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Why odwks? I didn’t invent the phrase “old dudes who know Smalltalk”. However, I often find myself saying things like “That new method your using isn’t so new, its how we did it 20 years ago in Smalltalk.” When I was using Smalltalk heavily, I was very young and surrounded by old dudes and dudettes who taught me well.  I”ve also been creating software startups for over 20 years.  So maybe the ‘S’ also stands for ’startups’.

The real reason this blog is named odwks is because, well, when was the last time you tried to find a domain name that wasn’t taken?
I won’t promise to prattle on about Smalltalk in this blog. I’m using Ruby these days for web apps, and working on my startup ShellShadow.

This is my tech blog and I have no idea what I’ll write about next.

I have lived in Shanghai for 9 years and am blessed with a loving wife and beautiful 4 year old son (there are a few pics of him on this blog).

Enjoy, Jon Hancock
jhancock@shellshadow.com