Archives for October 2006
The glory that is the internet
So far, I’m digging the third season of “Veronica Mars.”
But that’s not really what this post is about.
Last week’s episode ended with an audio overlay of a terrific female vocalist singing… I liked it a lot and wanted to hear the whole thing. So, I dutifully waited out the end credits for the outgoing bump […]
My wife nails what’s wrong with “Studio 60″ in one sentence
The kids were asleep; the dog snored quietly in the corner; my wife and I slumped onto the couch in order to watch something together– oh rare and frabjous night!
Ordinarily, we’d try to catch up on “Boston Legal,” which tends to be an entertaining frippery that gets neither of us riled up after, but Kathi […]
It’s not a problem that more people don’t participate
Two things crossed my clickstream today.
First, in Henry Jenkins’ fantastic book “Convergence Culture” he mentions a “participation gap” that exists between the largely well-off and technically sophisticated early adopters of internet technologies and the general populace. The better off you are, the more able you are to participate and this poses a problem for Jenkins. […]
More Powerpoint rules
I was at one of our Summits today and got to see a bunch of different Powerpoint presentations, some terrific and some less than terrific. Hence, some new rules:
If you’re giving a research presentation that has an abstract component, start with a concrete example of the benefit that adopting the abstract method will give the […]
Power Point Rules: Forget “2min/slide”
For years I’ve wondered where the nonsense about spending two minutes per slide during a Powerpoint presentation came from. Finally, I turned to the web.
If you run a Google search on the phrase “two minutes per slide” you’ll quickly find yourself on a circa 1997 web page called “Oral Presentation Advice” by Professor Mark D. […]
