I have a dream...
Oct. 15th, 2005 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kickahaProbably 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.
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.
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Date: 2005-10-16 08:21 pm (UTC)But no bullet lists. ;)
I actually considered just using overheads and pens, since I could then whip out examples on the fly as needed, but I figured that people are now so ingrained to expect pretty slides that I'd be seen as 'unprofessional' if I did it manually, on the fly, without notes.
It's looking rather spiffy though.