The Perils of PowerPoint

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of bogdan romocea
Sent: 06 September 2005 18:43
To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] The Perils of PowerPoint

I don't understand why there's so much discussion on 
PowerPoint. IMHO, that can only obscure the real thing:
	- The Perils of Miscommunication
	- The Perils of Not Taking Responsibility (if 
PowerPoint is to blame for X, then who's to blame for 
choosing and using PowerPoint in the first place?)
	- The Perils of Being an Idiot
	- and so on.
(I'm in grave danger here, and also responsible for using R.)

-----Original Message-----
From: Mulholland, Tom [mailto:Tom.Mulholland at dpi.wa.gov.au]
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 2:27 AM
Cc: Achim Zeileis; r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: [R] The Perils of PowerPoint


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_di

splay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000482464
 
Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
[mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch]On Behalf Of Tim Churches
Sent: Saturday, 3 September 2005 10:08 AM
To: ted.harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk
Cc: Achim Zeileis; r-help at 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

And thus to that 'New Age' Management Role, that of the Professional
PowePoint Ranger. He (invariably he) who culls the fruits of the labours of
others to present in ever more slick PowerPoint compendia, whilst never
sullying their hands with 'real' work.

 

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