I have some notes from an attendee at a recent NYCJUG where he outlined what he sees as the problems with our existing set-up for enticing people to learn J. I have not yet written up all his points but a pertinent one I remember off the top of my head is that there is a "success stories" section where all the examples are years old.
I would be interested in any ideas Dan has for removing this hedge and am hoping it is not just Twitter/Facebook/Reddit/Instagram. On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 11:58 AM Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Devon McCormick, CFA Quantitative Consultant ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
