Stay pumped - we’re a tricky crowd of deep thinkers, but everyone’s heart is in the right place!
Tim Sent from my iPhone > On 22 Jun 2018, at 15:29, horrido <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, I was totally pumped about Kent Beck's support! With a few more > contributors like him, I am certain the campaign would take off. Star power. > (Cross my fingers.) > > > > Tim Mackinnon wrote >> Hey guys - lets just try and give this some support - I’d like to see >> something useful come out of it that hopefully can be applied to other >> countries. I’d really like to see some kids enjoy programming. >> >> I once met one of the original participants of the Parc experiments who >> was ~14 at the time (he was much older when I met him). I commented that >> it must have been amazing, and he was a bit reflective and interestingly >> said that it almost ruined his life because while it was cool at the time >> - when they had to take it all away, he couldn’t code in the way he had >> enjoyed for a further 10 years…. >> >> Of course now we have an amazing environment, that not enough people >> actually know about, or take seriously enough - even though its produced >> most of what they take for granted today, AND is still busily pushing on >> things they will take for granted in another 1 years. >> >> Richard - give it a shot and inspire some kids (and inspire me with some >> interesting problems or setups that you think might work) >> >> I also notice that Kent Beck gave some support - thats pretty cool! >> >> Tim >> >>> On 22 Jun 2018, at 14:38, horrido < > >> horrido.hobbies@ > >> > wrote: >>> >>> I do not diminish the efforts of open source contributors. I applaud >>> them. >>> >>> My point was that, as a Smalltalk advocate, I worked on average 8 hours a >>> day, every day of the year, for nearly 4 years. That is a tremendous burn >>> rate, and I can tell you I am totally exhausted. >>> >>> Imagine if I had a *real*, full-time job. This effort would've literally >>> killed me. And this is exactly why no one else can do the job. >>> >>> >>> >>>> I hear what you're saying. Here's my rationale... >>>> >>>> #1. As far as I know, I'm the only person on the planet who has worked >>>> full-time and without pay as a programming language advocate for nearly >>>> four >>>> years. Did I mention full-time and without pay? So I think you can trust >>>> me >>>> to deliver, come hell or high water. >>>> >>> >>> I applaud your commitment, but there are many people giving free time to >>> Pharo >>> (although more technical oriented than pure advocacy) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >>> > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >
