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Wrapup from Baltimore

January 28, 2010 18:19:57.668

Here's our audio wrapup from today's Baltimore event - we streamed it live earlier today.

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.

To listen immediately, use the player below:

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

If you have feedback, send it to smalltalkpodcasts@cincom.com - or visit us on Facebook or Ning - you can vote for the Podcast Alley, and subscribe on iTunes. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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Smalltalk Products Presentation

January 28, 2010 17:36:53.411

With the recent (December 2009) releases of ObjectStudio 8.2 and VisualWorks 7.7, we gave a product update talk to the Toronto Smalltalk User's Group on January 26th, 2010. You can download the NC releases here. Here's a PDF Copy of the presentation. To watch, click on the viewer below:

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Smalltalk in Baltimore

January 28, 2010 11:57:47.495

I'll have more photos later - my network connection here is shaky. We've gotten off to a good start, and we'll have an audio wrap up later today (1:30 PM EST).

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Smalltalk Where You Are

January 28, 2010 9:38:06.012

Dave Buck is considering another "Intro to VisualWorks" course offering:

I have some time opening up in March and since Simberon hasn't held an Intro to VisualWorks course in a while, I thought I'd check to see if there's enough interest to hold one. If you have enough people at one site who want to take a course (or any of the other courses we offer), I could also deliver an on-site course.

Follow the link and let Dave know if you're interested!

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Don't Cross Us. Seriously

January 28, 2010 9:28:49.142

If you watch the show "Better off Ted", you recognize the title of this post as one of the fake ads from Veridian, the workplace on the show. It became obvious yesterday that Apple has tendencies in that direction - McGraw-Hill's CEO talked about the iPad a day before the event on CNBC, which brought on this:

McGraw-Hill is bigger than most of the publishers on this slide. But insiders say as soon as Terry shot his mouth off on CNBC, Jobs had the company cut from the presentation. We won't know for a few weeks if McGraw was only wrist-slapped, or if he's been thrown out of the game.

So does that make Steve Jobs the Veronica Palmer of Apple?

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The Tubes Were Clogged

January 28, 2010 8:21:20.078

I mentioned yesterday that I was having trouble getting to various sites covering Apple's iPad event, but it spread well beyond coverage of that:

And it wasn't just tech sites suffering: Some Internet service providers, such as the UK's Level1 Internet Services, told customers all the iPad attention was putting pretty much the entire Internet in a chokehold.

Steve Jobs killed the internets :)

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Automating Web Form Access

January 28, 2010 6:38:07.120

It can be painful to put together the URL encoded data for a web form, or to decode the same thing by hand. Today's screencast shows you a small library that eases that task.

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Smalltalk in Baltimore

January 27, 2010 17:36:07.496

We'll be at the BWI Marriott tomorrow morning with our Smalltalk roadshow - 9 AM - 1 PM, Salon E. See you there!

That hotel is minutes from both the BWI airport and the BWI rail station, and about 20 minutes from Columbia, MD.

And don't forget our live stream at 1:30 PM EST after the event!

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Smalltalk Video Course

January 27, 2010 17:08:38.256

There's an (Italian Language) video course on Smalltalk using Pharo; an English language version is supposed to be coming. If you're looking for instruction on VisualWorks, ObjectStudio, and WebVelocity, go to Smalltalk Daily.

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The iPad Arrives

January 27, 2010 13:22:45.235

Engadget has the updates flying, but the big news is simple: the Apple iPad is here. Looks very nice - no word yet on e-reader functionality, but information coming out is via a shaky phone based audio feed :)

Update: Try Gizmodo. This thing is being watched by so many people that Engadget fell over.

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Dynamic Web Development with Seaside

January 27, 2010 12:25:04.995

You can grab a PDF copy of the book (for a small fee) here. The online edition is still free.

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Talking WebVelocity

January 27, 2010 12:17:09.975

This week's podcast will be broadcast on the live stream at justin.tv - Michael and I will be talking about what's been going on with WebVelocity development. There's been a lot, actually, and the internal development builds are finally reaching a usable state. We'll talk about what's coming down the pike for WV live at 4 PM EST on Friday, January 29th. You can pick up the podcast as per usual in the feed on Sunday, of course.

