Alan's foreword to "Squeak: Open Personal Computing and Multimedia

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Sun Sep 16 06:22:39 UTC 2001


http://guzdial.cc.gatech.edu/squeakbook/AlansForeword.html
http://guzdial.cc.gatech.edu/squeakbook/AlanKayForeword.pdf

karl

Alan Kay wrote:
> 
> Folks --
> 
> Apologies all around. I fully expected to get the promised chapter
> done and on Squeakland before the book actually came out. At that
> time I didn't know we were going to decide to leave Disney. I have
> spent the entire summer on "other things" relating to the new
> nonprofit company we have just set up. I am still doing this. In the
> next several weeks I will at least have time enough to get around to
> making a place holder for the promised chapter on Squeakland that
> will explain all this. Then I will perhaps in Oct be able to finish
> up the actual chapter.
> 
> Best to all,
> 
> Alan
> 
> At 4:54 PM -0300 9/15/01, Diego Gomez Deck wrote:
> >Hi...
> >
> >>I just received my copy from Amazon and I'm dying to read Alan's "real"
> >>online Active Essay foreword but I can't for the life of me find it. Am I
> >>brain dead or is it not actually on the web? Anyone know?
> >
> >I can't find it too.... I tried in google, altavista, etc but nothing appears
> >
> >>I appreciate the use of a content reference rather than a URL, but it didn't
> >>seem to work for me. Any help is appreciated.
> >>
> >>PS Thanks to all who had a hand in creating this book! It is quite exciting!
> >
> >I feel the same, the book is wonderful!
> >
> >>--
> >>Randy Siler               Coordinator, CIDR Computing
> >>Center for Instructional Development & Research
> >>396 Bagley Hall, BOX 351725               VOICE: 206/543-6588
> >>UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON           FAX: 206/685-1213
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> >
> >Diego Gomez Deck
> 
> --




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