I too am a big fan of Cirque du Soleil. I've watched my Quidam DVD I-don't-know-how-many times, and I still spot new things going on on-stage. And the hula-hoops girl in Alegria haunts my dreams (and give me backache ;)
Ignore my gripe about complexity: the vids can be played again and again. I'm still a bit concerned over relating it all to what a novice would see in the J session. Not that I think the session should be explicitly represented. But a demo anime has a more restricted scope than a Cirque production: it's really only to augment what we discover the novice *not* to notice in the J session itself. Ian On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 12:15 AM, bob therriault <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ric, > > The speed is definitely an issue in order to cover the key concepts in 15-20 > seconds. Longer and you have tutorials that may not be referenced as readily, > shorter and it quickly becomes overload. > > I had a chance to watch a live Cirque de Soleil performance in December and > realized that there is a form of performance in which you cannot possibly > keep track of all that is going on, and yet it is still possible to enjoy it. > The advantage of these animations is that you can view them repeatedly, with > text accompaniment on the reference page to provide the learner some tools to > structure the experience. > > Your favourite is now on the jwiki page for Plus (+) as 'Plus 2X2 3d'. It is > a bit of a hybrid between 'Plus 3X3' and 'Plus 2X2' > > All may review the animations here: > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/plus > > Cheers, bob > > On -Mar5-2010, at -Mar5-20103:43 PM, Sherlock, Ric wrote: > >> I like the way array addition is shown in plus 3x3, but I think that there >> are perhaps too many numbers so that it looks a bit busy and hard to grasp >> at that speed. >> >> But my favourite is plus2.key (not linked on the wiki page) >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBlNIAKDveU&feature=channel >> >>> From: bob therriault >>> >>> Hey everybody, >>> >>> I've posted three versions of the Plus (+) animation on the Jwiki here: >>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/plus >>> These incorporate previous suggestions of including J code, colliding >>> 3d matrix planes (with explosions!) and 2d rearrangements. I have my >>> preference, but I would love to have feedback from a wider sample. >>> >>> Cheers, bob >>> >>> On -Feb23-2010, at -Feb23-20105:22 PM, 0j1 wrote: >>> >>>> You could show the J code using variables such as x and y, and >>> display the >>>> values of x and y graphically without showing how they were created. >>>> >>>> bob therriault wrote: >>>>> Hi Skip, >>>>> The challenge I faced with showing the J code for these reference >>> videos was >>>>> how to create a matrix without introducing either the Shape ($) or >>> Integer >>>>> (i.) verbs into the explanation (which increases both the duration >>> and the >>>>> cognitive loading). For the tutorial approach, I think the 'coding >>> window' is >>>>> essential, but not so much for the reference. Any ideas on how I can >>> get the >>>>> 'code' back into the reference video efficiently would be welcome. >>>>> 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
