[SML 7637] Re: Some ideas

[Masashi Umezawa]

Hello Serge, welcome to SML!

There is a portal site called "Smalltalk-users.jp". Unfortunately, it is written only
in Japanese, but it would definitely help you. (I hope. I'm a maintainer of  
Smalltalk-users.jp).
http://www.smalltalk-users.jp/

Also, there are periodical Smalltalk-lesson meetings (Smalltalk-benkyo-kai)
in Japan. 
- Tokyo:
http://www.smalltalk-users.jp/Home/gao-zhi
- Kyoto:
http://www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~atsushi/Smalltalkers/index-j.html

For Squeak-related topics, we also have "Squeak-ja" mailing list.
http://www.smalltalk.jp/mailman/listinfo/squeak-ja

If you travel to Japan in December, I think we are able to hold a special 
Smalltalkers's event in around Nagoya-Kansai area. (Actually I was
thinking the possibilities of consolidated (Tokyo+Kyoto) Smalltalkers 
meeting). 

Best regards,

Serge Stinckwich <serge.stinckwich ＠ gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> i hope you mind, my mail is in english, because my japanase is very limited.
> 
> I just found that there is a Smalltalk mailing-list in Japan. I'm
> living in Vietnam since november 2008 and i'm trying to meet
> Smalltalkers all around Asia. I already setup a mailing-list for
> vietnamese people:
> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/smalltalk-vn 7
> people registered right now.
> 
> Some days ago, i was attending ESUG'09 conference in Brest (France).
> We were more than 144 Smalltalkers from Europe and elsewhere (a lot of
> american and also argentinian guys) during one week. Please find a
> report here for example:
> http://news.squeak.org/2009/09/08/esug-2009-wrap-up-best-ever/
> You can find more information about the conference on this web page:
> http://www.esug.org/Conferences/2009 and the slides are here:
> http://vst.ensm-douai.fr/ESUG2009Media
> I definitly think we should initiate some kind of regular event in
> Asia. I'm aware of the japanase and korean Squeak/Smalltalk community
> and i think we need to boost the development of Smalltalk in all asian
> countries.
> 
> Could someone give me some facts about the japanese Smalltalk
> community ? Are you aware of any companies that is using Smalltalk in
> Japan ? How many people subscribed to this mailing-list ? Do you have
> some regular meetings ?
> 
> I guess we could ask some sponsoring from Cincom and also ESUG
> (European Smalltalk User Group). BTW, i'm part of the ESUG board.
> Some argentinian guys are organizing since 2007 a big Smalltalk event
> called Smalltalks :
> http://blogten.blogspot.com/2009/08/argentinas-third-smalltalk-conference.html
> and they have some funds to invite some people (this year they would
> like to invite Dan Ingalls).
> 
> I will travel in Japan in december for a conference. I would like to
> meet some Smalltakers in the Kobe-Kyoto-Nagoya area.
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Serge Stinckwich
> UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam
> Smalltalkers do: [:it | All with: Class, (And love: it)]
> http://doesnotunderstand.org/

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