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Colstme in June

by Alexander Lazarević

Thank you guys for a great event with your demos, presentations, stories and chats. The next colstme is scheduled for after the summer break at the end of august/september. Please mark your favorite dates on [1] if you are planning to attend and keep in mind, that the 11th to 17th of september is Camp Smalltalk/ESUG conference week. I will also send a short reminder to the lists at the end of july before the date gets final. Again a pointer to [2] for the latest infos and planned talks, demos and presentations. We promise to spice up the website for readability and to think about ways to improve beer cooling! ;) Cheers, Alex [1] http://www.doodle.com/cskz2yetns5x359v [2] http://colstme.selfish.org

June 14, 2010

project opportunities

by Tudor Girba

Hello, I am looking for Smalltalk-related jobs or freelancing projects. My skills cover software engineering in general, from agile project management to design and development (in particular in Smalltalk). I also developed a new approach to software and data assessment to help teams make sense of and manage complex code and intricate objects ( www.humane-assessment.com ). I have 7+ years experience in Smalltalk development. Among others, I am one of the main architects and developers of Moose, an extensive open-source solution for software and data analysis ( www.moosetechnology.org , www.themoosebook.org ). The work on Moose involves working with several dozen developers and researchers across the globe, and it covers a wide range of sub-projects such as Mondrian or Glamour. More information about me and my background can be found on my website: www.tudorgirba.com . For convenience I also attached here a CV. Please feel free to contact me for details and arrangements. Kind regards, Tudor -- www.tudorgirba.com "To lead is not to demand things, it is to make them happen."

June 12, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [PhD Student Position] Languages and IDEs for Robotics

by Noury Bouraqadi

Mariano (thanks!) pointed an administrative point. What is required is either a Master degree or an equivalent diploma (5 years in university). Best, Noury On 7 juin 2010, at 22:48, Noury Bouraqadi wrote: > Hi, > > Ecole des Mines de Douai together with INRIA RMoD are seeking a PhD Student on the topic of programming languages and IDEs for Robotics (see description attached). > The position is for someone with a Master degree, and who is ready to move to France. > > This work will contribute to a project where we plan to have a set of robots running in a shopping mall. > You can findout more about our recent works and experiments related to robotics on: > http://vst.ensm-douai.fr/robotics > > Regards, > Noury > > <smalltalkRoboticsPhD.pdf>

June 11, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch.

by Serge Stinckwich

Thank you Alan&John for your great job ! I will maybe buy an ipad and i would love to do some Squeak/Pharo activities in this platform. On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM, John M McIntosh <johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> wrote: > Well I was hoping to have a few more days to settle things. > > The Smalltalk community should take a deep bow and thank Alan Kay for spending many hours talking to the highest level of people at Apple about the importance of the iPad as a platform to teach computational theory to people of all ages. > > So how does this all sort out? Well I don't know, nothing has officially changed, yet... > > But I'm at WWDC this week, I did talk to the manager of the App Store (they were expecting me) and I do have an appointment with Apple next week to discuss the "Unless otherwise approved by Apple in writing" > > Once that happens I will let everyone know the outcome, Apple is working what the approval process is, and I think the Smalltalk & Scratch community will be the first players in the door for Apple's embracing of interpreted languages for educational purposes on the iPad. > > I must publicly thank the Smalltalk and Scratch communities for being patient and polite in waiting for the issue to resolve itself, and true thanks should be directed to Alan for his behind the scenes efforts in ensuring the Computer Science community has equal footing with the language arts & music departments for apps on the iPad. > > I caution everyone that we're not there yet, but let's see what happens next week, so don't open the champaign bottles yet. > > On 2010-06-10, at 7:40 PM, Lawson English wrote: > >> Does this change the status of Scratch on iphone any? >> >> http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/ >> >> >> Lawson > > -- > =========================================================================== > John M. McIntosh <johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> Twitter: squeaker68882 > Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com > =========================================================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org > > -- Serge Stinckwich UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://doesnotunderstand.org/

June 11, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch.

by Noury Bouraqadi

Thanks John and Alan for your efforts. Noury On 11 juin 2010, at 07:43, John M McIntosh wrote: > Well I was hoping to have a few more days to settle things. > > The Smalltalk community should take a deep bow and thank Alan Kay for spending many hours talking to the highest level of people at Apple about the importance of the iPad as a platform to teach computational theory to people of all ages. > > So how does this all sort out? Well I don't know, nothing has officially changed, yet... > > But I'm at WWDC this week, I did talk to the manager of the App Store (they were expecting me) and I do have an appointment with Apple next week to discuss the "Unless otherwise approved by Apple in writing" > > Once that happens I will let everyone know the outcome, Apple is working what the approval process is, and I think the Smalltalk & Scratch community will be the first players in the door for Apple's embracing of interpreted languages for educational purposes on the iPad. > > I must publicly thank the Smalltalk and Scratch communities for being patient and polite in waiting for the issue to resolve itself, and true thanks should be directed to Alan for his behind the scenes efforts in ensuring the Computer Science community has equal footing with the language arts & music departments for apps on the iPad. > > I caution everyone that we're not there yet, but let's see what happens next week, so don't open the champaign bottles yet. > > On 2010-06-10, at 7:40 PM, Lawson English wrote: > >> Does this change the status of Scratch on iphone any? >> >> http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/ >> >> >> Lawson > > -- > =========================================================================== > John M. McIntosh <johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> Twitter: squeaker68882 > Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com > =========================================================================== > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org

