Hi Catherine, I had forgotten about the golden halo, it may reappear as a way to lead the viewer's eye, without obscuring the data :)
The example I was referring to in my previous email was the larger, longer version of Conjugate here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K4RzOe2rTk but I certainly appreciate the feedback on plus3 as well. I am working on a similar version (longer and larger) for Plus (+) as well. At some point we'll get to a style that works, and it should be easier to extend to the different J primitive verbs. What are your thoughts on the 'Dance mix' of Conjugate (+) at the previous link? Cheers, bob On -Mar17-2010, at -Mar17-20109:27 AM, Catherine Lathwell wrote: > I do like plus 3 much better. The pace and timing feel fine. > > I went back to look at the previous versions because I had such a strong > emotional reaction to the plus covering up the numbers. Guess what? It > still really bothers me. I have no idea why, but I have a very strong > frustrated feeling when that plus covers up the numbers. > > And guess what? In your conjugate animation, where the plus covers the > numbers, this bugs me too. But the feeling isn't as strong. It's more like > a vague bugging feeling opposed to a flash of intense frustration. :) > > What was wrong with the gold halo you gave numbers in that video with the > sparkles that no one except me liked? > > C > > On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:09 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey everyone, >> >> The longer and larger version of Conjugate is now posted at: >> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/plus >> Comments regarding speed, movement, content and clarity are welcome >> (especially from newcomers). Is this a useful animation? >> >> Cheers, bob >> >> On -Mar12-2010, at -Mar12-20108:17 AM, bob therriault wrote: >> >>> I love that quote Catherine, >>> >>> Going back to your frustration at the 'hiding' of the Conjugate (+) >> operation in vectors and matrices, I realized last night that the solution >> may not be in showing the way the individual instances of Conjugate work on >> each atom of a matrix, but by using more scalar examples initially to show a >> wider range of inputs and outputs for Conjugate. >>> >>> Today, i'll work at putting together a 'Club Mix' of the shorter >> animation. It'll have more examples, be larger and run a little longer. This >> might be a bridge between the short reference version and the longer >> tutorial version that may include interaction and/or voice-over. If both >> versions were kept on the reference page the user would have a choice >> between a quick check, or a more extended description. >>> >>> Cheers, bob >>> >>> On -Mar11-2010, at -Mar11-20104:14 PM, Catherine Lathwell wrote: >>> >>>> To quote Ken, when I first talked to him about the doc project... "Maybe >> all >>>> that Art School is good for something after all!" :) >>>> >>>> shhhhhh.... don't tell I didn't know how J does minus! :) >>>> >>>> C >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Devon McCormick <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Catherine - APL uses the same character for the same thing - it's just >>>>> positioned differently. >>>>> >>>>> BTW - your feedback is particularly valuable - please continue... >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Devon >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:28 PM, Catherine Lathwell < >> [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> What's the deal with the _ character? Is this how J works these days? >>>>> I'm >>>>>> not really up on the J vocabulary, so I didn't understand conjugate >>>>> before >>>>>> this... so it took me a couple of runs to figure out that it's *minus >>>>> *you >>>>>> mean. My first few rounds, I was scratching my head trying to figure >> out >>>>>> what the heck you need an underscore in your number for. >>>>>> >>>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Devon McCormick, CFA >>>>> ^me^ at acm. >>>>> org is my >>>>> preferred e-mail >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Catherine Lathwell >>>> http://www.aprogramminglanguage.com >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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 >> > > > > -- > Catherine Lathwell > http://www.aprogramminglanguage.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
