For some reason (probably that our organisation has blocked the site) I could not see the original articles that prompted the post. I however immediately assumed that this was precipitated by Tufte and his comments about PowerPoint (I recall seeing a good example of PowerPoint on his site) http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint
When this first came up I recall some dispute about the comments www.sociablemedia.com/articles_dispute.htm and that John Fox did something http://ils.unc.edu/~jfox/powerpoint/introduction.html that I enjoyed reading. Other links that are lying on my computer are "In defense of PowerPoint" http://www.jnd.org/dn.mss/in_defense_of_powerp.html and "Does PowerPoint make you stupid?" at http://www.presentations.com/presentations/delivery/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000482464 Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Churches > Sent: Saturday, 3 September 2005 10:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Achim Zeileis; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [R] The Perils of PowerPoint > > > (Ted Harding) wrote: > > >By the way, the Washington Post/Minneapolis Star Tribune article is > >somewhat reminiscent of a short (15 min) broadcast on BBC Radio 4 > >back on October 18 2004 15:45-16:00 called > > > > "Microsoft Powerpoint and the Decline of Civilisation" > > > >which explores similar themes and also frequently quotes Tufte. > >Unfortunately it lapsed for ever from "Listen Again" after the > >statutory week, so I can't point you to a replay. (However, I > >have carefully preserved the cassette recording I made). > > > > > Try http://sooper.org/misc/powerpoint.mp3 (copyright law > notwithstanding...) > > Tim C > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
