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]]> By: simon http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/06/28/the-long-goodbye-to-bill-gates/#comment-6 simon Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:27:38 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=4#comment-6 *lol* For me, PowerPoint isn't evil in the same way a loaded gun isn't evil. It CAN be used for good things, but the odds are not........ :) *lol* For me, PowerPoint isn’t evil in the same way a loaded gun isn’t evil. It CAN be used for good things, but the odds are not…….. :)

]]> By: Dave Robinson http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/06/28/the-long-goodbye-to-bill-gates/#comment-5 Dave Robinson Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:50:03 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=4#comment-5 "Good points: and nice hint at the bottom!" Thanks... I have a growing sideline in advising selected clients on Website Reduction Techniques to improve performance. (One or two Web designers have a fatwa out on me..) When it comes to getting a message across fast in my opinion the 3 most effective systems yet devised are... 1. The Fire Bell 2. The Dinner Gong 3. The Low Oil Pressure Warning Light To the best of my knowledge no one has ever felt the need to include a menu, logo or animation on any of those....Maybe this isn`t quite the same thing, but any mention of PowerPoint sets me off on one.... Microsoft has been responsible for many great things... but they also gave the world free access to Menus, Clipart and Word Art.... “Good points: and nice hint at the bottom!”

Thanks… I have a growing sideline in advising selected clients on Website Reduction Techniques to improve performance. (One or two Web designers have a fatwa out on me..)

When it comes to getting a message across fast in my opinion the 3 most effective systems yet devised are…

1. The Fire Bell
2. The Dinner Gong
3. The Low Oil Pressure Warning Light

To the best of my knowledge no one has ever felt the need to include a menu, logo or animation on any of those….Maybe this isn`t quite the same thing, but any mention of PowerPoint sets me off on one….

Microsoft has been responsible for many great things… but they also gave the world free access to Menus, Clipart and Word Art….

]]> By: simon http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/06/28/the-long-goodbye-to-bill-gates/#comment-4 simon Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:13:39 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=4#comment-4 Good points: and nice hint at the bottom! Good points: and nice hint at the bottom!

]]> By: Dave Robinson http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/2006/06/28/the-long-goodbye-to-bill-gates/#comment-3 Dave Robinson Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:51:30 +0000 http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/presentation-skills-blog/?p=4#comment-3 By and large people attend business functions or access media (including Websites, Magazines, Broadcast, Documents etc) for one of two reasons only. 1. To learn or Get something (get information) 2. To be entertained. The late eighties and the early nineties witnessed the evolution of not only the home PC but the Internet. Additionally the marketing people reversed the traditional orders of function and form... presentation became everything. More significantly though from this perspective the introduction of simple to use, inexpensive, feature rich software (eg MS Word & Frontpage) to create and format documents has seduced many users into advancing the perception that how their document/website/presenation/ looks is more important than the "message they are trying to get across." Some might say this is MS's greatest legacy. (Obviously this software has evolved to service sophisticated markets and needs... and there is plenty of high quality output.. there's plenty of good out there as well!) But next time a friend or colleague asks you to visit their Website ... copy and paste the words only into notepad or your favourite plain text editor and view the output without the glitz... then tell them what you've learned about their business, topic or products. By and large people attend business functions or access media (including Websites, Magazines, Broadcast, Documents etc) for one of two reasons only.
1. To learn or Get something (get information)
2. To be entertained.

The late eighties and the early nineties witnessed the evolution of not only the home PC but the Internet. Additionally the marketing people reversed the traditional orders of function and form… presentation became everything.

More significantly though from this perspective the introduction of simple to use, inexpensive, feature rich software (eg MS Word & Frontpage) to create and format documents has seduced many users into advancing the perception that how their document/website/presenation/ looks is more important than the “message they are trying to get across.” Some might say this is MS’s greatest legacy.

(Obviously this software has evolved to service sophisticated markets and needs… and there is plenty of high quality output.. there’s plenty of good out there as well!)

But next time a friend or colleague asks you to visit their Website … copy and paste the words only into notepad or your favourite plain text editor and view the output without the glitz… then tell them what you’ve learned about their business, topic or products.

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