[R] The Perils of PowerPoint

[Mike Waters]

 And thus to that 'New Age' Management Role, that of the Professional
PowePoint Ranger. He (invariably he) who culls the fruits of the labours of
others to present in ever more slick PowerPoint compendia, whilst never
sullying their hands with 'real' work.

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Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch 
> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of bogdan romocea
> Sent: 06 September 2005 18:43
> To: R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject: Re: [R] The Perils of PowerPoint
> 
> 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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