For some reason, all the blogging world is going wild for Edward Tufte's essay on Powerpoint again. This was a big thing shortly after the Columbia shuttle disaster, when it emerged that key facts were obscured by bad Powerpoint slides.
Tim Bray presents an interesting opinion from the point of view of a frequent public speaker. He summarises by saying: As Bob Foster said on this subject: "The best speakers I have seen use slides like singers use pianos; they don't play the melody."
... and the very best speakers use slides and a piano ;-)
Posted by savs at December 16, 2003 10:03 PM