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Re: [Phys-L] presentation tools (NOT powerpoint)



Tufte is a fun read; try googling
“powerpoint crashed shuttle”

Dan M

Dan MacIsaac, Associate Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
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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:
> 
>> And if you want to do this in PowerPoint: 
>> www.consol.ca/CountdownTimer.ppt
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> I us