[Challenge]
Ivan Tomek
ivan.tomek at acadiau.ca
Thu Jun 12 12:27:53 UTC 2003
Yes! But perhaps one can start with something more manageable :-)
Ivan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tblanchard at mac.com [mailto:tblanchard at mac.com]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:45 AM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: [Challenge]
>
>
> Hmmm. With a name like silicon chalk, I expected to see
> something more
> like this:
>
> http://oxygen.lcs.mit.edu/videos/sketching.mpeg
>
> which would be a very cool thing to have in squeak indeed.
> (warning - the download is long but quite cool).
>
> On Wednesday, June 11, 2003, at 01:12 PM, Ivan Tomek wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have just seen a demo of Silicon Chalk (see
> > http://www.siliconchalk.com/index.htm). It's a lecture (voice, any
> > application, etc.) recording,
> > question-and-answer/polling/note-taking/etc.
> > supporting tool that, to me, is the first educational
> application that
> > has a
> > chance of growing and becoming useful.
> >
> > Its main limitations are that it
> >
> > - is restricted to Windows
> > - is not open source, making it, in my opinion, impossible
> to keep up
> > with
> > possible extensions, customizations, etc.
> > - is written in C++
> >
> > It seems to me that this is a perfect application area for
> those who
> > might
> > want to try to apply Squeak's features and create a 'killer
> > application'
> > proving its worth. I do not volunteer to implement it :(
> but there may
> > be
> > some volunteers or students waiting for challenging
> projects or theses
> > that
> > might make it really desirable for people to learn, use,
> and advance
> > Squeak.
> >
> > Ivan
> >
>
>
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