If you want to make a coding environment approachable, you implement games, and support people doing useful things.
That said, solid documentation and stable interfaces are also critically important. -- Raul On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 1:26 PM Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dan, > > [Coincidentally today I have been exploring the "newer" media. But my > meaning for "newer" is quite different from yours because I do not have a > mobile phone and do not text. So my version of exploring is learning to > send and receive texts with my grown kids.] > > But, I am intrigued by your comments and wonder if you or others have ideas > about removing the "hedge" from J, especially jforums? > > My minimal experience using twitter and reddit and colloquy and the like > have been disappointing because there is little continuity and searching > past communications is awkward relative to the jforums. So I guess I am > hoping you and others can suggest improvements or replacements to the > jforums. > > On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:28 AM jjj . <[email protected]> wrote: > > > [snip] > > PS: > > As for what took me so long: honestly, the medium. Email is massively > > inconvenient relative to alternatives available in 2019. I also don’t think > > we’re doing ourselves any favors on the marketing front, by hiding our > > warm, welcoming, and intelligent community behind a garden hedge. > > > > > > -- > (B=) <-----my sig > Brian Schott > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