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All Eyes Turn to Cupertino

January 27, 2010 12:16:32.855

Spotted in Engadget:

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that Apple is supposedly set to introduce a tablet device (AKA the Apple Tablet, iSlate, etc.) at its latest event that will change the lives of every man, woman, and child on the planet. Sure, it could just be a fresh version of iLife and an 8GB iPhone 3GS, but we kinda doubt that. If you know what's best for you, you'll tune in for our minute-by-minute, live coverage of the event. There won't be a better seat in the house... well, except for wherever Steve Jobs is sitting.

I've usually ignored these events, but even I'll be bringing up the Engadget stream for this one. We'll see what happens; I'll be curious to know whether anything interesting beyond the tablet is brought out. I expect some kind of new streaming support for iTunes, which would really start making me ponder my cable bill...

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More Seaside Powered Stuff

January 27, 2010 12:16:15.495

Randal is in the process of moving stonehenge.com over to Seaside:

Apparently, while I wasn't looking, some Very Smart People finally ported Pier to new Seaside, which I've been waiting for as a prerequisite to cutting www.stonehenge.com over to Seaside and away from Perl. It's a bit tricky to get it all installed, but I have this magical set of incantations

You can follow the link to get the details on those incantations :)

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The Sorry State of Security Theater

January 27, 2010 12:15:49.375

Security theather is in full swing in Toronto, at least for the US bound flights. The stupidity began early today, at the entry area for US flights. A little tyrant named Carla was defining what was and was not a laptop bag. My backpack didn't fit her definition, which meant I had to go back to the desk to check my clothes bag. I mentioned her name to the people there at the Air Canada desk - they rolled their eyes, apparently familiar with her gatekeeping ways.

Once past the queen of laptop bags, the rest of it was just insane lines, followed by a complete inspection of every bag for every person coming through. I barely made my flight because of that - and there's simlpy no way that such a regime can be sustained in the long term, unless they want to severely cut down on the number of flights - it just takes too long. I suppose it's "fair" though - search everyone and gosh knows, you sure don't have to actually examine people passing through to assess actual risks. It's like "zero tolerance" at schools - remove all the judgment to make it completely fair (and utterly ineffective and annoying).

My actual flight seems ok (I'm typing this from the cabin of my flight). Uncrowded, comfortable enough, and the flight crew on the plane seem nice. I even got about an hour's worth of sleep while we waited in the de-icing line. At least I don't need to travel to tomorrow's event - it's at BWI, within minutes of home.

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Determining Subsystem Load Order

January 27, 2010 0:17:18.699

It's easy to create a new subsystem in VisualWorks or ObjectStudio, but how can you tell when it will run relative to other subsystems? Today's screencast shows you how to figure that out graphically.

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Smalltalk in Toronto

January 26, 2010 17:31:52.714

If you're in Toronto and want to hear about what's new in ObjectStudio 8.2, VisualWorks 7.7, and WebVelocity 1.0, then head here at 6:30 PM this evening for the local STUG meeting. We'll be getting dinner and drinks afterwards, so come on out!

James Robertson

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iTunes with Books?

January 26, 2010 16:56:24.992

TechCrunch believes that Apple may be pairing with B&N for books on the much anticipated Tablet - I know that any such announcement would make my wife happy:

We believe there is a good chance there will be a Barnes & Noble bookstore built into the Apple Tablet, either as one of the showcase apps which launches with the device, powering a new book section in iTunes, or integrated directly into the Tablet's e-reader. The two companies are thought to be working closely together, increasing the likelihood that Barnes & Noble will be part of the announcement on Wednesday.

My wife really wants a backlit, decent sized reader device - the problem of "where to put all the books" being one we would rather not have. Of course, that might lead to us wanting 2 of the things, which is just the sort of outcome Apple has in mind, I'm sure.

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Audio Wrapup From Toronto

January 26, 2010 15:45:43.258

Here's our audio wrapup from Toronto - we live streamed it earlier, and you can watch that recording over on Ustream.

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.

To listen immediately, use the player below:

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

If you have feedback, send it to smalltalkpodcasts@cincom.com - or visit us on Facebook or Ning - you can vote for the Podcast Alley, and subscribe on iTunes. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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Live from Toronto

January 26, 2010 13:18:17.623

We will be doing a live stream from Toronto at 1:30 PM EST - join us here.

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Images from Toronto

January 26, 2010 12:51:48.253

Here are a few pictures from the Toronto event, which is wrapping up now. If you're near the Baltimore/DC area (including by rail) - join us there on Thursday. Register here; the event is taking place at one of the airport hotels (I'll be able to post the specific location tomorrow, you can get it now by registering).

