January 2015 - Pharo-dev - lists.pharo.org

Re: [Pharo-dev] The Smalltalk Renaissance Program

by Andreas Wacknitz

Am 01.01.15 um 02:10 schrieb Paul DeBruicker: > everything by Andres was good to read: > http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Andres… +1 (I haven't read the last one but the first two are IMO eye-opener while partly hard to understand for non-native speakers.) > > And also > http://www.amazon.com/Smalltalk-Best-Practice-Patterns-Kent/dp/013476904X +1 > > > horrido wrote >> My Resources page is looking rather sparse. Doesn't anybody have any >> favourite Smalltalk resources? Especially for "advanced" Smalltalkers. >> >> >> horrido wrote >>> Do a search for Smalltalk resources, such as books, videos, tutorials, >>> blogs, etc., and you will face a virtual avalanche of material. This can >>> be overwhelming for Smalltalk newcomers to filter. >>> >>> Submit your favourite Smalltalk resources and I shall curate them and >>> choose the best ones to place on our Resources page: >>> http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/resources/ >>> <http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/resources/> >>> >>> Thanks. > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Renaissance-Program-tp4797112p4797521.h… > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >

Jan. 1, 2015

Re: [Pharo-dev] Smalltalk Reflections Podcast

by stepharo

Hi I would go for short (max 15 min topics). In europe we are nearly all in the same time zone. Stef Le 31/12/14 16:02, davidbuck a Ã©crit : > We do this already with the Smalltalk Jobs Report by James T. Savidge. Craig > and I discuss some topic for half an hour and record the session. > Separately, we have James record a short 1 or 2 minute segment on Smalltalk > Jobs and send the audio of just him speaking. We then mix that into the > episode at some nice breaking point with an introduction like "Now, here's > James Savidge with the Smalltalk Jobs Report". We can do that with other > segments as well if people want to produce them. > > Alternatively, we can bring someone into the podcast and record in a > conversational style. The small issue here is simply scheduling and time > zones. I'm in Ottawa Canada and Craig is in Amsterdam so there's already a > six hour time difference. To bring someone else into the conversation may > make it harder to schedule because of time zones but we're happy to try it. > > David > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-Reflections-Podcast-tp4797444p4797492.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >

Jan. 1, 2015

Re: [Pharo-dev] The Smalltalk Renaissance Program

by Ben Coman

On Thursday, January 1, 2015, Ben Coman wrote: > I refer to the two paragraphs following "On pharo being a new language". > I think Sven's response addressed these the best. > > Now I wonder if a history of evolving features from Smalltalk-72 "in the > context of Pharo" being another step of evolution would be a useful > addition to the Pharo story. > > Cheers -Ben > > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, horrido <horrido.hobbies(a)gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','horrido.hobbies(a)gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Thank you very much. So please explain how the PR message is not aligned >> with >> the technical vision. I don't see any inconsistency. >> >> >> >> Ben Coman wrote >> > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, Ben Coman wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, December 31, 2014, horrido < >> >> > horrido.hobbies@ >> >> > > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml',' >> >> > horrido.hobbies@ >> >> > ');>> wrote: >> >> >> >>> And, yes, I did not do my most thorough homework regarding Pharo, as >> >>> several >> >>> of you have pointed out. Frankly, I don't have /that/ much time and >> >>> energy. >> >>> I'm old and retired. I'm just doing this for pleasure. >> >>> >> >>> So I rely on /you/ to set me straight. >> >> >> >> >> >> In process :) >> >> >> >> >> >>> I remind you that I'm just the >> >>> coordinator of the campaign, because I'm sure none of you have that >> much >> >>> time to do what I'm doing. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> Marcus suggested that anyone can create a Google+ page, but he misses >> >>> the >> >>> point. The Google+ page is just one brick in the foundation of the >> >>> campaign. >> >>> It's part of a whole. >> >>> >> >>> Norbert suggests that I think I know what to do. No, I have ideas and >> I >> >>> have >> >>> a plan. There's no guarantee that it will work. Either you buy into my >> >>> plan, >> >>> or you don't. Either I have your support, or I don't. If the latter, I >> >>> shan't waste any more time (yours or mind). >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> >> It's not just a matter of time, but inclination. If you are inclined >> to >> >>> do this, then it should be supported - but it's a matter of getting >> the >> >>> PR message aligned with the technical vision. We don't want the >> market >> >>> being told one thing then getting a different message here in-list. >> So >> >>> you made a misstep here. That's okay, you learn more that way than >> doing >> >>> nothing. It may take some more back-n-forth. I hope you continue. >> >> >> >> >> >> -Ben >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Renaissance-Program-tp4797112p4797416.h… >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> >>

Jan. 1, 2015

Re: [Pharo-dev] The Smalltalk Renaissance Program

by horrido

I guess there aren't many free or online resources that are worth highlighting. (Make no mistake, there are lots of free online resources, but most of them are probably not very notable.) -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Renaissance-Program-tp4797112p4797523.h… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Jan. 1, 2015

Re: [Pharo-dev] The Smalltalk Renaissance Program

by Paul DeBruicker

everything by Andres was good to read: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Andres… And also http://www.amazon.com/Smalltalk-Best-Practice-Patterns-Kent/dp/013476904X horrido wrote > My Resources page is looking rather sparse. Doesn't anybody have any > favourite Smalltalk resources? Especially for "advanced" Smalltalkers. > > > horrido wrote >> Do a search for Smalltalk resources, such as books, videos, tutorials, >> blogs, etc., and you will face a virtual avalanche of material. This can >> be overwhelming for Smalltalk newcomers to filter. >> >> Submit your favourite Smalltalk resources and I shall curate them and >> choose the best ones to place on our Resources page: >> http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/resources/ >> <http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/resources/> >> >> Thanks. -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Renaissance-Program-tp4797112p4797521.h… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Jan. 1, 2015

Re: [Pharo-dev] Smalltalk Reflections Podcast

by Sven Van Caekenberghe

http://pharoweekly.wordpress.com > On 01 Jan 2015, at 00:04, horrido <horrido.hobbies(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > www.pharoweekly.org doesn't exist. DNS lookup failed. > > > stepharo wrote >> I imagine that you know my blog >> http://www.pharoweekly.org >> >> I'm trying to keep the information I find there. >> >> >> Now let me know we could do once a month a short discussion around a >> topic. >> >> Stef >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-Reflections-Podcast-tp4797444.html >>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at >>> Nabble.com. >>> >>> > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-Reflections-Podcast-tp4797444p4797515.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Jan. 1, 2015