[Cuis-dev] These strange days (and our community)

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Luciano,

I'm happy to know you're doing well. Take care.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletich

On 3/25/2020 3:56 PM, Luciano Notarfrancesco via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Hi Juan, thanks for sharing your thoughts.
>
> I'm glad to know that you and your family are fine. I'm also fortunate 
> that my family and friends are all fine, so far. But what's happening 
> is horrible, and it's affecting all of us deeply. I was in China when 
> this started and I lived some very strange times there for a while, 
> then decided to get away to Thailand while it was still possible, and 
> now it's getting crazy here and I'll try to go back to China. I left 
> with only my laptop and a sampler, and a friend (Chen, you met him) 
> came with me with an acoustic guitar. It was nice to have Cuis with me 
> too, I've been coding some.
>
> Take care and try to stay positive. Even though there are sparks of 
> xenophobia and nationalism, and in panic we can be selfish and stupid, 
> I think during this crisis we're learning to love and care for each other.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:55 PM Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev 
> <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st <mailto:cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Folks,
>
>     Coronavirus is hitting hard in many places. And places not hit
>     hard yet
>     are getting ready for it. This has been affecting daily life for
>     everyone. Let's keep in mind that the top priorities are to take
>     care of
>     ourselves and others, following orders and advice from local
>     authorities
>     and the WHO. Many people are facing extreme hardships, including
>     health
>     care and emergency workers, people who got ill and their loved ones.
>     Let's hope it turns out to the best for them, and let's help them
>     when
>     possible.
>
>     For the rest of us, for the majority of the world, we just need to be
>     very careful.
>
>     Many people are not able to work at their job or attend to school.
>     Some
>     of us are lucky enough to be able to keep working from our homes,
>     almost
>     as usual. In any case, for a lot of us (I know, we are the most lucky
>     ones), the biggest challenge is to fight our own fear, anguish and
>     boredom. Let's spend good time with family and friends, talking,
>     playing
>     games, whatever we can do without leaving our homes. Let's try to get
>     some exercise. This is great not only for the body, but also for the
>     mind. My wife Lucía and my daughters Sofía and Diana have been
>     dancing
>     to some youtube videos. I must join them next time! Some TV is OK,
>     but
>     too much of it is not. Get enough rest. Take some time to be calm and
>     quiet. Meditate. Spend time learning and practicing stuff you love.
>     Maybe we can make the most of this time by focusing on programming
>     projects.
>
>     So, use Cuis. Play with Cuis. Learn with Cuis. Learn about Cuis. Feel
>     free to share your thoughts and feelings here. We are a community.
>     Many
>     of us have never meet in person, but we still share a lot. We are a
>     bunch of friends, even if it might be a little different kind of
>     friendship.
>
>     Let me tell how all this is going for me.
>
>     In Argentina, we are in a preventive quarantine. We still don't have
>     many cases, but we (Argentina) want to flatten the exponential growth
>     from the start. My kids are at home, as schools are closed. The
>     school
>     gave them a lot of stuff to "research", so this is becoming a kind of
>     home schooling! Lucía and I are spending time helping them with that.
>     Fortunately, we and our larger families are all healthy. We keep in
>     touch. We are both also doing home office for work. So we are quite
>     busy! Our home has a nice backyard and the weather is nice, so we are
>     able to spend time outside.
>
>     I spend some time doing Cuis. I know I'm being quite slow in
>     answering
>     email and several of you are waiting an answer on some particular
>     topic.
>     I apologize for this, and I promise I'll eventually get to each
>     one of
>     them. I have also been working a few hours over several weeks on
>     VectorGraphics and TrueType. I have some updates to push, hopefully
>     today, and will tell in another email.
>
>     Thank you all for being around, helping Cuis grow, recoding videos
>     and
>     spreading the word, or simply sharing this space. Everybody,
>     please feel
>     free to share your feelings and thoughts.
>
>     Cheers,
>
>     -- 
>     Juan Vuletich
>     www.cuis-smalltalk.org <http://www.cuis-smalltalk.org>
>     https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev
>     https://github.com/jvuletich
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>     @JuanVuletich
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