Comments on: Keynote http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/ falling indelibly into the past Fri, 16 May 2008 20:03:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jim http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3950 jim Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:48:12 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3950 I was at your MLA talk and thought your slides effective. You use them in what I think of as Lessig-style (without copying Lessig's trademark distressed courier white on black). That is, they're there mainly to emphasize the words you want emphasized: "material", "undead", "zombie" . . .. If I have a criticism, it would be that you use too many: fewer emphases would result in greater emphasis. But it's nice to see someone trying to think through how to use slideware to genuinely augment her talk. I was at your MLA talk and thought your slides effective. You use them in what I think of as Lessig-style (without copying Lessig’s trademark distressed courier white on black). That is, they’re there mainly to emphasize the words you want emphasized: “material”, “undead”, “zombie” . . .. If I have a criticism, it would be that you use too many: fewer emphases would result in greater emphasis. But it’s nice to see someone trying to think through how to use slideware to genuinely augment her talk.

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3947 meg Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:58:21 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3947 I don't use PowerPoint, but I've been meaning to get Keynote, in order to streamline my presentation of all the fiddly-bit stuff in class. Right now I just use images, which I supplement by scribbling on the chalkboard. If only our school had a site license for Keynote... I don’t use PowerPoint, but I’ve been meaning to get Keynote, in order to streamline my presentation of all the fiddly-bit stuff in class. Right now I just use images, which I supplement by scribbling on the chalkboard.

If only our school had a site license for Keynote…

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3944 KF Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:02:05 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3944 Indeed. The most useful way for me to share slides, I think, is via something like <a href="http://www.profcast.com" rel="nofollow">ProfCast</a>, which at least keeps my voice involved in the presentation. But then there's that whole having to record my voice thing, which is another issue altogether. Indeed. The most useful way for me to share slides, I think, is via something like ProfCast, which at least keeps my voice involved in the presentation. But then there’s that whole having to record my voice thing, which is another issue altogether.

]]> By: steve http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3943 steve Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:13:12 +0000 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/keynote/#comment-3943 Re: slides being "pretty useless without the talk," mine are the same way. As appealing as services like Google Presentation and Slideshare are, they don't work for me because whatever I might share would lack any meaningful context. And part of me likes it that way, because I'm anxious about developing a teaching or presentation style in which my own presence is the least significant part. Re: slides being “pretty useless without the talk,” mine are the same way. As appealing as services like Google Presentation and Slideshare are, they don’t work for me because whatever I might share would lack any meaningful context. And part of me likes it that way, because I’m anxious about developing a teaching or presentation style in which my own presence is the least significant part.

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