Okay, I think we're in agreement here. We should simply /show/ the world what we have to offer. Show them our frameworks and solutions.
But in order to show them, they have to find us. That's what my article has done; that's what Reddit has done. You are absolutely correct, opportunities have opened up; they will find us. sebast...@flowingconcept.com wrote > It is true that Reddit and HN are the frontier but "battling" is a > terrible metaphor to embrace. > > You don't battle naysayers. Nobody has the money and emotional labor to do > it. You don't battle them because if you do and you win, you will be "full > of reason", less productive, with potentially transforming a naysayer in a > hater and no real gain (no wealth creation in the process). > > The alternative is to indirectly prove them wrong by simply showing that > Smalltalk is more than adequate to implement > <insert naysayer objection here> > Of course for that to happen you have to have a case, done with hard work > on those frameworks and solutions, otherwise the shoot goes to your foot > (and they will remember you as a bullshitter) > > This articles and discussions there are great to create opportunities for > those who do cool stuff and have cases to show them up. > > That can create wealth. > > So, for those who do, that's the wrong time to remain silent and discrete > and the right time to display what can be done. > > Act. > > If you can show cool stuff, act, case by case, it will elevates the whole > niche and position you as a reference on that > > from mobile > >> On 09/01/2015, at 03:08, horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > wrote: >> >> Well, I must say, my article really touched off a firestorm of >> controversy. >> The Reddit thread is *very* active! Hacker News is also fairly lively. >> This >> is where all of you do battle with the naysayers and critics. >> >> From my standpoint, my article did its job. It served as a lightning rod >> to >> draw in developers from all over the world, from every other programming >> language. *Now that we have their attention*, our job is to try our best >> to >> persuade them. >> >> If we can "sell" Smalltalk to enough people, we gain mindshare. Companies >> may hear about Smalltalk and possibly include it in their internal IT >> discussions. Smalltalk may even get back on the TIOBE language index! >> >> We must keep the public discourse alive. I encourage you to blog about >> it, >> write articles about it, comment on social media sites, etc. Because once >> things settle down, they will /forget/ about Smalltalk...again. >> >> >> horrido wrote >>> Yes, I posted to both Reddit and Hacker News simultaneously. Looks like >>> it >>> has a slower uptake at Hacker News: >>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8856503 >>> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8856503> >>> >>> Is it possible that I've finally succeeded in igniting a revolution? I >>> feel like Che Guevara. >> >>> >>> > sebastian@ > wrote >>>> It was posted already on Hacker News or Reddit? >>>> >>>> If not, it sounds like is the right time to do that >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 5:03 PM, horrido < >> >>>> horrido.hobbies@ >> >>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>> WHOA! My article is *ON FIRE!* Seven hours into publication and it has >>>>> achieved a staggering 2.7K views, 1.1K reads, and 9 recommendations. >>>>> It's >>>>> catching up to my best article ever, " The Case for Go Web Frameworks >>>>> <https://medium.com/@richardeng/the-case-for-go-web-frameworks-a791fcd79d47 >>>>> <https://medium.com/@richardeng/the-case-for-go-web-frameworks-a791fcd79d47>> >>>>> >>>>> ", which had 3.9K views and 2.4K reads. >>>>> >>>>> Who would've thought that Smalltalk would be such a hot topic?! I am >>>>> truly >>>>> flabbergasted. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> horrido wrote >>>>>> In >>>>> * >>>>>> the 3 hours >>>>> * >>>>>> since this article was published at Medium, it has garnered >>>>> * >>>>>> 178 views >>>>> * >>>>>> and >>>>> * >>>>>> 96 reads >>>>> * >>>>>> , and counting! This makes it easily the most "hot" article I've ever >>>>>> written. It is currently at the top of >>>>>> Medium's front page <https://medium.com/> >>>>>> which is reserved for "hot" or "trending" articles. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks to everyone! >>>>>> horrido wrote >>>>>>> https://medium.com/@richardeng/the-smalltalk-revolution-ee245c281f51 >>>>>>> <https://medium.com/@richardeng/the-smalltalk-revolution-ee245c281f51> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I welcome your comments. It's not too late to edit the piece. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> View this message in context: >>>>> http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Revolution-tp4798320p4798436.html >>>>> <http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Revolution-tp4798320p4798436.html> >>>>> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at >>>>> Nabble.com <http://nabble.com/>. >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Revolution-tp4798320p4798499.html >> Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at >> Nabble.com. >> -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/The-Smalltalk-Revolution-tp4798320p4798570.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
