Re: [fonc] tutorial

2007-11-28 Thread Kim Rose
That's got my vote for the time being... -- Kim On Nov 28, 2007, at 9:41 AM, Joshua Gargus wrote: That's not bad. How about simply OLA, since minimalism is such a big part of the whole adventure? Josh On Nov 28, 2007, at 5:30 AM, Steven H. Rogers wrote: Stéphane Conversy wrote: btw,

Re: [fonc] tutorial

2007-11-28 Thread Kim Rose
The community may find it of interest to know we toyed with this word/ idea some time ago Kim On Nov 28, 2007, at 7:12 AM, Steven H. Rogers wrote: On Wed, November 28, 2007 06:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ZEN meaning Zero Engine Noise? That might work ;), but this definition from the J

Re: [fonc] patterns/research for newbie PLs

2007-12-11 Thread Kim Rose
fyi... Our team worked closely with Jim Spohrer while at Apple Computer. He remains a good friend and colleague. -- Kim On Dec 11, 2007, at 1:49 PM, Jason Johnson wrote: This is a good article. Thanks for that. Did you notice this part? "[Spohrer 1986b] found that many novice bugs oc

Re: [fonc] Avoiding math precedence ambiguities

2007-12-14 Thread Kim Rose
Hi, Waldemar -- There's not really an "official voice" here -- we are very much a collaborative team of colleagues, building the "Steps" together. That said, however, at this point in time, Ian is really the "chief architect" of the underlying structure of the system, constantly receivi

Re: [fonc] New Tech Report from VPRI

2008-03-02 Thread Kim Rose
Thanks for sharing, Josh! I didn't even think to announce that. cheers, Kim On Mar 2, 2008, at 12:10 AM, Joshua Gargus wrote: Hi all, I feel a bit awkward announcing this (since there are VPRI members who frequent the list), but I think it's of general interest, and also provides a segue

Re: [fonc] New Tech Report from VPRI

2008-03-02 Thread Kim Rose
Until we publish more regularly, I suggest you periodically check the website thanks for your interest! Kim On Mar 2, 2008, at 9:47 AM, Leo Richard Comerford wrote: It would be useful to have a syndication feed for such new papers or announcements. Leo Comerford. __

[fonc] S3 Registration - Now Open!

2008-03-19 Thread Kim Rose
Hello, FYI: Registration for S3 ( http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/s3/ ) is now open. Please consider joining us! Cheers, Kim ___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc

Re: [fonc] let syntax in Jolt2

2008-05-17 Thread Kim Rose
Emoticons? Seriously, take a look at Array>>withParameters: in Expression.st. Cheers, Kim On May 17, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Michael Haupt wrote: Dear list, reading the Jolt2 boot.k, I stumbled over this bit of code (in the send syntax definition): - (let ((send '(let ((__s : 0) (__r : 1)

Re: [fonc] wiki and communication

2008-06-05 Thread Kim Rose
We will do so! Should be up and active in a few days. You'll see an added button on the "fonc home page" as you suggest. thanks, Kim On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Craig Overend wrote: Can I suggest a link to the wiki be added to the fonc home page here: http://vpri.org/html/work/ifnct.htm

Re: [fonc] fonc status and direction

2010-01-20 Thread Kim Rose
Thanks for alerting us to this hack. We are in process of restoring wiki asap. Kim On Jan 20, 2010, at 6:45 PM, s...@ozemail.com.au wrote: On Thu Jan 21 9:46 , Gerry J sent: > If there has been an update, where may i find it? Well the second most recent update to the wiki is the following:

Re: [fonc] Any newer FoNC distribution ?

2010-05-06 Thread Kim Rose
Actually, I don't think we posted the 2009 report...but will now. Kim Viewpoints Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving "powerful ideas education" for the world's children and advancing the state of systems research and personal computing. Please visit us onl

Re: [fonc] Any newer FoNC distribution ?

