Dear Squeakers,
happy new year, and welcome to the The WeeklySqueakSummary, an
irregular traffic-dependent report on what's going on in the world of
Squeak based on the WeeklySqueak blog.
Highlights of the past weeks:
The one topic that has gotten most coverage on the Weekly Squeak blog
recently has been the OLPC initiative. The enormous response to the
G1G1 (give one, get one) programme [1] has shown that great interest
in the little green boxes is prevalent also in non-target countries of
the initiative [5,8]. Intel is no longer a member of the consortium
[11], and one may wonder whether the "competitive products" will stand
the comparison... [12]
Lively is a very interesting JavaScript-based development environment
running in your browser (if you use a very recent Firefox or Safari
build, that is). It looks somewhat familiar to Squeak users. Dan
Ingalls has given a presentation at Stanford [13].
FInally, there's a nice collection of images showing Smalltalk running
on an Alto [9], taken in 1979, when Smalltalk was still very very
young. (But hey! It's a GUI! In 1979!)
The past weeks' news items:
[1] Give One. Get One. NOW!!
http://news.squeak.org/2007/11/13/give-one-get-one-now/[2] Problems with the Weekly Squeak RSS feeds
http://news.squeak.org/2007/11/13/problems-with-the-weekly-squeak-rss-feeds/[3] Interview with Avi Bryant on FLOSS Weekly
http://news.squeak.org/2007/11/23/interview-with-avi-bryant-on-floss-weekly/[4] Qwaq Secures $7 Million in Funding From Alloy Ventures and Storm Ventures
http://news.squeak.org/2007/11/28/qwaq-secures-7-million-in-funding-from-alloy-ventures-and-storm-ventures/[5] Demand OLPC
http://news.squeak.org/2007/12/05/demand-olpc/[6] Virtual Education a Reality for Aaron E. Walsh
http://news.squeak.org/2007/12/10/virtual-education-a-reality-for-aaron-e-walsh/[7] The First Smalltalk Conference In Argentina
http://news.squeak.org/2007/12/18/the-first-smalltalk-conference-in-argentina/[8] Here it is. OLPC!!
http://news.squeak.org/2007/12/22/here-it-is-olpc/[9] Old Smalltalk Pics From PARC
http://news.squeak.org/2007/12/29/old-smalltalk-pics-from-parc-place/[10] Immersive Education the focus of 2008 Boston Summit (January
12-13 at Boston College)
http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/03/immersive-education-the-focus-of-2008-boston-summit-january-12-13-at-boston-college/[11] Intel Resigns From Board Of One Laptop Per Child
http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/04/intel-resigns-from-board-of-one-laptop-per-child/[12] Tunnel Vision? OLPC
http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/05/tunnel-vision-olpc/[13] Lively Kernel, a Self Supporting System on a Web Page
http://news.squeak.org/2008/01/12/lively-kernel-a-self-supporting-system-on-a-web-page/You can find this and much more on The WeeklySqueak blog, the newsblog
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Michael
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