Experience

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  Twos Foundation

  • United States

  • Founder

    • Dec 2022 - Present
    • United States

    Twos: The Women of Smalltalk 💜 Power of Twos Powers of TwoFounded on my birthday:December 20, 2022 (12-20-22)Twos is a new organization within Smalltalk Foundation.https://lnkd.in/gSSkBRvtSmalltalk Foundation Mission:   TEACH —      Technology      Education      Art      Community      Hist...

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  Smalltalk History Project

  • Glendale, California

  • Director

    • Jun 2014 - Present
    • Glendale, California

    Invited by Grady Booch, Computing The Human Experience and Board Member for the Computer History Museum, to compile a comprehensive online History of Smalltalk.This project began by organizing the Smalltalk 30 Year Reunion Celebration Dinner & Program at the Smalltalk Industry Council 8th Ann...

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  Smalltalk Foundation

  • Founder

    • Feb 2014 - Present

    Evelyn Van Orden is forming a new nonprofit called Smalltalk Foundation.* Smalltalk * Technology * Education *Smalltalk Foundation's mission is to increase the use of Smalltalk internationally and foster the development of the next generation of software technology.Evelyn is working with Smalltalk Foundation's Directors and Advisors around the world on these 5 enterprises:TEACHTechnology * Education * Art * Collaboration * Historywww.SmalltalkFoundation.orgwww.Smalktalk-80.org

  • ESUG 2014 Speaker

    • Aug 2014 - Aug 2014

    Attended the 22nd International Smalltalk Conference (ESUG 2014) August 18-22, 2014 at Cambridge University.Announced the formation of Smalltalk Foundation.

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  #SmalltalkFoundation

  • United States

  • Smalltalk Historian

    • Feb 2013 - Present
    • United States

    Working to open source...@Xerox XSIS Smalltalk-76 applications: PubEditor/QuickSilver*@Xerox XSIS Smalltalk-80 applications: The Analyst™ (ANALYST) Analytic Spreadsheet Package (ASP) HUMBLE™ Expert System Shell*XSIS PubEditor/QuickSilver:Interactive page layout prototype (before the term ...

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  Jewel City Knitters Guild

  • Glendale, CA

  • President & Founder

    • Feb 2003 - Present
    • Glendale, CA

    Founded Jewel City Knitters Guild (JCK) on Valentine's Day 2003 as a Chapter of The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA; www.tkga.com).The guild's name is to honor the City of Glendale, which is known as the "Jewel of the Verdugos",nestled in the foothills of the Verdugo Mountains....

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  evelynArts.com

  • Fiber Artist

    • 1993 - Present

    Evelyn is an award-winning fine art quilt designer. She won "Best Use if Embellishment" at Glendale Quilt Show 2000 for her 2-panel quilt "Paradise of Birds Diptych: Cranes and Bamboo". Each panel features a batik panel from Bali thatbus outline quilted with invisible thread for a 3-dimensional look. Hand-sewn Swarovski crystals in sterling silver make the birds eyes shine. Hand-sewn clusters of white irridescent beads make the flowers on the tree branches pop. Multiple red floral fabric strips frame the batik panel and enhance the rainbow batik borders that are pieced from 70 different batik fabrics. The red floral fabric used for the back, borders, and binding is enhanced withb gold metallic flowers.

  • Knit/Crochet Design & Instruction

    • Nov 2002 - Oct 2015

    As a Knit/Crochet Instructor, I offered a full curriculum of knit and crochet classes at Needle in a Haystack and Itza Knitterie, 2 lovely yarn shops located in Glendale's Montrose and Kenneth Village shopping parks (near Los Angeles).As a Knit/Crochet Designer, I designed and marketed over 20 knit and crochet patterns on my website www.evelynArts.com, and also on Craftsy.com (a place for knitters and crocheteters to buy patterns, instructional videos, and yarn) and Ravelry.com (like Facebook for knitters and crocheters).www.evelynArts.com

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  Chapman University

  • Irvine, California, United States

  • "Intertwingled: A celebration of the work of computer iconoclast Ted Nel...

    • Apr 2014 - Apr 2014
    • Irvine, California, United States

    Attended this day-long event with Nicholas Levin, Ted Nelson's assistant. Thanks to Nicholas for inviting me!Met @Ted Nelson and enjoyed the entire program about him, for him, and by him at Chapman University. Kudos for a memorable once-in-a-lifetime experience. ✔️Had the pleasure of meeting ...

