Re: [Phys-L] presentation tools (NOT powerpoint)
Tufte is a fun read; try googling
“powerpoint crashed shuttle”
Dan M
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On Sep 2, 2014, at 2:00 PM, John Denker <jsd@av8n.com> wrote:
> On 09/01/2014 03:43 PM, rjensen@ualberta.ca wrote:
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>> And if you want to do this in PowerPoint:
>> www.consol.ca/CountdownTimer.ppt
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>
> Edward Tufte has argued vehemently about chartjunk and the
> slideware that encourages it:
> http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html
>
> IMHO Tufte goes slightly overboard sometimes, but still
> he has some important insights. You can learn a lot from
> him, even if you don't agree with every detail.
>
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