From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 22:03:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42555106566B for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:03:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (ns1.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05118FC18 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:03:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n3NM4ZmV024346; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:04:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:03:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:03:28 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Andrew Gould Message-ID: <20090423220328.GB27972@thought.org> References: <20090422072312.GA92118@thought.org> <1240414705.73519.12.camel@pukruppa.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22 years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: Peter Ulrich Kruppa , FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: maybe OT, but involves OOO its slideshow fmt, ``Impress'' X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:03:35 -0000 On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:47:44AM -0500, Andrew Gould wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Peter Ulrich Kruppa > wrote: > > > Am Mittwoch, den 22.04.2009, 00:23 -0700 schrieb Gary Kline: > > > In any case, there are > > > two questions for this list. > > > The first, obviously, is subjective and is: > > > would having my stuff in slideshow fmt gain me a wider readership? > > Yes. Any sort of attractive presentation will draw more attention to > > your content than ordinary text without any pictures or animations. > > > > > The > > > second is: anybody out there willing to clue me in on this stuff? > > I have always made very good experiences with technical questions of all > > kind on this list. Regarding your contents or lay-out and design there > > probably are better forums. > > > > Greetings, > > > > Uli. > > > gary > > > > > > > It is very difficult to convey concepts or ideas with any complexity with > slides alone. Usually, slides should accompany and complement a > presentation. I understand that much, and I have at least one file of preamble "chatter" per section. Some sections have 4 or 5 preamble mumblings that offer the user///reader a clue re my thinking. One thing I never forgot was that we all take away a slightly different set of concepts from what we read or see on the tube. Even from a painting or photo. My chatter/mumblings are only my ideas, my guidelines. I was surprised when my daughter drew something completely different from one thing I wrote. > > If the document must stand alone (no speech, etc), and the content is of any > complexity, I would advise not using slides. > > For anyone using slides, I recommend the following book by Garr Reynolds: > "Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery" > Thanks for the pointer. I googled Reynolds' website and see that his book is available thru amazon.com. this opens a whole new field of opportunity... . gary > > Best regards, > > Andrew -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 2.41a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php