I hate this with a passion.
(Speaking of PowerPoint, wasnāt it the best back in 2003, before they got rid of the (yes, actually a feature, yes actually called this) āAutoContent Wizardā? Man, that tool made adding compelling content so easy and intuitiveā¦)
tl;dr of his explanation: Norvig hates Powerpoint. He created this as a satire.
As an aside, Peter Norvig is among the most famous modern AI/Machine Learning researchers, and is currently Googleās Director of Research.
I have this in Tufteās The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint.
That book is:
- awesome,
- should by widely-read
Iāve realized after going back to school again that most of my loathing for PowerPoints stems from the fact that it seems no one is taught how to make a good or even legible one.
For a biology class, I had to come down hard on the rest of the students in my group. They simply did not get that you canāt put an entire two-page paper on one slide, in neon green cursive font, over a watermarked photo that takes up the entire background.
Sadly Iām not sure the professor would have seen it as a problem, as all her own presentations were entirely in multicolor Comic Sans.
I fucking hate powerpoint. Every month or two my biggest client asks me to āwhip upā a PP for them based on our work together. They massively overpay me for it, and I am not grateful because PP is fucking horrible and I feel shame every time I send them another truncated abortion of a bullshit thought series. The shame is doubled when they express gratitude or even delight because I know it is based on falsehood and lies.
I like moneys, but I think I lose a part of my soul every time I fire up the program. Of course, I also lose a part of my mortgage.
Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely.
needs more clipart
Lincoln and meā¦
Letās go love some moreā¦
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I canāt believe nobody posted this yet:
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