Andrew, Thanks for sharing those articles. Is nice to see that Grafoscopio is showcased in the "little brother" story. I agreed that most of the processing could be happening on the edges of the network instead of in the Big Data centers (Cisco CEO thinks the same, which is not surprising). I defined such edges as "pocket infrastructures" which is an arrangement of tools which are characterized for being simple, self contained, and working fine on-line and off-line and run in a wide spectrum of hardware, from USB drives to modest laptops and beyond (and in between), which contrast sharply with the exclusionary discourse, infrastructure and practice of "Big Data" and the classical idea of predicting the future by hyping only a part of it. Using such pocket infrastructures (as Grafosocpio and Fossil, linked in the previous mail), we can put in "everybody's pockets" the tools for being a data/digital citizen, instead in only the places with "deep pockets" (money, resources, big data centers, monstrous data bases & data sets and so on), and with some prototypes, like the one of the Panama Papers, we have showed that is possible to approach in a more inclusive way, problems that has been approached only from the Big Data perspective. This also means an alternative way of dealing with data. Instead of being the data threshing machine that tries to process everything, we try to "build the magnet to find the needle in the haystack", focusing on frictionless interconnected data [1] and zooming out from there.
[1] https://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/24/frictionless-data-making-it-radically-easier-to-get-stuff-done-with-data/ <https://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/24/frictionless-data-making-it-radically-easier-to-get-stuff-done-with-data/> Also was nice to see your philosophical approach to objects and your conversation with Kay. There he touches aspects that are told also in the prologue for Stephan's book about Learning programming with robots. By the way, I have noticed that your post don't include a lot of external links. For example the part where you mention notebooks could link to Grafoscopio[2] and the part where you mention agile visualization could point to Roassal[3]. Any reason for not including external links? Is that a style choice? [2] http://mutabit.com/grafoscopio/index.en.html [3] http://agilevisualization.com/ Cheers, Offray On 18/11/17 10:50, Andrew Glynn wrote: > > Here’s a list of the articles @ https://medium.com/@dasein42/latest, > in case any catch your eye: > > > > Latest > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 14 > > “Dynamics Trumps Semantics”: Why Java is Easy to Learn, but Difficult > to be Good at. > > > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 8 > > IoT Initiative — “little brother” > > > > The core notion behind “little brother” is to overcome the inevitable > lag between the increase in… > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 7 > > Software Developer Tooling: Then and Now > > > > While my criticisms of current tooling for development are often met > with an attitude of… > > Read more… > > > > 6 > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 5 > > > > The Inverted Ambiguity of the Post-Modern Public, or Not > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 5 > > Someone Was Asking About Devops … > > > > Someone I know was asking me about devops the other day, particularly > the number and variety of… > > Read more… > > > > 5 > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 5 > > Reality and the ‘Simple’ True, or the True-in-Itself, or the Truth > > > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 5 > > What is Intended by the term “Object-Oriented”? > > > > Read more… > > > > 1 > > 1 response > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 4 > > Pharo Smalltalk as a DSL Without a DSL > > > > If anyone has written a DSL in Eclipse, for example, simply the base > projects Eclipse… > > Read more… > > > > 22 > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 4 > > > > Tooling: Design of Meta and Underlying Rationale > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 2 > > > > How the Results of Disruption Changes the Discussion Between > Aficionados of Specific Languages and Environments > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 2 > > Disrupted Software the Disrupted Software Industry Uses to Build > Disruptive Software > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 2 > > Software is Virtual; the Virtual is Disruptive; Software Disrupts the > Development of Software > > Read more… > > > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Nov 2 > > Three Comments from a Conversation on a Mailing List > > Read more… > > > > 10 > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Oct 28 > > Reasons … and Reasons , How the Software Industry Turns its Issues > into Subscriptions > > > > Read more… > > > > 12 > > > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Oct 19 > > A Commentary On Three Quotes From “Working on the Go Team at Google” > > (https://medium.com/@ljrudberg/working-on-the-go-team-at-google-917b2c8d35ff) > > “First, a little bit about myself: I am 23 years old, less than two > years out of my undergrad degree at UW… > > Read more… > > > > 1 response > > Go to the profile of Andrew Glynn > > Andrew Glynn > > Oct 11 > > Building-With Versus Building-On: > > Improving Software Development Incrementally > > Three articles and a doctoral thesis that I came across or had pointed > out to me recently deal with the state of the software industry from > different angles. However different they are, they do relate, and by > putting them… > > > > > > *From: *Dimitris Chloupis <mailto:kilon.al...