Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Actually, my math is wrong: 800 people x C$20 will make this happen! We're so close, I can smell it! horrido wrote > It's been one full month since the GoFundMe campaign began. We've raised > C$3,080 from 25 generous contributors. It's a good start, but we're still > a > long way off. In order

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

It's been one full month since the GoFundMe campaign began. We've raised C$3,080 from 25 generous contributors. It's a good start, but we're still a long way off. In order to make the goal more attainable, I've lowered the funding goal again, this time, to C$20,000. And for the last time. You see,

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

So far, we've raised CA$2,400 from 18 generous contributors. Not bad for the first two weeks of the GoFundMe campaign: https://www.gofundme.com/smalltalk-programming-competition I've lowered the funding goal to $25,000. So we're now about 10% of the way to the target. Meanwhile, I've been busy

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Today, GemTalk Systems donated $1,000!!! Wow! We now have CA$1,970 from 12 generous contributors in 10 days. Le'ts make this happen! I've just completed the web application for the competition website. I will deploy it as soon as it appears the competition is a go. Still a lot of work ahead,

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Nice - now you’ve really got to work out the details of the competition and how your going to judge it. Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Jun 2018, at 11:07, horrido wrote: > > Alan Kay contributed to my campaign! This is so frickin' amazing! > > Can we spell S-T-A-R P-O-W-E-R, boys and

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Alan Kay contributed to my campaign! This is so frickin' amazing! Can we spell S-T-A-R P-O-W-E-R, boys and girls? -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

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 wrote: > > Yes, I was totally pumped about Kent Beck's support! With a few more > contributors like him, I am certain the campaign

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

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

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

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

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

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

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Thanks, Ben! I did not know about CoderDojo. Yes, you have an excellent suggestion for a different strategy. It is certainly one that is worthy of adoption by another evangelist, and hopefully somebody will consider it. There are three concerns. First, CoderDojo seems to be heavily invested in

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

> > > SergeStinckwich wrote > > Ok, the subject is completely different and maybe his topic is sensible > > for a lot of people but the concerns are the same. At the end, you need > to > > convince people to give you money. > > > > What is your budget ? what kind of competition you will organize ?

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

It will be the most exciting $200 programming competition ever. On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 4:41 PM horrido wrote: > Indeed, these have been the main goals of my marketing campaign: > > - spread the word through social media (word of mouth) > - try to make Smalltalk look "cool" and fascinating

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Indeed, these have been the main goals of my marketing campaign: - spread the word through social media (word of mouth) - try to make Smalltalk look "cool" and fascinating (pop-cultured) - emphasize that Smalltalk is web-ready, since the whole world seems to be going ga-ga over the web (popular

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

On 21/06/2018 07:23, horrido wrote: > I'm disappointed in the response. Only two contributors of $100 each. This is > extremely tepid. > > There must be thousands of Smalltalkers around the world. How to reach out > to them? It can't be that hard to fund this contest. I mean, there are many >

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

#1. Who would pay me??? No company nor organization (even Smalltalk-related) cares enough about Smalltalk to hire a full-time advocate. And even if they did, I have no track record at all in marketing and advocacy. They're buying a pig in a poke. #2. It I didn't step up, no one would. There is

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

It will be far more fun for the kids if we had PyGame (itself based on SDL) like package on Pharo. Hilaire Le 21/06/2018 à 17:52, horrido a écrit : 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

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

You worked without pay? ...why? On Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 8:53 AM horrido wrote: > 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.

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

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

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

The first attempt at a competition was a Kickstarter campaign. No money was collected, because Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing affair. (In other words, you didn't actually lose any money.) Cincom had pledged $5,000, but because it was all-or-nothing, they wriggled out of it. Otherwise, we

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

This is a proof of concept video. With full funding, I shall produce a version without Powtoon branding and in HD (720p) format. It's for marketing the competition: https://youtu.be/OCWBERJmrss SergeStinckwich wrote > hi Horrido, > > I would like to thank you for your effort to organize this

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

One small correction: it's CA$30,000, not US$30,000. Given the exchange rate, it's actually considerably LESS money! SergeStinckwich wrote > hi Horrido, > > I would like to thank you for your effort to organize this competition. > > But for the amount you are asking (30K USD), I don't expect

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

Programming languages used in high-schools here include Scratch, Javascript, and Python. Myself, I've always had a fondness for StarLogo/NetLogo. On 19 June 2018 at 15:08, horrido wrote: > I appreciate what you're saying, and certainly the things you want to see > funded are worthwhile.

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

I noticed that your gofundme update email went into my spam mail box - so I wasn’t aware it had gone live. Are you able to apply the funds from your previous campaign (The Ultimate Smalltalk Tutorial) to this one? As a contributor to that last one - which unfortunately didn’t manage to deliver

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

hi Horrido, I would like to thank you for your effort to organize this competition. But for the amount you are asking (30K USD), I don't expect that much people to participate if you don't give them more feedback and information on your project. You have too look how successful crowdfunding

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

I'm disappointed in the response. Only two contributors of $100 each. This is extremely tepid. There must be thousands of Smalltalkers around the world. How to reach out to them? It can't be that hard to fund this contest. I mean, there are many stupid causes on GoFundMe that have raised tens of

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

I've finalized the name of the competition: The James Robertson Memorial Programming Competition. The late James Robertson was a tireless advocate for Smalltalk. He gave many presentations, wrote blogs and produced videos. This competition honours him and his body of work.

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

I appreciate what you're saying, and certainly the things you want to see funded are worthwhile. However, the goals for my programming competition are quite different, for example: #1 – raise the public profile of Smalltalk across a broad swath of the population in Canada and other countries.

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

H :-), On 16/06/18 18:12, horrido wrote: > FYI, I am trying to jumpstart a Smalltalk programming competition. Read all > about it here. > > > > My plan is to use Pharo for this competition, even if it makes

Re: [Pharo-users] Smalltalk Programming Competition

I don’t think it would make Cincom and instantiations unhappy - they recognise how Pharo and Oss feed an interesting pipeline - if you need more support or just commercial backing, they can offer that (not that Pharo can’t - but it’s a handy symbiotic relationship that seems to work well) Tim