Just realized that I had not made the videos public. Yikes! They are now and
the lab should now be able to be viewed with videos intact!
Cheers, bob
> On May 27, 2019, at 11:01 AM, 'robert therriault' via Programming
> <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone.
>
> I have repurposed the Head video into a lab for the JHS environment. To
> access it you will need to update your applications using jal in the IDE
> menu, specifically the lab files.
>
> Then you should see 'Video - The Head Monadic Verb - {.y' within the core
> group of labs. Listed alphabetically, it is at the bottom of the list.
>
> If you have connectivity to youtube.com you can run the lab and the videos
> will display. Without connectivity, the lab will still run, but videos will
> not display.
>
> Have a look and see what you think.
>
> It is early days, but I think this has potential and the addition of
> interaction with the JHS environment changes the feel of the presentation
> quite a bit.
>
> Cheers, bob
>
>> On May 26, 2019, at 9:43 PM, 'robert therriault' via Programming
>> <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Ian,
>>
>> You have given me several good ideas that could benefit from video
>> explanation.
>> I agree that the Head example is probably not the one that is best suited
>> to video. For me, it was a chance to dip my toe in the water and see how it
>> might work. The more conceptual ideas, such as Henry's diagrams comparing
>> the different
>> composition conjunctions, could be fertile ground for video explanation.
>>
>> One of the other ways that I think that the Head video may work is to wrap a
>> lab around it. In the next couple of days I am looking to release a video
>> lab based on the
>> Head video in JHS. I think that this increases the usefulness for teaching
>> purposes and may be
>> a potential use for some of the simpler videos. I look forward for your
>> reflections on
>> this project.
>>
>> Also, thank you for the comparison with 3Blue!Brown, but Grant Sanderson's
>> videos are
>> ones that I aspire to and are beyond comparison to my current level.
>>
>> Thanks again for your valuable input.
>>
>> Cheers, bob
>>
>>> On May 26, 2019, at 8:35 AM, Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Your videos are gorgeous, Bob. A 3Blue1Brown channel for the J community.
>>>
>>> You wrote
>>>> As I said I think that I am looking for a use for my tools more than
>>> anything else.
>>>
>>> Your "Items" movie aptly meets a training need. It also fills a blind-spot
>>> in NuVoc – as it's presently conceived. More so than your Head ({.) movie
>>> and its proposed series. That is, considered as a proof of concept, rather
>>> than a work of art, where it can't be faulted.
>>>
>>> I didn't think there was a lot of future in the idea of a Head-type movie
>>> for each of the 121 primitives documented by NuVoc. The idea's come up
>>> before, and I haven't changed my mind about it. It's a helluva lot of work,
>>> fated to be mostly wasted.
>>>
>>> Here's why.
>>>
>>> Originally NuVoc aimed to deliver online help at the point-of-use in the
>>> shortest possible time, with minimum demands on the beginner's overloaded
>>> brain. It avoided diverting the user's attention from the coding task in
>>> hand, i.e. their own, whatever it was. It assumed he or she had no time
>>> (…just then) to settle down to a sublime exposition of J theology. That's
>>> why there's a line across the page (originally a heavy line!) with "More
>>> Information" below the line.
>>>
>>> I fear your Head ({.) movie and its kin would go below the line, in amongst
>>> "More Information". This would condemn it and its siblings to being watched
>>> perhaps twice or 3 times in the whole career of any given novice user, and
>>> then for perhaps just 2 or 3 primitives. Your "Items" movie escapes my
>>> criticism by being both more general and much better targeted.
>>>
>>> Let me suggest what these "2 or 3 primitives" are: Rank ("), Cut (;.),
>>> Atop (@) &co.
>>>
>>> They're all conjunctions. Precisely where NuVoc meets its greatest
>>> challenge (…and fails, some would say). NuVoc does best when it deals
>>> separately with verbs and adverbs derived from conjunctions. IMO here's
>>> where your videos would really show-off their power.
>>>
>>> Example:
>>> Buried in the "More Information" section of Atop (@)
>>> https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/at …you see a marvellous diagram
>>> (due to Henry) of what verb composition is all about. I used to study this
>>> thing like a mandala. But might it be better as a movie? Or supported by a
>>> movie?
>>>
>>> Ian Clark
>>>
>>> On Sun, 26 May 2019 at 12:17, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming <
>>> programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> well done. I thought this concept was getting through just fine in your
>>>> {. video, but this is a concise and direct addressing of items.
>>>> On Saturday, May 25, 2019, 11:54:01 p.m. EDT, 'robert therriault' via
>>>> Programming <programm...@jsoftware.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> As a reply to Raul, I have created a video that explains the concepts of
>>>> items in J. This is a bit different as it deals with a concept rather than
>>>> a verb.
>>>>
>>>> https://youtu.be/dED9du-Iun0
>>>>
>>>> Let me know what you think.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, bob
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