Tom's Hardware > Forum > Old Man/Woman's Club > Other > Does PowerPoint make us stupid?

Does PowerPoint make us stupid?

Forum Old Man/Woman's Club : Other - Does PowerPoint make us stupid?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Jake_Barnes   12-31-2003 at 01:58:17 PM

From <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/30/byrne.powerpoint.ap/index.html" target="_new">CNN:</A>

Quote :

SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- David Byrne, an accomplished composer, photographer and lead singer of Talking Heads, has evolved -- some would say devolved -- into an unlikely artistic medium: PowerPoint.

The 96-page compilation, which debuted in September for $80, is best described as a coffee table book for nerds. The initial printing run of 1,500 copies sold out by mid-December.


From really bad music to really bad art - in one life-time ...



<b> ...more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol - W.C. Fields </b>

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
zpyrd   12-31-2003 at 09:54:57 PM
- 0 +

Oh poopy duty....I didn't even remember installing PowerPoint on my 'puter.
I actually had to go look for it.....LOL.

The only time I have had the need to use PowerPoint was to view a Hooter and Camel Toe slide show.....LOL.

Other than that they have tried to brainwash me at work with it in a dozen or so presentations.

<font color=red><i>Doctor Hooter</i></font color=red> <A HREF="http://www.page3.com/" target="_new"><b>(·Y·)</b></A>

Reply to zpyrd
ksoth   12-31-2003 at 10:00:21 PM
- 0 +

The US military banned powerpoint from being used in military presentations. So many people were making pointless powerpoint stuff that it was sucking up all the bandwith on the military networks, so they said no more. I've never used power point, and never intend to.

-------------------------------------------
<font color=blue> "Trying is the first step towards failure." </font color=blue>

Reply to ksoth
bandikoot   01-01-2004 at 11:25:19 AM
- 0 +

I've used it a couple of times. It's a little nicer than making transparancies and flipping between them on a projector, but I haven't ever done anything flashy with it.

Reply to bandikoot
mccoll1ns   01-01-2004 at 03:22:00 PM
- 0 +

It's like any tool - use it properly and it's useful, but if you can't put together a decent presentation then putting it into powerpoint & tarting it up with a few graphics isn't going to improve it. As the saying goes, you can't polish a turd, but in this case you can make it a lot bigger and smellier.

- -
Luck is my middle name. Unfortunately, my first name is Bad.

Reply to mccoll1ns
Jake_Barnes   01-01-2004 at 03:39:37 PM
- 0 +

Oh sorry - the <A HREF="http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/30/byrne.powerpoint.ap/index.html" target="_new">
article </A> in CNN was not so much about how powerpoint tends to dumb down the otherwise intelligent presentation of ideas, as it was how David Byrne has, once again, flimflamed the gullible world of geeks and hip wantabees.

/"... the ubiquitous software as a dumbed-down form of expression between communication-addled business executives ..." is a given IMO.



<b> ...more people are driven insane through religious hysteria than by drinking alcohol - W.C. Fields </b>

Reply to Jake_Barnes
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Old Man/Woman's Club > Other > Does PowerPoint make us stupid?
Go to:

There are 1296 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.882 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
Related Content
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?