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ST 4U 402: VA Smalltalk Roadmap (STIC 2013)

June 14, 2013 14:00:39.745

Today's Smalltalk 4 You is a video from STIC 2013 - John O'Keefe giving the VA Smalltalk roadmap. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

VA Roadmap

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STIC 2013 Video Home

June 14, 2013 14:29:25.325

I'll be posting all of the videos from STIC 2013 to here on this site, and also to my YouTube channel. If you just want to listen, the audio-only will be showing up in the regular podcast feed, but probably not as fast as the videos will appear.

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ESUG 2013 Call For Presentations Extended

June 15, 2013 18:46:18.829

From Stef:

We received already many good proposals but we know that you are busy now. So we decided to grant an extension for the call for presentation up 7 of July 2013. We will notify current proposers by the end of the current week -ie: 22.

For more details, just check out the ESUG conference site.

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IM 130: STIC 2013 Wrap Up

June 16, 2013 21:54:14.693

Welcome to episode 130 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week David and I spoke just after the end of the STIC 2013 conference in Phoenix, Arizona. We discussed each of the talks we saw briefly, then wrapped the whole thing up. The videos from STIC 2013 are appearing on this site, and the audio only from the talks will be appearing periodically in this feed..

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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IM 130: STIC 2013 Wrap Up (AAC)

June 16, 2013 21:57:03.636

Welcome to episode 130 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week David and I spoke just after the end of the STIC 2013 conference in Phoenix, Arizona. We discussed each of the talks we saw briefly, then wrapped the whole thing up. The videos from STIC 2013 are appearing on this site, and the audio only from the talks will be appearing periodically in this feed..

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes (or any other podcatching software) using this feed directly or in iTunes with this one.

To listen now, you can either download the mp3 edition, or the AAC edition. The AAC edition comes with chapter markers. You can subscribe to either edition of the podcast directly in iTunes; just search for Smalltalk and look in the Podcast results. You can subscribe to the mp3 edition directly using this feed, or the AAC edition using this feed using any podcatching software. You can also download the podcast in ogg format.

If you like the music we use, please visit Josh Woodward's site. We use the song Troublemaker for our intro/outro music. I'm sure he'd appreciate your support!

If you have feedback, send it to jarober@gmail.com - or visit us on Facebook - you can subscribe in iTunes using this iTunes enabled feed.. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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ST 4U 403: Dart at STIC 2013

June 17, 2013 9:44:26.009

Today's Smalltalk 4 You is a video from STIC 2013 - Alan Knight talking about the Dart language, which has many Smalltalk-ish features to it. Alan has made the slides for this talk available here. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Dart at STIC 13

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Presentations in Smalltalk

June 18, 2013 9:25:22.405

If you want to go "all in", using Smalltalk for your presentation itself, then have a look at Presenty for Pharo

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ST 4U 404: Dan Ingalls at STIC 2013

June 18, 2013 9:32:17.134

Today's Smalltalk 4 You is a video from STIC 2013 - Dan Ingall's keynote address from the first day of the conference: "A Few of my Favorite Things". If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Dan Ingalls

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The More Things Change....

June 19, 2013 9:18:25.073

The "no one has time anymore" meme isn't new.

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ST 4U 405: Stephen Travis Pope at STIC 2013

June 19, 2013 10:08:42.861

Today's Smalltalk 4 You is a video from STIC 2013 - Stephen Travis Pope delivering the second keynote address: "Why I Still use Smalltalk". If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Stephen Travis Pope

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How Tone Deaf is Microsoft?

June 19, 2013 12:01:15.050

Update: Microsoft must have gotten tired of the constant beat down on this. They've done a 180 on the whole thing.

The "must connect regularly" part is bad enough - the new XBox One consoles are also region locked. So imagine you're a gamer who serves in the military:

"There are multiple problems with Microsoft’s new strategy. You can only play an Xbox One in an approved country. Writing for the Navy Times, Jon Anderson notes: “if you’re based in Japan, Kuwait or Afghanistan, you’re out of luck.” Games are region-locked and region-activated — you can’t buy a game in the US and activate it in Japan. That means no spouses sending games as part of a care package."

The most awesome part of that - MS' response when questioned:

“Fortunately we have a product for people who aren’t able to get some form of connectivity, it’s called Xbox 360. If you have zero access to internet, that is an offline device.” He then independently raised the issue of whether or not Microsoft would support soldiers on deployment with the Xbox One — and stated that they wouldn’t.

