tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post7103442045841354112..comments2023-11-03T06:05:10.770-04:00Comments on Sprawling Ramshackle Compound: Like Christmas in JanuaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-82177979168191388252007-01-30T00:03:00.000-05:002007-01-30T00:03:00.000-05:00The kids I work with would have no appreciation fo...The kids I work with would have no appreciation for Powerpoint. Possibly my laptop might be used as a weapon against me or worse, as a toy.Tenacious Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15133857720793708520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-45053863080125819202007-01-29T17:23:00.000-05:002007-01-29T17:23:00.000-05:00I hate powerpoint because I don't think in outline...I hate powerpoint because I don't think in outline form. I can't imagine having any kind of discussion in my classroom that stayed on topic for more than 5 minute, because I always find out that I need to backtrack to explain a concept I thought they already knew, or else I need to go completely off topic because they don't get my references.<br /><br />Being tied to a powerpoint presentation would kill me.luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468418041443316689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-74810358588657121812007-01-28T18:31:00.000-05:002007-01-28T18:31:00.000-05:00Yeah, ideally Powerpoint should be an excellent su...Yeah, ideally Powerpoint should be an excellent substitute to the overheads, ect. I suspect that the people who have bad Powerpoint presentations had bad presentations to begin with.<br /><br />In education, 80% of the images used are stock images. It's like NPR and their use of sounds in the background in their stories-- did that <i>really</i> help me understand the story, or did it just make the presenter feel like filled in space?Johnny Yenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-36632803982106156362007-01-28T14:33:00.000-05:002007-01-28T14:33:00.000-05:00That is one thing I like too. Packages in the mai...That is one thing I like too. Packages in the mail. I bought a new PC too the other day. I should have had it delivered.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769930056412752986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-73010409402635354552007-01-28T13:50:00.000-05:002007-01-28T13:50:00.000-05:00You get cooler packages than I do.You get cooler packages than I do.wonderturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075465519565901903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-45433358471073498312007-01-28T10:22:00.000-05:002007-01-28T10:22:00.000-05:00Katy, I'm a cop so allegedly I have a reason to ha...Katy, I'm a cop so allegedly I have a reason to have all these guns. And no, thank heaven, you can't buy guns online. <br /><br />Johnny, I agree with you re: Powerpoint. I can't remember the author's name, but someone wrote a really good 40-50 page screed against it a couple years ago. His premise was that the structure of Powerpoint actually dumbs down our ideas. In the book "Fiasco" Frank Rich quotes some military people who slammed the Rumsfeld Pentagon staff for substituting Powerpoint presentations for actually orders.<br /><br />That being said, for someone who used to have to do presentations using overhead transparencies, and fumble around queuing up VHS tapes, it's a real time-saver. Mind you, most cops haven't been overexposed to Powerpoint like the rest of the business worldJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09747874295331152779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-22002497032185860632007-01-28T09:59:00.000-05:002007-01-28T09:59:00.000-05:00Very cool.
Powerpoint=Satan. There is no present...Very cool. <br /><br />Powerpoint=Satan. There is no presentation that cannot be made worse with Powerpoint. Particularly in my profession, people sustitute Powerpoint presentations for actual content. <br /><br />Does your laptop have wifi? If not, the cards can be gotten very cheaply.Johnny Yenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27540291.post-57393212294774381392007-01-28T09:22:00.000-05:002007-01-28T09:22:00.000-05:00I looked at the picture first and when you talked ...I looked at the picture first and when you talked about shopping online I was wondering for a second if one can order guns there now too - glad to hear you can't as I am against them unless you are a cop or other type of agencyDinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618419758674326005noreply@blogger.com