{"id":250,"date":"2005-09-12T09:19:29","date_gmt":"2005-09-12T14:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/?p=250"},"modified":"2019-07-23T19:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T00:03:25","slug":"powerpoint-is-evil-by-edward-tufte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2005\/powerpoint-is-evil-by-edward-tufte","title":{"rendered":"PowerPoint is Evil by Edward Tufte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-256\" title=\"tufte_ppt\" src=\"http:\/\/richard.rathe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/tufte_ppt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\"\/>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wired\/archive\/11.09\/ppt2_pr.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wired Article<\/a> sums up Tufte&#8217;s analysis&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Slideware may help speakers outline their talks, but convenience for the speaker can be punishing to both content and audience.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/tufte\/books_pp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em> Cognitive Style of PowerPoint<\/em> essay<\/a> costs $7 and is essential reading for anyone who wishes to avoid the mind numbing effects of this invasive tool. An excerpt, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/bboard\/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001yB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PowerPoint Does Rocket Science<\/a>, is available online. Also visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/bboard\/q-and-a?topic_id=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask ET<\/a> and his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edwardtufte.com\/bboard\/asket.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">weblog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Update: Visit my <a href=\"http:\/\/rathe.medinfo.ufl.edu\/powerpoint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Using PowerPoint Effectively<\/a> resource page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Wired Article sums up Tufte&#8217;s analysis&#8230; &#8220;Slideware may help speakers outline their talks, but convenience for the speaker can be punishing to both content and audience.&#8221; His Cognitive Style of PowerPoint essay costs $7 and is essential reading for anyone who wishes to avoid the mind numbing effects of this invasive tool. An excerpt, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/2005\/powerpoint-is-evil-by-edward-tufte\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PowerPoint is Evil by Edward Tufte&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,8,18],"tags":[451,452],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-people","category-technology","tag-edward-tufte","tag-powerpoint"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8324,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/8324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redmangrove.org\/rathe.org\/richard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}