Thanks Raul, It seems to me that there are a lot of ways to look at the niches. Would it be better to concentrate on the ones with the most growth potential or the ones that are the most influential, or perhaps some type of an introductory series as a quick start for newcomers.
As I said I think that I am looking for a use for my tools more than anything else. I am cross posting this to the chat forum, as these discussions, although important, do tend to drift away from programming. Cheers, bob > On May 22, 2019, at 9:58 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 1:07 AM 'robert therriault' via Programming > <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote: >> I am more intrigued by your identification of an audience that may >> be more interested in some of the quirks of the language than the >> basics. Do you think that this approach would have an audience? It >> is certainly a niche that has not been otherwise filled and to be >> honest I am not sure that I have enough knowledge to dig up and >> understand those idiosyncrasies, but I would welcome input. > > Well... I see a variety of small "niches": > > 1) college students who have coursework where J seems relevant. > > 2) computing professionals who see a tie-in to one of their burning interests > > 3) artists (musicians, 3d modelers, etc. etc.) who see J as a relevant > part of their tool set > > 4) hobbyists of various kinds > > 5) People with a J background who just stick around and, occasionally > > 6) People who associate with J users > > In all cases, the 'casually curious" would be the bulk of the > population, and the least interested. > > People with J-specific tasks would tend to hang on a bit more, but > also still tend to be impatient. It's a focus thing. > > However... for the most part, building an audience probably demands > first building something interesting and then circling back and > explaining it at levels which might fit people who share that > interest. > > (J does have interesting computing structures, and it's worth keeping > those in mind, but I'm not inclined to think that an audience who have > that as their sole interest would take us much of any place useful.) > > Note that I'm not saying any of this is easy. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