You have to ask yourself - for this kind of PR crap storm, what win is Microsoft getting out the other end of this?

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MS Does a 180 on the XBox One

June 19, 2013 18:02:52.111

Wow:

Microsoft has announced an almost full reversal of the controversial digital rights management features built into the Xbox One. The console, launching later this year, will no longer require an online connection, or need to ping the Microsoft servers every 24 hours to hang on to life. It will also now play discs like any regular console and no longer place restrictions on trading games. There will also be no regional restrictions.

I guess Microsoft got tired of getting a PR beat down from all directions

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Better Rewriting

June 20, 2013 9:01:19.464

I like the idea behind this GSOC project - we need a simpler rewrite system in Smalltalk :)

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ST 4U 406: Dave Thomas, Smalltalk Next

June 20, 2013 10:31:06.744

Today's Smalltalk 4 You is a video from STIC 2013 - Dave Thomas giving a talk on where Smalltalk should be heading. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Dave Thomas

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Gizmodo Doesn't Get It

June 20, 2013 17:01:37.271

Gizmodo is flipping out, because they think that the idiot policies MS just had the good sense to back down from were good. Specifically, they say this:

Here is how this makes sense for YOU: New games could then be cheaper. Why? Publishers KNOW that they will not make money on resold games, so they charge more to you, the first buyer. You are paying for others' rights to use your game in the future. If the old system had gone into place, you would likely have seen game prices drop. Or, at the very least, it could have staved off price increases.

Here's where they went off the rails (and where MS screwed up as well): It would be easily possible to create that resale market for digital downloads, while leaving disc based games alone. I know, I know - that was an overly complex thought for anyone at Gawker Media to have formed all on their own....

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Thu'umcast 38: The End

June 20, 2013 22:20:38.475

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Welcome to episode 38 of "Thu'umcast" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith, Scott Dirk, Austin Haley, Makahlua and I document our trials and tribulations in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Today, we wrap up the journey that has been the Thu'umcast podcast. We have Dan Bull - and his Dovahkin Rap - on the podcast to take the show out. We'd like to thank everyone for listening, and we would especially like to thank everyone who's been part of the Facebook group. This is it for Thu'umcast, but we'll be back when another Fallout game arrives - and possibly for ESO.

If you liked our work on That Podcast, you'll probably like this. We intend to stay with the same idea - a gameplay podcast. If you don't want spoilers, don't listen - we are going to be talking about how we play the game, and what we ran across as we played.

You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed, or this one for the AAC edition. We'll add the iTunes specific links as soon as they are available. In the meantime, join the Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter. If you play on Steam, join the Steam Group. Like the music? Pay Sbeast a visit, we thank him for letting us use it!

Links to all episodes and other information can be found on the Thu'umcast page.

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Thu'umcast 38: The End (AAC)

June 20, 2013 22:23:30.133

Thu'umcast

Welcome to episode 38 of "Thu'umcast" - a podcast where Michael Lucas-Smith, Scott Dirk, Austin Haley, Makahlua and I document our trials and tribulations in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Today, we wrap up the journey that has been the Thu'umcast podcast. We have Dan Bull - and his Dovahkin Rap - on the podcast to take the show out. We'd like to thank everyone for listening, and we would especially like to thank everyone who's been part of the Facebook group. This is it for Thu'umcast, but we'll be back when another Fallout game arrives - and possibly for ESO.

If you liked our work on That Podcast, you'll probably like this. We intend to stay with the same idea - a gameplay podcast. If you don't want spoilers, don't listen - we are going to be talking about how we play the game, and what we ran across as we played.

You can subscribe in iTunes (or any podcatcher) using this feed, or this one for the AAC edition. We'll add the iTunes specific links as soon as they are available. In the meantime, join the Facebook Group and follow us on Twitter. If you play on Steam, join the Steam Group. Like the music? Pay Sbeast a visit, we thank him for letting us use it!

Links to all episodes and other information can be found on the Thu'umcast page.

If you want to download the podcast directly, we've provided it in three formats:

Got feedback? Tweet us!. Enjoy the podcast, and we'll see you in Skyrim!

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ST 4U 407: Scintillating

June 21, 2013 10:55:05.862

Today's Smalltalk 4 You is a video from STIC 2013 - Seth Berman talking about the new text editor that's being integrated across the VA Smalltalk toolset, Scintillating (which uses Scintilla). If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube. To watch now, click on the image below:

Scintillating

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