> Ted Roche wrote: > >> But PowerPoint? PowerPoint kills, man. (Well, PowerPoint doesn't kill >> people. People using PowerPoint kill people. But, still...)
Kent Johnson wrote: > > ?? > Sorry, ramblings of an old PowerPoint junkie. I once paid a lot of money to attend a conference taken over by M$ who subjected us to a day of "Death by PowerPoint" on a new application that was so unstable the only way they could demo it was in PowerPoint. "Death by PowerPoint" yields over a half-million hits on the Internet, which proves nothing these days. But Edward R. Tufte's essay on "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," (which I can leap up from my desk and lay my hands on instantly) is a must-read for everyone who wants to understand how to convey information. I also had the privilege of attending an Edward R. Tufte seminar where he reviewed the problem with "thinking in slides" and showed how the lack of good analytical skills was responsible for the destruction of the Challenger and the loss of lives. It was moving. Don't miss the chance to see him if you can. His essay then goes on to show the same fuzzy thinking, including PowerPoint slides, that lead to the Columbia disaster. That was criminal. So, sadly, Powerpoint kills. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/