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When I spend time studying a topic, I make PowerPoint/keynote slides. They are better than texts for three reasons. (1) Slides are more concise, forcing me to
by j7ake 3y ago
When I spend time studying a topic, I make PowerPoint/keynote slides. They are better than texts for three reasons.
(1) Slides are more concise, forcing me to digest the material into high level sections.
(2) More diagrams and less text provides motivations and intuitions of the subject. They are therefore easier to teach others or at least hook them to learning more.
(3) I am always ready to give a talk on the subject.
(4) Details or technical notes can be put in the back.
- burningion 3y agoThis is great! Another thing I do is use index cards, just like slides. I can put them all out on the floor, and see the flow of logic I want to use. For some reason working with physical cards and stepping away from the computer helps me clarify thoughts.
- uyasarkocal 3y agoI agree for the most part, but I've decided markdown is the best for this. Plain text is just easier to link, store, query and markdown can be rendered as slides with little to no effort.
- j7ake 3y agoIntuitions are better and more concisely communicated through images and spoken word, rather than written text. If all technical details are necessary to get the big picture across, then I agree one should move to text and equations. But this is rarely the case (I challenge any text to try to compete with a 3blue1brown video). Most people are too lazy to read a wall of text. They would rather invite a speaker to go through 20 slides and get the big picture. Technical details in my opinion are overrated, and should be relegated to computers.