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Title: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: Golfhaus on December 26, 2007, 06:40:38 pm

Somehow, it kinda loses something. (http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm)

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: Doc on December 27, 2007, 01:33:34 am

heh, yeah I don't think anyone is going to be inspired by powerpoint.

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: Pedro Picasso on January 14, 2008, 09:19:51 pm

This presentation was highlighted in Edward Tufte's book Beautiful Evidence.  Here's an excerpt about PowerPoint (http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0002PP&topic_id=1).  If you ever write any documents that contain any graphs for any reason, check out his Visual Display of Quantitative Information (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0961392142) book.  It is most badass in showing you how to convey the most information in the least space without ever misleading your audience.

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: jay-ell on January 14, 2008, 09:46:49 pm

Pedro is the guy at cocktail parties who has a reading assignment for everyone in the room. 

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: wombat on January 14, 2008, 09:59:25 pm

But what if I want to mislead my audience?

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: Arachno-capitalist on January 14, 2008, 10:07:48 pm

Quote from: wombat on January 14, 2008, 09:59:25 pm

But what if I want to mislead my audience?

Install a sense of urgency and use phrases like "slam dunk evidence"

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: Doc on January 14, 2008, 11:11:16 pm

Weirdly I just requested this book from the uni library, if Pedro and the Xkcd guy agree then it's probably worth reading.

Title: Re: The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation
Post by: theinevitable on January 14, 2008, 11:28:13 pm

My anthro professor this semester makes these powerpoints that somehow...

it's like his powerpoints are somehow really earnest? I can't remember what about the one today was strange, but it was really weird. But in a way that was like... not over-the-top. Just... really intense.