It's the bane of students, business people and even the military: If you've ever yawned through a slideshow, you're probably familiar with that dreaded malady of modern times, known as "Death by ...
A couple of years ago, I found myself teaching a section of a class that mandated a PowerPoint presentation. (That is, to keep my section aligned with the others, I had to require such a presentation.
It’s been said that every time someone makes a PowerPoint presentation, Edward Tufte kills a kitten. Still, Tufte, father of modern data visualization and author of The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint: ...