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PowerPoint's worst presentations

I'm not generally a fan of PowerPoint, but I have to admit that I haven't seen many presentations worse than these eyesores: Sample from Alexei Kapterev's "Death by PowerPoint" presentation"...
Posted in Quotulatiousness on March 26, 2009 03:49 PM

QotD: The King James Version

Some years ago, an editor asked me how he could give his children an appreciation for the English language. He wanted them to write well. Since he's an evangelical Christian, I told him he should teach them Psalms from...
Posted in Quotulatiousness on January 16, 2006 12:16 AM

QotD: Modern Christianity

Throughout American history, Christian (largely Protestant) devotion has stretched people's minds and given them reason to think, if only within a closed system of belief. Religious practice has taught people to read, write, and speak. The rhythms and rhetoric...
Posted in Quotulatiousness on January 11, 2006 12:32 AM

QotD: Microsoft PowerPoint

There were plenty of irritations with life with Microsoft. I am still astonished how bad PowerPoint is from a design point of view. With these multiples, Microsoft could have hired Louise Fili or Milton Glazer, and the virtual world of...
Posted in Quotulatiousness on March 22, 2005 12:30 AM