It is important to get people interested. People can become interested/impressed in seeing nice graphics created with very few statements.
Then the question is what happens after. They may be impressed at how clever you are or are they interested in trying for themselves. Most of the time people seem to say wow that it impressive but then they decide it is too complex for them. Years of experience seems that most people do want to get some simple stuff they can start with en take it slowly into more complex issues. Tacit expressions are very difficult to understand or debug even for seasoned J programmers let alone people new to J. Getting the message across to people that they can start as easily with J as a calculator/excel or stuff like that and later do all kinds of fancy stuff easily is the hardest thing to do. 2010/11/20 Roger Hui <[email protected]> > When I said "1-minute elevator conversation", I was > off by a factor of 2: > > What is a 30-Second Elevator Conversation? > > It's the uncommon yet critical conversation with new > potential supporters that is borrowed from the world > of venture capital pitches. You have one chance > to make a great first impression. Time is of the essence. > The message must rise above the competing noise. > Your sincerity, creativity, and the substance of > your messages matters. > > http://www.philanthropynow.com/pn/30_second_conversation.htm > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roger Hui <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 7:38 > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Presenting J at the "Language Slapdown" this > week > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > > > My presentation > > - Verbs apply to nouns to produce nouns. > > - "Everything" is a noun. > > - Adverbs apply to verbs to produce verbs. > > is not necessarily focussed on grammar and syntax. > > > > You, with your APL background, are so used to the > > power of arrays, functions, and operators that you > > take them for granted. But the power of these > > is the message I want to convey to the uninitiated. > > > > In fact, if I had to tell the story of J (or APL) in a > > "1 minute elevator conversation", the above would > > still be what I'd say. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 sími: +3544781286 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
