Content about Edward Tufte

August 1, 2007
PowerPoint: Boon or Bane?

Even those for whom PowerPoint has become the lifeblood, can recount an awful experience of having to sit through an interminable slide show of 108 slides—one boring slide after another—only to wonder what came over us to cancel the dentist appointment instead.  The love-hate relationship regarding PowerPoint is not new. The Power Pointers appear to be in two distinct camps: Those who say a bad presentation is the reflection of the uninitiated craftsman and those who believe that the tool itself is to blame for the bad craftsmanship.

If you want to shut up a consultant, just uninstall PowerPoint from his or her laptop! The same is true for most professionals—including executives, speakers, presenters, and sales and marketing people—for whom PowerPoint has become darn near life's necessity.


March 1, 2004
Podium

At the very least, Edward Tufte's incendiary essay, "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," (addressed in depth in our cover story on p. 24) has opened up a previously dormant dialogue about PowerPoint's influence on the world of ideas. But, as I mention in .⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ

At the very least, Edward Tufte's incendiary essay, "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," (addressed in depth in our cover story on p. 24) has opened up a previously dormant dialogue about PowerPoint's influence on the world of ideas. But, as I mention in .⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ

March 1, 2004
Podium

At the very least, Edward Tufte's incendiary essay, "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," (addressed in depth in our cover story on p. 24) has opened up a previously dormant dialogue about PowerPoint's influence on the world of ideas. But, as I mention in .⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ

At the very least, Edward Tufte's incendiary essay, "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," (addressed in depth in our cover story on p. 24) has opened up a previously dormant dialogue about PowerPoint's influence on the world of ideas. But, as I mention in .⻼皺欸/ࠃ暼療.帉痾Ѐ�涆醿焷䀹ퟤ૩欸/縨૩蠏焸膿焸蕑焸૩ۘ૪蠏焸ی૪纗焸ۘ૪軸焽ퟤ૩舸焸塰焽絑焸ퟤ

March 1, 2004
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BOREDOM IS THE WORD MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MICROSOFT POWERPOINT, THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR PRESENTATION-GRAPHICS PROGRAM — BUT "STUPID" IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE DESCRIPTOR OF CHOICE FOR THE SOFTWARE SEEMINGLY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE.

BOREDOM IS THE WORD MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MICROSOFT POWERPOINT, THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR PRESENTATION-GRAPHICS PROGRAM — BUT "STUPID" IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE DESCRIPTOR OF CHOICE FOR THE SOFTWARE SEEMINGLY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE.

January 7, 2004
Bullet points may be dangerous, but don't blame PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint has a lot to answer for these days. We've known for years that PowerPoint presentations can be boring and unimaginative, of course, and many critics have blamed PowerPoint for dumbing down the level of discourse in corporate America.

Microsoft PowerPoint has a lot to answer for these days. We've known for years that PowerPoint presentations can be boring, of course, and many critics have blamed PowerPoint for dumbing down the level of discourse in corporate America (which, as everyone knows, is why Bill Gates hardly ever refers to Montaigne or Schopenhauer when he speaks). But now it appears that in addition to being dull and dumb, PowerPoint may also be capable of killing people – or at least obscuring information that could keep them alive.


January 7, 2004
Bullet points may be dangerous, but don't blame PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint has a lot to answer for these days. We've known for years that PowerPoint presentations can be boring and unimaginative, of course, and many critics have blamed PowerPoint for dumbing down the level of discourse in corporate America.

Microsoft PowerPoint has a lot to answer for these days. We've known for years that PowerPoint presentations can be boring, of course, and many critics have blamed PowerPoint for dumbing down the level of discourse in corporate America (which, as everyone knows, is why Bill Gates hardly ever refers to Montaigne or Schopenhauer when he speaks). But now it appears that in addition to being dull and dumb, PowerPoint may also be capable of killing people – or at least obscuring information that could keep them alive.