From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.science.mathematics.categories/5627 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: a.tonks@londonmet.ac.uk Newsgroups: gmane.science.mathematics.categories Subject: Re: Mathematics via Distance Drawing Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:57:45 +0000 Message-ID: Reply-To: a.tonks@londonmet.ac.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1268275808 12824 80.91.229.12 (11 Mar 2010 02:50:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:50:08 +0000 (UTC) To: categories@mta.ca, Andrew Stacey Original-X-From: categories@mta.ca Thu Mar 11 03:50:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from mailserv.mta.ca ([138.73.1.1]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NpYTJ-0003oZ-HX for gsmc-categories@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:50:02 +0100 Original-Received: from Majordom by mailserv.mta.ca with local (Exim 4.61) (envelope-from ) id 1NpXvO-0004u3-Go for categories-list@mta.ca; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:14:58 -0400 Original-Sender: categories@mta.ca Precedence: bulk Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.science.mathematics.categories:5627 Archived-At: On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Andrew Stacey 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. =A0The free program 'jarnal' allows one to set = up > a server whereupon people can connect and see what everyone else is writi= ng. > Together with a graphics tablet, this is exactly what you describe. =A0As= 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 --=20 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/ ]