Re: Mathematics via Distance Drawing

[Andrew Stacey <andrew.stacey@math.ntnu.no>]

[ 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


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