June 11, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch.

by Michael Haupt

Hi Graham, On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Graham McLeod <mcleod(a)iafrica.com> wrote: > What I would love to see as a development from our computer science faction > is a Squeak/Pharo/Smalltalk VM that could efficiently run on top of the java > script virtual machines in current browsers. This would allow us to deploy > apps on just about any platform with zero client footprint. There was an > effort in this direction at Sun, which I believe was then passed on to Hasso > Platner. I presume you mean Lively - it was not passed on to Hasso Plattner himself, but to the Software Architecture Group at Hasso-Plattner-Institut: http://lively-kernel.org/ Best, Michael

June 11, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch.

by Graham McLeod

Hi John I think our thanks as the Smalltalk community are also due to yourself for your continued professional and mature endeavors in resolving this matter, hopefully in a positive way. What I would love to see as a development from our computer science faction is a Squeak/Pharo/Smalltalk VM that could efficiently run on top of the java script virtual machines in current browsers. This would allow us to deploy apps on just about any platform with zero client footprint. There was an effort in this direction at Sun, which I believe was then passed on to Hasso Platner. Thanks! Graham John M McIntosh wrote: > Well I was hoping to have a few more days to settle things. > > The Smalltalk community should take a deep bow and thank Alan Kay for spending many hours talking to the highest level of people at Apple about the importance of the iPad as a platform to teach computational theory to people of all ages. > > So how does this all sort out? Well I don't know, nothing has officially changed, yet... > > But I'm at WWDC this week, I did talk to the manager of the App Store (they were expecting me) and I do have an appointment with Apple next week to discuss the "Unless otherwise approved by Apple in writing" > > Once that happens I will let everyone know the outcome, Apple is working what the approval process is, and I think the Smalltalk& Scratch community will be the first players in the door for Apple's embracing of interpreted languages for educational purposes on the iPad. > > I must publicly thank the Smalltalk and Scratch communities for being patient and polite in waiting for the issue to resolve itself, and true thanks should be directed to Alan for his behind the scenes efforts in ensuring the Computer Science community has equal footing with the language arts& music departments for apps on the iPad. > > I caution everyone that we're not there yet, but let's see what happens next week, so don't open the champaign bottles yet. > > On 2010-06-10, at 7:40 PM, Lawson English wrote: > > >> Does this change the status of Scratch on iphone any? >> >> http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/ >> >> >> Lawson >> > > -- > =========================================================================== > John M. McIntosh<johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> Twitter: squeaker68882 > Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com > =========================================================================== > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org >

June 11, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [squeak-dev] Re: Talking to Steve Jobs about Scratch.

by John M McIntosh

Well I was hoping to have a few more days to settle things. The Smalltalk community should take a deep bow and thank Alan Kay for spending many hours talking to the highest level of people at Apple about the importance of the iPad as a platform to teach computational theory to people of all ages. So how does this all sort out? Well I don't know, nothing has officially changed, yet... But I'm at WWDC this week, I did talk to the manager of the App Store (they were expecting me) and I do have an appointment with Apple next week to discuss the "Unless otherwise approved by Apple in writing" Once that happens I will let everyone know the outcome, Apple is working what the approval process is, and I think the Smalltalk & Scratch community will be the first players in the door for Apple's embracing of interpreted languages for educational purposes on the iPad. I must publicly thank the Smalltalk and Scratch communities for being patient and polite in waiting for the issue to resolve itself, and true thanks should be directed to Alan for his behind the scenes efforts in ensuring the Computer Science community has equal footing with the language arts & music departments for apps on the iPad. I caution everyone that we're not there yet, but let's see what happens next week, so don't open the champaign bottles yet. On 2010-06-10, at 7:40 PM, Lawson English wrote: > Does this change the status of Scratch on iphone any? > > http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/06/10/hello-lua/ > > > Lawson -- =========================================================================== John M. McIntosh <johnmci(a)smalltalkconsulting.com> Twitter: squeaker68882 Corporate Smalltalk Consulting Ltd. http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com ===========================================================================

June 11, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [JOB] Smalltalk Job in Zurich

by Marcus Denker

On Jun 10, 2010, at 11:55 AM, Geert Claes wrote: > > > Marcus Denker-4 wrote: >> >> (and this post doubles as a check if the new mailinglist setup is working) >> > > That may explain why my post via Nabble failed and I had to subscribe again > :) > Yes! I had your adress in the list of the 4 "subscribed but no mail", but you were faster to resubscribe. :-) Marcus -- Marcus Denker -- http://www.marcusdenker.de INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD.

June 10, 2010

Re: [Esug-list] [JOB] Smalltalk Job in Zurich

by Geert Claes

Marcus Denker-4 wrote: > > (and this post doubles as a check if the new mailinglist setup is working) > That may explain why my post via Nabble failed and I had to subscribe again :) -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/JOB-Smalltalk-Job-in-Zurich-tp2248462p2250179.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

June 10, 2010