Squeak People diary for mrm http://people.squeakfoundation.org/person/mrm/ Sun, 29 Jan 2006 19:42:37 -0700 http://people.squeakfoundation.org/person/mrm/diary.html?start=0 I finally opened a Squeak People account today, as I'm getting back into Squeak development after several years away. <p> <p> I haven't spent those years away from Smalltalk -- I'm a developer for GemStone and spend most of my time there in VisualWorks, GemStone Smalltalk, and VisualAge. <p> <p> I have two reasons for getting back to Squeak now. The first is that I'm contributing some Squeak development to the CalCars project (http://calcars.org) -- we're putting Squeak into the controller of modified hybrid cars. <p> <p> The second is that I'm preparing a one-hour presentation for Smalltalk Solutions / Linux World / Network World in Toronto in April. My talk is titled "Real-World Uses of Smalltalk" but might be better titled "What do People Actually Do With Smalltalk, Anyway?". <p> <p> In my talk I will mention as many different kinds of uses of as many different flavors of Smalltalk as I can, and give selected demonstrations, including my Virtual Juggling Squeak application. I also plan to use Squeak as the delivery vehicle for the visual part of the talk. <p> -Martin McClure