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Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
Why are there only four PRISM slides in the presentation? According to media reports, the total number of slides is much larger …
Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
I completely agree and actually would argue that it further pushes the point of why we should be concerned: They cant even make good slides, how can anyone be sure they're keeping the data they collect (legally or not - irrelevant for this point) safe? I suppose you could also say they spend their time keeping the data safe and not producing quality slides, but i would consider it to be more of an insight into the qu…
Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
I completely agree and actually would argue that it further pushes the point of why we should be concerned: They cant even make good slides, how can anyone be sure they're keeping the data they collect (legally or not - irrelevant for this point) safe? I suppose you could also say they spend their time keeping the data safe and not producing quality slides, but i would consider it to be more of an insight into the qu…
Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
Agreed, this is alarming beyond belief.
Thanks for sending this over, it looks great. Could you just add a few tweaks?
- Add the seal
- We need the "top secret" stamp on each slide
- We think the grey is too bland. Could you make it pop more?
- Did you get the PRISM logo from us? I am attaching the Word doc in case you missed it
- I am not sure you left enough room for the bullets -- will they go on separate slides? We need to see those.
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Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
I completely agree and actually would argue that it further pushes the point of why we should be concerned: They cant even make good slides, how can anyone be sure they're keeping the data they collect (legally or not - irrelevant for this point) safe? I suppose you could also say they spend their time keeping the data safe and not producing quality slides, but i would consider it to be more of an insight into the qu…
When I was in university, my professors made and taught from slides of roughly the same quality. Does that mean they cannot do their jobs? Obviously not: they have proved important theorems, published significant papers, worked on interesting patents, and successfully trained their students (all the while updating and reusing shoddy slides for years and years).
I am a little surprised at the surprise/snobbery over the quality of NSA's slides, as if it mattered. In my mind, blustering about colors and fonts in a case of this import only serves to highlight the triviality of designers: they are a luxury.
'We are a one-man agency...' contradictory?
Imagine the uproar if the NSI hired a graphic designer of sorts to make their slides more attractive. I can see the moaning now "They spent HOW much of my tax money making those slides pretty?!?" I expect the NSA's slide to be crappy, because you know, they're spies and stuff not graphic UX experts.
I use to try to make my slides and diagrams pretty and every time I did I was blasted which led to my disgruntled feelings towards my job. Hence why I'm no longer in this industry.
Apparently I'm grumpy beyond my years but I find these lighthearted jabs at the NSA counter-productive as they just trivialize what happened. I'd much rather see creations that will help bring about change, like shining a spotlight on the representatives that support these programs. For instance Dianne Feinstein, chair of the Senate Intelligence committee , who said "the authorities need this information in case some…
Unless you're ready to remove the power structures, you're as much a part of the problem as any other taxpayer.