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Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Post by chris_mahan »

newman314 wrote: post #65
waffle_ss wrote: post #48

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…

Next up, pre-crime per Minority Report. Agreed, this is alarming beyond belief.

This morning I heard Pink Floyd's The Wall.

We don't need no education...

We don't need no thought control... (Actually, per the United States Senate Intelligence Committee, you do.)

Stand still laddie!

Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Post by James_Duval »

toyg wrote: post #23
Systemic33 wrote: post #14

You should just get in contact with every governmental agency in the world, the amount of bad designed layouts is over 9000.

No, the amount of designed layouts is zero. The amount of hacked-together presentations is over 9000. In fact, I don't understand why Powerpoint-Design-As-A-Service isn't a thing yet.

It is - that's what the OP offers! Or have I misunderstood you?

Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Post by wwwarhawk »

EmilandDC wrote: post #6
acoyfellow wrote: post #4

One of the most clever ways I've ever seen to sell yourself.. On par with the Oreo ad during the superbowl I think. You nailed the timing of the issue, and I hope you get some awesome jobs from this. The hair still rose on the back of my neck, and it made it seem even more manipulative. A+ design/presentation skills.

Aha, Thanks ;)

I love the work on your site, OP. Did you use After Effects for that French TED talk or something else?

Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Post by kwantam »

jb17 wrote: post #61
waffle_ss wrote: post #48

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…

You don't like "lighthearted jabs", but you call yourself waffle_ss!?

Excuse me, do you really think now is the right time to trivialize the waffle issue?

Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Post by verelo »

advice4u wrote: post #67
verelo wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

>They cant even make good slides, how can anyone be sure they're keeping the data they collect... 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 re…

Clearly a lot of people agree with you (including myself). I should clarify that I don't think its a hard and fast rule...but if this is something they consider to be acceptable then my point is simply that it doesn't inspire confidence in the work they'll put out in other areas of the organization.

Re: Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides.

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Post by simonster »

These slides are certainly prettier and less crowded than the NSA slides, but they are, if anything, less readable. Unless the slides are intentionally informed by the principle that hard to read text is easier to remember (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/19/health/19mind.html?pagewan...), I think these slides are a classic case of form over function.

• The main font is too thin.

• The first few slides are white text on a neutral gray background, which is inexcusably low contrast. Ditto for the green text on the blue background on the following slides, and the gray axis labels on the blue background, which I can barely read even on my computer screen. The white text on blue background is good.

• The text in the graph on the "How can we monitor everything?" slides is too small to be readable from the back row (but this was also a problem in the originals).

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