His presentation was impressive and refined, but he failed to mention a _most dynamic_ way to develop ideas... By closing one's eyes and simply imagining the possibilities without *any* burden of visible code. IOW, imagine without being constrained by the "how" or whether its even possible. THEN, note it down in words and try to implement it with a dynamic system like what he showed.
To do that, his statement about a "direct connection" to the tools is something I do agree with 100%. A connection to the computing system via the cerebellum rather than the cerebrum, so that the cerebrum is free to focus on ideas rather than user-interface gestures. This is something that Squeak excels in, IMO. His comment on modality really emphasizes this point, and something I think folks even in this community could stand to listen: when I observe folks in their demo videos using Squeak or Pharo, almost every time I see folks browsing in a modal way. They have a big Package-Pane browser open and they're looking at one package, one class and one method at a time... They have to do about 4-5 clicks to "navigate" to a sent method, and 4-5 clicks to get back. This is way too slow for ideas to emerge. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 5:46 PM, Lawson English <lengli...@cox.net> wrote: > http://vimeo.com/36579366 > > Lawson >
