On 27 Aug 2004, at 02:01, Adrian Midgley wrote:
> On Thursday 26 August 2004 18:56, Mark Wardle wrote:
>
>>>> www.slater.org.uk/workshopemergencycarep2r1.ppt (read only)
>
>> I can't open it with Powerpoint 2004 (Mac OS X), Powerpoint 2000
>> (Linux running Crossover Office) or KPresenter. Didn't try Openoffice.
>
> I tried OpenOffice, and Emacs.
>
> Emacs opens the file, of course, but I can't make sense of Powerpoints
> as
> text.
>
> "Powerpoint makes you stupid" was an interesting article in the New
> York Times
> a while back from Edward Tuffte who really does seem to understand
> presentation of information as an aid to clear thinking and making good
> decisions. One of the examples he gave offered a reasonable argument
> that if
> NASA had not used a Powerpoint presentation to summarise the points for
> decision, Challenger would not have been launched in the cold, and the
> crew
> would not have been killed.
>
Although you could argue people shouldn't blame the tool.
It's like the old adage of it's not guns that kill people...
I like powerpoint, as I have horrible memories of having to write out
acetate sheets (and with my handwriting especially difficult to do
well). Powerpoint makes things easy. You could argue too easy, but I'm
not the tool can be blamed.
Mark
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