'Nonsense. The long and short of it is: If my 3 years old son can learn Windows 8 through very moderate usage, anybody with half a brain can do so too.' Bill Gates has already successfully made the transition to what he calls an 'unbelievably great' Microsoft Surface. On Friday, we'll start finding out if current Windows XP and Windows 7 users are also smarter than the average 3-year-old!'
The issue isn't whether users can figure out Windows 8; it's whether they can do what they do now with XP or Windows 7, and whether doing that requires more effort, or less. If the answer is that it takes more effort (especially on non-touch systems), then yes - it's too hard to use.
Craig Latta has just pushed out another beta. In related news, I spoke to Craig and Chris Cunnington about what's been going on with Squeak for next week's podcast - check that out on Sunday.s
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the help system that is included in Pharo. 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:
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Welcome to episode 99 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.
This week we have another recording from the STIC 2012 conference - Alexander Bergel talking about object centric profiling. If you would rather watch the video, head on over to the STIC website.
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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!
Welcome to episode 99 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.
This week we have another recording from the STIC 2012 conference - Alexander Bergel talking about object centric profiling. If you would rather watch the video, head on over to the STIC website.
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!
Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at creating a clone of your existing ENVY repository. Since all of your code resides in that repositry, backing up a copy periodically is a really good idea. 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:
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The good thing about ENVY Development in VA Smalltalk is that ENVY tracks everything - you really can't lose code that you develop, even when you don't formally release it. On the other hand, you do have a single point of failure - the repository itself. Fortunately, it's easy to back up, both within VA and without. Outside, just backup the file (typically manager.dat in the "manager" directory under your VA installation). Within VA, go to the Tools menu:
What that option does is create a new library and reconnect your image to the new library - after which you can archive the original. The cloning can take awhile (especially if the file is large). When it's finished, you'll get promoted for the new repository size. Always select 16 GB:
Finally, VA connects to the new library and you're ready to get back to work:
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The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the state has decided to crack down on free education, notifying California-based startup Coursera that it is not allowed to offer its online courses to the state’s residents. Coursera, founded by Stanford computer science professors Daphne Koller and Andrew Ng, partners with top-tier universities around the world to offer certain classes online for free to anyone who wants to take them. You know, unless they happen to be from Minnesota.
Since this is all web based, how do they intend to ban residents from taking these courses? Are instructional DVD's also a bad thing?
Today's Javascript 4 You looks at how you can let users define polygons on a map with map marker placement. If you have trouble viewing it here in the browser, you can also navigate directly to YouTube.
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Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at a nifty little feature of VA Smalltalk - the menu options that make it easy to inspect arbitrary objects in VA. 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:
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During Smalltalk development, it's quite common to want to inspect arbitrary objects - and sometimes, it's not that easy to "dig into" the right level of the application for that. Fortunately, tools to deal with that are right in the VA environment. Take a look at the "Options" menu in the launcher:
Notice the "Delay" option - if you want to inspect a widget (one of the options), you can set a countdown to give yourself time to get the cursor to it. Try that, and move the mouse to the toolbar for the launcher:
This is a really useful thing - where I work, using VisualWorks, we've built similar tools into the environment. In VA, they are already there.
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