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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. Wired Reported Why Power Point Sucks! by TD_3G · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Anyone read that article in wired about why powerpoint sucked? Wasn't there something recently aswell about how power point made you dumb?

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  2. This is interesting but... by enrico_suave · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... I read about this 2 months ago in my paper wired...

    *Shrug* If powerpoint makes you dumb... Outlook must give you alzheimers (sp)

    E.

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