[lbo-talk] lbo-talk Digest, Vol 65, Issue 3

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Fri Mar 2 12:29:43 PST 2007



>
>A sillier look at PowerPoint is the Gettysburg Address, if done
>in default PPT style.
>--tim francis-wright

Then there's David Byrne:

By Bonnie Azab Powell, NewsCenter | 8 March 2005

BERKELEY – "Hello. My name is David Byrne, and I'm going to do an introduction to PowerPoint."

The roar of applause and cheers that greeted this deadpan statement was undoubtedly the most enthusiasm ever exhibited before a lecture held in UC Berkeley's Dwinelle Hall. Byrne, best known as the front man for the Talking Heads, proceeded to do exactly what he said he would. But while he poked fun at the popular Microsoft presentation software's bullet-point tyranny and Autocontent Wizard inanity, Byrne also defended its appeal as more than just a business tool ­ as a medium for art and theater. His talk was titled "I (heart) PowerPoint," and he confessed that he loves the program not in spite of, but in some ways because of, its shortcomings.

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http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/03/08_byrne.shtml



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