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Smalltalk in Munich

January 26, 2010 9:50:44.953

Spotted in Planet Squeak:

There is a german Smalltalker Meeting ("Smalltalk-Stammtisch") on 27.1.2010 in Munich. Just visit the Laab location in the evening. Entrance is free.

Follow the link for more information

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It's always something

January 26, 2010 9:15:07.473

Today's fun problem: the audio for the video we've been showing to kick off these events was having sound cut out problems. That turned out to be simple - the cable was bad. Fortunately, I always carry audio cables with me, so we got that sorted out pretty soon. Should be a good day

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Using the Spellchecker in your own UIs

January 26, 2010 6:37:21.431

A look at using the new spellchecker component in your own Applications, to spellcheck UI fields. To watch now, use the viewer below.

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Many Years too Late

January 25, 2010 22:30:46.536

Jonathan "We'll Make it Up in Volume" Schwartz, one of the dumbest CEOs ever to darken the stage of a major company (and I say that after seeing Bill Lyons close up), is finally resigning. Sadly for Sun employees, it's happening a decade or so before he should have left the company. Yes, he's only been CEO since 2006 - but the only thing he seems to have been good at is lining his own pockets. I pity the next outfit he lands in, and recommend a strong course of shorting....

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In Toronto

January 25, 2010 21:50:36.194

I arrived without any real trouble, and only 15 minutes behind schedule. Everyone else had varying tales of travel woes; it's not been a great day for travel here in the eastern part of North America :) Everything should be fine for the event tomorrow; check here for details.

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Smalltalk in Toronto

January 25, 2010 14:35:11.353

I'll be at two events in Toronto tomorrow:

  • Our Smalltalk Technology Conference, Hilton Garden Inn Toronto City Centre, 200 Dundas Street East - from 9 AM to 1 PM
  • We'll be at the Smalltalk User's Group at 6:30 PM, here to talk about our product roadmap and the new releases.

You can register for the first event (free) here.

Also, we'll be in Baltimore (near the BWI airport) on Thursday, 9 AM - 1 PM) as well. Register at the same url above.

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Cycle Detection with DSM: ESUG 2009 Video

January 25, 2010 14:21:04.293

Here's another video from ESUG, from J. Laval - talking about cycle detection using DSM. You can download the slides here; to watch, click on the viewer below:

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Long Line for a Gadget?

January 25, 2010 12:13:32.296

Spotted in Rob Fahrni

Stuff like this is fun. Standing in line with your fellow geeks, talking shop, staying up all night, and scoring that new geek toy early. Yeah, I could do that, and I know a couple of guys that would probably stand in line with me.

Not me. I'd much rather wait 24-48 hours, stroll into an uncrowded store and be back out in under 5 minutes. Heck, think of all the DragonAge I could play in that time :)

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Spellchecking your Code

January 25, 2010 7:57:56.125

Most development tools include the ability to tell whether a method name/function name you are typing is part of the system or not. Today we look at adding that kind of simple "spellchecking" to the development tools.

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Good Reads

January 24, 2010 23:13:01.685

I really enjoyed reading "The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel" - it's one of the strangest things I've ever read, combining elements of Monty Python and Harry Potter in one place. Characters jump in and out of books; real bookworms power strange machines - and the time jumping father of Thursday adds a really hilarious twist right at the very end of the book. I can barely wait to dive into the next book in the series.
Meanwhile, my "exercise book" is "A Feast for Crows" - the 4th in Martin's Song of Ice and Fire series. I'm really hoping that he can finish the story - he's on book five of a planned 7 now, but who knows how much of his time will taken up by the HBO series? It's a really involved story, too - like Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series, if you put it down for a period of time, you'll just be lost when you come back. There are just so many characters, plots, and subplots moving at once.

The only trouble with all this is that my desire to read all of this stuff is pulling me away from jogging and over to the stationary bike - which cuts into my podcast listening time. Oh well :)

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Speaking of Legacy...

January 24, 2010 22:12:35.092

This is pretty swesome: Windows 3.1 in a browser

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The Future of Computing

January 24, 2010 22:04:35.272

Gilad Bracha is worried about the future of computing - specifically, about the ability to use whatever development tools you prefer:

The iPhone is a prime example of a trend where our computing platforms become more restricted. As we move toward software as a service rather than an artifact, the computer is no longer as personal; it is very much under control of the service provider. In this case Apple, in other cases Amazon or Google or Microsoft. I'd be surprised if the rumored iTablet won't work on the same model: rather than an open version of MacOS, a semi-closed world with an app store.