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  Smalltalk 30 Year Reunion at STIC'13

  • Wigwam Resort (near Phoenix, Arizona)

  • Smalltalk Reunion Director

    • Feb 2012 - Jun 2013
    • Wigwam Resort (near Phoenix, Arizona)

    Smalltalk-80, the world's first pure objected-oriented programming environment product, was launched commercially at an event at Xerox PARC on April 24, 1983. Guests enjoyed a Smalltalk balloon, cake, and champagne. Adele Goldberg and David Robson autographed copies of their new book "Sm...

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  City of Glendale, CA

  • Glendale, California, United States

  • GYA Board Member

    • Oct 2001 - Jan 2006
    • Glendale, California, United States

    Glendale Youth Alliance, Inc. (GYA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and a partnership between government, education, businesses, and our community.Community leaders established GYA in 1993 with a mission to provide jobs and employment preparedness training for low-income youth ages 14-24.GY...

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  City of Glendale, CA

  • City of Glendale, CA

  • Fund Development Coordinator

    • Nov 2000 - May 2001
    • City of Glendale, CA

    As Fund Development Coordinator, my responsibilities included organizing fundraising events and seeking sponsorship and donations from local companies, business leaders, and community groups for:🔅 Glendale Youth Alliance Inc., a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth employment program.🔅...

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  Xerox

  • Xerox Special Information Systems (XSIS), Pasad...

  • Smalltalk Products Manager

    • Mar 1979 - Feb 1992
    • Xerox Special Information Systems (XSIS), Pasad...

    In 1979-82, Alan Paeth initiated and I continued development of an interactive page layout system prototype implemented in Xerox Smalktalk-76 called PubEditor (Publication Editor aka Quicksilver). This was before the terminology "desktop publishing" was coined.I demonstrated PubEditor t...

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  ACM, Association for Computing Machinery

  • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

  • ACM OOPSLA Conference Planner and Tutorials Organizer

    • Jun 1985 - Oct 1989
    • Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

    Invited by @Adele Goldberg, @ACM Chair and head of the Smalltalk Lab at @Xerox PARC, to be on the planning committee to create a new OOP conference. At the first committee meeting (at PARC), the 20 or so committee members decided to name the conference OOPSLA: Object-Oriented Programming Systems,...

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  HRL Laboratories, LLC

  • Malibu, California, United States

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 1976 - Mar 1979
    • Malibu, California, United States

    Worked with image processing researchers on groundbreaking work in scene analysis.

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  NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

  • Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 1976 - Jun 1977
    • Los Angeles, California, United States

    As a senior in Computer Science at USC, I worked in the Engineering Computer Lab on campus as a systems programmer, and also at Hughes Research Labs in Malibu as an image processing research assistant. Because of my experience at HRL, I did some part-time work for a physics professor who was proc...

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  University of Southern California

  • Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Systems Programmer

    • Sep 1973 - Jun 1977
    • Los Angeles, California, United States

    While a student at USC, worked on campus at the Engineering Computer Lab as an Operator, then as a Systems Programmer. Responsible for running the computer usage accounting system software daily on the DECsystem-10 mainframe, and also for adding features to the system.

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  AT&T Bell Laboratories

  • Naperville, Illinois, United States

  • Software Engineering Intern

    • Jun 1976 - Aug 1976
    • Naperville, Illinois, United States

    Between my junior and senior years at USC, I was a summer intern for @AT&T Bell Labs in Naperville, IL.First trip alone: first time on an airplane!Godmother/Aunt Marie Lampell bought me my first set of luggage so I could travel in style to Naperville, IL (not far from Chicago and @Fermilab).T...

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  Walter Lampell & Associates, Inc.

  • Los Angeles, California, United States

  • Administrative Assistant

    • Sep 1966 - Sep 1973
    • Los Angeles, California, United States

    Worked for Marie and Walter Lampell (my aunt and uncle) at their collection agency located in Hollywood. Duties included filing, typing letters & legal documents, answering phones, and running errands.https://www.corporationwiki.com/California/Los-Angeles/walter-lampell-associates-inc/3949633...