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[Dutch] Escrow agreement Smalltalk projects
by Rob Vens Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

Dear Smalltalkers, This issue has been raised by a small Dutch company that delivers (Pharo/Seaside) Smalltalk solutions. When you, as an individual or small company, deliver Smalltalk solutions there is an implied risk for your customers in case of illness or such. This risk can be mitigated through an agreement with other developers/companies in which they state that they are willing and able to take development and support upon themselves, temporary or (semi-) permanent. Of course the process to get this formally agreed is a bit more complex, but this mail is only to ask whether there are (in this case preferably Dutch) Smalltalk developers willing to cooperate on this issue and possibly participate in some kind of legal agreement to provide more robust support to our customers. Please reply to me personally, unless of course you want your response to benefit the broader Smalltalk community on this mailing list. Rob Vens - rob(a)sepher.nl

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Smalltalk logos
by Francois Stephany Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

Hi, I need to produce some documents about Smalltalk. I'd like to use the classical air balloon as a Smalltalk logo but I cannot find a good looking one in high resolution. Do you have any suggestion? Cheers, Francois -- http://tulipemoutarde.be

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Re: [Esug-list] Smalltalk logos
by Marcus Denker Dec. 24, 2011

Dec. 24, 2011

On Dec 24, 2011, at 3:29 AM, Francois Stephany wrote: > Hi, > > I need to produce some documents about Smalltalk. I'd like to use the classical air balloon as a Smalltalk logo but I cannot find a good looking one in high resolution. Do you have any suggestion? > There is a high-res scan of the smalltalk logo here: http://esug.org/data/Logos+Graphics/ In addition, it has vector versions of the ESUG Logo. Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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UK Smalltalk User Group Meeting on Monday 19th December
by Ayers, Jason Dec. 16, 2011

Dec. 16, 2011

For UK-based Smalltalkers: Just a quick reminder that the next UK Smalltalk User Group ( http://www.uksmalltalk.org/ ) meeting is on this coming Monday, 19th December at 6.30pm at it¹s usual location The Counting House. It has a Christmas theme. Mulled wine and mince pies courtesy of Cincom when you arrive and drinks at their expense for the evening. If that isn¹t enough to tempt you we are discussing the ideas for next year¹s meet ups. We have around 50 ideas and only 12 evenings. This is your chance to help decide which will make interesting and entertaining events. Then Nick and I can get on with trying to arrange them. Another thought is if you can bring a small Smalltalk present. An idea or useful thing you know or have learnt this year about Smalltalk that you think the rest of us might not know or need reminding of. Again Cincom is giving a small prize for the best of these presents. Newcomers are most welcome, whatever your experience or interest in Smalltalk. Jason

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Looking for a language/environment for Analysis of Algorithms course
by Dave Mason Dec. 15, 2011

Dec. 15, 2011

Hi, I'm teaching a 3rd year course in Advanced Algorithms, using Dasgupta, Papadimitriou & Vazirani in January. I have decided that rather than assignments, I'm going to have weekly marked labs. Some of those will be paper exercises, but I would like to have a simple language for them to express their algorithms, where the performance analysis would be particularly clear, and it would be a huge bonus if we could bolt an algorithm visualizer/animator on the side. I'd probably use smalltalk if I had my druthers (just because it's so malleable), but I'm guessing that wouldn't be super popular with the students (as they only had a bit of Smalltalk 3 semesters earlier as part of an OO course, and Java is probably the language they know best). If I had more time, I might build a parser for a language that compiled to the SqueakVM, but I don't. Any suggestions? Moose? any other Smalltalkers projects that might be relevant? Thanks, and I'll post a summary if there's any interest+response. ../Dave

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Swiss Olympiad of Informatics
by Nowak, Helge Dec. 15, 2011

Dec. 15, 2011

Dear Smalltalkers, shortly before the end of the year I was made aware of this interesting event: http://www.soi.ch/ I hope you knew it earlier and have already submitted solutions to the tasks given. ;-) And, getting answers to your questions from Donald Knuth will certainly be exciting as well. Cheers Helge P.S. if you have a solution to the Euro Crisis: don't send to politicians. They won't listen anyway :-) ************************************************************** Helge Nowak Technical Account Manager Cincom Smalltalk Cincom Systems GmbH & Co. oHG Am Kronberger Hang 4 D-65824 Schwalbach/Ts. Tel.: +49-(0)89-89664494 Mobil: +49-(0)172-7400402 Fax: +49-(0)89-89664495 Email: mailto:hnowak@cincom.com <mailto:hnowak@cincom.com> Twitter: @nowagil Web: http://www.cincom.com <http://www.cincom.com/> All about Cincom Smalltalk: http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com <http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/> A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero. -- Albert Einstein Geschäftsführer/Managing Directors: Thomas M. Nies, Gerald L. Shawhan oHG mit Sitz/based in Schwalbach/Ts. (Amtsgericht Königstein/Ts. HRA 2653) Pers. haftender Gesellschafter/Partner liable to unlimited extent: Cincom Systems Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Amtsgericht Königstein/Ts. HRB 5069) **************************************************************