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *Saturday, November 18, 2017 5:10 AM > *To: *Any question about pharo is welcome > <mailto:pharo-users@lists.pharo.org> > *Subject: *Re: [Pharo-users] New Pharo article at The Cohort > > > > > First of all, you need to understand that this article, like > nearly all of > my other articles, is about /marketing/. I've never made any bones > about > this. > > If you know anything about marketing, you know that it involves > exaggeration > and hyperbole. It sometimes involves bending the truth. The point of > marketing is to persuade on an emotional level, not a logical one. > > This is exactly what companies like Apple and Microsoft do. If you > think > Apple ads tell the absolute truth, then you are terribly naive. > > So, is Pharo being used to fight Ebola? Not exactly, but who > cares? I'm > trying to change people's perception. I'm trying to *move* them. > If I have > to exaggerate, I will do so. > > > > Actually there is a guy that I know that he actually cares > > > > very much > > > > he is called > > > > "Mr Law" > > > > When a marketing , bends the truth and especially when it lies under > UK, Greek and European Law is called "fraud" and it punishable under > crimininal (jail time) and civil (compensation for damaged cause by > fraudalent marketing) law. The penalties can be extemely severe if the > fraud caused a substantial amount of damage in some way. > > > > Under those legal systems I have studied (I am a lawyer) the only case > that someone is allowed to lie is when he defiends himself. If you > ever wondered how its possible lawyers to lie , now you know. Lying > and bending the truth in this case is a legal principe set since > ancient times by law to provide extra pressure to prove the a party is > guilty. Its called "proof beyond reasonable doubt" and is a very > important legal principle. > > > > Outside that, say I submited a document as a defense lawyer that is > edited or changed in some way , its fraud and especially fraud against > the court is even more punished. If a witeness , exaggerates , bends > the truth and especially if he or she lies, its fraud and the court > can send him straigh to jail with his lawyer. > > > > Apple certainly does not do what you. > > > > Actually Apple goes to great lenghts proving its claims , usually when > Apple says "iPhone has a battery of 10 hours" you will see an asterisk > that will point you to small letters in the bottom of the page that > says exactly under which conditions 10 hours can be achieved. > > > > On the other hand its use of words like "magical" is not of objective > value and by no means can misled or tell a lie because well, magic > does not exist. The law assumes the a person has at least average > intelligence and knowledge (exceptions of course people with mental > disablities). Most of the words that Apple uses in the ads that could > be considered lies or bend truth are purely subjective terms. > > > > https://www.apple.com/iphone/ > > > > "*Your face is now your password. Face ID is a secure and private new > way to unlock, authenticate, and pay."* > > > > Say some experts come forward and prove that Apple's technology is not > safe and especially if they prove that Apple knew it was not safe when > it launched it, Apple is liable under law for fraud. > > > > There is of course a lot of illegal marketing out there, fraud after > all is according to my experience the most common offenses that I have > came accross in my 10 years carrier as a lawyer , but I can assure you > just it may happen quite often does not make it any less illegal. You > going to be shocked how many illegal things happens on the internet > and the law's complexity and sophistication in providing protection > against those things. > > > > Of course I am not saying that someone is going to bother sue you > tommorow, as its highly unlikely that someone will take your posts > seriously as they are dominated by exaggerations and I have told you > so many times in the past. But that does not mean he cannot. > > > > Maybe USA law is more relaxed, because it not the most respected legal > system, as USA has a notorious bad record with human right and > consumer protection. But none the less I can promise you in Europe, > what you do is not legal and there are special legislation to protect > consumers for these scenarios. > > >
