak-related segments for The Lab With Leo (labwithleo.com), a technology show that is shown on cable in Canada and Australia, and on bittorrent endpoints around the world with some clever googling.
I talked about the OLPC Etoys image for show #149 (each show's number is shown prominently in the opening). I did the classic "draw a car and control it with a drawn steering wheel" demo. Thanks Alan, for that.
For show #137, I showed the Scratch programming environment from scratch.mit.edu. I made the default cat "follow the mouse", and didn't realize until midway through that it was more anthropomorphic than I had realized. :) Of course, when I duplicated that cat, Leo Laporte uttered "copy cat", and got me laughing as well. I mentioned that Squeak powered Scratch, but didn't go into it as deep as I did for the Etoys talk. I also emphasized the community aspect, of being able to upload my stupid project and download others.
I'm happy to have shown Squeak in a very public venue. This should raise the visibility of Squeak-for-kids, since this show is highly respected and watched.
The episodes should air in the mid-January timeframe, so watch for them.
If someone could help me get into Croquet a bit more, I'm being asked for topics for February already. (nudge!)
-- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 merlyn@stonehenge.com URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/ Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
Randal L. Schwartz schrieb:
The episodes should air in the mid-January timeframe, so watch for them
Here [1] one can see Squeak on LWL.
Alex
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:42:08 +0100, Alex wrote:
Randal L. Schwartz schrieb:
The episodes should air in the mid-January timeframe, so watch for them
That's a very good one, Randal :) Thank you (and Alex for the reminder).
Here [1] one can see Squeak on LWL.
Alex
"Klaus" == Klaus D Witzel klaus.witzel@cobss.com writes:
Klaus> On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:42:08 +0100, Alex wrote:
Randal L. Schwartz schrieb:
The episodes should air in the mid-January timeframe, so watch for them
Klaus> That's a very good one, Randal :) Thank you (and Alex for the reminder).
Yeah, it was a lot of fun to do. My drawing skills really leave a lot to be desired, but at least it worked.
Live demos are often scary.
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