Re: Useful slide tex (was - Re: English spoken here)

[Keith Moore <[e-mail]>]

On 12/02/2012 12:57 PM, Dave Crocker wrote:
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> On 12/2/2012 9:51 AM, Keith Moore wrote:
>> I think you're missing the point.   The core problem is the overuse of
>> presentations, and presentation tools, for working group face to face
>> meeting time which is better suited for discussion.
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> stop blaming the tool.  focus on the folks doing the speaking.
The tool is a big part of the problem.  The tool encourages a certain 
style of interaction that is generally inappropriate for face to face 
working group meetings.

Of course, strictly speaking, the focus is on the people who are using 
the tool, and more broadly, on using the habit and community expectation 
that keeps encouraging people to use a poorly suited tool.  But they're 
using the tool poorly precisely because it's very difficult to use that 
tool well for that purpose.   A different toolset, (e.g. pens and paper 
and overhead cameras coupled to projectors), would likely produce better 
results if that toolset did not encourage laziness in preparing 
materials to facilitate discussion.

Keith