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The Gettysburg PowerPoint Presentation (2000)
- tickerticker 5y agoA contrast without equal. Superb in conveying the essential message.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago> Imagine [...] a world where any complex thought must be broken into seven- word chunks Eerily similar to tweets, which did not exist in 2000 when this was written.
- dang 5y agoRelated: Making of the Gettysburg Address PowerPoint (2007) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9449075 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9449075 - April 2015 (1 comment) The Gettysburg address in PowerPoint - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1136536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1136536 - Feb 2010 (10 comments) I thought there had been more - anybody?
- pvg 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27325824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27325824 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7119804 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7119804
- smitty1e 5y agoRealizing that the deck is a dry joke, one still wonders if Edward Tufte has poured derision on it as only he can.
- brudgers 5y agoPer the Making of... link in dang's comment above, Tufte and Norvig talked about it a fair bit.
- User23 5y agoTufte catches some flack for being opinionated, but having met the man I can attest that he is both brilliant and astute. His seminar leveled up my design skills more than I even imagined. It was interesting watching how many attendees were so committed to their own conceptions that they learned nothing though.