My coworkers love Powerpoint presentations, especially if there is animation or sound included. When I refer to animation, I don't mean the slick looking motion graphics used in television commercials, music videos, or movie title sequences. I'm referring to the craptastic, looping, animated clip-art files that are widely found on the interwebs (and are license free for a good reason). Combine these animated gifs with some equally visually unappealing graphics and annoying stock sound clips, and the end result is akin to a newb web developer's wet dream, circa 1997.
At my best I'm a mediocre, but competent, multimedia author. I'm not claiming to be a presentation god, or even a high priest for that matter. But I'm of the firm belief that a simple slide show presentation is more effective, and less lame, than one with gratuitous sound, animation, text dissolves, and slide wipes. So I get pissed when I have to sit in a meeting that is longer than it should be because the presenter is pausing to call attention to a fucking cash register ding sound effect that has no relevance to the presentation. This is usually followed by the presenter smugly grinning, pleased with him or herself, as my idiot coworkers chuckle with glee.
Okay, I get it. You have this information(that is only important to you and maybe one other person) to present, and you want to make it fun and exciting (in hopes of masking your own lameness.) But it would be even more fun if the excess bullshit was trimmed from the presentation so that I could get back to slacking sooner. Better yet, just send me the presentation in an email that I'll delete anyway. Crisis averted.
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