Article: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint.

The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint

Edward R. Tufte. 2003. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press. [ISBN 0-9613921-6-0. 28 pages. $7.00 USD (softcover).]

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Edward R. Tufte's essay on Microsoft PowerPoint. The cognitive style of PowerPoint, is thought-provoking and visually pleasing, with well designed layout and applicable illustrations and tables. The essay has 11 sections, each discussing a different aspect of PowerPoint. The most intriguing include "Bullet outlines dilute thought" (which includes the case description of NASA and the Columbia Accident Investigation Board), "PowerPoint and statistical evidence," and "Creeping ...

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