Thursday, April 21, 2005
When is PowerPoint Like My Vacuum?
Yesterday, my vacuum burst into foot-long flames while I was using it. It may or may not suck anymore: but I wasn't willing to risk it. I threw it out and will be getting a new one this weekend. (Any tips on a good model? Let me know...)
If you've heard the phrases "PowerPoint Sucks" or "Death by PowerPoint" or any other term that maligns this presentation tool, I want you to think about my vacuum for a second. When do you stop using a formerly useful tool?
Do you throw it out when someone pronounces that it now "sucks".... or when it bursts into flames....or when there's something much better available?
For me, PowerPoint still works as a tool. So do a lot of other low tech communication and presentation tools, which I use...and talk about in a 6+ minute podcast.
Why is it that some people pour more passion into their tools (i.e. -- the MAC vs. PC debates among techies) than into their actual work? ¶ 4/21/2005 12:55:00 PM
Yesterday, my vacuum burst into foot-long flames while I was using it. It may or may not suck anymore: but I wasn't willing to risk it. I threw it out and will be getting a new one this weekend. (Any tips on a good model? Let me know...)
If you've heard the phrases "PowerPoint Sucks" or "Death by PowerPoint" or any other term that maligns this presentation tool, I want you to think about my vacuum for a second. When do you stop using a formerly useful tool?
Do you throw it out when someone pronounces that it now "sucks".... or when it bursts into flames....or when there's something much better available?
For me, PowerPoint still works as a tool. So do a lot of other low tech communication and presentation tools, which I use...and talk about in a 6+ minute podcast.
Why is it that some people pour more passion into their tools (i.e. -- the MAC vs. PC debates among techies) than into their actual work? ¶ 4/21/2005 12:55:00 PM
