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> no one ever offered HIM a command. He learned to 'play it safe' ... and
> never got noticed by anybody.
>
> Chris Cunnington
> PR Team leader
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> Please read the press release for the book 'Squeak By Example', and submit
> the story to Slashdot.
>
> http://www.squeak.org/PressRoom/NewSmalltalkBookNowAvailableSqueakbyExample/
>
> http://slashdot.org/submit.pl
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> YOU MUST MENTION SQUEAK'S A PART OF THE OLPC.
> We need to hook into the current wind of G1G1 news spreading throughout the
> media.
>
> Q: On the contrary, that is who you wanted to be: someone who was less
> headstrong in his youth, less impulsive, less like me. The downside is as
> follows: the Jean-Luc Picard who you wanted to be, the one who did NOT fight
> the Nausicaans, had quite a different career from the one you remember. That
> Jean-Luc Picard never had a brush with death; he never came face-to-face
> with his own mortality; he never realized how fragile life is, or how
> important each moment must be. So HIS life never came into focus. He drifted
> through most of his career, with no plan or agenda... going from one
> assignment to the next, never seizing the opportunities that presented
> themselves. He never led the away team on Millica 3 to save the ambassador,
> or took charge of the Stargazer's bridge when its captain was killed... and
> no one ever offered HIM a command. He learned to 'play it safe' ... and
> never got noticed by anybody.
>
> Chris Cunnington
> PR Team leader
>
>
>

> Could you please change the website url to http://www.squeakbyexample.org/?
>
>Chris Cunnington  wrote:
> >
> > Please read the press release for the book 'Squeak By Example', and submit
> > the story to Slashdot.
> >
> > http://www.squeak.org/PressRoom/NewSmalltalkBookNowAvailableSqueakbyExample/
> >
> > http://slashdot.org/submit.pl

>
> No doubt I don't know how to search firehose properly, as I missed
> gafisher's submission.
>
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>       Brett writes:
>
>  > ...I'd prefer something like the following:
>  >
>  > 'With the recent announcement of the <link>Give-One-Get-One</link>
>  > OLPC program, and the growing popularity of software such as
>  > <link>Seaside</link> and <link>Croquet</link>, the arrival of
>  > <link>"Squeak By Example"</link>, a freely available book covering the
>  > popular <link>Squeak</link> dialect of Smalltalk, seems all the more
>  > timely.  Within, readers will find a gentle introduction to the
>  > language and environment, along with hands-on examples and exercises
>  > suitable for novices, teachers and developers alike.  With millions of
>  > OLPC computers soon to be in the hands of children throughout the
>  > world, such a resource could prove valuable to those interested in
>  > developing new applications for the platform.'
>  >
>  > Or something along those lines, anyway. :)
>
>       Ship it! :)

> > http://slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&id=303781
>
> Please don't take this personally, but I see a number of problems with
> the submission:
>
> 1. Squeak isn't the "OLPC version of Smalltalk".  It's a dialect of
> Smalltalk that was selected for the OLPC, due to it's traditionally
> deep focus on education.
>
> 2. The phrase 'Squeak is the "official" version chosen and used by Dr.
> Alan Kay' is ambiguous... official version of what?  I know you mean
> Smalltalk, but at best, it's poorly worded.
>
> 3. The phrase "With millions of OLPC computers expected soon to be in
> the hands of the upcoming generation, it will be an advantage, perhaps
> a requirement, for developers to master Squeak." is rather silly, and
> seems like breathless hyperbole.  Particularly since it's not like
> Squeak is the only venue for developing applications for the OLPC (at
> minimum, there's Python, and I would assume straight Linux binaries
> would work, as well).  Really, that entire statement could be nixed,
> though I'd probably go with something like "With millions of OLPC
> computers soon to be in the hands of children throughout the world,
> such a resource could prove valuable to those interested in developing
> new applications for the platform", or something along those lines.
>
> With all that said, I'd prefer something like the following:
>
> 'With the recent announcement of the <link>Give-One-Get-One</link>
> OLPC program, and the growing popularity of software such as
> <link>Seaside</link> and <link>Croquet</link>, the arrival of
> <link>"Squeak By Example"</link>, a freely available book covering the
> popular <link>Squeak</link> dialect of Smalltalk, seems all the more
> timely.  Within, readers will find a gentle introduction to the
> language and environment, along with hands-on examples and exercises
> suitable for novices, teachers and developers alike.  With millions of
> OLPC computers soon to be in the hands of children throughout the
> world, such a resource could prove valuable to those interested in
> developing new applications for the platform.'
>
> Or something along those lines, anyway. :)
>
> Brett.
>
>
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