[ Note from moderator: As the poster rightly suggests, time to move further discussion off of list; this is the last of this thread. BTW, I can confirm from a first use this morning that jarnal works smoothly as advertised - shared page collaboration is easy and no external server required; thanks to Andrew for the tip. ] On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:57:45AM +0000, a.tonks@londonmet.ac.uk wrote:
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Andrew Stacey <andrew.stacey@math.ntnu.no> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 08, 2010 at 03:26:04PM -0500, Ellis D. Cooper wrote:
For years I have been advocating the use of internet technology to allow mathematicians the use of ordinary handwriting and drawing on a single shared "virtual" sheet of paper.
This is already possible. The free program 'jarnal' allows one to set up a server whereupon people can connect and see what everyone else is writing. Together with a graphics tablet, this is exactly what you describe. As jarnal is written in java, it works on any platform.
Andrew
Yes I agree we are *nearly* there with a combination of tablets or tablet PCs, plus something skype-like, plus something like Andrew says - and might I mention, for those who don't have the inclination to set up their own servers for some informal discussions, there are even free whiteboard/conferencing sites e.g. imaginationcubed.com and vyew.com.
One of the things about jarnal is that "setting up a server" is trivial. It does it all for you. I should confess that I have never actually used jarnal for this, though I use it all the time for my lectures (being able to write on the computer saves a lot of time). If anyone likes the sound of giving it a go and would like to see what it's like, I'd be happy to try it out. Probably best to arrange this off-list if anyone's interested. Andrew [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]