Mathematics via Distance Drawing
Dear Professor Benabou and all colleagues, At 10:46 PM 3/7/2010, you wrote:
Has the sorry time finally arrived when one can no longer work in Mathematics unless he knows TeX, LaTeX, and/or other sophisticated word processings? Should I, and many others it would be too long to name, stop doing mathematics?
I'd appreciate answers from all colleagues
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. For example, I wrote "Science on a Napkin: Virtual Drawing is to Drawing as the Telephone is to Speaking" and made it available in 2007 for dowload at http://distancedrawing.com/Napkin071215a.pdf . Nowadays with Skype (currently free) and high-resolution digital video cameras (low-cost) I am certain a scheme can be worked out to achieve my goal of "distance drawing." But even short of a "single" shared piece of virtual paper, already my collaborator and I routinely share real-time video of each other's pads for free over Skype, and have enjoyed hours of technical conversation. There is no reason that mathematical material cannot be recorded by one or more mathematicians and distributed via the internet to subscribers -- with audio, handwritten equations, and diagrams -- in color. Ellis D. Cooper [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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 [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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. Andy -- Dr A Tonks, STORM/FoC London Metropolitan University 166-220 Holloway Road N7 8DB [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]
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