Butting in---why not 'code search', if that is what it explicitly facilitates? 
And if not, then I'd say I've been misled.

Jul 29, 2022, 03:42 by programm...@jsoftware.com:

> Hi Ian,
>
> Thanks for the feedback and the topic list for future videos. Were you 
> thinking of a documentary style format, given the in depth topic idea? Those 
> sort of videos are usually done with a 30 to 1 ratio of footage to raw 
> footage to finished length, but if it is a topic that would not be dated then 
> that could certainly be worth doing. Let me know if you have preferred topic 
> to begin with.
>
> Also I changed the sidebar to "J wiki search (new)" which should attract 
> attention for now, but we should come up with an alternative title for when 
> it is no longer a "new' search.
>
> Cheers, bob
>
>> On Jul 27, 2022, at 06:48, 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
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