2010-05-06 Thread Kim Rose
10, at 12:40 PM, Kevin Driedger wrote: Kim, can you tell us when it's up? I've been looking forward to reading this for months. ]{evin On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Kim Rose wrote: Actually, I don't think we posted the 2009 report...but will now. Kim Viewpoints Research is a 50

[fonc] 2009 NSF report

2010-05-07 Thread Kim Rose
The 2009 progress report is now online - http://www.vpri.org/html/writings.php -- Kim ___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc

[fonc] CFP - S3 2010 Tokyo

2010-05-11 Thread Kim Rose
, 2010 S3 workshop: September 27-28, 2010 Final papers for ACM-DL post-proceedings: October 15, 2010 --- Chairs --- Robert Hirschfeld (Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany) hirschf...@hpi.uni-potsdam.de Hidehiko Masuhara (The University of Tokyo, Japan) masuh...@graco.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp Kim Rose

Re: [fonc] Points of View - a tribute to Alan Kay

2010-05-21 Thread Kim Rose
Thanks for letting us know, John! We are planning a 2nd printing of the "traditional" version. Will announce as we know more. We're big fans of Cory Doctorow and always intended to give away the PDF next to the printed copy. Glad you appreciate! cheers, Kim On May 21, 2010, at 7:04

Re: [fonc] goals

2010-07-08 Thread Kim Rose
Not to put down Anais Nin, but this saying is written in the Talmud and attributed to Buddha ("great minds") Kim On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:40 AM, Ryan Mitchley wrote: Alan Kay wrote: McLuhan: "We become what we behold". "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."

[fonc] REMINDER - CfP S3 2010 Tokyo Deadline July 30th

2010-07-16 Thread Kim Rose
*** Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) 2010 *** September 27-28, 2010 The University of Tokyo, Japan http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/swa/s3/s3-10/ In cooperation with ACM SIGPLAN === Call for papers === The Workshop on Self-sustaining Systems (S3) is a forum for discussion of topics re

[fonc] S3 - Registration is now open!

2010-08-31 Thread Kim Rose
) • Yukihiro Matsumoto: From Lisp to Ruby to Rubinius (Rakuten Institute of Technology) • Vishal Sikka: On Sustainable Business Solutions (SAP) Please forward this to anyone you think would be interested in this gathering. Kim Rose ___ fonc

Re: [fonc] Software under VPRI shows as Under Construction

2010-11-18 Thread Kim Rose
Hello, Sachin, This link is working for me (If you are referring to the "software" button on the top of the homepage) in both Safari & Firefox. It should take you to this page: http://www.vpri.org/vp_wiki/index.php/Main_Page Kim Viewpoints Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization ded

[fonc] Join Us at C5-2011 in Kyoto, Japan

2010-12-12 Thread Kim Rose
ac.jp/c5-11/ for program details and registration info. Please share this announcement with colleagues and friends. We hope to see you in Kyoto in January! Kim Rose Viewpoints Research Institute ___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://

Re: [fonc] Outreach activities: videos?

2011-01-11 Thread Kim Rose
ng Systems" in Tokyo: Papers for the "S3" talks in Tokyo are cited as number [9] and [10] in references; and can both be found in the "writings" section of the vpri website. The talks were not recorded as far as I am aware. Regards, Kim Rose On Jan 11, 2011, at

Re: [fonc] visual environments created by present/former VPRI staff

2011-03-30 Thread Kim Rose
Hi, John - "CIA Agent" does not sound familiar --you may have incorrect attribution of this system. Also, "Squeak Etoys" is the correct name. - Kim Viewpoints Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving "powerful ideas education" for the world's children and ad

Re: [fonc] Alan Kay talk at HPI in Potsdam

2011-07-22 Thread Kim Rose
thanks, Bert! Hope all is going well and you're having fun. See you soon in Lancaster cheers, Kim On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:03 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote: Recording: http://tele-task.de/archive/lecture/overview/5820/ - Bert - On 22.07.2011, at 06:29, Alan Kay wrote: To All, This w

Re: [fonc] vpri.org software section hacked

2011-10-10 Thread Kim Rose
Thanks for letting us know -- we'll get on it asap. Kim Rose On Oct 10, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Sachin Desai wrote: It looks like the Software section for vpri.org has been edited/ hacked. Could someone please revert it to it's previous version. Thanks.

