Logo in Smalltalk
Bijan Parsia
bparsia at email.unc.edu
Mon May 8 21:29:37 UTC 2000
While writing Squeak code! I'm *way* impressed!
Yeah, I guess a desk would be a little inconvenient on a bike, though I
think a little portable cubical could be set up...with buzzing, flickering
lights powered by a generator attached to the wheels ;)
Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.
On Mon, 8 May 2000, Alan Kay wrote:
> John lives in Palo Alto .... and rides a bike .....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
> -------
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
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