Re: [Pharo-users] My Keynote at the Salta Conference

[Todd Blanchard via Pharo-users]

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OK, I'll bite.

What does "code the competition" mean exactly?

I last used Smalltalk "in anger" pre-pharo with squeak.  I live ST and am 
looking for a way back "in" but
TBH the changes from Squeak are vast and I have too many ideas to work on and 
keep hitting walls.

I'm intrigued but need more direction.  Whatcha need - ELI5.



> On Nov 20, 2018, at 5:13 PM, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, the money isn't lost. I was merely suggesting that without some help, the
> marketing opportunity for this competition would be lost.
> 
> I'm not sure you understand how much work is involved in this project. I
> will be doing a great deal of the heavy lifting. I have to setup the
> competition website server. I have to advertise or reach out to high schools
> across the country. I have to get local media interested in covering the
> competition. I have to look into producing the T-shirt swag, and shipping
> the T-shirts to all contest participants, and at an affordable rate to fit
> the budget. Those are only a few things off the top of my head.
> 
> Coding the actual contest problems according to David Buck's prescription
> shouldn't be open-ended and shouldn't be a huge commitment. I imagine it
> would be a couple of months of work during spare time.
> 
> 
> 
> jgfoster wrote
>> Hi Richard,
>> 
>> So the $$$$ that we gave you is now “lost"? Perhaps people didn’t
>> understand what you expected from us other than money. What else is needed
>> to make your project a success? We are supposed to “code the competition”
>> as well? Anything else?
>> 
>> Is this practice of insulting people (“Doesn’t anyone care about promoting
>> Pharo?”) supposed to be motivating? Is it a demonstration of you expertise
>> at marketing? Does it build confidence about how the Smalltalk community
>> will be perceived by the new arrivals?
>> 
>> I’ve appreciated your blog posts and your passion, but I’m put off by this
>> approach.
>> 
>> James
>> 
>> P.S. I realize that I’m probably doing what I’m criticizing in
>> you—throwing out negative comments from behind a keyboard to score points
>> when I might not be so harsh in person. 
>> 
>>> On Nov 20, 2018, at 2:36 PM, Richard Kenneth Eng &lt;
> 
>> horrido.hobbies@
> 
>> &gt; wrote:
>>> 
>>> Not even a single nibble? Doesn't anyone care about promoting Pharo?
>>> 
>>> What a colossal lost opportunity!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 09:29, Richard Kenneth Eng &lt;
> 
>> horrido.hobbies@
> 
>> &lt;mailto:
> 
>> horrido.hobbies@
> 
>> &gt;> wrote:
>>> Some of you may already be aware of my presentation at Smalltalks 2018,
>>> the outcome of which was full funding for my Smalltalk programming
>>> competition. See My Keynote at the Salta Conference
>>> &lt;https://hackernoon.com/my-keynote-at-the-salta-conference-435dfaccc888&gt
>>>  
>>> <https://hackernoon.com/my-keynote-at-the-salta-conference-435dfaccc888&gt>;.
>>> 
>>> Three years ago, David Buck provided an outline for the competition. See
>>> attached.
>>> 
>>> I would like to use that as a starting point, though I am open to
>>> alternative suggestions.
>>> 
>>> The reason for this post is the following...
>>> 
>>> I need volunteers to code the competition. I am nowhere near qualified to
>>> do so, as my knowledge of Pharo is limited.
>>> 
>>> Without help from Pharoers (or, at least, Smalltalkers), the competition
>>> is in jeopardy. This is a great opportunity to promote Pharo. (The
>>> original competition three years ago was going to use VisualWorks, but
>>> since Cincom did not see fit to support my competition this year, I
>>> decided to go with Pharo.)
>>> 
>>> Please contact me if anyone is interested. It would be a terrible shame
>>> to waste this opportunity.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Richard
> 
> 
> 
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