] But before moving on, I can't resist identifying the ] three things that are consistently missing from any ] serious analysis of our current approach to PowerPoint: ] ] 1. There is no defensible reason why we do what we do ] today. If we came up with a better approach, we'd dump ] the old one in a New York minute. ] ] 2. Researchers have been studying the use of ] multimedia in presentations for 13 years, yet most ] discussions about PowerPoint take place in a vacuum as if ] it never happened. ] ] 3. Although many people blame presenters for bad ] PowerPoint, it's not their fault if their culture forces ] them to do things that way. Cliff Atkinson runs a nice blog in support of his "Beyond Bullets" book. His way of presenting sounds like fun, almost makes one encouraged to try harder to make a /good/ presentation of his style. beyond bullets: Norman calls Tufte's PPT Criticisms |