I'm missing a couple of subtle issues here… (i) 5 mins of good video is 5++ hours of work (ii) Veritasium has patrons with deep pockets.
On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 14:48, Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think those videos are really good, Bob. They deliver their payload > without cruft. > > Been watching a lot of Veritasium recently. We need someone to do for J > what Veritasium does for modern physics. You may be the man for the job. > Yes, seriously. I don't mean just animating simple primitives, but videos > exploring significant (but under-appreciated) topics in-depth, with some > history and war-stories thrown in. Topics like: > ++ Rank and Functional Composition > ++ what can be achieved with tacit code > ++ less-obvious uses of (:) > ++ achieving an array of verbs with (`) (plus some useful boxed nouns) > ++ hidden gems in stdlib (or which ought to be in stdlib) > ++ the power of the new J wiki search over the old one > …etc, etc. > > I'll happily offer a few librettos, in case it's not clear what can > fruitfully be emphasized. > > On that last topic, I've labored under the misapprehension that J wiki > search, and Search J Wiki were synonymous. It's obvious in hindsight, but > whenever I've searched the wiki (always using the old one) I've had my mind > too full of other things to give the matter much thought. > > In case there are bigger idiots than me, could we please have some cue in > the left sidebar as to the difference -- and that there is a difference? > Something like: > J wiki search [Mk II] > J wiki search [new] > J wiki NuSearch > …well, maybe not the last. > > On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 at 04:41, John Baker <bakerj...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looks great Bob I’m sold. >> >> analyzethedatanotthedrivel.org >> >> > On Jul 26, 2022, at 7:39 PM, 'robert therriault' via Programming < >> programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > One video on the recent changes that we have made to the wiki sidebar, >> as well as a chance to see the upcoming potential changes. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8aEdnduINk >> > >> > The promo video that I made back in the spring with improved audio and >> a little tighter on the editing. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxibe2QOA0s >> > >> > Cheers, bob >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
