Comments on: A three hour tour…. http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:44:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: baz http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-251 baz Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-251 Say what you will about Sun, but Scott McNealy had the right idea when he <a href="http://www.optimlator.com/qod1.htm">banned PowerPoint</a> completely... Lake lunch cruise sounds fun though. It's a shame the only body of water near my office is a muddy stream. Say what you will about Sun, but Scott McNealy had the right idea when he banned PowerPoint completely…

Lake lunch cruise sounds fun though. It’s a shame the only body of water near my office is a muddy stream.

]]> By: Vicki http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-252 Vicki Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-252 I think the IRS requires a PowerPoint presentation if the business wants to write off the cost of the event. You print it out and include it with your forms. Or you can staple a CD to the package, whichever. I think the IRS requires a PowerPoint presentation if the business wants to write off the cost of the event. You print it out and include it with your forms. Or you can staple a CD to the package, whichever.

]]> By: J. http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-253 J. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-253 I once sat through a PowerPoint presentation in which the appearance of each new slide was announced with an applause sound effect. It went down like a lead balloon, and the presenter got more embarassed with each slide until he finally muted his laptop. No one had to say anything, you could just feel the annoyance wafting off the audience. I once sat through a PowerPoint presentation in which the appearance of each new slide was announced with an applause sound effect. It went down like a lead balloon, and the presenter got more embarassed with each slide until he finally muted his laptop. No one had to say anything, you could just feel the annoyance wafting off the audience.

]]> By: alice http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-254 alice Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-254 I don't share the general disdain for PowerPoint. I reserve my disdain for those who misuse it. But I saw far more academic presentations with bad slides pre-PowerPoint. People would simply photocopy a typewritten page onto an overhead, to refer to one table on it, in faded 12 pt type. Needless to say, this was impossible to see. The PowerPoint slide templates severely limit how much you can show at one time, unless you actively change the format, and do much to ensure that your audience will actually be able to see what you want them to see. Of course, if you have the bad taste to use unnecessary cheesy effects and a garish background, all bets are off. But, much as I'd like to blame that on Billy G and his tame elves, I just can't. I don’t share the general disdain for PowerPoint. I reserve my disdain for those who misuse it. But I saw far more academic presentations with bad slides pre-PowerPoint. People would simply photocopy a typewritten page onto an overhead, to refer to one table on it, in faded 12 pt type. Needless to say, this was impossible to see. The PowerPoint slide templates severely limit how much you can show at one time, unless you actively change the format, and do much to ensure that your audience will actually be able to see what you want them to see.

Of course, if you have the bad taste to use unnecessary cheesy effects and a garish background, all bets are off. But, much as I’d like to blame that on Billy G and his tame elves, I just can’t.

]]> By: rone http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-255 rone Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-255 I guess this is the wrong time to let you know that Macromedia Breeze will render WebEx and PowerPoint obsolete in the next 5 years... I guess this is the wrong time to let you know that Macromedia Breeze will render WebEx and PowerPoint obsolete in the next 5 years…

]]> By: Steve http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-256 Steve Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-256 Tom love using all the different transition and slide-in visual and sound effects, and used them relentlessly. But then he was only eleven years old, and he uses Word for his school projects now. I guess some managers just haven't grown up. Tom love using all the different transition and slide-in visual and sound effects, and used them relentlessly. But then he was only eleven years old, and he uses Word for his school projects now.

I guess some managers just haven’t grown up.

]]> By: Chris Clarke http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-257 Chris Clarke Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-257 <ul> <li>PowerPoint [font size=7][blink]sucks![/font][/blink]</li> <li>Many funny things have been said about PowerPoint, too.</li> <li>Crutch for people who lack ability to organize thoughts</li> <li>Bad Habits of Early Days of Desktop Publishing: remember the Ransom Note font?</li> <li>Promotes sloppy, rigid thinking</li> <li>Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: what if?</li> <li>Edward Tufte</li> <li>Recap: Sloppy, Crutch, Promotes Bad Habits</li> <li>Refreshments in Lounge after presentation</li> <li>Thank you, Rochester!</li> </ul>
  • PowerPoint [font size=7][blink]sucks![/font][/blink]
  • Many funny things have been said about PowerPoint, too.
  • Crutch for people who lack ability to organize thoughts
  • Bad Habits of Early Days of Desktop Publishing: remember the Ransom Note font?
  • Promotes sloppy, rigid thinking
  • Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address: what if?
  • Edward Tufte
  • Recap: Sloppy, Crutch, Promotes Bad Habits
  • Refreshments in Lounge after presentation
  • Thank you, Rochester!
    • ]]>         By: Phil Gustafson http://blog.xcski.com/2004/05/27/a-three-hour-tour#comment-258 Phil Gustafson Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=225#comment-258 Rochester said: Can't you buy a new typewriter ribbon, Mr. Benny? Dipping the old one in grape juice doesn't help. Rochester said:

    Can’t you buy a new typewriter ribbon, Mr. Benny?

    Dipping the old one in grape juice doesn’t help.

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