kickaha | I have a dream...

Probably not a surprise to anyone, but I'm a devotee of Edward Tufte, and I think he's spot on when he says that PowerPoint is Evil. I can't tell you how many bland, mundane, and BORING talks I've sat through, where the bullet point list is just read off the screen, and I fall asleep. If that's all someone's talk is, please just give me the handout so I can read it in 5 minutes instead of wasting 30 listening to them read it to me. I thought I'd left that behind in kindergarten.

So I have a goal for my defense talk.

Zero bullet point list slides. None. Not a damned one.

I'll put up an illustrative diagram, an animation, or even just a couple of words that are the main point I'm trying to make, but y'know, if I can't talk about my own research off the top of my head, then I probably need to rethink it.

But no bullet lists. Should be interesting to see how close I get.