The document introduces the tango! tool, which aims to stimulate creative thinking by randomly generating word pairs from aggregated word databases. It provides background on how random word associations can spark new ideas. Tango!'s key functions are described, including displaying word details, selecting word attributes, and saving/sharing favorite word pairs. Future potential developments discussed include adding more word sources and conditions, and expanding the sharing features to enable collaborative word games. The tool is currently available online at the provided URL.

1. Introduction of
support tool to flight-thinking
Feb. 18th, 2009, given at Yahoo! Japan by
Developers Designers
安川 要平 福島 朋樹
Leader
(Yohei Yasukawa) (Tomoki Fukushima)
伊藤 恭英
Other Members 西野 正雄
平 勇樹
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2. Background
 Example Situations
 You have to think new ideas for weekend's game,
but a note in front of you is pure white.
 Although you desire making it fun and interesting,
such ideas don't come up with at all.
 For breaking through a big wall of creativity, you
wanna investigate it from various collected ideas.
 Just create something new!
But, how to make something new？
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3. Background
The column of “Pick a Word, Any Word”
suggested an approach to create it
（Carl D. Cravens in RPG.net）
 Approach
 Flashing an idea using aggregated info
 Ex. If wanna know of new-fashioned names,
looking over address books, name-list of babies.
 Getting crucial ideas from a lot of information that
are seen by chance.
This is a base concept of tango!
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4. Background
Why is eventuality needed？
Traditional ways of brainstorming
can be expansion of thinking, but
cannot be flight of thinking.
e.g. Food × War
The web application creating 'NEW' from never
imagined pair of words is
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5. tango! overview
What can「 」do?
→just picking up info randomly from aggregations
 Basic Functions:
 Display details of word in pop-up window
 Can select conditions to pick up:
Length of words
Word category: noun, verb, adjective
Partial match words
http://tango-old.appspot.com/
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6. tango! overview
 Advanced Functions:
 Featuring with “Nico-ranker”: RSS tango!
 Able to pick up from not only dictionaries.
 Save your favorite words: Saved tango!
 Can collect words used for flight-thinking.
 Share your saved words with users: Share tango!
 Help breakthrough by collaborating with others.
 Can contact any user if you want.
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7. Demonstration
Demonstration of tango!
(screen-shots)
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8. Demonstration
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9. Demonstration
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10. Demonstration
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11. Future Issue
Use-cases of
Pro.: as a source of ideas
Ama.: as a training tool of thinking
→ tango! is now developing application.
There are some future developments.
 Add new conditions or source of information
 'Name', 'Food', 'positive/negative' conditions may be added.
 'proverb', 'idiom' may be added into database.
 Expanding Share tango!, make Game tango!.
 Ex. Make a sentence using given words within 20 sec, then the
11 sentence is evaluated by other log-in users.
Cf. 'kotono-pa! Online' http://splax.net/game/ktp_online.html

12. Summary
 Background
 Expansion of thinking → Flight of thinking
 tango!'s Functions
 used when you want new crucial ideas
 Basic functions are now run on the URL below
http://tango-old.appspot.com/
 RSS tango! can expand a type of resources
 Share tango! help collaboration with others
 Future Issue
 Expanding Share tango!, Game tango! can be
developed, where users make 'new' from game.
12 ※ If you are interested in developing or designing, please visit↓
http://groups.google.com/group/tango_project

13. Other slides for supplement
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14. tango!の概要
新規性：フレームワークの前段階
 個人の思考能力に託される
 tango!は与えられた条件で言葉を提供するのみ。どうい
う経路を辿るか, どのような結果にたどりつくかはその
人次第
 効果(Effect):
 ひらめき誘発剤
 偶発的に発生した単語×単語による新しいひらめき
 条件付き抽出でさらに効率よく
 思考の訓練
 一見関係のない言葉と言葉を繋げようとする試みによって,新た
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15. tango!のシステム構成
Developing Environment
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Google Web Toolkit 1.5.3

Cypal for studio

Eclipse jee-ganymede-SR1-win32

Apache Derby

Java SDK 1.6.0

TomCat 6.0
使用したAPI:
Yahoo! API 形態素解析

16. tango!のシステム構成
辞書データ配列の構造体
読み方 【表記】―説明 整列前辞書データ(あ.txt～ん.txt)
読み方 （表記）―説明 String.split(“【” |“】”|“（”|“）
① 表記.length()
② 読み方.replace(“ ”,””)
① ② ③ ④ ③ そのままコピー
④ 説明.replace(“―”,””)
文字数,読み方,表記,説明
整列後一時辞書データ(wordList.csv)
⑤ そのままコピー
⑤ ⑤ ⑤ ⑤ ⑥ ⑥ YahooUI形態素解析
文字数,読み方,表記,説明,品詞 整列後辞書データ(wordList.txt)
String.split(“,”)で分割し
ArrayListに格納して使用
整列前辞書データ出展：もじぴったんDB
http://www.geocities.jp/koterikotte/moji/tango2/tango.html

17. word tango!のWidget配置
Dock Panel
Header Panel
Dock Panel
Setting Panel Scroll
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O Tango Word Word
Relational Word
P Level Class
Word Table
Box Box
Word Panel Table
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E ・・・・・・・・・・・・
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T ・
E ・
・ Word Panel
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Footer Panel