Re: Death by Powerpoint (literally)

David Farbey <[email protected]> Tue, 4 May 2010 09:19:42 +0100
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I've been inspired to comment on this on my blog:
http://www.farbey.co.uk/index.php/2010/05/lies-death-and-powerpoint/

David

On 1 May 2010 10:17, Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aha, Weapons of Mass Confusion.
> Thanks for that, Randal!
> Conrad
>
> On 30 Apr 2010, at 23:49, Randal wrote:
>
> Somewhat cogent article on how Powerpoint makes us stupid:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html
> The most interesting thing to me was this:
> "Last year when a military Web site, Company Command, asked an Army platoon
> leader in Iraq, Lt. Sam Nuxoll, how he spent most of his time, he responded,
> “Making PowerPoint slides.” When pressed, he said he was serious. "
>
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