I don’t entirely agree with Tufte about pp being a useless program. PP could be helpful to some people. Some people needs pp to better understand a speech. Some people need the cheesy graphics to understand visual data. Tufte just totally hates pp in his essay and is a bit harsh saying that it’s a stupid way to present data. But I do believe in order a pp presentation to be successful. It needs an effective speaker and outstanding content. Tufte even automatically assumes that pp users use lousy content. Yea maybe they are limited in words but it they choose the right words it works.
1. Tufte mentions that pp is not necessary and presenters should just hand out a print out paper? How does he know that that particular presentation does not need the pp.? how does he know that the audiences would understand the speech better with out the pp? why not use both pp, print outs and a speech to get our point across.
2. Why would pp make a speech ‘boring’? Wouldn’t it be the speakers’ fault for not keeping his audience interested in what he has to say?
3. PP charts are effective according to a certain type of data. Isn’t tufte generalizing that all pp charts is a clear sign of stupidity?
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