Squeak East 2000

Donald MacQueen dmacq at erols.com
Mon May 22 18:30:15 UTC 2000


My previous message was meant to be a private and
humorous reply to John; it failed on both counts.

Sorry about that. I'll watch the "Reply" line better
next time.

> John,

> Sunday, May 21, 2000, 6:00:03 AM, you wrote:

>> Okay, cool.

>> The last time I checked the camp smalltalk wiki, they hadn't mentioned the
>> exact location.  There was a lot of hyperbole about hosting it in europe
>> somewhere.  That's great that they want to do it in DC.  There's lots of
>> people who would go to Camp Smalltalk that I'd like to meet in person.
>> Perhaps I'll bring my Dad along.

> WHat? Is your dad interested in meeting Smalltalkers? ;-)

>> -John

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Bijan Parsia [mailto:bparsia at email.unc.edu]
>>> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 11:28 PM
>>> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
>>> Subject: RE: Squeak East 2000
>>>
>>>
>>> Er....John, I guess you missed the bit about it being in DC...Washington
>>> DC? Which, alas in general but good for us, is on the East coast ;)
>>>
>>> So, if I'm right in my recollection, and if it indeed happens in DC
>>> mid-summer, then it seems that the same sort of "pre camp Squeakend" event
>>> would be dandy.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bijan Parsia.
>>>
>>> On Sat, 20 May 2000, John Duncan wrote:
>>>
>>> > Perhaps if camp smalltalk can be persuaded to have it on the
>>> east coast, we
>>> > can do something easier like organizing a BOF group (and hitting camp
>>> > smalltalk with a large representation).
>>> >
>>> > Thoughts?
>>> > -John
>>> >
>>> > > -----Original Message-----
>>> > > From: Bijan Parsia [mailto:bparsia at email.unc.edu]
>>> > > Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 4:12 PM
>>> > > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
>>> > > Subject: Re: Squeak East 2000
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Err....but my *on time* as well as my *late* enthusiasm
>>> remain unabated!
>>> > >
>>> > > Let's get it rolling again!
>>> > >
>>> > > I know the Camp Smalltalkers are talking....uh...June? July? in
>>> > > DC. Perhaps a similar relationship to CST as the last time could be
>>> > > arranged
>>> > >
>>> > > (I'd love to have a sit down with a stack of printouts of the-book
>>> > > formerly-known-as-"Squeak: Applications and Community/Taking Another
>>> > > Path"-but-soon-to-be-known-as-"Prince: Using Java to make really odd
>>> > > looking glyphs 4U"* and have a free-for-all about them---including
>>> > > reactions, comments, massive slathering of unwarranted praise, whining
>>> > > about the evil forces of marketing, etc.)
>>> > >
>>> > > Cheers,
>>> > > Bijan Parsia.
>>> > >
>>> > > *As one might expect, the bundled cd will be a little differnt than we
>>> > > anticipated :)
>>> > >
>>> > > On Sat, 20 May 2000 JArchibald at aol.com wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > > => 5/20/00 2:01:43 PM, music at watson.ibm.com =>
>>> > > > << I hope this is still going to happen ...
>>> > > >     http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/1272 >>
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Daniel,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Early enthusiasm for such an event seems to have died down --
>>> > > see page 1270.
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Jerry Archibald.
>>> > > > systemObjectivesIncorporated
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>





-- 
Donald                           

Donald M. MacQueen
Registered Smalltalk Bigot, [Esq.]






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