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David Byrne Subverts PowerPoint

Posted by timothy on from the office-cowboy dept.

NoData writes "The AP is reporting that David Byrne, visionary musician and frontman for 80s New Wave art band 'Talking Heads,' has turned Powerpoint into a visual art medium in a (satiric) DVD/Book combo. Says Byrne in the article: 'The genius of it is that it was designed for any idiot to use.'" Shades of Edward Tufte ("PowerPoint Makes You Dumb"), as the article points out. The book is published by high-end German publisher Steidl.

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  1. Powerpoint and Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I have a need for something powerpoint-like on Linux. Does anyone know of an open-source equivalent?

    Yes, yes, I know it makes you "dumb", but since the whole point of F/OSS is to make knock-offs of MS products that we can use for free, I expect there must be something out there.

  2. Re:Whats wrong with that generation ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    EVERY NORMAL ARTIST HAS A MAC IN HIS LIVINGROOM.

    And since most artists are homosexuals, can we finally accept as true that Macs are the "gay computer"?

  3. Washed up singer reduced to powerpoint by tjstork · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    "David Byrne subverts"...

    Gosh, more like, old guy desperately searching for relevance using powerpoint.

    Talking Heads had 2 good songs.

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