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Videos ESUG 2010 on Youtube
by Marcus Denker Dec. 12, 2011

Dec. 12, 2011

Now *complete* 54 videos, 35 hours play time. http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL431285A978F581BB -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

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Fwd: looking for volunteers to teach in Ghana this summer 2012
by Stéphane Ducasse Dec. 11, 2011

Dec. 11, 2011

So may be a nice lecture about Smalltalk and cool projects would be a good idea. Stef Begin forwarded message: > From: Dominique Sotteau <dominique.sotteau(a)seznam.cz> > Subject: looking for volunteers to teach in Ghana this summer 2012 > Date: December 10, 2011 4:59:30 PM GMT+01:00 > To: dominique.sotteau(a)seznam.cz > > Dear madam, sir, > > This is an email to reach those who showed some interest for the AHED project at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, whose aim is to update the level of lecturers of the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology (DCSIT) of this university (and other universities in Ghana) and work on guiding them towards a PhD. The ultimate goal is to install an MSc and a PhD program in the department (which today offers only undergraduate training). > > We would be grateful if you could forward the attached announcement to colleagues who might be interested. > > We are looking for two volunteers who would be willing to teach in Cape Coast this summer 2012 for a period of 6 to 8 weeks (between June 15th and August 15th). See attached announcement. > > I would also be grateful if you could let me know > - whether you might be, yourself, interested in teaching a course in the summer 2012; > - whether, although you are not free for the summer 2012, you would be interested in later opportunities; > - whether you would rather be deleted from my mailing list. > > There might be opportunities to teach in DCSIT at the undergraduate level for a full semester or even a year. If you are interested, please let me know. > > I take the opportunity of this email to thank those who already manifested their interest or even applied. If you already applied, you don't need to send your documents again, just let Steven Davis know that you would be free this summer. > > With all my thanks. I remain at your disposal for any further information. > > Sincerely yours > > Dominique Sotteau > previously DR CNRS, and later Head of international relation at INRIA, now retired. > +33 1 43 25 03 74 >

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STIC conference deadlines reminder
by Alan Knight Dec. 8, 2011

Dec. 8, 2011

The Smalltalk Industry Conference 2012 is coming up March 19-21, and submission deadlines are coming up soon. This year there are two parts to the conference, so there could be some confusion. -*Smalltalk Industry Conference*: This is the traditional Smalltalk Solutions program. To submit, you just need summary information for the talk. The presentations are, at least sometimes, recorded, but there aren't published papers. The deadline for those submissions is VERY SOON -_December 15th_. Call for participation ishere <http://www.stic.st/2011/10/smalltalk-solutions-is-now-called-smalltalk-indu…>. -*Smalltalk Directions*: This is the academic part of the conference, new this year. It accepts academic papers, which will be refereed and a selection of which will be submitted to the Journal of Object Technology. The deadline for those submissions is_January 6th, 2012_. The call for participation ishere <http://www.stic.st/2011/11/smalltalk-directions-call-for-participation/>.

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Call for Participation in the Smalltalk Devroom at FOSDEM 2012.
by Stephan Eggermont Dec. 7, 2011

Dec. 7, 2011

Call for Participation in the Smalltalk Devroom at FOSDEM 2012. "A devroom for the Pharo, Squeak, GST, Etoilé, Seaside, Moose Smalltalk projects. Smalltalk environments offer a very high development productivity, unmatched by their successors. Come do some pair programming with us and experience the advantages of a real OO environment." The meetup will take place Sunday, February 5, 2012, from 9AM until 5PM, room AW1.126. This room has 72 seats, a VGA video projector and wireless internet. More information will be available later. Proposals on content and format are welcome. People interested in running a session should announce that on the smalltalk-devroom mailing list, with the following information: - Their name - The project they are associated with - A short bio, to be put on the website along with their speaker name - (optionally) a picture of themselves - The title of their session (which will go on the website and in the booklet) - A abstract describing the session in further detail. - The desired length of the session. - The desired time slot in which they want to hold the session. Suggested values for the duration are 55min, 25min, 6m40 (Pecha Kucha). The desired time slot is meant to help you prevent conflicts with other dev rooms in which you might have a talk or your travel arrangements. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 23:00 GMT+1. Discussion takes place on the smalltalk-devroom(a)lists.fosdem.org mailing list. Please subscribe if you are interested: https://lists.fosdem.org/listinfo/smalltalk-devroom The local VUB/ULB Smalltalkers have been asked to organize a sprint/BSUG meeting on Saturday Februari 4. Devroom related URLs: http://www.pharo-project.org http://www.squeak.org/ http://etoileos.com/ http://www.seaside.st/ http://smalltalk.gnu.org/ Please distribute

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