Powerpoint criticism is easy, but
Powerpoint criticism is easy, but what is powerpoint but a souped-up outliner? The main appeal of Powerpoint is as a presentation structuring tool - by making you think in outlines, it helps you design the structure of the presentation. Thus, Powerpoint really is an Information Architecture tool.
The fact that people then project those slides on a wall during the presentation is an unfortunate side effect, but we can't reasonably expect most presentors to have information design skills as well, so I can live with that.
# Jun 7, 2003