Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
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Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
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Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#2In general, we give people too much of a pass for not bothering to read what they are supposed to (and I myself am guilty of this as it seems like it preparedness for meetings is useless as nobody else reads even on the rare occasions I do speak).
That is part of the reason Powerpoint is everywhere. You cannot assume that people have read anything before the meeting, you cannot assume they will read during the meeting, so you need to read it out loud to have a decent chance of it being received.
I am also not thrilled accepting the use of titles and formatting as a excuse to skim 100 words. It is just the refusal to read/comprehend on a smaller scale.
Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#3How about death by a tiny gray serif font?
Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#4this is why whenever i write slides, each slide gets a title and a subheading. the subheading provides the implication of the slide and its contents.
done properly, one could read the heading and subtitle of each slide and never need to look at the contents, unless some specific detail is desired/needed.
Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#5The original article by Edward Tufte which is referenced by this blog post can be found here:
https://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=...
Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#6How about death by a tiny gray serif font?
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Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#7I give Tufte's (admittedly imperfect) thoughts on this deck and David Foster Wallace's This is Water (https://fs.blog/david-foster-wallace-this-is-water/) to every new member of my team to read and make it apparent that I expect them to have command of each document's implications.
Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#8Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#9How about death by a tiny gray serif font?
The size looks the exact same as this very site to me. It's #5e5e5e (effective, as it's actually a slightly transparent RGBa value) against #fff, so a contrast ratio of 6.48:1, well within WCAG AA standards, and a tiny, slight shift to #595959 would be enough to meet AAA.
Re: Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people (2019)
#10How about death by a tiny gray serif font?
The more this comment gets downvoted, the more it looks like death by tiny gray serif font, making the comment quite funny.