[Sigia-l] merits of bullets (was Smackdown: Edward Tufte vs. Don Norman)

[Doug Murray]

Listera wrote:
>Distillation is always harder, which PowerPoint forces one to engage in
>because of the format constraints. You can't avoid it. Hence the *implicit*
>necessity to think through the issues.
 
Distillation is hard... and important.  However, I think it is a stretch to say
that if I have bullets I necessarily have gone through the mental effort of
distillation.  I have suffered through many PowerPoint presentations that were
anything but distilled, or well thought out.  I think this goes back to the
original complaints that started the thread: The problem isn't inherently with
*PowerPoint* but with those who use it as a crutch and think pretty slides will
make up for a lack of forethought.  Some feel that the *presentation* trumps the
message.  It does not! (at least not for long).
 
Doug


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