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Confession: I Was a PowerPoint Junkie § My PowerPoints used to be full of
§ Text § 14 point font, to squeeze in as much
information as possible onto each slide. § I would frequently use full sentences so I
wouldn’t forget what I wanted to say. § Detailed diagrams § Cheesy clip-art § Cool animations
§ I was not alone: they were just like those of § My colleagues § Almost everyone else in the entire world
§ Then I saw a presentation by Steve Jobs and started to read a bit more about the theory behind good (and bad) presentations § Apparently, this might not be the only
way to do things
“PowerPoint has allowed an endless expanse of dimwit ideas to be dressed up with graphical respectability” – Wall Street Journal, 6/20/07
“PowerPoint is like an outdoor light that attracts moths, and then destroys them…”
– Paul LeRoux & Peg Corwin, Visual Selling
PowerPoint: Killer App? T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 3 0 , 2 0 0 5
By Ruth Marcus
Did PowerPoint make the space
shuttle crash? Could it doom
another mission? Preposterous as
this may sound, the ubiquitous
Microsoft "presentation software"
has twice been singled out for
special criticism by task forces
reviewing the space shuttle
disaster.
Perhaps I've sat through too many
PowerPoint presentations lately,
but I think the trouble with these
critics is that they don't go far
enough: The software may be as
much of a mind-numbing menace
to those of us who intend to remain
earthbound as it is to astronauts.
A17
“The Columbia Accident Investigation Board found that the distinctive cognitive style of PowerPoint reinforced the hierarchical filtering and biases of the NASA bureaucracy”
Track Record of Successful Transitions
§ 680x0 to PowerPC (1994 – 1996) § Radical new RISC architecture § Team did a great job (even though I wasn’t here!)
§ Successfully migrated entire product line in less than 3 years
§ Mac OS 9 to Max OS X (2001 – 2003) § “Brain transplant”
§ Classic mode emulation for back-compatibility enabled smooth transition § Combined Mac simplicity with rock-solid UNIX operating system – the most
advanced operating system on the planet § World’s most successful new operating system introduction – 10 million
users by 2004 § Now we’re migrating to Intel processor architecture
§ Great performance and power consumption § Will enable us to deliver more insanely great products § Set for success – proven we can do this before
§ In fact, we’ve been running OS X on Intel internally for some time!
Readers:
230 – 800 words per minute
• This is my first text bullet and it’s very interesting
• It’s even got a sub-bullet • This is my second bullet and it adds a new thought
• This is the last bullet on this slide (phew, I kept it short!)
• This is my first text bullet and it’s very interesting
• It’s even got a sub-bullet • This is my second bullet and it adds a new thought
• This is the last bullet on this slide (phew, I kept it short!)
Speakers:
160 words per minute
Your Audience Can Read Faster Than You Can Talk
Bad Reasons for Verbose Slides
“ I’m giving them as handouts to refer to later”
“ I won’t remember what to say”
“ My audience needs all the details on the slide”
“ My company always does PowerPoint this way”
Picture Superiority Effect
8.6
11.212.4
Words Pictures Words +Pictures
K. Mills & H. McMullan, A Study Of Short-term Memory Recall Of Pictures, Words, And Pictures And Words Presented Together, 2006
“When emotions are considered above everything else, don't be afraid to add more ornament.”
– John Maeda (MIT Media Lab)
Tip #1 – “Smoked Glass” Overlay
Rectangle shape
Format " AutoShape § 50% black fill § No border
White text
Overall Impressions
• Generally positive
• Building design connects audience with modern art
• Facility poorly maintained
• Staff does not appear to understand mission
Tip #2 – Image Fade
Overlay rectangle shape
Format " AutoShape § Fill Effects § Background color § From 0% to 100%
transparency
Adjust size to image
Tip #3 – Photo “Objects”
Can purchase online (e.g. photoobjects.net)
“Set transparent color” on picture toolbar
May need to edit/crop first in Photoshop
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MG3510: Industry-Leading Hardware Design
" Compact form factor
" Low power (1500W), high capacity cooling
" 2 x 6:1 redundant universal card slots
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
17”
12U
17.2”
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MG2510: Same Power, Even More Compact
" Same carrier class design in more compact chassis
" Lower power (800W)
" 5:1 card slots
17”
7U
17.2”
“The MG2510 establishes a new benchmark for rack-space efficiency” – Current Analysis
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Universal Gateway Architecture
The industry’s only single blade universal gateway
Integrated digital signal processors for media server functions on every channel
Reduces spares, increases flexibility and scalability
Other Mini Tips
Keyboard shortcuts, e.g. § Ctrl-Shift-P § Ctrl-Shift-F § Underlined menu letters
Draw " Align or Distribute
Format " Line Spacing
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