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Earth Sightseeing..
Can anybody guess whats in the center of this picture?
Continue here to find out
Powerpoint Pitch .. partially responsible for Columbia accident.
Edward Tufte is a renowned information visualization expert and has written several books and articles on information design and presentation. An overly simplified way of putting it - How to create effective presentations. Anyways he has written books on using Powerpoint effectively and I came across this article on his website where he talks about how the slides used in the presentation that Boeing engineers made to high-level NASA officials about the dangers to the shuttle Columbia from damage to the tiles during its launch.
Tufte's conclusion is that Powerpoint (and its clones) are probably not the best tool for highly technical presentations. A very interesting article for both people creating presentations and for people viewing these presentations.
The Future of Media
I came across this interesting short film about the future of world media in the near future. The film, titled EPIC was produced by the The Museum of Media History and created by Robin Sloan - an Internet Futurist. Robin Sloan, claims that in 2014 all media in the world would be controlled by a monolith called "GoogleZon" - Google + Amazon. Interestingly, one is where I am currently working and the other where I almost landed a job.
A must see! Also watch carefully at the reflection of the word EPIC in the film.
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June 12, 2006
