SIGIA-L Mail Archives: [Sigia-l] merits of bullets (was Smackdown: Edward Tufte vs. Don Norman)
[Sigia-l] merits of bullets (was Smackdown: Edward Tufte vs. Don Norman)
Listera wrote:
>Distillation is always harder, which PowerPoint forces one to engage in
>because of the format constraints. You can't avoid it. Hence the *implicit*
>necessity to think through the issues.
Distillation is hard... and important. However, I think it is a stretch to say
that if I have bullets I necessarily have gone through the mental effort of
distillation. I have suffered through many PowerPoint presentations that were
anything but distilled, or well thought out. I think this goes back to the
original complaints that started the thread: The problem isn't inherently with
*PowerPoint* but with those who use it as a crutch and think pretty slides will
make up for a lack of forethought. Some feel that the *presentation* trumps the
message. It does not! (at least not for long).
Doug
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