[R] The Perils of PowerPoint

[bogdan romocea]

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
> 
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