The thing is, the ability to use whatever you want on the back end has never been more open than it is now - you can get full root level hosting at very affordable prices now (I've done that for this site). Things seem to be moving towards a fairly small set of front ends, with HTML/Javascript being the most prominent one. You can build your back end with complete freedom, using whatever tools you like. Sure, you have to pay for that - but who ever said life was free?

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Come on In

January 24, 2010 19:39:49.223

The water is warm here in the Smalltalk pond :)

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Smalltalk's Past, Present, and Future: From Seattle

January 24, 2010 11:22:38.192

This week's podcast is a talk by Georg Heeg about Smalltalk's past, present, and future. Georg gave this talk on January 21, 2010 in Seattle, Washington, at the first 2010 Smalltalk Technology Conference in a series from Cincom - you can get more details on future events here.

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.

To listen immediately, use the player below:

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

If you have feedback, send it to smalltalkpodcasts@cincom.com - or visit us on Facebook or Ning - you can vote for the Podcast Alley, and subscribe on iTunes. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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Why Not Both?

January 24, 2010 11:00:57.262

Julian Fitzell quotes a passage in Seth Godin's new e-book to make a point about customer service:

There are tens of thousands of businesses making many millions a year in profits that still haven’t ever heard of twitter, blogs or facebook. Are they all wrong? Have they missed out or is the joke really on us? They do business through personal relationships, by delivering great customer service and it’s working for them.

That's true as far as it goes, but I think it throws the baby out with the bathwater. The key mistake many Marcom types seem to make is in seeing Twitter, Facebook (etc) as ends in themselves. They aren't; worrying endlessly about how many followers you have, for instance, is just stupid. These tools are means to an end, and hardly the only ones.

I use all of these things in two ways:

  • A way to broadcast information
  • A way for people to easily contact me if they have questions

I don't spend inordinate amounts of time with them; in fact, most of the traffic that goes to Twitter and Facebook from me is automated - out of my blogs and straight to Twitter (and from there into the news stream at Facebook).

Bottom line: pay attention to your customers. Don't worry so much about how you accomplish that - use whatever tools make sense.

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OS X 10.6.3 Coming

January 23, 2010 13:21:02.320

This sounds good:

More specifically, people familiar with Friday's beta say it includes an update to QuickTime X that, when finalized, will improve security and compatibility while simultaneously enhancing overall reliability. The release will also include tweaks that aim to enhance the performance of Apple's 64-bit Logic pro audio suite. Other planned improvements include better compatibility with third-party printers and OpenGL-grounded applications, those same people say.

The bigger question for me is this: will they restore the export capabilities that 7.6.x had? I still use that version because it's better than the new one.

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Smalltalk Powered iPhone Apps

January 23, 2010 13:02:18.440

The Easier Way:

JQTouchis a jQuery plugin for mobile web development, optimized for the iPhone and iPod touch. Among the other alternatives, this one has a nice design and uses the popular jQuery framework. In this post, I am reporting about my efforts to use this library from Seasidewhich is a component-based Web application framework for Smalltalk. It has great support for jQuery in the sense that the developer is presented with an elegant abstraction layer to do all the fancy selection and Ajax stuff.

The code is in the public store repository, so you can try it out yourself - follow the link to see a screen capture of an app running (via the browser, obviously) on the iPhone.

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I Must Have Been Tired

January 23, 2010 12:49:34.237

I stayed up a bit late on Wednesday (making late changes to my demo), and then got up early yesterday (to fly home). I had been a little sick before the trip, and not sleeping well - which all became apparent when I awoke this morning after 11 hours :)

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Not Just a World Web Anymore

January 22, 2010 17:39:32.510

The web has gone beyond the planet :)

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Random Thoughts While Flying

January 22, 2010 17:17:57.610

Leaving Seattle and sitting on my flight, a few random thoughts popped up. I

t's nice that the new 737s American has have standard 110V power plugs - but did they have to be so hard to plug into from your seat when the seatbelt sign is lit?

Out jogging yesterday, the scar that is the interstate running through the heart of Seattle really struck me. It cuts the city clean in half, making areas that were formerly easy to walk in a long trip. Seems to me they should have tunneled, or just gone with a beltway.

I saw a brief tweet from Mathew Ingram just before we left - apparently, the new paywall the NY Times is building won't apply to any readers coming in from outside links (like from blogs, or, presumably, aggregators like Google News). So... the purpose is, what, exactly? To punish loyal readers who don't subscribe?

