At last, I see people asking all the right questions! Plus looking aside at how other languages do their speed-dating.
Focus... Yes there are indeed different audiences for J. The one I had in mind when I put the one-five thing to Henry is the same one Raspberry Pi is aimed at: 14-18 age-group. They have a magazine: http://www.themagpi.com/ and I want to hit them with a J article as "Cool" as the rest of the contents. So what if I direct them to? -- http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/FrontPage The case rests. On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 9:30 PM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Joe Bogner <joebog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > The challenging part of selling is determining what people are > interested > > in buying. Once we know that, it's probably not that difficult to craft a > > presentation that highlights it. > > > > A certain Warren Buffett would put it differently: the hard part of selling > is generating value. (Or at least, that is how I would paraphrase some > points he has made.) > > But I think that that is something we are more than capable of doing. > > "Determining what people are interested in buying" is a useful exercise, > sometimes. But our problem is more one of having too much of what people > are interested in buying than in not having enough. > > Put differently, I think we just need to start connecting the dots, and > connecting with interested people. > > Put differently, why not have everyone interested in making videos make > some? Sure, the first few attempts will be lame, you can pull them back > down if you feel embarrassed. But even if no one watches them, you'll be > getting practice which will be useful for later. > > And later might get here sooner than you think. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
