Wednesday, April 28, 2010

We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint

“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” General McChrystal dryly remarked, one of his advisers recalled, as the room erupted in laughter.

by By Elisabeth Bumiller / The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html)

4 comments:

Scot said...

Then we need to begin the immediate carpet bombing of power point.

oceanwhale said...

: )) There are options... For the less daring here is another response: How to Avoid Making PowerPoint Your Enemy: Tips for Your Pitch Deck

Anonymous said...

@Scot: Carpet bombing? Have we forgotten that we have to win the Hearts and Minds of Power Point to truly give the people... aw screw it, push the button.

Scot said...

It's become far too difficult to distinguish power point's radical elements from its moderates. That hot little red button is our last alternative I'm afraid. Oh well, we tried!