When is going to occur to the TSA that the huge waiting lines they create with the security theater screening process is itself a security problem? Will we have to wait for a someone with a strap on bomb to show up at a crowded airport for them to figure this out?

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Whither Hulu?

January 22, 2010 17:17:34.830

Spotted in Engadget

the latest idea being thrown around is to charge a $5 per month subscription for access to older shows. A quick search of Hulu just showed that only the past four or five episodes of newer shows are currently available, so charging for older shows means new access to additional content. We have to say that offering additional programming above and beyond what is currently free is a pretty good strategy, but the other one we'd like to see is a premium option to view content commercial free

I like the idea of making older stuff available for a fee - there are plenty of shows I'd consider watching - but I just can't get back to episode 1, so "why bother" is my response. If Hulu made it easy and affordable to go back and start from the beginning, that would be great.

For that matter, I'd love it if older shows that aren't on Hulu (like Buffy) got there too, even for a fee. There have been times that I've had a hankering to see the finale of season 5, or the "Bored Now" Willow episode :)

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It's Always Something

January 22, 2010 17:17:03.430

Lately, if I do a demo, something has to go wrong. Yesterday was no exception - I was sitting in the back, showing Arden my demo in the Windows 7 VM I use in Parallels, and everything was working great. I suspended the VM, and waited, then fired it back up just before we were about to head up - the plan was for him to show slides off my machine, and then go to my demo, so we didn't have to flip devices.

And.... Windows 7 suddenly lost its mind, and decided that it couldn't see the internet, or my Mac. This was a problem, as I was loading things from a database on the Mac side. So... Arden did slides while I panicked. Fortunately, my XP VM was behaving, and the demo went off without any trouble.

This is getting to be tiresome though :)

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Using TAR Archives in Smalltalk

January 22, 2010 1:11:02.041

Here's today's video screencast - opening TAR archives in Smalltalk:.

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Post Show in Seattle

January 22, 2010 0:56:20.147

Here's a recording of the live stream we did earlier today, after our Seattle event - we'll be doing this again after the rest of the events we have scheduled as well.

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.

To listen immediately, use the player below:

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

If you have feedback, send it to smalltalkpodcasts@cincom.com - or visit us on Facebook or Ning - you can vote for the Podcast Alley, and subscribe on iTunes. If you enjoy the podcast, pass the word - we would love to have more people hear about Smalltalk!

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Speaking of Superpowers

January 22, 2010 0:12:27.377

Michael just explained how to create new return semantics from a BlockClosure in Smalltalk - or, to use his explanation:

Of course, the usual pat on Smalltalk's back is required here - we've just done some very simple stack manipulation, extended a kernel class and all without breaking a sweat to give ourselves a completely new control structure.

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Upcoming Events Information

January 21, 2010 17:12:41.405

One thing I thought I should point out about the upcoming Baltimore/DC event: it's being held near the BWI airport, within a short cab ride of the airport or rail station. So if you have been thinking of coming, but were worried about traffic down near DC, don't - the roads near BWI are almost never jammed, and it's an easy trip by rail from as far away as NY and Richmond. It's even a short trip by air (and inexpensive) from Boston. So come on down - you can register (and get the specific location details) here.

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Scenes from Seattle

January 21, 2010 14:45:49.876

We took a lot of photos today - I'm sure a bunch of them will find their way to the Cincom Smalltalk site. In the meantime, here's a small selection:

Group Shot Suzanne Fortman
Suzanne Fortman Andreas Hiltner
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Smalltalk in Eclipse?

January 21, 2010 12:26:35.391

Looks like that "Gemstone in Eclipse" project is making progress - check it out here.

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Smalltalk in Seattle

January 21, 2010 12:12:52.671

It turns out that there is net access here, just not "open for all" net access. Since I paid for access in my room though, I'm all set. I'm shooting video for all of the presentations, and I'll be posting that over the next few weeks. The downside is, it looks like the brightness of the screen is putting the speaker somewhat in the dark; we'll see how that turns out.

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Possibly No Net

January 21, 2010 10:22:48.923

I may well be offline much of the day - the room where our event is being held probably has no internet access. If only ATT had gotten their act together and supported thethering by now...

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Working with ZIP Files

January 21, 2010 4:04:40.981

How to work with ZIP files in Smalltalk - there's a library for that :).

You can download the video directly here. If you like this kind of video, why not subscribe to "Smalltalk Daily"?

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