> I've always wondered what it was with publicizing sheets instead of a talk. Laziness, mostly. Slides are a printable material and less effort to publish than

> I've always wondered what it was with publicizing sheets instead of a talk. Laziness, mostly. Slides are a printable material and less effort to publish than a transcription or a full article write-up. > Didn't I get taught in school every year for the past decade that sheets are supposed to support the material I'm talking about and should not say much on their own? I wasn't aware people were actually teaching decent presentation skills. They certainly weren't while I was pushing for them. But yes, this is correct. But it's important to recognize that "correct" isn't good enough. If you need to cater to people like CamperBob2 in the sibling comment, you need to structure your existence around his schedule so that he isn't inconvenienced by a desire to know what you want to convey. http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2005/06/using_annotated.html http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2005/06/using... http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/04/handouts_can_se.html http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/04/han...