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Month: August, 2009

Slideware Shoot-Out: Keynote ’09, PowerPoint 2008, & OpenOffice 3 Impress

31 August, 2009 (00:06) | Featured, Grab Bag | By: Mike

It was with great joy that last month, I uninstalled Office 2004.  The software, PowerPoint 2004 included, were getting on my nerves and there was nothing that suite could do to repair the broken relationship we had.  It wore out its welcome. Since then, I signed up to teach a slide design class through the [...]

Chart Make-Over Challenge Wrap-Up

17 August, 2009 (21:02) | Slide Design | By: Mike

A couple weeks ago, I issued a challenge:  redesign a chart slide that was of little to no use of any audience member in the back of the room.  The chart had too many lines and labels, making it much like a confusing plate of spaghetti.  Any attempt to interpret the chart, even when closer [...]

Best Buy A Bust

8 August, 2009 (17:03) | Grab Bag | By: Mike

I visited our new Best Buy store, here in Martinsburg, WV.  It was a very sad and sick joke.  As a Mac user, I was hoping I’d be able to shop locally for my hardware needs, including accessories.  It was pretty clear walking out of there that they didn’t want my money. No Macs.  Just [...]

The Chart Make-Over Challenge of 2009

2 August, 2009 (22:41) | Slide Design | By: Mike

As I mentioned in a previous article, I attended the Open Government conference in DC.  If you followed my tweets that day, you might remember this one: If you have to tell the audience in the back that it’ll be hard to read your chart, you’ve got a poorly designed chart. #ogi#ppt Well, here is the [...]