Mulholland, Tom wrote: > 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.
I think that's by a different Fox named Jackson, not John. It's an interesting reading, though. Duncan Murdoch > > 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; r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch >>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 >> >>______________________________________________ >>R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list >>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >>PLEASE do read the posting guide! >>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> > > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
