on 8/26/01 3:10 PM, Simon Michael at simon at joyful.com wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've been spending more time with squeak lately. I'm still a relative
> newbie, and I run into issues that many of you may not see day to
> day. I have the urge to share a few of my ponderings, reactions and
> difficulties, as datapoints, a footsoldier's experiences with the
> current system. A particular motivation is to help uncover any major
> usability/reliability discouragements that a newcomer to squeak might
> encounter. 
> 
> If there are no major objections, I will post these here under some
> suitable subject tag - [newbie], [smjournal], [usertesting], or some
> such.
> 
> -Simon
> 
> 

If you've never looked at them, check out the books on Quantum Mechanics and
Fourier Analysis published by the Transnational College of LEX.


The books are written by laymen in a rather unique format based on the
interactions of a bunch of laymen trying to teach each other the subject
matter.

A web-site designed along the lines of these books would be VERY good, I
think...




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unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas. -Alan Kay
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