Well, I am trying to think of ways to boost the attendance. One of our members had the idea of adding a sort of "Beginning Beginner's" section of the meeting to help people get over the initial, simple things that can be so daunting about J to newbies.
Another idea is to have a session more focussed, hands-on the computer meeting some place quieter - our venue in the Heartland Brewery can be noisy though it's fun. Does your APL group still meet? The NYC APL group had its last meeting several years ago though there is a Dyalog APL meeting here on Monday. On 11/11/06, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is a good start I wish I could be there Reminds me of similar times when we were starting the APL group close to 30 years ago 2006/11/11, Devon McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > We generally get from 2 to 5. > > On 11/10/06, Björn Helgason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How many people are attending these events? > > > > 2006/11/10, Devon McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > The New York City J Users Group welcomes anyone interested in J at any > > > level. > > > > > > I don't have an exact agenda, but we usually start with something > > > oriented toward beginners and move to more advanced topics as the > > > evening goes on. > > > > > > There's also usually a section on learning and teaching J. > > > > > > However, this week, we'll focus on the Netflix challenge: > > > http://www.netflixprize.com/ . > > > This is an interesting problem as well as a chance to win cash prizes. > > > > > > I'll attempt to fit this into our usual framework but we'll be more > > > focussed on a single topic than we usually are. > > > > > > -- > > > Devon McCormick > > > ^me^ at acm. > > > org is my > > > preferred e-mail > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur > > Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127 > > 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532 > > Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta > > http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming > > > > > > Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari > einfaldleikans > > > > góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum > > /|_ .-----------------------------------. > > ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | > > ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | > > / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | > > ( -. | `-----------------------------------' > > | ) | (\_ _/) > > (`-. '--.) (='.'=) > > `. )----' (")_(") > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > > > > > -- > Devon McCormick > ^me^ at acm. > org is my > preferred e-mail > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fugl&Fiskur ehf, Þerneyjarsund 23, Box 127 801 Grímsnes ,t-póst: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: gosiminn, gsm: +3546985532 Landslags og skrúðgarðagerð, gröfuþjónusta http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) `. )----' (")_(") ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
-- Devon McCormick ^me^ at acm. org is my preferred e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
