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IM 152: Teaching Smalltalk to Newbies (AAC)

November 24, 2013 15:32:36.192

Welcome to episode 152 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week david and I talk about teaching Smalltalk again - but to new developers, as opposed to experienced ones who just don't know Smalltalk.

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 152: Teaching Smalltalk to Newbies

November 24, 2013 15:32:06.622

Welcome to episode 152 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week david and I talk about teaching Smalltalk again - but to new developers, as opposed to experienced ones who just don't know Smalltalk.

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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November 24, 2013 12:29:46.505

In my daily trawl through realcleartechnology.com, I cam across this odd demand from David Braue:

Previous versions of iWork had promise as an alternative, but I have a long-running feud with Apple over iWork for one simple reason: Apple refuses to give it the ability to simply load and save files in Word's .DOC format. That's right: the only way to handle documents in Pages is by saving your working documents as .pages files which are, inexplicably, often 10 or more times larger than their Word .DOC equivalent and then exporting .DOC versions as and when you need them.

Right, Apple should cede control of their future feature set to whatever the doc format can support, and they should be willing to live at the mercy of whatever MS decides to do with it. Sure, Sure. I've used Pages for years now; the extra five seconds to export into .doc format is not a problem. Oh, and news flash, David - Pages does, in fact, read .doc format. Either that, or I've been imagining things for a decade now.

Can we find some tech writers who know something about the topics they natter on about? There are plenty of things to complain about with Pages, believe me. This isn't one of them.

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St 4U 496: Configuring Editor Feedback in VA 8.6

November 22, 2013 10:50:56.034

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the configuration options for feedback from the new editor in VA 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:

Editor Feedback

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PY 4U 20: Looping and else

November 21, 2013 9:38:52.283

Today's Python 4 You continues to look at looping constructs in Python - and how you can use an else clause with looping. You can get more complete details over at the Python Doc Pages. 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:

Looping and else

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iTunes Match

November 20, 2013 10:07:53.472

I hadn't signed up for iTunes match, but I also hadn't fixed the problem with older, DRM'd music in my library. Since match deals with that problem, I figured a one year subscription was worth the cost. As well, since I travel to Minneapolis for work regularly, it'll be nice to have access to my full library of music without having to fill my laptop's HD with it.

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ST 4U 495: Emergency Evaluator in Pharo

November 20, 2013 9:25:29.716

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the emergency evaluator 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:

Emergency Evaluator

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PY 4U 19: If-Then in Python

November 19, 2013 11:32:10.280

Today's Python 4 You takes a look at the if-then-elif construction in Python. 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:

If-Then

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Mac become: Windows

November 18, 2013 10:31:27.844

I love my mac, and I have no intention of going back to Windows (other than for gaming purposes). However, recently I've been getting some very Windows like behaviors. This morning, my screencast software stopped working right. It would record, but not finish the file out. The resolution? Reboot the system. Very Windows like, that....

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ST 4U 494: Bundle Display Order

November 18, 2013 10:13:50.993

Today's Smalltalk 4 You looks at the way bundles are presented in the browser in newer revs of ObjectStudio and VisualWorks - with the package contents alphabetically sorted. If you instead want to revert to the older load order display, it's a simple setting toggle away. 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:

Bundle Order

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IM 151: Garbage Collection in Smalltalk (AAC)

November 17, 2013 19:47:24.588

Welcome to episode 51 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week David and James talk about garbage collection in Smalltalk - how memory is stuctured and allocated (in broad terms), and what that means for application developers.

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 151: Garbage Collection in Smalltalk

November 17, 2013 19:46:11.306

Welcome to episode 51 of Independent Misinterpretations - a Smalltalk and dynamic language oriented podcast with James Robertson and David Buck.

This week David and James talk about garbage collection in Smalltalk - how memory is stuctured and allocated (in broad terms), and what that means for application developers.

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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What the Hell, Apple?

November 17, 2013 11:45:10.670

The latest OS X has worked well for me, but I just wasted an hour because the OS install left the (now non-functional) GarageBand 6 in place, leaving it to me to figure out that I needed to fire up the App Store and download the new one (which did no appear as an update - I just had to install it). They might as well have locked the app in a drawer in a sub-basement over in alpha centauri, where I could easily find the information....

Update: As an added bonus, the new GarageBand just hangs with a beachball of death. Awesome

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