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[geekchick]

Heh.

Commentary on reports in the WSJ that Apple may turn to Intel chips:

"This is just a maneuver by Apple to whack IBM. Do you know how you can tell that Apple isn't serious? Has Apple sued the Wall Street Journal for releasing trade secrets?"

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I spent all day yesterday in Edward Tufte's Presenting Data and Information seminar; if you're involved in creating presentations, it's worth your time. (If you're a diehard Powerpoint fan and think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread though, you're likely to feel picked upon, probably especially so if you happen to work at NASA.) And proving that I can run into people I know almost anywhere: in a room full of several hundred people, I ended up sitting next to someone I used to work with at [large defense contractor] and hadn't seen in eight years or so.

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[patgreene.livejournal.com]

(If you're a diehard Powerpoint fan and think it's the greatest thing since sliced bread though, you're likely to feel picked upon, probably especially so if you happen to work at NASA.

*snerk*

[geekchick]

Oh, I didn't actually mean any one person in particular. =) He talks about things like the powerpoint presentation that was used to decide against looking further into possible damage to Columbia (and dissects one of the crucial slides), and this quote from the Columbia accident investigation board:

"During its investigation, the board was surprised to receive similar presentation slides from NASA officials in place of technical reports. The Board views the endemic use of PowerPoint briefing slides instead of technical papers as an illustration of the problematic methods of technical communication at NASA."

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

They used PP slides instead of technical reports? Oh.My.God.

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that is a good seminar. Unfortunately, it had the side effect of making me even more annoying when it comes to layout and UI design. Did you get the books too?

[geekchick]

Yep, all three books and the Powerpoint essay are included in the registration.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Problem is that upper management will read the PPTs, but not technical reports...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

:P I took the Tufte course ten years ago and have copies of "Visual Explanations" and "Envisioning Information" sitting about 15 feet from me... and I *never* use PPT templates. (grin)