[fonc] C5 2012 - Registration now online!

2011-11-12 Thread Kim Rose
. We have 2 great keynote speakers, an excellent program and fabulous venue for the 10th C5 Conference. Hope to see you at "ICT" in lovely Playa del Rey in January! Kim Rose ___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc

Re: [fonc] back to the future - Ian's 2007 talk at stanford

2011-11-14 Thread Kim Rose
Recent talks given at Smalltalks 2011 in Argentina will be posted in a few weeks here: http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011 -- Kim Viewpoints Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving "powerful ideas education" for the world's children and advancing the state

[fonc] Fwd: [CIBSE 2012] Call for Submissions - Doctoral Symposium

2011-11-17 Thread Kim Rose
=== DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CIBSE 2012 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) http://cibse2012.unlam.edu.ar/program/d_symp.php CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Organizing Committee of the XIVIbero-American Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2012) are pleas

Re: [fonc] VPRI Presentations (e.g. C5 2012)

2011-11-30 Thread Kim Rose
Hi, Sean, No one from VPRI submitted a paper to C5 this year as the work done to date on STEPS is (still very low-level/high technical) and therefore not yet relevant to the C5 conference topics or general C5 audience. I can tell you that Alan Kay has accepted an invitation to give the ke

[fonc] Fwd: [CIBSE 2012] Call for Submissions - Doctoral Symposium

2011-12-01 Thread Kim Rose
DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CIBSE 2012 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) http://cibse2012.unlam.edu.ar/program/d_symp.php CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Organizing Committee of the XIVIbero-American Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2012) are pleased to invite PhD students in the Software Engineering and

[fonc] Fwd: C5-12: invitation for panel, workshop, and tutorial proposals

2011-12-09 Thread Kim Rose
The organizing committee of C5 2012 welcomes proposals for panel, workshop and tutorial sessions relevant to the topics of the conference. Workshops facilitate an active and constructive exchange on a topic of interest. The organizer should be prepared to motivate and lead the session wh

[fonc] History of computing talks at SJSU

2011-12-13 Thread Kim Rose
For those of you looking to hear more from Alan Kay -- you'll find a talk from him and several other "big names in computer science" here -- thanks to San Jose State University. http://www.sjsu.edu/atn/services/webcasting/archives/fall_2011/hist/computing.html -- Kim ___

[fonc] test

2012-01-09 Thread Kim Rose
___ fonc mailing list fonc@vpri.org http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2012-11-07 Thread Kim Rose
nd of this calendar year. We have received some more funding (although not to the extent of this original 5-year grant) and our work will carry on. That said, we're always looking for more funding to maintain day to day operations so we welcome any support and donations at any time. :-) Re

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2012-11-07 Thread Kim Rose
to build on top of VPRI's STEPS project? I'm thinking something like > the blue book with a CDROM. :-) > > -Carl > > -Original Message- > From: fonc-boun...@vpri.org [mailto:fonc-boun...@vpri.org] On Behalf Of Kim > Rose > Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2012-11-08 Thread Kim Rose
anatory, but what do you mean when you say "support"? > Is there a way that a lay-person such as myself can "support" VPRI, or are > monetary donations the most straight-forward way? > > Thanks, > Jeff > > > On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Kim Rose

Re: [fonc] Final STEP progress report?

2012-11-08 Thread Kim Rose
ancing the state of systems research and personal computing. Please visit us online at www.vpri.org On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:15 AM, Julian Leviston wrote: > How does one donate? > > Julian > > > On 09/11/2012, at 12:10 PM, Kim Rose wrote: > >> Dear Jeff, >

Re: [fonc] Natural Language Wins

2013-04-06 Thread Kim Rose
Excuse me, but when did this list turn into a forum for religious /bible discussion? Can we get back to issues in computing, please? Thank you, Kim Rose Viewpoints Research Viewpoints Research is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to improving "powerful ideas education&quo