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Re: PowerPoint considered harmful (was Re: Barely literate minutes)

Randall Gellens <randy@qti.qualcomm.com> Sun, 02 December 2012 18:45 UTC

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To: John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com>, Keith Moore <moore@network-heretics.com>, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
From: Randall Gellens <randy@qti.qualcomm.com>
Subject: Re: PowerPoint considered harmful (was Re: Barely literate minutes)
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At 9:45 AM -0500 12/2/12, John C Klensin wrote:

>  But rigs for cameras that are set up to be
>  pointed down onto sheets of paper on which drawings and notes
>  are being made are a lot more compact, compatible with the
>  projectors we are using already, and, like overhead
>  transparencies and PowerPoint-like decks, leave traces that can
>  easily be incorporated into minutes

I like it this suggestion.

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Randall Gellens
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