Content about Edward R. Tufte

August 1, 2007
PowerPoint: Boon or Bane?

Even those for whom PowerPoint has become the lifeblood, can recount an awful experience of having to sit through an interminable slide show of 108 slides—one boring slide after another—only to wonder what came over us to cancel the dentist appointment instead.  The love-hate relationship regarding PowerPoint is not new. The Power Pointers appear to be in two distinct camps: Those who say a bad presentation is the reflection of the uninitiated craftsman and those who believe that the tool itself is to blame for the bad craftsmanship.

If you want to shut up a consultant, just uninstall PowerPoint from his or her laptop! The same is true for most professionals—including executives, speakers, presenters, and sales and marketing people—for whom PowerPoint has become darn near life's necessity.


March 1, 2004
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BOREDOM IS THE WORD MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MICROSOFT POWERPOINT, THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR PRESENTATION-GRAPHICS PROGRAM — BUT "STUPID" IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE DESCRIPTOR OF CHOICE FOR THE SOFTWARE SEEMINGLY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE.

BOREDOM IS THE WORD MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH MICROSOFT POWERPOINT, THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR PRESENTATION-GRAPHICS PROGRAM — BUT "STUPID" IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE DESCRIPTOR OF CHOICE FOR THE SOFTWARE SEEMINGLY EVERYONE LOVES TO HATE.