Mar 07 2005
I (heart) PowerPoint |Davd Byrne|
I (heart) powerpoint
E.E.E.I.
Envisioning Emotional Epistemological Information
A lecture on art, emotion and Powerpoint by David Byrne (3/6/05) University of Washington.
David gave a typically relaxed, personable and humerous presentation. He detailed his explorations with Powerpoint from personal (likes), artistic (what can I do with this?) and academic (how effective is it at conveying ‘information’?) perspectives.
He used a specially constructed Powerpoint slide deck (on an Apple Notebook) to illustrate his presentation. He made some obvious, poignient, observations. For example, that bullet points are impactful in business presentations. Power and impact. Power points. David commented that he had recently started using bullet points in personal emails. Sometimes its difficult to tell if David is being increadibly earnest or facetious. That’s half the fun.
At the end of his story the audience questions were entertaining in how they reflected the diversity of Davids themes and the audiences make-up:
- “What feature would you like to see added?” (Software development question - the event was 20 miles from Microsoft)
- “how do you think digital media influence culture“ (Exam paper essay question - the event was in a University Hall)
David answered all questions with powerful, pointed, insight. Answers gently delivered in an un-rushed mild manner.
I’ll probably update this entry as I recall the humor of his points… …that weren’t bulletted..
Thanks for visiting – Wendy
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