The longer conjugate works well for me (except for the covering + of course).
On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:43 PM, bob therriault <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- Catherine Lathwell http://www.aprogramminglanguage.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
