> As for presentations, the fact that they vary in quality can't be > blamed on PPT. It should be blamed on the presenters, perhaps. > > Brian > Edward Tufte makes a very convincing case that in the case of powerpoint, the medium certainly influences the message: Summary of Tufte's views in Wired: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html "At a minimum, a presentation format should do no harm. Yet the PowerPoint style routinely disrupts, dominates, and trivializes content. Thus PowerPoint presentations too often resemble a school play - very loud, very slow, and very simple." Tufte's own site: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/powerpoint (Worth checking out for the cartoon). Next slide please ... Regards, Carl _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf